Saturday, May 6, 2017
Natural fit for Perth body-building mums
MANY mums struggle to find time for a quick gym sessions in between work, the school run and dinner time.
But these Perth mothers have done more than that — they’re in the midst of a gruelling 12-week training schedule ahead of Perth’s first all-female national body building event.
The Ms Fitness Australia competition on June 3, to be hosted by the Australasian Natural Bodybuilding Federation, will attract toned women from throughout the country.
Among them will be Natasha Lovell, 37, of Bunbury, Layna Bartlett, 42, of Rockingham, and Krystal Woolsten, 33, of North Beach, who never imagined themselves standing on stage in bikinis a few years ago, but say the sport turned their lives around.
Now she enjoys a new lease on life, being a strong role model, in every sense of the word, for her daughters Lucy, 7, and Matilda, 10.
“I had been going through a bit of a rough time in life — a messy marriage breakup, and I wasn’t in a good place physically and mentally,” Ms Lovell said.
“This has been like a saviour for me. It’s helped me out so much physically and emotionally, the training being like therapy for me.”
As a single mum, Ms Lovell squeezes in her training sessions every day in between full-time work at a childcare centre and looking after her daughters.
Ms Bartlett described herself as being active when she was younger, but then neglected her health and fitness in her 20s.
Source: Natural fit for Perth body-building mums | Perth Now
Indon prison escape: 200 still at large
The prison break on Friday occurred when prisoners were let out of their cells at Sialang Bungkuk Prison in Pekanbaru, the capital of Riau province, to perform prayers.
Local police chief Susanto, who goes by one name, said 242 men were recaptured by Sunday morning leaving about 200 still at large.
Police said some of the men surrendered or were returned by their families while others were captured by residents, police and soldiers.
Source: Indon prison escape: 200 still at large | Perth Now
Shark halts swimmers in Busselton Ironman 70.3
The individual swim leg of the half-distance triathlon was brought to an abrupt halt after a shark was spotted by crews on the Surf Lifesaving helicopter.
Several swimmers were still in the water when the shark was seen to the east of the course, several hundred metres offshore.
The beach was declared closed and those still in the water were brought to shore.
Swimmers for 190 teams were told they would not be able to compete.
Triathlon WA executive director Peter Minchin it had yet to be decided how this would impact competitors’ eligibility for further events.
“I think most people are understanding that this decision has been made in the interests of their safety,” Mr Minchin said.
Team competitors went ahead with the cycle and run legs as scheduled.
Source: Shark halts swimmers in Busselton Ironman 70.3 | Perth Now
WA gets federal money for Metronet project
The two governments have struck a $2.3 billion agreement, including an extra $400 million, in funding to be included in Tuesday’s budget for 17 road and rail projects that will create 6000 new jobs.
A combined $1.2 billion will be allocated towards the Perth Metronet rail project.
Now premier Mark McGowan had made dumping the Perth Freight Link in favour of the Metronet a key policy ahead of the March election campaign which Labor won decisively.
Until now the federal government, including Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, had publicly baulked at reallocating the funds.
“There is no business case – they have got a way to go,” Mr Turnbull said on March 20, nine days after the state election left the Liberal party with just 13 seats in the 59-seat parliament.
But on Sunday, Mr Turnbull said the decision to redirect the funds acknowledged the WA government’s priorities.
“In particular, the state government’s Metronet initiative fits in well with my government’s Smart Cities agenda, and we will continue to work with the premier and his team to help make it happen,” he said in a joint statement with Mr McGowan.
But the federal government isn’t giving up on the Perth Freight Link.
“We still believe Perth Freight Link is important, we believe it will need to be built at some stage, because of its capacity to reduce congestion in the suburbs of Perth,” Infrastructure Minister Darren Chester told ABC TV on Sunday.
“But we have to be pragmatic, have to work with the government of the day, you have to play with the cards you are dealt with.”
Federal Finance Minister Mathias Cormann told the paper that he still believed the freight link was “critically important” to WA, but the government was being pragmatic.
Funding for the Metronet rail network was one of the top two items on the new WA Labor government’s federal budget wishlist.
The other is cold, hard cash to compensate for getting the lowest share of GST.
The contentious GST distribution issue will be the subject of a new Productivity Commission inquiry.
WA’s share is 34 cents for every dollar raised this year compared to about or above the 100 cent mark for the rest of the country, with Victoria and NSW around 90 cents.
Source: WA gets federal money for Metronet project | Perth Now
Aidan Turner may strip off again in new Poldark series
He set pulses racing in that famous shirtless scene in BBC drama Poldark.
And Aidan Turner has hinted that he may be stripping off once again in the third series of the show, joking: ‘I’ve done it in nearly every job. I insist.’
