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Major US railroad merger could bring more tar sands to south-east Texas

$27bn deal would create first direct route from Canadian mines to Gulf coast, while another would ship controversial oil from Utah

The Guardian - US

Wieambilla shooting: property owner Gareth Train posted regularly on conspiracy website before police killed

Exclusive: The brother of missing man Nathaniel Train had posted about preparing an ark and alleging the Port Arthur attack was a ‘false-flag’ operation

The Guardian - AU

Inquest hears Tasmania Police officer Paul Reynolds was facing child exploitation claims before suicide

A senior Tasmanian police officer who was part of the response to the Port Arthur massacre and the Beaconsfield Mine collapse was facing serious child exploitation allegations before his death, an inquest hears.

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Port Arthur pollution fight shows how Texas blocks citizen protests

A local activist went before a judge, arguing for lower pollution limits on two new liquified natural gas facilities. The judge sided with him, but the state environmental agency sided with the companies.

The Texas Tribune

ConocoPhillips (COP) To Acquire Stake In Texas LNG Facility

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) signed an agreement with Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) to acquire a 30% stake in the latter's proposed liquefied natural gas (AMEX: LNG) facility in Port Arthur, TX.

Benzinga

Tasmanian cultural heritage curator Elspeth Wishart reflects on a fascinating career

Researching convicts and ghosts has taken the museum curator to some of the world's most remote places — but after 40 years, there's still one mystery she desperately hopes can be solved.

ABC News

Nitram review – a harrowing portrait of Australia’s most deadly mass shooter

Based on the true story of a lone gunman who killed 35 people in Port Arthur, Tasmania, in 1996, Justin Kurzel’s drama is a complex study of a lethal misfit

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Nitram review: Port Arthur massacre drama asks the necessary questions about gun violence

Australian director Justin Kurzel’s new film asks sincerely why we describe these crimes as incomprehensible at the very same time as we watch the same patterns unfold, again and again

The Independent UK

Joe Biden says mass shootings rarely happen outside the US. What have other countries done that America hasn't?

US President Joe Biden says shootings like the Robb Elementary murders "rarely happen anywhere else in the world". Here's what some countries have done to make that happen.

ABC News

Australian police renew calls for national firearms database following mass shootings in the US

Existing information on gun ownership and tracking undermined by inaccurate, inconsistent and incomplete data across multiple jurisdictions

The Guardian - AU

After 138 school shootings this year, why can’t America enact gun control?

America is grappling withe gun control debate after yet another school shooting. Experts say its lawmakers could learn from Australia and Port Arthur.

The New Daily

Police hunting lawnmower thief who filled it up and mowed victim’s lawn before taking it

Suspect eventually dumped equipment in Port Arthur alleyway

The Independent UK

Koch-Owned Plant Finds Legal Ways to Pollute

A lawsuit claims Port Arthur's Oxbow plant manipulated SO2 emissions.

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