Creepy old mugshots reworked

S Shukerman looks like a rather frightening young boy. Picture: Dana Keller Source: Supplied

His old-fashioned dress stands out less without colour. Picture: Historic Houses Trust Source: Supplied

THESE vibrant mugshots show early 20th-century Australian criminals as you've never seem them before.

Talented artist Dana Keller, from Boston, United States, has painstakingly added authentic-looking colour to every image.

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The pictures were taken by New South Wales Police Department photographers between 1910 and 1930, mostly at Sydney's Central Police Station.

P.H. Ross stares eerily out from the past. Picture: Dana Keller Source: Supplied

In black and white, his gaze is not quite as menacing. Picture: Historic Houses Trust Source: Supplied

Sidney Kelly's pockmarked skin and reddish hair add to his mystery. Picture: Dana Keller Source: Supplied

In sepia, he is somewhat less of a threat. Picture: Historic Houses Trust Source: Supplied

Ms Keller said she wanted to show the characterful images in technicolour because in today's world, we can often feel a detachment from black and white pictures.

"It's as if they are only shadows from a time too long ago for any of us to remember," she said. "With our modern eyes, we are somehow disconnected from the real and vibrant world those photos are actually portraying."

She believes that adding colour to these images of history brings a viewer a little closer to the reality in which they were taken.

Walter Smith looks as though he has been in a few fights. Picture: Dana Keller Source: Supplied

In monochrome, his features seem less shocking. Picture: Historic Houses Trust Source: Supplied

"Colour helps to give a little bit of a glimpse into the world as it was from long ago, an opportunity to see perhaps something like what the photographer himself saw through his lens.

"Colour can force us to instantly see an old photograph with a new perspective, and make it seem as if the past it portrays wasn't that long ago after all."

The original photos were compiled by Macquarie University's Peter Doyle for an exhibition at the Justice and Police Museum examining inner Sydney in the first half of the twentieth century via police crime and accident scene photographs.

It later became the book City of Shadows: Sydney Police Photographs 1912-1948.

William Stanley Moore looks quite the character. Picture: Dana Keller Source: Supplied

To a modern-day eye, photos without colour may be less engaging. Picture: Historic Houses Trust Source: Supplied

Dr Doyle said: "The subjects of the Special Photographs seem to have been allowed — perhaps invited — to position and compose themselves for the camera as they liked.

"Their photographic identity thus seems constructed out of a potent alchemy of inborn disposition, personal history, learned habits and idiosyncrasies, chosen personal style (haircut, clothing, accessories) and physical characteristics."

The process of film colourisation is often used on old Hollywood movies, adding brilliance to black and white, sepia or monochrome moving-picture images.

Hand-colouring, or overprinting, was popular in the mid 19th-century, before the advent of colour photography.

Munro, washed-out. Picture: Historic Houses Trust Source: Supplied

William Munro sports a dapper hairstyle. Picture: Dana Keller Source: Supplied

Artists would use paints, dyes or crayons applied using fingers, brushes, airbrushes and cottonwool.

Ms Keller has also used her skills to give striking historical moments a a new dimension, from glamorous photos of Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe to emotive scenes from Auschwitz, to a Native American standing proudly in Dakota.

Find out more about her project and prints on her website.

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‘Good eating — but you’d need a lot of chips’

Tom Herron (centre) with his record breaking 221lb catfish. Also pictured are his friends Ashley Scott (left) and Andy Cooper. Mr Herron said it was like "dragging two sacks of potatoes through the water". Source: Snapper Media

IT could so easily have been the one that got away. A story about that giant fish that no one but the guy who almost caught it could vouch for.

Except Tom Herron, 68, did catch it — a mammoth 8ft 1in long and 221lbs rare albino catfish. In doing so he smashed a record his mate John Edwards, 74, set only an hour before when he reeled in an albino catfish that weighed 205lbs.

Cornwall-based Mr Herron told the Daily Star: "It was like dragging two sacks of potatoes through the water, it was unbelievable. I've been fishing for 50 years and this was the biggest fight I've ever had."

John Edwards (left) with his catfish and Tom Herron (right) with his record breaking catfish with their friend Ashley Scott. The two friends hooked the rare fish just minutes apart. Source: Snapper Media

Tom Herron with his record-breaking catfish. Source: Snapper Media

It was the biggest albino they have ever seen caught on the river. "Apparently they make good eating — but you'd need a lot of chips," he told the newspaper.

