12PM NEWS UPDATE

The stepfather of a 12 year old Hunter Valley girl has been taken to Maitland court today charged with her murder. The girl’s body was found in a house at Aberglasslyn yesterday.
The campaign to END “domestic violence” has been given a one hundred million dollar boost by the Federal Government – with the Prime Minister condemning the problem as a national disgrace.
A Sydney shopkeeper has been committed to stand trial over the deaths of three people. Adeel Khan is accused of setting fire to his store in Rozelle in September last year.. 31-year-old Bianka O’Brien was killed in the blaze – along with her 11-month-old son and neighbour, Chris Noble.
And Australian journalist Peter Greste says he’s “overjoyed” with the news two of his fellow AL Jazeera reporters have been pardoned by Egypt’s President after being accused of aiding terrorism.



