Brumbies coach Andy Friend yesterday named prop Dan Palmer, No 8 Ita Vaea and winger Henry Speight in his starting XV.
Inside centre Robbie Coleman, who earned one cap in 2010, will make his starting debut as Adam Ashley-Cooper centre partner.
Flyhalf Matt Giteau will lead the team in what will be openside flanker Julian Salvi's 50th match.
The Brumbies team:
1. Ben Alexander, 2. Stephen Moore, 3. Dan Palmer, 4. Ben Hand, 5. Mark Chisholm, 6. Mitch Chapman, 7. Julian Salvi, 8. Ita
Brumbies coach Andy Friend yesterday named prop Dan Palmer, No 8 Ita Vaea and winger Henry Speight in his starting XV.
Inside centre Robbie Coleman, who earned one cap in 2010, will make his starting debut as Adam Ashley-Cooper centre partner.
Flyhalf Matt Giteau will lead the team in what will be openside flanker Julian Salvi's 50th match.
The Brumbies team:
1. Ben Alexander, 2. Stephen Moore, 3. Dan Palmer, 4. Ben Hand, 5. Mark Chisholm, 6. Mitch Chapman, 7. Julian Salvi, 8. Ita
NEARLY 90,000 people have expressed their desire to have an R18+ classification for video games in Australia but a decision is still to be made.
The petition was a team effort of GAME and the PAL Gaming Network and was signed by 89,210 people at GAME’s stores last year.
Of these, 350 signatures came from GAME Castle Hill where store manager Lawrence Roque said many customers are concerned by R18+ games being labelled as MA15+ in Australia.
“We get lots of parents who are always concerned about what’s right for their kids and what is more for young adults,”
His company, Australian Queen Bee Exporters, employs 30 staff and supports at least a dozen rural industries including a beeswax processor, three honey processing factories, a honeycomb exporter and a bee-box manufacturer.
He also provides hands-on work experience for overseas students as part of an international primary industries rural trainee program.
''I had my first beehive when I was four years old,'' he says.
''I
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is facing internal discontent over gambling reforms promised as part of a deal that helped Labor retain power.
A member of her ministry has warned a blanket approach to tackling problem gambling will hurt small clubs in his electorate concerns backed by other regional members.
Limits on withdrawals from ATMs and poker machine technology to limit the losses of problem gamblers are the points of contention.
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie received a string of commitments in exchange for supporting Labor's bid to form minority government and stressed yesterday the agreement was ''non negotiable''.
''Limiting cash
Commonwealth Ombudsman Allan Asher has criticised the Australian Federal Police's handling of complaints in a review of police practices, and used an ACT Policing case as an example of operational problems.
The Ombudsman's review, which examined data relating to 399 complaints closed between 1 August 2009 and 28 February 2010 — plus the 109 excessive use of force complaints made since January 2007, 80 from members of the public — was tabled in Federal Parliament today.
It noted that the AFP cleared themselves over the use of excessive force in all reviewed cases, and also noted failings in police methods.
