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Monday, October 9, 2017
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Sunday, October 1, 2017
Monday, September 25, 2017
Monday, September 4, 2017
Australian Senate considers new rules after Hanson burka stunt
Australian politicians could be held to stricter dress codes in the Senate after one wore a burka as a stunt.
Pauline Hanson, leader of the far-right One Nation party, donned a burka in Australia’s upper house last month to publicise her bid to ban the garment.
Her action prompted condemnation and calls for stricter dress standards.
Senate president Stephen Parry said he had written to an internal procedure committee asking them to consider new rules.
One rule would give the Senate president and deputy president the power to eject senators from the chamber for dressing inappropriately.
Source: Australian Senate considers new rules after burka stunt – BBC News
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
ExxonMobil refineries damaged in Hurricane Harvey, releasing hazardous pollutants
ExxonMobil acknowledged Tuesday that Hurricane Harvey damaged two of its refineries, causing the release of hazardous pollutants.
The acknowledgment, in a regulatory filing with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, follows repeated complaints on Twitter of an “unbearable” chemical smell over parts of Houston. However, it was not immediately clear what caused the smell.
ExxonMobil said in the filings that a floating roof covering a tank at the company’s Baytown oil refinery sank in heavy rains, dipping below the surface of oil or other material stored there and causing unusually high emissions, especially of volatile organic compounds, a category of regulated chemicals.
[Houston dam spills over while police say more than 3,500 rescued during Harvey flooding]
The Baytown refinery is the second-largest in the country. The company said in its filing that it would need to empty the tank to make repairs, though it wasn’t clear when the weather would permit that.
An ExxonMobil spokeswoman said the company would “conduct an assessment to determine the impact of the storm once it is safe to do so.” It would not say what was in the tank…
Sunday, August 27, 2017
Saturday, June 10, 2017
Russia says tells U.S. not to strike Syrian pro-government forces again
Russia said on Saturday it had told the United States it was unacceptable for Washington to strike pro-government forces in Syria after the U.S. military carried out an air strike on pro-Assad militia last month.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov relayed the message to U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a phone call on Saturday initiated by the U.S. side, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
U.S. officials told Reuters last month that the U.S. military carried out the air strike against militia supported by the government of President Bashar al-Assad which it said posed a threat to U.S. forces and U.S.-backed Syrian fighters in the country’s south. [nL8N1IL1WL]
Russia said at the time that the U.S. action would hamper efforts to find a political solution to the conflict and had violated the sovereignty of Syria, one of Russia’s closest Middle East allies…
Source: Russia says tells U.S. not to strike Syrian pro-government forces again | Reuters
Monday, June 5, 2017
VIC SIEGE: Khayre charged over a plot to attack the Holsworthy Army barracks in Sydney in 2009.
A deadly siege in Melbourne overnight which left two men dead and three police officers injured is being treated as a lone-wolf terrorist attack, say Melbourne police.
“He had a long record of violent offending: he had been an accused in a terrorism prosecution, although he had been acquitted; he was in prison for offences of violence and was released on parole; he had, we understand, offended while in prison,” Turnbull said.
“It is very hard, I think, to understand why he was released on parole given the nature of his record and the nature of his offence.
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the hostage situation on Tuesday morning.
What We Know So Far
- Yacqub Khayre, 29, has been identified as the lone gunman responsible for the Brighton siege;
- A sex worker was taken hostage, the apartment attendant was shot dead and three police officers received bullet wounds;
- Khayre has a long history of criminal charges and links to terror group Al Shabaab. He was charged but acquitted over the planned terror plot at Holsworthy Army Barracks in 2009;
- Victoria Police are treating the attack as terrorism;
- Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was called for an overhaul of parole laws in light of the attack.
Police are raiding the home and examining the laptops and phone of slain gunman Yacqub Khayre, 29, on Tuesday in the hunt for terrorist ties…
MORE: Police Say Deadly Melbourne Siege A Terror Attack As IS Claims Responsibility
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Soundgarden Lead Singer Chris Cornell Dies By Suicide
Chris Cornell, the lead singer of Soundgarden and Audioslave, died on Wednesday night in Detroit. His cause of death was ruled a suicide, reports The Associated Press. He was 52.
In a statement, the singer’s representative Brian Bumbery called the rocker’s death “sudden and unexpected.”
“His wife, Vicky, and family were shocked to learn of his sudden and unexpected passing, and they will be working closely with the medical examiner to determine the cause,” Bumbery said. “They would like to thank his fans for their continuous love and loyalty and ask that their privacy be respected at this time.”