The trip, two hours south of Barcelona, was organised by a British tour firm, whose staff couldn't believe what they were seeing.

They had never seen a brace of albino catfish, let alone two world records smashed in one day.

A spokesman said: "Albino catfish of that size are very rare indeed. This is the biggest we've ever seen."

The albino catfish gets its unusual appearance as a result of a genetic anomaly that causes the fish to lack pigment and thereby appear white. They are considered trophy fish.

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Qantas set for a retro remake

The Qantas kangaroo symbol was originally painted beneath the cockpit of Qantas' first Liberator aircraft in 1944. Source: Supplied

QANTAS is going back to the future with its iconic flying kangaroo symbol by reintroducing the original image to its newest aircraft.

Adapted from an Australian one penny coin, the kangaroo symbol was originally painted beneath the cockpit of Qantas' first Liberator aircraft in 1944.

The original flying kangaroo logo was based on the Australian one penny coin. Source: News Limited

It followed the airline's decision to name its Indian Ocean passage "the Kangaroo Service" which quickly evolved into the "Flying Kangaroo".

Brand, Marketing and Corporate Affairs Group Executive Olivia Wirth said the kangaroo featured on the tail of every single Qantas aircraft had become a symbol of "home" to all Australians.

"Our kangaroo logo represents our proud history, inextricably linked with the development of commercial aviation in Australia," said Ms Wirth.

"A retro livery is the perfect tribute to our iconic flying kangaroo and its 70th anniversary."

The most recent redesign of the flying kangaroo was unveiled in 2007 by designer Hans Hulsbosch. Picture: AFP Source: AFP

She said the airline had flown under many liveries throughout its 94-year history and the original design would bring back a lot of memories for customers.

Qantas will take delivery of the new Boeing 737 from the Boeing Seattle factory in late November.

It will be the 75th Boeing 737-800 to join the Qantas fleet.

The flying kangaroo has become a symbol of "home" to all Australians, Qantas says. Source: AFP

History of the Flying Kangaroo logo:

1944 — The kangaroo was first painted beneath the cockpit of Qantas' first Liberator aircraft G-AGKT, following Qantas' decision to name its Indian Ocean passage the Kangaroo Service. The symbol featured on all later aircraft.

1947 — The winged kangaroo symbol was created for the introduction of Qantas' Lockheed 749 Constellations. They were the first Qantas aircraft to carry the Flying Kangaroo and the first to operate right through to London with Qantas crews. The Flying Kangaroo was later placed in a circle.

1984 — The Flying Kangaroo lost its wings once again in an updated logo and was refined to a more slender, stylised presentation.

1995 — A logo created for the airline's 75th anniversary year was added to all Qantas jet aircraft. It brought together the Flying Kangaroo symbol and the words '75 years' to mark Qantas' contribution to civil aviation.

2007 — Qantas unveiled a new interpretation of its iconic logo, designed to reflect the changing structure of the airline's new generation aircraft, and keeping with Qantas' increasing focus on contemporary design for its in-flight and on-the-ground products.

Qantas' logos through the years. Source: Supplied

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How to detect a suicide bomber

The palm-sized land mind contains just 40 grams of explosives and is a warning for all who travel in Afghanistan or will soon make their way into Islamic State controlled areas in Iraq.

EVERY new service person rotating through Australia's forward operating base in the Middle East gets to see the boot demonstration. It's a sobering moment.

The range instructor points to an army boot, located on the sand some 50 metres away. There's a bang and the boot flies 50m skywards, and thumps shredded to the ground.

The palm-sized landmine that blew the boot contains just 40 grams of explosives.

It is a warning for all who travel in Afghanistan or will soon make their way into ISIS-controlled lands in Iraq, but the devices are so numerous and ingenious that awareness is not always enough.

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A demonstration ... what the ADF personnel will face when they enter Iraq. A person wearing a suicide vest, packed with explosive devices, is dressed as a local. The idea behind the demonstration is to the show the deploying ADF personnel of how hard it is to spot a potential threat. Picture: Gary Ramage Source: News Corp Australia

While Coalition forces hold the heavy air-to-ground missiles, the insurgents in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan rely on mid-sized weapons and an array of improvised explosive devices to break bodies and spirits.