The hunky actor, 33, also described his surprise at the ‘mild hysteria’ in response to the scene in the first series, in which he showed off his sculpted physique.
Speaking about the initial decision to strip off, he added: ‘It was just really hot that day and it would have been more weird to keep my shirt on. It didn’t feel like a stunt.
‘There was mild hysteria about it all – that was quite surprising.’
MORE HERE: Aidan Turner may strip off again in new Poldark series | Daily Mail Online
Paedophile Rolf Harris will be released from prison in 6 weeks. UGH!!
Rolf Harris could be released from prison in six weeks after serving half of his sentence for abusing children.
However, before he walks free from HMP Stafford to care for his ill wife he will have to face another trial on May 15 over further sex offences, for which a guilty verdict will extend his time behind bars
The 87-year-old paedophile was jailed for five years and nine months in 2014 for 12 indecent assaults on four girls between 1968 and 1986, but was cleared of three offences in February this year.
If he is cleared of the additional charges later this month, he is expected to walk free my the middle of June, a week earlier than anticipated.
A source told the Sunday People: ‘Rolf is now counting down the days. He isn’t enjoying jail life at all and is desperate to get out.
‘His wife Alwen is 85 and has been in failing health, so he wants to be reunited with her as soon as possible.’
It was revealed last week that the disgraced entertainer has earned a tax windfall of over £100,000 after his business empire folded, it has been revealed.
HM Revenues and Customs had to pay the sum of £103,000 to Rolf Harris Enterprises for tax overpaid on cash earned since his 2014 conviction.
The Australian, 86, is believed to have forked out £50,000 to accountants to wind up his finances after he was found guilty on numerous incidents of sexual assault…
Source: Rolf Harris will be released from prison in just 6 weeks | Daily Mail Online
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Indian drug factories’ waste [In INDIAN OCEAN?] is fuelling superbug rise: Million times safe limits
‘Apocalyptic’ superbugs that could render certain antibiotics useless are on the rise in drugs factories in India, scientists have warned.
One water sample from around manufacturing plants in the city of Hyderabad, in southern India, contained almost a million times the safe limit of antibiotics.
Hyderabad is a major production area for the global drug market. Almost all samples from the plants that supply the NHS contained superbugs resistant to multiple drugs.
‘Insufficient wastewater management by bulk drug manufacturing facilities leads to unprecedented contamination of water resources with antimicrobial pharmaceuticals, which seems to be associated with the selection and dissemination of carbapenemase-producing pathogens.
‘The development and global spread of antimicrobial resistance present a major challenge for pharmaceutical producers and regulatory agencies.’
Chief Medical Officer for the UK Government, Dame Sally Davies, has warned of the dangers of antibiotics becoming increasingly less effective.
In an interview in 2015, she told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: ‘Modern medicine as we know it – if we don’t halt this rise of resistance – will be finished.
‘Take cancer: most modern cancer treatments result in reducing your immunity and getting infections.
‘If those are bugs that are resistant to antibiotics then you are going to have a choice of do I take my chance the antibiotics won’t work, or do I do my bucket list?’
Patients infected with MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) are 64 per cent more likely to die than those with a non-resistant form of S. aureus.
People infected by resistant superbugs are also likely to stay longer in hospital and may need intensive care, pushing up costs.
The study on Hyderabad published last week in the journal, Infection, was carried out by scientists from research centres in Leipzig, Hamburg, Essen and Nürnberg-Heroldsberg in Germany, as well as from Madhapur, India.
Source: Indian drug factories’ waste is fuelling superbug rise | Daily Mail Online
Australia’s wild salmon stocks are healthy, but no-one’s biting
Australian wild salmon has an image problem.
Every year, breeding-age salmon make their way from as far as Bass Strait to spawn in the south-western corner of the continent.
According to WA Fisheries, the salmon stock is in good health. But as recreational fishers flock to south coast and South West beaches to catch them, the commercial industry is in decline.
The dominant market for the fish is as bait for the western rock lobster industry with a beach price as low as 50 cents a kilogram.
WA’s Fishing Industry Council and Curtin University are now working together to try to promote salmon as a table fish.
They have been running a pilot program for upper primary school students focusing on 12 low-value, under-utilised fish species.
Janet Howieson, from Curtin’s Centre of Excellence for Science Seafood and Health, said education was crucial.
“I think education is really important, Australian salmon is one of the fish we put into our schools education program,” Dr Howieson said.
“I think educating the chefs, educating the children, educating the consumers, educating the retailers is very important.”
Strong flavour a challenge to market used to snapper, red emperor: chef
One of the chefs helping the program is Peter Manifis, who is also a providore supplying fresh salmon and other seafood to restaurants.
He thinks market resistance to wild caught salmon may be because it is confused with farmed Atlantic salmon.
