Morning Express: Wednesday, June 12

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Russia votes 436-0 to remove gay rights
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9:02am: Keep an eye out of Kevin Rudd on the hustings in Hurstville today.

It will be cloudy with a top of 19 degrees.

See you back here tomorrow from 6am for Morning Express. Peace out.

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8:58am: Let’s take a final look at the roads before Morning Express signs off in 5 minutes:

At Beverly Hills, traffic is very slow on the M5 fr 2 kms.

At Mays Hill, there is an accident on the Great Western Highway at Burnett Street.

The M4 is very slow around Merrylands.

At North Sydney, an earlier breakdown has delayed northbound traffic on the Warringah Freeway.

At Roseville, traffic is slow on the Pacific Highway.

8:40am: And while we’re in South Africa, Nelson Mandela is still in intensive care in a Pretoria hospital for a lung infection and had family visit him overnight.

President Jacob Zuma says he is in a “very serious” but stable condition.

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Re-admitted: Nelson Mandela. Photo: Getty

8:37am: Oh dearrrrrr.

Cape Town is in the grips of a poo war. At least 180 people have been arrested, some carrying bags of human waste, ahead of a planned protest over the lack of proper sanitation in the South African city.

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8:35am: All northbound lanes are now open on the Warringah Freeway in Milsons Point after a two car accident but traffic going over the Harbour Bridge is very heavy.

Allow extra travel time or use the Tunnel.

8:25am: But Garrett was also firing up about being locked out of a Queensland school because he was supposedly using school kids as pawns in his Gonski announcement.

Education Minister Peter Garrett says QLD banning him from visiting two Brisbane Schools is a ‘sad day for democracy.’

— Latika Bourke(@latikambourke) June 11, 2013

8:22am: After all this talk of “men in blue ties” that will wreak havoc on the nation (see the back story here) Peter Garrett is weaing a blue tie this morning. Awkward.

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Federal Schools Minister Peter Garrett speaking on ABC News Breakfast on Wednesday morning.

8:15am:Feminist and founder of Destroy The Joint Jane Caro has told ABC Radio her “heart sank” when she saw Julia Gillard’s “Women for Gillard” campaign yesterday which has since been slammed by both sides of politics.

“My feeling was this is not the way to win an election,” she said. “I don’t think there is a party for women and I’m not sure there ever should be a party for women. I think there should be a party for people who believe in social justice.”

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Jane Caro. Photo: Ben Rushton

8:10am: There’s some incredible footage from anti-G8 protests in London.

Police restrained a man who scaled the edge of the building before launching into a run towards the edge. Police wearing protective harnesses get the man to the ground from where he is later lowered and taken to hospital. You can watch it here.

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Police restrain an anti-G8 protester on the roof of a building in Soho, central London.

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8:03am: All looks fine on the train network.

On the South Coast Line, trains travelling towards the city may depart from different platforms at Otford and Helensburgh between 9:40am and 1:30pm.

Let me know of any incidents via the comments section.

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8:01am: On the bus network:

Route 461, 480 and 483 are diverting away from Riley Street via College Street in Woolloomooloo due to a police operation on Riley Street. Route 461 is missing two stops on William Street.

Routes 29, 91, 92 and 93 travelling westbound are diverting away from Wallarah Road, Gorokan via local streets due to a burst water main at Dudley Street. One bus stop on Wallarah Road is being missed.

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8:01am: On the roads at 8am:

In North Sydney, a car has broken down on the Warringah Freeway at the Berry Street on-ramp. One northbound lane is blocked.

At Woolloomooloo, Riley Street is closed due to a police operation.

At Rouse Hill, a car and truck have crashed in fog on Windsor Road citybound at Annangrove Road.

7:55am: There’s been a motorcycle-jacking in western Sydney overnight.

A man was riding a soft tail Harley Davidson along Corio Road in Prairiewood around 6.45pm last night when a silver Subaru WRX cut him off in traffic.