Warrant Officer Class 1 Gary Fletcher, who runs the IED training lane in United Arab Emirates, says the devices used in Afghanistan are simple and crude, in contrast to what ground forces may experience in the current Iraq conflict.

"(In Afghanistan) they either work or they don't work. In the old Iraq war they had more sophisticated ways, and that is how we envisage Iraq would be now," he says.

The worst of all is the suicide bomber.

Training our troops ... Australian Army Warrant Officer Class One Gary Fletcher is a Trade Ammunition Technician. He runs the Improvised Explosive Device training for all ADF personnel going on operations in the Middle East. Pic ture: Gary Ramage Source: News Corp Australia

"You will not find a suicide bomber in a crowd easily," WO Fletcher says.

The language of "green on blue" — the attacks by Afghan National Army inside bases that has cost seven Australian lives in Afghanistan — has been changed to "insider threats".

That is because it is no longer just soldiers attacking soldiers, but the employees of foreigners — the drivers, office workers, cleaners.

People on new deployments are told to look for changes in the behaviour of their employees, even those who have been through an eight-stage vetting process.

They may become agitated, erratic, or lose eye contact. They get most upset if their bosses trash their religion.

The course padre encourages people landing in the Middle East to understand the sanctity of the Koran.

Threats ... ADF personnel, including Special Forces, will face the threat of IED's when they enter Iraq. An Army GP Boot is exploded to simulate the effect of what will happen if someone were to step on an IED device and trigger it. Picture: Gary Ramage Source: News Corp Australia

"Desecration of religious texts is never an accident," they are warned.

In 2012, 61 Coalition forces were killed by IEDs in Afghanistan. Since 2001, 15 Australian soldiers have been killed in action by landmines or IEDs.

Anything from a seemingly empty plastic bottle to an innocent-looking pressure cooker could be a bomb.

Four springs taken from bicycle seats can be the basis of a pressure-plate bomb. Once stepped on, metal contacts metal. The circuit is made and the device is triggered.

The after effect ... of an IED blast, as an Army GP Boot is exploded to simulate the effect of what will happen if someone were to step on an IED device and trigger it. The boot was thrown over 30 metres into the air. Picture: Gary Ramage Source: News Corp Australia

The range of IED triggers — cell phones, half-dead batteries, ball bearings that roll inside syringe barrels — is astonishing.

That is why the induction training concentrates heavily on teaching people to use tourniquets in the event of IED wounds.

A person who has lost an arm or a leg will bleed out in 30 seconds. Every service person carries a tourniquet as part of their kit and is taught to get it on a limb as fast as possible.

There are still 420 Australians working in Afghanistan, travelling in heavy traffic where a new scourge of magnetic mines — stuck on to the side of Coalition vehicles by passing motorbikes — represent a new threat.

Suicide bombers use motorbikes with false tanks loaded with explosives, driving to the job with just enough fuel in a water bottle running straight to the carburettor.

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Streamlined Hackett back in the water

Grant Hackett has 18 months to try and lower his times in a bid to make it to Rio. Source: News Corp Australia

THESE are the exclusive photos of Grant Hackett back in training that prove if the dual Olympic champion is not seriously contemplating a crack at Rio 2016 Olympics then he should be.

Hackett, 34, confirmed to The Sunday Mail last month that he was back training under his former coach Denis Cotterell on the Gold Coast in a bid to get some balance and fitness back into his life after his incredibly difficult year battling personal issues.

Hackett may be spooked from chasing an Olympic comeback dream because of the failed attempt by his fierce rival Ian Thorpe for London 2012, but the Thorpedo started his comeback 18 months out from the trials when he was heavily over his racing weight.

Grant Hackett and Dennis Cotterell at the Miami Swimming Club. Source: News Corp Australia

Hackett is now 18 months out from the 2016 Olympic trials and given his already streamlined physique time is clearly on the former champ's side to seriously challenge for a position on Australia's 4x200m freestyle relay team.

The two-times 1500m freestyle champion is training alongside some of Australia's best young talent, including 200m freestyle Commonwealth champion Tom Fraser-Holmes, but was adamant Rio is not on his radar.

"I would be 36 for Rio, I think that's probably just getting on a little bit too much," Hackett said at the time.