Its red, oil-rich flesh and strong flavour is also a challenge in a market used to mild, white-fleshed species such as snapper and red emperor.
He said at $15 for a whole fish up to 8kg, salmon was outstanding value and chefs just needed to learn how to best use its strong flavour.
“I want chefs to know how to cook fish with flavour and not be scared of them and not be scared to put them on their menus,” Mr Manifis said.
‘Versatile’ fish needs to be prepared properly
At Clancy’s Fish Pub at Dunsborough, wild salmon is a menu staple in season, but chef Jason Taylor said the supply chain was critical.
The fish needed to be humanely killed, bled out and kept on ice.
“It’s very versatile, from curries to Teriyaki burgers, to different styles of grilling, smoking it, it’s one of the most versatile fish you can work with,” he said.
Only a handful of the state’s 24 licensed beach-haul salmon fishers are still operating but there are moves to revive the industry.
Dunsborough-based fisher and processer Alan Miles said the license holders were seeking a guarantee from WA’s new Labor Government of an annual 2,400-tonne quota.
The fishers believed this was essential for attracting investment, particularly from overseas.
“We see that salmon is predominantly a manufacturing type of fish in as much as it’s great for patties, it’s great for Mornays, it’s great for curries — all those sort of things,” Mr Miles said.
“A lot of people shy away from it as an actual table fish and to get that sort of processing done, unfortunately, we have to move overseas because of the cost.”
Important to reserve bait stores: fisher
Mr Miles said although the lobster bait market was low value, it was important to be supplying the $400 million rock lobster industry with a safe, local product.
He said he was worried about lobbying from the powerful recreational fishing sector to have the bait market shut down.
Salmon fishing tourism market untapped: Recfishwest
Recfishwest, which represents WA’s 800,000 anglers, said the bait market was a poor use of a valuable resource.
“We absolutely support this biological resource for its highest and best use, so human consumption is an absolutely critical element,” Recfishwest’s chief executive Andrew Rowland said.
“Simply taking these magnificent animals out of the environment, running them through a bandsaw and stuffing them into a bait box to put into a rock lobster pot is simply not acceptable use of this important resource.”
Dr Rowland said he had grave reservations about the commercial sector’s plans to restore its catch to near historic levels, but he supported a trial of moving some of the fishing effort offshore using boats that could catch salmon year round.
He said the tourism potential for the recreational salmon catch was largely untapped.
“This is one of the world’s best sport fisheries and the world doesn’t even know about it,” he said.
“Just as much as we look after and manage whale sharks in Ningaloo, the salmon and the sports fishery on these beaches that we have along the south coast and in the south-west of WA could have similar potential being on the doorstep of Asia.
“So these are the things we really need to get on the table and have a discussion around where that value lies.”
Owner of dog shot after it attacked could face fines in the tens of thousands of dollars
Police say they were called to a caravan park on Parkyn Parade in Mooloolaba just before 2:00pm on Friday with reports the dog had killed another canine and injured two others.
One man had tried to subdue the dog, which police said was a pitbull breed, with a shovel, but it continued acting aggressively.
A male officer fired three shots at short range at the animal before it died.
The dog was not wearing a collar or tag, but council officers were able to scan the body and identify the owner.
Sunshine Coast councillor Jenny McKay said the dog “has been known to the council”.
“It was in our pound a couple of weeks ago,” Cr McKay said.
“We will be fully investigating the matter.”
Cr McKay said previous dog attacks in the region have been taken to court, attracting fines in the “tens of thousands of dollars” for owners.
“If the dogs are not doing the right thing it’s the owner that’s responsible,” she said.
“It’s against the local law to have dog off lead out of your control and that’s where we will stand.”
Trump does not think US should copy Australia’s health system, White House says
As Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull flies back to Australia following a meeting with US President Donald Trump, the White House has clarified Mr Trump’s comments calling Australia’s universal healthcare system “better” than the US system.
Key points:
- White House says Mr Trump was simply complimenting ally on healthcare
- Mr Trump tweeted: “Of course the Australians have better healthcare than we do — everybody does”
- Mr Trump says he will “absolutely” visit Australia as President, possible window in November
Mr Turnbull flew out of New York after a breakfast meeting with business leaders, including billionaire Michael Bloomberg, following his 45-minute private meeting with Mr Trump on Thursday.
The meeting happened almost three hours late after Mr Trump postponed it to remain in Washington while a bill to overturn much of former president Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law passed the House of Representatives, a move further away from a guarantee of universal coverage.
The US leader raised eyebrows when he told Mr Turnbull shortly after the bill passed that Australia had “better health care than we do”.
But the White House has since clarified those comments, saying the US President was simply saying nice things to an ally and did not think his country should adopt a similar approach.