The motorcycle rider was forced to pull over to the side of the road where two men exited the Subaru and alleged threatened the motorcyclist with a knife and demanded he hand over his motorcycle. After complying with the demands, the victim was punched to his face.

One of the men got back into the Subaru and the other man mounted the victim’s motorcycle, before both vehicles were driven away.

There is a description for the first man only: Caucasian in appearance, about 183cm tall, a thin but muscular build, about 25-30 years old with a New Zealand accent. He was wearing a black jumper and black beanie.

7:51am: I’m loving Greg Baum’s wrap of the Socceroos win last night. Archie Thompson was “a local DJ to tap out the rhythm of the outbreaking party” but Tim Cahill was the consummate showman.

The Socceroos play Iraq on Tuesday and will go straight through to the Wold Cup if they win.

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Australia v Jordan

Mark Bresciano celebrates his goal for Australia. Photo: Sebastian Costanzo

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Chris Brown listens to the judge during his court appearance in Los Angeles. Photo: Frederick M. Brown

7:45am: Hmm, I’m not quite sure what I’d wear to court to defend myself on brawling charges but a white smoking jacket might not be it.

Alas, singer Chris Brown was in court overnight to find out whether he’ll be prosecuted over his fight with Frank Ocean.

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7:41am: The dollar slipped to 93.3 US cents late on Tuesday night, the lowest point since mid September 2010, but recovered to 94.39 US cents by 6.45am this morning.

It was also buying 90.6 yen, 70.88 euro cents and 60.25 British pence.

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7:41am:Aussie stocks are set to follow world markets lower after Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said he sees no need to expand monetary stimulus immediately, triggering fears among investors that central banks would step back from stimulus efforts.

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7:33am: We’re working to find out whether the death of a man whose body was found on a Woolloomooloo street this morning is suspicious or not. More to come.

BREAKING: Body of man found on road in Woolloomooloo – crime scene now in place. #2UE

— Michelle Taverniti (@M_Taverniti) June 11, 2013

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Henry Kwan Photo: Supplied

7:31am: Anyway, enough of federal politics for a few minutes. It’s making my heard hurt.

More than 150 Department of Fair Trading officers were sent into 219 tobacconists, adult shops and service stations yesterday to implement a statewide ban on 19 synthetic drugs.

At 21 shops they found goods on sale that were banned after north shore teenager Henry Kwan jumped off a balcony while on synthetic LSD.

7:27am:NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli says any politician is welcome in a NSW school provided they give five days notice.

But he’s told ABC Radio it’s a shame Gonski has turned from an “absoluty critical policy argument into a political argument”.

What do you think? Should Garrett have been locked out of the school?

7:24am: Queensland reportedly told the government they were fed up with their “schoolchildren being used as props” in a political campaign.

Julie Bishop said state government schools should not be used for partisan purposes.

“Federal politicians and particularly the Prime Minister should not be using school children and public schools to promote the Labor Party,” she told Sky News this morning.

7:24am: The Women for Gillard event isn’t the only debacle for the government.

Julia Gillard was locked out of a televised show she was to appear on with British comedian Ben Elton in a Perth school last night after West Australian Premier Colin Barnett ordered the Education Department to cancel it.

And School Education Minister Peter Garrett received similar treatment in Queensland, where he was to spruik Gonski reforms before the state banned him.

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard and School Education Minister Peter Garrett. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

7:20am: No surprises for guessing that Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop would jump on the gender/abortion card that Gillard pulled out yesterday.

Speaking on Sky News this morning, she says Gillard knows that the Coalition has no plans to change abortion laws.

“For her to raise it as an election issue is as offensive as it is false. She really should apologise for trying to scare woman.”

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Deputy opposition leader Julie Bishop during question time on Monday. Photo: Andrew Meares

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Senator Barnaby Joyce. Photo: Andrew Meares

7:12am: Liberal senator Barnaby Joyce is, predictably, slamming Julia Gillard’s gender card play on Sky News.