Grant Hackett prepares to dive in at training with some flippers on. Source: News Corp Australia

"It would be a great dream but I'm not sure it's that realistic or that I've got the time to do it.

"(Swimming) is just something that is a little bit easier than any other sport. At the same time it's frustrating because I'm so much slower than what I was, but anyway it's good fun just the same.

"I couldn't do (swimming training) on my own to be honest. It's not the sort of sport I enjoy just going down to the pool and doing it on my own."

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China hacking prodigy ‘here to help’

Young hacker ... Wang Zhengyang speaks at the China Internet Security Conference in Beijing. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied

A 12-year-old Chinese 'hacking prodigy' broke into his school's computer system and a shopping website, but claims he's only doing it to help fix security flaws.

Wang Zhengyang hacked into his school's system, then notified the software company of a security flaw that affected other schools using the program.

However, Wang points out he hacked into high school records, not his own, reports Want China Times.

CCTV reports Wang is also a first-year student at Tsinghua University, and that he began hacking to avoid doing his homework.

But he says it's all to help websites improve their security, and that he is a moral hacker, or 'white hat'.

"I meant to help fix the websites," he told the Chinese Internet Security Conference in Beijing late last month.

"You have to attack the websites first to find its weaknesses."

He also hacked into an online store, changing price of one item from 2500 yuan to 1 yuan, reports Shanghaiist.

Instead of buying the discounted item, he contacted the online store to alert them to the security breach.

"I think those who hack all day for profit are immoral," he said.

"It is interesting to look for website security risks and I am overwhelmed with joy when I find one. But I will not use my talent for something illegal."

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Eclipse turns Moon blood red

Sydney Observatory's Andrew Jacob illuminates the detail behind a lunar eclipse, why it glows red, and what to expect from this stellar show.

STARGAZERS in the Americas, Australia and Asia have witnessed a lunar eclipse, a celestial show that has bathed the moon in red to create a "Blood Moon."

Evening viewers in much of Asia and early risers in parts of the Americas were treated to a stunning lunar eclipse, though clouds obscured it for some.

Lucky ones saw the moon turn orange or red in what is known as a "blood moon."

The striking colour results from sunlight scattering off Earth's atmosphere.

World watching ... the lunar eclipse appears above Wade, North Carolina in a picture made through an amateur astronomer's telescope. Picture: AP/The Fayetteville Observer, Johnny Horne Source: AP

On Australia's east coast, cloud cover was seen less than an hour ahead of the Moon's move into Earth's shadow.

Whoops of joy erupted at the Sydney Observatory in Australia as the moon made a brief appearance.

"Very spectacular," observatory astronomer Geoff Wyatt said.

"The cloud certainly got in the way, but we've seen it during totality and of course that's always the highlight — to see that lovely, reddish-brown colour."

Dark red ... The moon rises over Sydney's Opera House. Source: News Corp Australia

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In Canberra, Rachel Buckley watched from her driveway.

"It looked small, but very, very clear and really orange, I thought — blood orange," she said.

"It was quite exciting, pretty amazing to see. because it's not very often you get to see that."

Photographs of the Moon from all over the country started to emerge as the eclipse got underway.

In Japan, clear skies turned partly cloudy as the eclipse progressed, but some people who gathered on the rooftops of skyscrapers in Tokyo saw the moon turn a rusty brown when the clouds cleared.

"When the sun, moon and earth align, I get the feeling that we are also a part of the solar system," Yoshiko Yoneyama, a 66-year-old homemaker, said. "It's that kind of feeling."

Watching the Moon rise over Sydney Harbour. Picture: Adam Ward Source: News Corp Australia

The lunar eclipse in Sydney at Five Dock. Picture: Rohan Kelly Source: News Corp Australia

The spectacular Blood Moon seen in Sydney. Picture: Rohan Kelly Source: News Corp Australia

The second total lunar eclipse for 2014 over Darwin. Picture: Michael Franchi Source: News Corp Australia

Night sky ... the sequences of the Lunar Eclipse overnight. Picture: Jay Town Source: News Corp Australia

Japan ... the total lunar eclipse is seen behind a ferris wheel in Tokyo. Picture: AFP Source: AFP

Full moon ... A commercial Airliner on approach to Reagan National Airport flies past the moon during a lunar eclipse as seen from Washington, DC. Picture:/Getty Source: AFP

Night light ... a religious cross is seen as the moon shines down on Los Angeles, California. Picture: Getty Source: AFP

Texas ... a lunar eclipse appears behind a gargoyle atop the old red Dallas County Courthouse. Picture: AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Tom Fox Source: AP

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The early phase of the eclipse began 4.00am, on the east coast of the United States.

