 | | NewsMail Morning Edition Tue 10 Dec, 2013 | Top Stories | | More Top Stories » |   An Australian jailed for disrupting one of the world's most famous boat races has escaped deportation after arguing he did not want to expose his wife and daughter to racism in Australia. Trenton Oldfield disrupted last year's annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race in London, when he swam out into the River Thames to protest "entrenched elitism". Mr Oldfield, 37, was convicted of public nuisance and sentenced to six months in prison over the protest and was then ordered to leave the UK. But he successfully appealed to Britain's Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, saying Australia "is a particularly racist country" and his wife and daughter, who are of Indian decent, would face discrimination. "I don't think I could put either Deepa or my child through that," he said. More » | | | 
| | More Analysis » |  Labor's standard response to every policy debate is to oppose the government regardless of the merits. In the face of the government's policy agenda, Labor tries to keep the carbon tax, the mining tax, Labor's NBN model and its skyrocketing costs. It also seeks to obstruct lifting the debt ceiling, opposes any workplace relations reform, and has played fast and loose on relations with Indonesia. Labor has form on these tactics, and kids itself that it is simply giving Abbott his own medicine. More » | | | Just In | | More Just In » |  Union representatives, police and workplace safety inspectors are back at the Mount Lyell mine site where two men died yesterday after falling down a shaft. Craig Gleeson, 45, and Alastair Lucas, 25, died from injuries sustained after falling about 35 metres. Investigations today are expected to focus on whether they were wearing safety harnesses. More » | | | World | | More World » |  A US space agency rover tooling around on the dry surface of Mars has for the first time uncovered direct evidence of what used to be a freshwater lake, scientists say. More » | | | Business | | More Business » | | By chief political correspondent Emma Griffiths  The Coalition has accused the Labor Party of trying to scare car industry workers over the prospect of Holden closing down in Australia. Uncertainty over the company's future was heightened after senior Government ministers told the ABC last week that they believe the company will shut its local operations as early as 2016. The Labor Party says the Coalition could keep the company in Australia for as little as $150 million per year but has accused the Government of "seeking to drive" Holden out of the country. Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane hit back in Question Time, saying Labor is assuming the worst. "They just want to frighten people about how many jobs might be lost if the chicken crosses the road," he said. More » | | | Politics | | More Politics » | | An Australian jailed for disrupting one of the world's most famous boat races has escaped deportation after arguing he did not want to expose his wife and daughter to racism in Australia. Trenton Oldfield disrupted last year's annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race in London, when he swam out into the River Thames to protest "entrenched elitism". Mr Oldfield, 37, was convicted of public nuisance and sentenced to six months in prison over the protest and was then ordered to leave the UK. But he successfully appealed to Britain's Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, saying Australia "is a particularly racist country" and his wife and daughter, who are of Indian decent, would face discrimination. "I don't think I could put either Deepa or my child through that," he said. More » | | | Sport | | More Sport » |  Former Australia wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist will be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame during the third Ashes Test. More » | | | Science and Technology | | More Science and Technology » | | By North America correspondent Ben Knight  Amazon's proposal to use drone vehicles to make deliveries has caused significant debate in the United States. Some citizens see potential for drones to expand business capabilities and emergency services, whilst others are concerned about threats to privacy that an increased number of 'eyes in the sky' might pose. More » | | | Environment | | More Environment » |  Anti-whaling activists are stepping up pressure on the Federal Government to send an Australian customs vessel to the Southern Ocean this summer. More » | | | | You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. This message was sent to you at starnewsposting@gmail.com Please add newslists@your.abc.net.au to your email address book to see images by default and stop the email being treated as spam. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email. Manage your preferences | Unsubscribe | Contact Us | | This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. | |
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