RUSH HOUR: The stories you need to know today
SHE was only nine when her mum taught her how to please men. The life of this teenage prostitute - forced to work before and after school - is hard to comprehend.
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• New WikiLeaks documents reveal that Prime Minister Tony Abbott is hosting secret negotiations that could allow foreign banks into Australia and see the end of the “Big Four”.
• Emergency services have freed a woman in her 60s who was pinned down by a fallen tree that crashed through her bedroom.
• Kanye West and Annie Leibovitz have released a joint statement about the singer’s inflammatory comments over his wedding photos.
• A man who had sex with a 15-year-old girl forced into prostitution by her mother has been fined $1500.
10am
That’s it for our Friday morning live #RUSHHOUR news blog. You can get across the stories you need to know today below or go to news.com.au for the latest headlines
9.40am
Police in the US have inadvertedly created an internet sensation after posting a photo of extremely sexy criminal.
A mug shot of Jeremy Meeks has attracted more than 23,000 likes and 6,000 comments on the Stockton Police Department Facebook page, with many remarking on how really, really, really ridiculously good looking he is.
“Omg yummy pretty bad boy”, “Would bail you out if I could”, “Now there’s a felony right there. Aye!”, others could only muster the barest of responses: “His eyes ... “.
Others cautioned that this hottie was also dangerous. Meeks, 30, is a convected felon and was arrested by police for felony weapon charges. One person commented: “Wooow ladies.. Your expectations are super looooww, he is a criminal for gods sake!”
9.20am
An alleged people smuggler has been extradited from Germany after a three-year international investigation, The Australian reports.
The 42-year-old Iraqi man was flown to Perth Airport last night and is expected to face multiple charges relating to an Indonesian fishing vessel intercepted by the navy in 2010 with more than 50 asylum seekers on board.
9am
Jed Coates, 18, was celebrating the Blues’ win on Wednesday night before he was allegedly shot dead by a Queensland fan.
Police were unsure what prompted the fight between the two men or if their support for opposing State of Origin sides sparked the argument, which began at the Colyton Hotel. The pair were thrown out by hotel staff.
Police said Coates shouted “shoot me” at his alleged killer, Matthew James Perry, 21, before he was shot in the neck in Nevada Ave at 11pm on Wednesday.
8.40am
Flights from Perth Airport are experiencing delays due to heavy fog overnight. Passengers travelling this morning are encouraged to contact their airline for the most up to date information.
8.30am
A MAN who had sex with a 15-year-old girl forced into prostitution by her mother has been fined $1500.
According to the Courier Mail, the mother, a prostitute from Thailand, had told her long-standing clients the girl was her 19-year-old sister or cousin.
When the girl was nine years old she was taught massage, masturbation of men, and oral sex.
Two years later, the mother brought the child to Australia permanently to work as a prostitute out of their Runcorn house, in Brisbane’s south.
The girl worked before and after school, and was abused or starved if she complained.
“It is a case that is almost impossible to comprehend for normal people,’’ District Court judge Richard Jones said.
8.10am
The Abbott Government’s Budget is so unpopular that four senior ministers have been assigned secret-service style protection.
According to Fairfax, members of the Australian Federal Police have been assigned to protect Treasurer Joe Hockey, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Education Minister Christopher Pyen and junior defence minister Stuart Robert.
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has also been assigned protection but this is believed to be due to controversy over his portfolio and not the Budget.
Senior government sources say the level of protection required is unusual.
7.50am
Coldplay invited Australian pop princess Kylie Minogue to perform two songs at their only concert in the country last night.
Not only did they perform her massive hit Can’t Get You Outta My Head but Kylie, Chris Martin and the band also gave a superb rendition of her Nick Cave duet Where The Wild Roses Grow in an extra encore.
7.30am
A Brisbane shopping centre in Indooroopilly has been evacuated this morning. A small blaze in the flooring space was discovered about 6am. A security guard is being treated for smoke inhalation.
7.20am
US President Barack Obama says he is ready to send 300 military advisers to Iraq and if necessary to take ‘targeted’ and ‘precise’ military action to counter radical Sunni fighters.
But he repeatedly insisted US troops would not be going back in to direct combat in Iraq.
Obama on Thursday said Washington was ready to deploy advisers to study how to train and equip Iraqi forces.
He said it was a good investment for Washington to intervene if it prevented Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters establishing bases which could eventually pose a threat to the West.
7am
Kanye West and Annie Leibovitz have released a joint statement about the singer’s inflammatory comments that the photographer pulled out of his wedding the day before because she was “afraid of celebrity”.
According to the statement they were in “negotiations for weeks”, which weren’t completed in time.
“Although Kanye expressed frustration that he was not able to collaborate with Annie Leibovitz at his recent wedding, he is not assigning blame, and is not accusing Annie in any way,” the statement said.
Leibovitz, who shot West and Kim Kardashian’s Vogue cover, is not known for shooting weddings.
6.45am
Wayne Rooney has scored his first goal at the World Cup after a streak of bad luck and near misses. Catch up on all the action on our live blog. This morning Uruguay v England, Colombia v Cote D’Ivoire and Japan v Greece.
6.30am
Emergency services have freed a woman in her 60s who was pinned down by a fallen tree that crashed through her bedroom. Crews were called to the woman’s Belgrave home in Melbourne’s east about 4am and it took about two hours for her to be rescued. She sustained minor injuries and is in a stable condition.
67 yo woman lucky to be alive after tree fell through her roof, pinning her to bed. Managed to call 000. @9NewsMelb pic.twitter.com/rkomqwthss
— Dougal Beatty (@DougalBeatty) June 19, 2014 Sub-type: comment CAPTION: 67 yo woman lucky to be alive after tree fell through her roof, pinning her to bed. Managed to call 000. @9NewsMelb pic.twitter.com/rkomqwthss— Dougal Beatty (@DougalBeatty) June 19, 2014
6.15am
New WikiLeaks documents reveal that Prime Minister Tony Abbott is hosting secret negotiations that could allow foreign banks into Australia and see the end of the “Big Four”.
According to Fairfax, Australian trade negotiators are working on a financial services agenda, which could see Australia’s banking and finance sector deregulated.
This would allow foreign banks more freedom to operate in Australia and for them to bring their own “temporary” financial and information technology workers here. It could also see our bank account and financial data freely transferred overseas where Australian privacy laws would not apply.
Details of the negotiations were revealed in a secret draft text for the Trade in Services Agreement, which has been posted online by WikiLeaks.
Other countries taking part in the negotiations include Canada, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the European Union.
6am
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