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http://www.ntnews.com.au/business/th...-1227567309657


AFTER enduring 19 years of shoplifting, Dallas Mackay of the Gray Supermarket has had enough and said it was time thieves(BOONGS) were made to compensate shopkeepers for pilfering.

Mr Mackay's call for action follows a raid on his shop on Saturday night involving seven people who stole liquor.

After being pursued by staff who retrieved some of the stolen alcohol, gang members returned to the shop, smashed the glass front door and assaulted a staff member.

"People who steal have to be held accountable and made to pay back the value of what they took," Mr Mackay said yesterday.

"Shoplifters have to be taken seriously," he said.


The Gray Supermarket is a family business and yesterday Mr Mackay, 31, and his father Lyle were still dealing with the latest bout of shoplifting and the angry response from the thieves.

Mr Mackay yesterday examined the shop's CCTV footage to prepare a package for the Palmerston Police.

After dealing with shoplifting for almost 20 years the Mackays now have 14 CCTV cameras protecting their business.

And because so many thieves have tried to walk, or run, out of the store carrying "bulk" items the Mackays had to change the shop's exit to a "raceway" so all customers pass the check-out.

"On Saturday they've come in as a group and sussed out the supermarket and where people were inside it and spread right out to try their luck at stealing alcohol," Mr Mackay said.

"As soon as the check-out staff and other members in the store fronted the thieves they were threatened.

"One of the staff was told that if he said anything, he'd get his head punched in.

"Once the guys came back into the store with the stolen liquor, they'd have thought it was all over.

"But shortly after two men entered with a lot of aggression, smashing my front door and then got in the face of one of the staff members, shouldering him and then the next guy assaulted the staff member.

Mr Mackay said it took Police about 45 minutes to respond to the incident.
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SO YOU GIVE THE BOONGS A "BASICS CARD" WHERE THEY CAN'T BUY THE BOOZE AND THEY GO DO STUFF LIKE THIS TO GET IT?

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/live/pro-and-anti-islamic-groups-to-hold-opposing-protests-over-bendigo-mosque/story-fnvc7daf-1227564252807

POLICE have quelled an ugly confrontation between pro and anti Islamic protesters in Bendigo as the opposing groups staged separate rallies over plans to build a mosque in the town.


About 400 anti-racism protesters, including masked members, gathered outside the Bendigo Town Hall and later faced off with hundreds more United Patriots Front protesters in Bendigo's Rosalind Park.

Some members of the anti-racism group clashed with a group of unidentified young men outside a hotel, during a march to the park.



Police were also forced to detain a man taking photos of masked members of an anti-racism group.

The masked members shouted "f--- off Nazi" and grabbed the man's camera, causing him to lash out.

Police kept the two groups separated in Rosiland park although taunts and slogan were yelled between the rallies.



UPF organiser Blair Cottrell said it would be the group's "biggest demonstration ever".

The No Room For Racism organiser, Yarra councillor Stephen Jolly, said Bendigo residents had had enough of racists targeting their city.

"Bendigo is under siege from the racists and is being unfairly targeted for this national protest," he said.
Bendigo Mayor Peter Cox said it was disappointing there was another "anti-Islam rally".

"While we are not used to this and it's upsetting to see Bendigo portrayed in a negative light, events such as this do not define the city," he said.

Victoria Police has vowed to crack down on any form of ­vilification, violence or intimidation at today's protests.

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http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/dutch-far-right-politician-geert-wilders-granted-a-visa-for-australia/ar-AAffJul?li=AA4RE4&OCID=HPCDHP


Far-right Dutch politician, Geert Wilders, will be allowed to speak in Australia for the second time in his controversial career, after being granted a visa.


Wilders is due to visit Australia this month for the launch of an anti-Islamic political party, the Australian Liberty Alliance, that was modelled on his own outfit, Party for Freedom.

The ALA's president, Debbie Robinson, told Guardian Australia on Thursday afternoon that the Department of Immigration and Border Protection had been dragging its feet in giving Wilders clearance.

But later that night, the anti-Islamic party issued a statement saying Wilders' visa had been issued.

"Everyone rallied together to remind the LNP government that Australia is still a democratic country based on Western values," the statement said.

Robinson told the ABC on Monday that the party had been given assurances in August that Wilders's visa application would go through.

She told Guardian Australia on Thursday that the Department of Immigration and Border Protection had set a deadline of last Friday to make a decision on the visa, but that the date had passed with no word from either the department or the minister's office. "I believe that they're stonewalling the visa, deliberately going slow," Robinson said before the announcement.

Calls to the office of the immigration minister, Peter Dutton, were not returned.


The Liberal backbencher, Cory Bernardi, a friend of Wilders who backed the far-right politician's bid to visit Australia in 2012, was disappointed that his visa was not processed straight away.

"Geert Wilders is a democratically elected member of a sovereign ally of Australia and he has never advocated violence of any sort," Bernardi said.

He warned that denying Wilders a visa "would reflect extremely badly on the [political] discourse of this country."

Bernardi argued that Wilders should be allowed to tour, reflecting Australia's strong commitment to freedom of speech. "I expected more from a Liberal government, quite frankly," he said.

Wilders ran into trouble when he tried to visit Australia in 2012. The then Labor government stalled on issuing his visa, which in turn forced the organisers of his speaking tour to cancel and reschedule the events. He was later granted access to the country and undertook the speaking tour in early 2013.