Keysar Trad: men should only hit women as a ‘last resort’, dumped as AFIC president
Keysar Trad, who said men should only hit women as a “last resort”, has been dumped as the president of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC).
At an emergency meeting in Sydney on Saturday morning, Mr Trad was replaced by Rateb Jneid.
AFIC represents Muslims in Australia and is responsible for several Islamic schools. It also has the power to grant Halal certification.
It had been ordered to hold fresh elections by the New South Wales Supreme Court after a messy internal dispute.
There has been significant internal squabbling at AFIC since allegations surfaced in 2015 that some of its schools were operating at a profit and sending money back to the parent organisation.
Mr Trad had served as AFIC president since late 2016, and made headlines in February when he claimed in an interview on Sky News the Koran states it is OK for a husband to beat his wife, but only as a last resort.
He later described that statement as “clumsy”.
The internal disputes at AFIC became so acrimonious that in February ousted leaders seized the headquarters and bank accounts in a dramatic coup and the matter ended up in court.
Haset Sali helped found AFIC more than 40 years ago.
“The tragedy with AFIC is that it’s a little bit like the Titanic, shuffling chairs while chaos reigned,” he said.
“I can’t see [the new president] as being an improvement on Keysar Trad.”
Mr Sali said he was so worried about AFIC’s direction he wrote to the Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham and the NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, urging them to appoint an administrator.
Three people stabbed in Melbourne siege
Three people have been stabbed in Melbourne and the alleged offender tasered and arrested by police following a stand-off.
A 25-year-old man is fighting for life and two women, 44 and 21, are seriously injured after the incident at Doveton, which took place about 6.30am on Saturday.
One of the women tried to flee, running up the road to a neighbour’s house while the alleged offender followed, the Herald Sun reported.
The neighbour heard the woman’s screams and discovered her bleeding on his doorstep.
It is believed the man then dragged the woman inside his house and barricaded himself inside with his wife and children just before the alleged offender arrived.
The 24-year-old from Clayton South later threatened self-harm outside before police arrived.
He has been taken to hospital for assessment and charged with 29 offences including aggravated burglary, intentionally and recklessly causing serious injury and false imprisonment.
He appeared at an out-of-sessions court hearing and was remanded to appear in Melbourne Magistrates Court again on Sunday.
All four people are believed to be known to each other but the exact circumstances are yet to be determined by police.
Source: Three people stabbed in Melbourne siege | Perth Now
The Flying Doctors actress Val Jellay dies of pneumonia at age 89
Australian actress Valerie ‘Val’ Jellay has died of pneumonia at age 89.
The iconic actress was best known for her role as Nancy Buckley on The Flying Doctors which she played for six years.
Val was born in 1927 and began performing in vaudeville comedies before moving to television where she stayed for the rest of her career. As well as her role on The Flying Doctors, Val also starred in iconic Australian dramas such as Neighbours, Blue Heelers, Homicide and Division 4.
She married to Maurie Fields in 1960 and he later died in 1995 after their 35th wedding anniversary.
Val’s comedian son Marty Fields shared a post to Twitter one week ago to say that his mother was in intensive care battling pneumonia.
A day later he updated his followers and said she was on life support and fully sedated.
On Sunday, he broke the news to his followers that his mother had died.
Source: Actress Val Jellay dies of pneumonia at age 89 | Daily Mail Online
Bottle shop + service station destroyed after armed thief was threatening a staff member
A 24-year-old man was arrested following the incident at the Canning Road store in Karagullen at about 7.40pm on Friday.
Police say the man entered the liquor store and allegedly stole some alcohol, walking out of the shop and placing the stolen booze in a vehicle.
He then moved the vehicle to a fuel pump at the same premises and attempted to use it, but the store operator denied it.
“The man then walked into the store and allegedly threatened the store person with a knife,” a police spokesman said.
“It is further alleged the man attempted to obtain the victims phone and car keys.”
Police say the victim, a 22-year-old man, fled outside with a customer and they locked the man in the store and called police.
“Whilst this happened the man allegedly damaged the shop and set fire to items within the store,” the spokesman said.
The fire was extinguished but the man and the police officers who arrested him all suffered smoke inhalation.
The building was destroyed in the fire.
Police will further allege the man stole a BMW station wagon during a burglary at a Kewdale home on Friday about 5.30pm before driving to Rivervale and stealing items from a delivery driver parked outside a Surrey Road address.
His alleged crime spree culminated about an hour later at the Karagullen store.
The 24-year-old has been charged with a string of offences, including criminal damage by fire, armed robbery, stealing, home burglary and stealing a motor vehicle. He will appear in Perth Magistrates Court at a later date.
Source: KarraBottle shop service station destroyed by fire | Perth Now