NASA provided live footage via telescope of the eclipse, showing a black shadow creeping across the moon in a crawl that took about an hour.

Only when the moon was totally eclipsed did the redness appear. The total eclipse was also to last about an hour, and ditto for the return to its normal colour. The total eclipse happened at 6:25am on the US east coast (1025 GMT).

The NASA web site was peppered with Tweets bubbling with questions and comments on the heavenly phenomenon.

"This is amazing. Thank you for this opportunity," read a Tweet from the handle @The Gravity Dive.

"Is there any crime increase during this process? Any psychological problems?" wrote a person who identified herself as Alisa Young.

Just before the climax, Kathi Hennesey in California wrote, "Watching from San Francisco Bay Area. Just a sliver now."

Earth's shadow ... the moon during a total lunar eclipse over Milwaukee. The moon appears orange or red, the result of sunlight scattering off Earth's atmosphere. Picture: AP Photo/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Mike De Sisti Source: AP

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— Ring of fire —

A NASA commentator explained that during the total eclipse, if you were standing on the moon and looking at the earth, you would see it all black, with ring of fire around it.

In Hong Kong, free viewing locations were set up on a harbourside promenade by the Hong Kong Space Museum for the public to observe the various phases on telescopes.

In Tokyo's Roppongi fashion and entertainment district, enthusiasts performed yoga exercises under the blood moon. Many others had climbed atop the city's skyscrapers to view the sky.

Never sleeps ... the total eclipse is seen through clouds near the Empire State Building in New York. Picture: AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA Source: AFP

A lunar eclipse is seen near a statue entitled "Enlightenment Giving Power" by John Gelert, which sits at the top of the dome of the Bergen County Courthouse in Hackensack, New Jersey. Picture: AP Source: AP

In Hong Kong, hundreds of patient onlookers of all ages lined the harborfront promenade late Wednesday hoping for a glimpse of the eclipse.

Many came armed with cameras and telescopes but on a cloudy evening in a city whose sky is rarely clear of pollution haze, it was visible only intermittently.

With tweets from across the viewing countries in Asia, one in New Zealand described the eclipse as "omg the sky is red right now ... at 12:26am in Auckland" with the hashtag "#sofreakingcoool. "

Blood moon ... the lunar eclipse is seen between two buildings in Tokyo. Picture: AFP Source: AFP

The event was not visible in Africa or Europe, NASA said.

The eclipse is the second of four total lunar eclipses, which started with a first "blood moon" on April 15, in a series astronomers call a tetrad.

The next two total lunar eclipses will be on April 4 and September 28 of next year.

The last time a tetrad took place was in 2003-2004, with the next predicted for 2032-2033. In total, the 21st century will see eight tetrads

Total lunar eclipse ... the moon rising at Point Ormond in Elwood, Victoria, with the Melbourne CBD skylinein the background. Picture: Valeriu Campan Source: News Corp Australia

World watches ... Indians watch the lunar eclipse through a telescope at a planetarium in Gauhati, India. Picture: AP Source: AP

View from South America ... the full moon is partially shadowed by the earth during a total lunar eclipse in Bogota, Colombia. Picture: AP Source: AP

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Traders’ ‘fat finger’ costs $706bn

Error...An investor watches as Japan's Nikkei 225 stock market index is displayed in Tokyo. Picture: AP Source: AP

SHARE orders worth more than Sweden's entire economy had to be cancelled after the biggest 'fat finger' trade ever.

The 40 trades, worth 67.78 trillion yen ($706 billion), were cancelled in Tokyo before they could be executed, Bloomberg News reports.

The largest order was for 1.96 billion shares of Toyota, which would have been almost 60 per cent of the company. Other shares ordered in the trade included Honda, Canon, Sony and financial group Nomura.

Orders to buy stock are often cancelled, but this is believed to be the largest 'fat finger' trade ever, reports Bloomberg.

"I've never heard of orders this big being cancelled before," said Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank market strategist Ayako Sera, in Tokyo. "This must have been an error."

