Six arrested in $4m drug haul
10:16 AM AEDT | POLICE unearthed more than 2000 marijuana plants with an estimated street value of $4 million during a massive three-day drug operation in Griffith this week.
10:19 AM AEDT | GRIFFITH mayor Mike Neville has condemned the alleged actions of six locals embroiled in the latest drug bust in the city.
Hitchhiker licked
10:23 AM AEDT | GRIFFITH is just a hop, jump and a ribbit away from being a cane toad holiday resort, according to the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

WEATHER

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14°C - 27°C Fine. Mostly sunny.

MULTIMEDIA

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SPORT

New champ to appear ringside
1:12 PM AEDT | MEET Australia's latest world boxing champion. He's 22, he's Italian and he's coming to Griffith in May. Lenny Zappavigna claimed the IBO world lightweight t
1:15 PM AEDT | HE HAS been the underdog for much of his career, a journeyman who has never backed down from a fight no matter who the opponent may have been.
Accused face court
A MAN charged with growing nearly 1500 marijuana plants with a street value of $3 million has ...
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MKR star Manu Feildel inspires cyber worship.
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Supersize me
Myer is trialling size-18 mannequins.
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NATIONAL NEWS

Rudd pledges no batts blowout
8:40 AM AEDT | THE multimillion-dollar cost of fixing the bungled home insulation program will be met by drawing unspent money from the scheme that could otherwise have been used to insulate more homes, the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, says.  | Flood of insulation installers ... | Now taxpayers face $100m bill ...External Link

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WORLD NEWS

Anger at skeleton test delays
8:45 AM AEDT | THE President of East Timor, Jose Ramos-Horta, has criticised Australian authorities for taking five years to DNA-test a headless skeleton believed to be that of his country's hero Nicolau Lobato.
Q: Is the Federal Government's health reform plan a vote winner?




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