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VIDEO + MORE HERE: Richard Branson shares images of Hurricane Irma’s devastation in bid to ‘get more help to the islands’ | SBS News
After being found guilty of 45 serious breaches of WA’s Local Government Act earlier this year for failing to properly disclose trips to the 2008 Olympics paid for by BHP, and a trip to the Broome Cup paid for by property group Hawaiian amongst dozens of others, Ms Scaffidi finally learned her fate this morning.
The disqualification will begin at midnight on September 7.The penalty is believed to be one of the harshest ever handed to a serving councillor in Australia, eclipsing the original four-month suspension handed to controversial NSW councillor Salim Mehajer last year, which was overturned on appeal.Ms Scaffid’s lawyer Steven Penglis immediately said he had instructions to apply to have the penalty stayed – or put on pause -until they could appear before the WA Court of Appeal.He said that application would be lodged within 24 hours, and hoped for an urgent hearing before the penalty was due to begin on Thursday.
Ms Scaffidi was found guilty of dozens of breaches for failing to disclose gifts and travel, and also failing to disclose third-party contributions to travel from corporations and governments, following a two-day SAT hearing earlier this year.At that hearing, the Lord Mayor admitted to some of the breaches – including the Olympic trip and the trip to Broome.
But she denied many others, claiming she either didn’t know she was supposed to declare the flights and accommodation, or was unaware the City of Perth had sought reimbursement for the cost of trips to Beijing, Houston, Sydney, the Gold Coast, Seoul, Japan, Spain and New York…
Source: Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi disqualified from office | Perth Now
Police believe the victim, believed to be a 16-year-old boy, and another person had arrived at an apartment building on Mounts Bay Road about 1.30am on Saturday to visit one of the residents.
But they got no answer and the concierge would not let them in.
A police spokesman said it then appeared the pair had decided to climb up the building to access the apartment, but they had climbed up the wrong side of the building.
He said while trying to scale down the building, the victim fell from the fourth floor to the courtyard below. The other climber made his way down and rushed to alert police at a nearby booze bus and an ambulance was called.
The teenager was rushed to Royal Perth Hospital with serious injuries.
A RPH spokesman said on Saturday morning the person was in a critical condition.
Source: Teen critical after falling four storeys from Perth apartment block | Perth Now
Australia’s lowest paid workers will soon get a pay increase of $22 a week.
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has approved a new minimum wage of $18.29 an hour, an increase of $0.59 an hour.
That is more than double the increase most employer groups wanted — but well short of the $45 a week boost demanded by unions.
The FWC’s president, Iain Ross, said the gradual improvement in the Australian economy meant the commission had an opportunity to “improve the relative living standards of the low paid”.
He said international research showed the commission had been too anxious that “modest” increases could discourage businesses from hiring new workers.
And Mr Ross said the $22 wage hike struck the right balance…
Shots have been fired at Barclays Center during a Future concert, according to reports.
Fans who attended the rapper’s show posted on Twitter that the event at the venue in Brooklyn descended into chaos.
Someone who was at the concert told DailyMail.com they barricaded themselves in a toilet stall when they heard gunfire.
After about two minutes, a security officer ordered concert-goers to leave.
It is not yet known if there were any injuries.
The NYPD told DailyMail.com that they’re currently investigating.
More to follow
Source: Shots fired at Barclays Center during Future concert | Daily Mail Online
Watch to the end to witness an unbelievable fish artist. Sorry about the 30sec adverts YouTube policy.
Lucky for us we have a video to watch something quite unbelievable…. we probably wouldn’t believe it otherwise.
For one week – 24 hours a day – the male Japanese Puffer Fish works to create a masterpiece that will attract a mate. The symmetry of his construction mimics God’s handiwork – it’s that amazing!
He uses his fins as a tool to sculpt and chisel an incredible masterpiece – his finished work of art will captivate you too! Enjoy
On Thursday “Game of Thrones” fans learned the information they have awaited for months: Season 7 of the show will arrive on July 16. But first they had to spend over an hour watching ice melt.
In a memorably misguided marketing gimmick, HBO revealed the premiere date in a Facebook Live video but made fans work for it, concealing the information in a block of ice and asking viewers to comment “Fire” as a torch heated it.
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