Cornell was in the midst of a Soundgarden tour, tweeting Wednesday from outside the Fox Theatre in Detroit. The band was scheduled to play shows until the end of May, and was halfway through writing its next album.
One of the most prominent artists to emerge from the 1990s grunge scene, Cornell captured the adoration of fans as the lead singer of Soundgarden before embarking on a solo career and later forming Audioslave.
Soundgarden’s biggest success was the 1994 album “Superunknown,” which debuted atop the Billboard chart. Two singles from the album ― “Black Hole Sun” and “Spoonman” ― won Grammy Awards. Although Soundgarden broke up in 1997, the band sold more than 10 million records and was considered as crucial to the Seattle-based music scene as Nirvana.
MORE: Soundgarden Lead Singer Chris Cornell Dies By Suicide, Aged 52
Monday, May 15, 2017
Lewis Hamilton slams #F1 for ‘robbing’ him of his life after making $250 million from the sport
He is regarded as one of the greatest racing drivers in the sport’s history – with three World Championship titles and a £131million fortune under his belt.
But Lewis Hamilton has now slammed the racing industry that shot him to success, after admitting his career stopped him having a social life or any personal growth.
However, after such a lengthy and successful career, the sportsman has now claimed racing constricts his personal life – as he feels he must fulfill a certain image as a driver.
He said of his early career in a scathing hit at the sport: ‘Don’t do anything but live and breathe racing. Don’t enjoy, don’t smile.’
Adding that his working schedule had even stolen his social life, he continued: ‘I was robbed of being able to grow naturally. I didn’t get to hang out with my friends — it was always racing, always business, always serious.’
However Lewis, who is often seen at star-studded parties around the world, remained adamant that he does not live a lavish lifestyle – explaining he trains as hard as his colleagues, but simply spends his free time in a glitzier domain.
Admitting life experience was important to him, he reasoned: ‘If I can be in the studio with Jay-Z, with Pharrell, am I going to do it? S***, yeah. I like to be around greatness.’
Lewis’ comments come after he was announced as the UK’s wealthiest sportsman earlier this month.
According to the Telegraph, the driver has a whopping £131million fortune, and has seen his profits increase by a huge £25million in the last 12 months alone – making him the 11th highest-paid sportsman in the world.
The Stevenage-born star is known for living a fast-paced, glitzy lifestyle, and is often present on the FROW of several high-profile Fashion Week shows.
MORE: Lewis Hamilton slams racing for ‘robbing’ him of his life | Daily Mail Online
Saturday, May 13, 2017
20 injured on Melbourne dance floor sprayed with toxic substance
A young woman was rushed to hospital and up to 20 others affected when a gas was sprayed over a pub dance floor.
The personal defence spray was deployed after two men approached a woman at the Perseverance hotel in Fitzroy, Melbourne, about 1am on Sunday and hassled her.
Senior Sergeant Steve Mills said the chain of events and what the spray contained was still unclear as neither the woman nor the two men had come forward. I’m assuming the girl who did it felt genuinely scared. It’s important to note that those sorts of things are illegal, although I sympathise with her for using it,’ he told ABC.
He said capsicum spray and similar were illegal in gas form and now usually sold as a foam to prevent incidents like this.
The incident happened at the same time as an alleged assault for which a 27-year-old man was arrested at the pub, but it’s not clear if they were connected.
Partygoers were seen being attended to by multiple ambulances on the street outside the pub in Melbourne’s trendy inner-northeast suburbs.
A young woman was taken to St Vincent’s Hospital in a stable condition after she had difficulty breathing.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Let me tell you a story about Mark Colvin
Geoff Pauley:
I remember when I first started at the ABC in 2000. I was a runner and autocue operator.
When I first met Mark, he said hello and asked me my name. Ever since then, he never forgot my name. He always smiled and said hello.
He treated everyone with respect, no matter who you were or what job you did.
Tony Jones:
I was a lowly [ABC] trainee when one day in walks this romantic figure, out of a novel it seemed to me. He might have come straight from Brideshead Revisited or something.
He was this handsome, kind of movie star-looking guy with this beautifully ‘English with an Australian quality’ accent. Perhaps the most articulate, the most erudite person I’ve ever met …
Of course, I was in awe of him, and so delighted we became friends.
Barbara Miller:
It was probably the last on-air Q&A I did with Mark Colvin. I was on the Greek island of Lesbos about a year ago as the refugee crisis peaked.
Ed Roy, the executive producer, called me just beforehand. “You got your GPS coordinates mate?” he joked. “You know the routine — Colvin will remind you that he knows Europe far better than you and grill you about whatever he wants,” or words to that effect.