Traders are speculating over who made the massive error, which was over-the-counter, meaning just between two parties and therefore not regulated by authorities.

Major order ... The 'fat finger' trade included a request to buy almost 60 per cent of Toyota. Picture: AFP Source: AFP

Some market experts say the gigantic order probably never would have been executed without raising red flags.

"It's not rocket science that there was a 'fat finger' here, but it reopens the question about accountability," said Parry International Trading managing director Gavin Parry, who is based in Hong Kong.

"There is a probability a broker mistook the number of shares for the value of shares."

In the red ... Businessmen walk past the exchange rates in Tokyo overnight. Picture: AFP Source: AFP

'Fat finger' trades have happened before, although this is thought to be the largest one.

Swiss financial giant UBS ordered 3 trillion of bonds from a video game company by mistake in 2009.

And in 2005, a share trader at Mizuho bank mistyped an order for shares in recruitment company J-Com and cost his company 27 billion yen. In that case, he intended to sell one share at 610,000 yen, but instead sold 610,000 shares at 1 yen each. Those orders were filled — despite the fact it was 41 times the number of actual shares in the company, reports The Independent.

And American firm Knight Capital Group had to be bailed out in 2012 when its computers accidentally placed orders that cost the firm hundreds of millions in losses.

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‘It’s exhausting being a woman’

Life change ... transsexual Chelsea Attonley wants to be a man again. Picture: Twitter Source: Supplied

A TRANSGENDER woman encouraged to have a £10,000 ($19,000) sex change by Katie Price wants to become a man again — because it's "exhausting" being a woman.

Chelsea Attonley, who was born a boy called Matthew, said she is tired of putting on make-up and wearing heels following her sex change seven years ago.

"It is exhausting putting on make-up and wearing heels all the time. Even then I don't feel I look like a proper woman," Attonley, 30, said, according to The Mirror in the UK.

"I suffered from depression and anxiety as a result of the hormones too. I have realised it would be easier to stop fighting the way I look naturally and accept that I was born a man physically.

"Now I have decided I want to live as Matthew, I am desperate to have my FF-cup boobs removed."

Attonley, a drag queen known as Miss Malibu, previously told how she struggled with her identity growing up and became depressed when a doctor rejected her initial bid for a sex change.

Inspirational ... Chelsea Attonley said Katie Price urged her to have a sex change. Picture: Ian West/PA Wire Source: AAP

However her fortunes changed when she met glamour model Price, aka Jordan, at a nightclub in 2007, according to Closer magazine in the UK.

Price encouraged Attonley, who mimicked the bombshell's look in drag, to make the change, saying: "Go for it!"

Inspired, Attonley returned to her GP who approved the surgery at a cost of £10,000 — funded by taxpayers.

But now, Attonley reportedly regrets her choice and wants the National Health Service to fund her £14,000 sex change surgery.

"I don't feel bad about the NHS paying for the surgery as I don't consider it a choice," Attonley said.

Exhausted ... Chelsea Attonley wants to go back to being Matthew. Picture: Twitter Source: Supplied

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Police failed me: Bill Shorten's 'rape' accuser

Bill Shorten. Picture: Eugene Hyland Source: NewsComAu

A WOMAN who claims she was raped by federal Labor leader Bill Shorten has accused Victoria Police of failing to investigate properly because of his position of power.

Earlier this year, authorities decided not to press charges against Mr Shorten because prosecutors felt that "there was no reasonable prospect of conviction".

The woman, Kathy, asked that her surname not be published, but agreed to be photographed.

Interviewed by the Herald Sun in Queensland, she said the trauma of what she says happened to her had been exacerbated by what she sees as an inadequate police investigation.

WATCH the full VIDEO in the Herald Sun's EXCLUSIVE interview.

"I had three main witnesses ... I gave them the phone number of one, her maiden and married names, told them she lived in Melbourne.

"The police told me they couldn't find her," Kathy said.

"But they went to all of Bill's friends,'' she said.

Mr Shorten's press secretary Ryan Liddell last night referred to Mr Shorten's statement in August: "The claim has now been thoroughly and rigorously investigated by police, as is entirely proper.''

Kathy, who claims she was raped by Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Source: News Corp Australia

Read more of Kathy's claims in the Herald Sun's VIDEO EXCLUSIVE interview.

david.hurley@news.com.au

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