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A LONE man stood up in the City of Greater Bendigo council meeting tonight and yelled "I support the mosque" amid fury from a vocal group of residents who claim the place of worship will incite terrorism upon Bendigo.
The $3 million proposal was approved by councillors in a six-two vote, with several members of the public gallery screaming, "Shame on you, shame" when the decision was passed down.
Protesters packed the chamber for two hours of fierce debate over the Rowena Street proposal. One woman asked the councillors if they would be able to sleep at night if Islam “descended” on Bendigo; another asked what safe measures had been put in place to stop a terrorist attack.
Geelong president Colin Carter has been ridiculed as a "Hall of Fame hypocrite" and "unstatesmanlike" for accusing the wealthy clubs of hijacking the equalisation debate and shifting the burden of cost onto the middle-class clubs.
Collingwood and Hawthorn presidents Eddie McGuire and Andrew Newbold both took umbrage at Carter's stinging attack on the wealthy clubs after he said the Cats had been "screwed" by the rich clubs - Collingwood, Hawthorn and West Coast - who bullied the AFL into a sweetheart deal for the rich that unfairly punished the middle-class clubs.
1851 - Billy Midwinter, Australian cricketer (d. 1890)
1917 - Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwan minister (ZAPUA)
1938 - Ian Smith, Australian actor
1972 - Poppy Montgomery, Australian actress
1978 - Garfield the Cat, animated character "Big fat hairy deal"
If today is your big day, happy birthday!
1987 - Louis IV, crowned king of France
1821 - Battle at Dragetsani: Turkish army beats Greece
1846 - 1st baseball game (Cartwright Rules)-NY Nines 23, Knickerbockers 1
1862 - Slavery outlawed in US territories
1889 - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Man with the Twisted Lip"
1910 - 1st airship in service "Germany"
1931 - 1st photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven Ct
1947 - 1st plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 kph)-Albert Boyd, Muroc Ca
1988 - World's Largest Sausage completed at 13 1/8 miles long
2012 - A man is beheaded for witchcraft and sorcery in Saudi Arabia
Aconcagua is the highest peak in which country?
Which animal shares its name with Samuel Crompton’s spinning machine?
Who was first to to a first Best Actor Oscar - Russell Crowe or Denzel Washington?
Dermatology is concerned with the study of human what?
Which country does Nelly Furtado come from?
1. Argentina 2. Mule 3. Denzel Washington 4. Skin 5. Canada
There is no butter in buttermilk.
What would we have if everyone in Australia drove a pink car? We'd have a pink car-nation!
Have a good day.
Hannah