And so it was, as it always was. To do an interview with Mark Colvin was to enter the gladiatorial ring. You never knew what was coming, but you knew he firmly believed you should be sufficiently across the subject matter that he should be free to ask you anything at all. There was no point sending a list of suggested questions, he would have seen that only as a weakness. It was exhilarating, a breath-taking test of your knowledge and your ability to think on your feet.
Colvin would have said this far better than me, but in those moments you were glad to be alive.
Pip Courtney:
I never met Mark Colvin, but following the death of my husband John Bean in the ABC helicopter crash at Lake Eyre in 2011, he reached out to me several times over the next few years to see how I was faring.
He was always wise, caring and warm. I was touched such a busy man with challenging health problems would take the time with an ABC ‘stranger’.
Every now and then we chatted away via Twitter. I remember a lovely chat about his mum’s Hereford cattle — would she switch to black angus, I asked. No way!
What couldn’t he talk about with authority?
Mark was a lot more than a great journalist. He was an incredibly kind man.
Lisa McGregor:
I was lucky enough to attend a ‘writing for radio’ workshop when I worked at Radio Current Affairs back in 1999.
Mark was our teacher and gave us newbies a passionate summary of what made a good radio script. “You must always use short, sharp sentences. Keep them active, never passive. No sub-clauses. You need to keep the story moving so the listener doesn’t switch off. And always, always choose a single-syllable word — usually of Anglo-Saxon origin — over a three-syllable word derived from Latin origin.”
Mark drummed the table with his hand, tapping out the cadence of a pacey news story.
I marvelled (sorry Mark! Latin word!) at this man who had such a command of the English language that he knew the origin of every word and also that he would never be tempted to jeopardise his craft by showing off with a long word.
From the back of the room, veteran reporter Peter Cave was waiting to give his session.
“You mean we should say ‘f***’ instead of ‘fornicate’?”, he growled.
Mark didn’t blink. “That’s right. FOR – NI – CATE. Three syllables. Much too long. F***’s much better.”
I wonder if Mark would opt for a ‘goodbye’ over a ‘vale’.
MANY MORE HERE: Let me tell you a story about Mark Colvin – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Monday, May 1, 2017
Motorists drag baby/toddler out flipped flooded car when dad tried to escape Texas tornado
The clip shows a group of men trying to force their way into the car to save the vulnerable children who are trapped inside.
Phillip Ocheltree had tried to escape the wrath of the tornadoes when his SUV aquaplaned and flipped over into a ditch on Saturday – with his two young kids still inside, reports Sky News.
When the children are eventually pulled from the vehicle their rescuers are pictured performing CPR.
Ocheltree confirmed via Facebook that his baby son was recovering well while with two-year-old daughter Addy was “stable and doing much better”.
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Friday, April 7, 2017
Trump Bombs Syria Over Civilian Deaths, Yet Still Refuses To Accept Refugees
“Assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children. It was a slow and brutal death for so many. Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered at this very barbaric attack,” Trump said after launching the strike Thursday night. “No child of God should ever suffer such horror.”
The president’s first ban on refugees and travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries is being litigated in a federal court in Seattle. His second attempted Muslim ban remains blocked by a federal judge in Hawaii, with an appeals court scheduled to hear the case in May.
Both executive orders halted the entry of refugees, and targeted Syrians in particular. The language of the orders echoed Trump’s campaign talk about the humanitarian crisis facing more than 20 million people from that country. In September, the then-candidate said denying U.S. entry to Syrian refugees is “a matter of terrorism” and “a matter of quality of life.”
Since his inauguration, Trump has repeatedly spread lies about refugee-related problems in Sweden. And his administration has tried to mislead the public on the number of refugees being investigated on terror charges. The Washington Post rated Trump’s talking point on the issue “highly misleading” last month.
After a U.S. intelligence analysis suggested that Syrian President Bashar Assad used the banned chemical weapon sarin in an attack on an opposition-held village on Tuesday, Trump spoke multiple times about children and other civilians who were affected.
Source: Trump Bombs Syria Over Civilian Deaths, Yet Still Refuses To Accept Refugees
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Syria UPDATE; Gas attack airstrikes kill 100 – including 11 children – with kids left foaming at the mouths…
TRAUMATISED witnesses described how birds fell from the sky during a chemical attack that left at least 100 dead – as new footage emerged of a Syrian hospital being bombed.
Victims painted a horrific picture of the attack that left dozens of kids dead – as world leaders pinned the blame on Russian-supported dictator Bashar al-Assad.
Hundreds of others are feared injured following the attack today in the north eastern Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun.
And as the full horror of the attack began to emerge, new footage was published showing a journalist reporting to camera from a hospital as a bomb slams into the ward.
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