“When people are struggling in politics for air, they come up with divisive or whacky comments. You see them bungy jumping or dressing themselves up as milk bottles.. in a last gasp to stir up sentiment. It is literally a sign that you’re finished.”

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7:09am: Beautiful morning in Sydney. It will be cloudy with a top of 19 degrees, some patchy rain about.

Morning Sydney! twitpic.com/cwq7c2

— Peter Munro (@mrpetermunro) June 11, 2013

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7:05am: On the train network:

Trains travelling towards the city on the South Coast Line may depart from different platforms at Otford and Helensburgh between 9:40am and 1:30pm.

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7:05am: On the bus network:

Red Bus route 29 is diverting away from Wallarah Road and Dudley Street in Gorokon via local streets due to a burst water main. Two bus stops are being missed.

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7:04am: A quick look at the traffic at 7am:

At Homebush West, there is an accident northbound on Centenary Drive at Parramatta Road.

At Mascot, a broken down vehicle is blocking one lane of Airport Drive hear the International Airport.

At Yagoona, there is a citybound accident on the Hume Highway at William Street.

At Padstow, the M5 is getting a little congested.

7:00am:The Voice star Joel Madden has released a statement after 5 grams of marijuana were found in his hotel room on Sunday.

Photo: #STATEMENT tmblr.co/ZyeEfxn5Ovug

— Joel Madden (@JoelMadden) June 11, 2013

And then he finished with this. Good night indeed.

Good Night Sydney

— Joel Madden (@JoelMadden) June 11, 2013

6:59am: And it’s not just Julia Gillard under fire. So is Barry O’Farrell.

He was absolutely pummelled with questions about Greg Pearce at a press conference yesterday but stood firm and denied the incident had undermined his promise to raise parliamentary standards.

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NSW Premier Barry OFarrell Photo: Tamara Dean

6:51am: Revelations of a long history of sexual violence during the pre-sentencing hearing of Adrian Ernest Bayley yesterday must have been heartbreaking for Jill Meagher’s family.

The Age’s John Silvester writes that Bayley was a bottom feeder who should never have been allowed on the street.

And Dan Oakes has written a fascinating run-down of how the net closed on Bayley.

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A handcuffed Adrian Ernest Bayley arrives at court on Tuesday morning. Photo: Jason South

6:46am: Great news that a man who stole a car with a two-year old girl inside earlier this week has been found and arrested.

The 32 year-old allegedly stole the car from the carpark of the Coffs Central Shopping Centre on Monday and drove off with the girl sitting in the back seat.

The car was abandoned nearby a short time later and the girl was found safe but shaken up.

The man was arrested last night and charged with take/detain person with intent to obtain advantage, unlawfully take/drive motor vehicle with person in it, steal from person and custody of a knife in a public place.

6:42am: And this less-than-flattering assessment from feminist Eva Cox on ABC Radio:

“It looked as though she was trying to set this up with references to blue ties and abortion as a sort of personality fight between two people rather than what the whole thing should be about which is good policy. Women don’t vote as a bloc anyhow.”

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

6:41am: She hosted a “Women for Gillard” event yesterday but the PM’s attempt to play the gender card has seirously backfired among feminists.

On ABC Radio this morning, Destroy the Joint founder Jane Caro said it was a bit of lame politicking.

And author and comedienne Wendy Harmer said women don’t feel serviced by that kind of campaign anymore.

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6:36am: There are no disruptions on the train network this morning.

Remember, the Opal Card customer trial starts on the Eastern Suburbs Line and City Circle stations from Friday. To get an Opal card visit opal.com.au or call 13 OPAL.

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6:35am: On the bus network:

Red Bus route 29 is diverting away from Wallarah Road and Dudley Street in Gorokon via local streets due to a burst water main. Two bus stops are being missed.

