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Police allege two boys, 12, chased by ute in Mildura shopping mall

A child has been flown to Melbourne with serious injuries after a man allegedly drove after two kids riding motorised bikes in a north-west Victorian shopping mall. 
Victoria Police arrested and charged 56-year-old New South Wales man Andrew Brien after the incident, which occurred just after 11pm on Thursday in Mildura. 
Authorities said the driver of the ute followed the two 12-year-old boys through the pedestrian-only Langtree Mall. 

The ute hit both children. Both boys sustained upper body injuries and were taken to hospital, with one being flown to the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne in a serious condition.

Mr Brien made no application for bail after appearing in Mildura Magistrates' Court late on Friday, and will re-appear in court next week.
He has been charged with four counts of reckless conduct endangering life, and one count each of intentionally causing injury, drive in a dangerous manner, and dangerous driving causing serious injury.
The crime scene
A large crime scene, spanning half the length of the mall, was established shortly after the incident.

Part of a misting system at the Eighth Street end of the mall had been uprooted by the impact, and was splayed across a nearby street.
A light fixture was also heavily damaged in the incident, as was a motorised pushbike.
Rubber tyre marks were seen along the pavement.

Police are urging anyone who witnessed the collision or had any information to contact Crime Stoppers
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u/AggravatingBox2421 — 13 days ago

I finished my first needlepoint project!

It is a pouch from a company called Craft Club. I’m usually a cross stitcher, but wanted to make a bag for my kindle (and it’s an absolutely perfect fit!!)

u/AggravatingBox2421 — 16 days ago

On a video about Aboriginal Australian culture.

For the record, the “stick or stone” quote is incredibly ignorant, but it kinda pales in comparison to the person listing northern American inventions…

u/AggravatingBox2421 — 29 days ago

My results as a second generation Aussie

Funnily enough, the Netherlands DNA is my northern Italian ancestors, so I ended up being over half Italian instead of half like I thought

u/AggravatingBox2421 — 1 month ago

How popular are The Wiggles in the states?

I saw the wiggles mentioned on the TV show Scrubs, and it made me aware that they tour in the US sometimes. Have you heard of them? Do your kids enjoy them?

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u/AggravatingBox2421 — 2 months ago

I hate the stereotype that Australia is dangerous

We don’t have large predators. Other countries have bears! Wolves! Big cats! We have NOTHING like that here!!!

u/AggravatingBox2421 — 2 months ago

I absolutely loathe the spoonies metaphor

It’s just unnecessary nonsense. Just say energy!! Energy is a fucking unit of measurement!!! How is “I don’t have the energy for this” worse than “I don’t have the spoons”?????? As a person with chronic fatigue, I just cannot stand this crap. It feels like quirky nonsense, and I’ve only ever seen people without chronic illnesses using it. Call me a spoonie and I will be murderous

u/AggravatingBox2421 — 2 months ago
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Should I be worried about the noise?

I’m very comfortable with teardowns, and I’m pretty confident that the fan is clean inside

u/AggravatingBox2421 — 2 months ago

Found some pics from my lipoma removal/dowagers hump removal

I had a prominent hump on my neck, which doctors told me was a non-specific lipoma (AKA a fatty deposit that wouldn’t lessen from weight loss, but wasn’t a defined ball that could be easily excised). My surgeon broke it up with a liposuction “wand” and then sucked it all out. He was great because I wasn’t left with any concave areas like I might’ve been with a huge excision of the mass

u/AggravatingBox2421 — 2 months ago