Court: Rebecca Katherine Krutsky was refused bail for a fourth time in the ACT Magistrates Court, all but ensuring she will spend Boxing Day, her 50th birthday, in custody.
Police: The large green and yellow pencils, around 2.5m in length, are believed to have been stolen from Queanbeyan West Public School, NSW police said.
Economics: The Reserve Bank is keeping its options open going into the new year as the gloomy global outlook, confusing spending behavior and the threat of a wage-price spiral continue to complicate its soft landing for the economy.
Good news: Two 18-year-old men and two women, 18 and 19, were found on Swan Island off the Bellarine Peninsula after they got caught in strong easterly winds and spent the night drifting in a choppy Port Phillip Bay.