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6:34am: On the roads this morning:

At Richmond, a bad crash outside the RAF base has taken out two lanes on Hawkesbury Valley Way. Stick with Richmond Rd and Windsor Rd instead.

At Guildford, there is an accident both ways on Rawson Road at Bligh Street.

At Gymea, a car has broken down northbound on the Princes Highway at Waratah Street.

There are some delays on the M4 around Homebush Bay Drive due to an earlier breakdown

It’s a good run on the M5.

6:32am: On the front pages of the major papers:

The Age in Melbourne reports that Adrian Ernest Bayley was on parole for a series of vicious sex attacks when he murdered Jill Meagher.

The Australian Financial Review reports that two big banks, including Goldman Sachs, have downgraded their economic forecasts, predicting there is a one-in-five chance of Australia dipping into a recession.

The Australian reports that the Gillard government is facing a states’ revolt over the soaring cost of healthcare for asylum-seekers and refugees, with the influx costing tens of millions of dollars and straining an already overloaded system.

The Daily Telegraph that NSW ministers have carte blanche to charge the taxpayer for flights to major interstate sporting events like the AFL grand final and the Melbourne Cup as long as there is an “official invitation”, the Premier declared yesterday.

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SMH front page, June 12

6:29am: Coming back to news at home and it’ll be another tough day at the office for Julia Gillard.

On the front page of the today’s Sydney Morning Herald, she has attached the “men in blue ties” but the attempt to play the gender card and suggest women would be marginalised under an Abbott government has drawn fierce criticism from opponents and has even been questioned by her Labor MPs.

6:18am: To be precise, the bill shot down by a whopping 436-0 in Russia’s parliament was to ban the “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations” and is part of an effort to promote traditional Russian values instead of Western liberalism.

Lawmakers have accused gays of decreasing Russia’s already low birth rates and said they should be barred from government jobs, undergo forced medical treatment or be exiled.

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An anti gay right activist grapples with a pro gay rights activist outside Russia’s lower parliament chamber. Photo: Ivan Sekretarev

6:18am: Who knows what’s going on in Russia today?!

They’ve said they will consider an asylum request from Edward Snowden, should he make one.

But as much of the world moves towards legalising gay marriage, the Russian parliament has backed a bill to stigmatise gay people and ban information about homosexuality by a cool 436-0.

6:14am: And, don’t they say that behind every great man is an even greater woman?

Edward Snowden’s girlfriend has been outed as a world-traveling, pole-dancing super hero. In her own words, of course.

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Graffiti that is sympathetic to NSA leaker Edward Snowden is seen stenciled on the sidewalk in San Francisco, California. Photo: JUSTIN SULLIVAN

6:12am: The other big story still reverberating around the world this morning is what will happen to National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, who leaked vast amounts of secret information of US surveillance.

There is still no trace of him and this fascinating piece tracks the eerie string of empty rooms he has now left behind.

This stuff is Hollywood film-worthy.

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Edward Snowden. Photo: Reuters

6:08am: Turkish Prime Minister Recept Tayyip Erdogan had said it would allow protesters to remain in Gezi Park as long as they were peaceful. But police then started to shoot tear gas canisters.

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People try to put out a fire as riot police fire tear gas to disperse the crowd during a demonstration near Taksim Square. Photo: Getty/Lam Yik Fei

6:03am: Things are really escalating in Turkey right now.

A day of clashes between protesters and riot police in Istanbul’s Taksim Square suddenly changed dramatically when police blanketed the area with massive clouds of tear gas and shot water cannons.

It’s 11pm at night and Istanbul’s Mayor has announced police will continue operations “day and night” until Taksim Square is cleared.

Fireworks fired on police officers. twitter.com/Timcast/status…

— Tim Pool (@Timcast) June 11, 2013

6:03am: Yeah Socceroos!

It was a bit of a scrappy game last night in Melbourne but they came away with a thumping 4-0 win and are one victory from qualification for the 2012 World Cup finals.

Switch off auto-refresh to watch the highlights.

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