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Southern Highlands News

38 Year Old Man Arrested For Grooming 14 Year Old Girl

Tuesday, 10 July 2012 23:39

A man's been charged with online child grooming offences - after being arrested between GOULBURN and Marulan

An investigation was launched - after a 14-year-old girl started having a sexually explicit conversation with the 38-year-old man on a social networking site - before he apparently asked to meet up.

The man was arrested just north of Goulburn

Police also raided his Goulburn home - seizing a number of items for forensic examination.

He has been refused bail to face Goulburn Local court this morning.

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HIGHLANDS NEWS

Non Custodial Parents Stand For Throsby Election

The Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting) has announced it will be contesting the federal seat of Throsby at the September 14 election. For the second time, Wayne Hartman will represent the party, after standing in Throsby during the 2010 election and receiving 1575 votes. The Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting) was formed in 1998 to address issues around family law and child support. Mr Hartman says they want to see more jobs in regional areas and less government control in many aspects of our daily lives Read more

Blackspot Funds To Fix Highway Danger Spots

Two dangerous sections of the Illawarra Highway near Robertson are to be upgraded, following a $200,000 funding allocation from the Federal Government's blackspot program. Throsby MP Stephen Jones says half of the money will go towards the installation of a w-beam guardrail on a 1.5 kilometre section of the Illawarra Highway, south of Tourist Road. The remaining $100,000 will be spent laying a high level non-skid road surface on two bends of the Illawarra Highway near Wilsons Road at Burrawang. Since being elected six years ago, Federal Labor has spent $4.6 million fixing twenty blackspots across... Read more

Council Orders Urgent TLC For Iconic Momument

Quick action by a Wingecarribee Clr will see the Monument to Human Endeavour near the loopline north of Hilltop given a much needed spruce-up. During an interview with 2STs Graeme Day last week, Clr Duncan Gair promised to speak with staff about the state of the massive 37 tonne concrete sculpture on Wilson Drive near the Big Hill cutting. It was created by Balmoral sculptor, Joe Enfield to recognise the hard work by our early pioneers in cutting through the sandstone to create one of Australia's deepest railway cuttings. Clr Gair says crews will clean... Read more

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