Qantas chief executive officer Alan Joyce has said crime in Alice Springs had caused the number of tourists to drop but seemed to blame to the NT’s tourism industry for not doing enough to lure visitors back, rather the Fyles Government – whose leaders he had hosted at an exclusive cocktail party last week – … [Read more…]
Danny Frawley’s legacy to football is much more than the larger than life persona he shared both on and off the field during and post his 240 game St Kilda playing career. His death in September, 2019 — at just 56 years of age — shocked the football community and started an awareness of repeated … [Read more…]
My name is James Gelding and I was lucky enough to win the previous owner evaluation competition. This competition allowed me to spend a week in Melbourne with the CarExpert team who ran the Ute Mega Test last year. During this test, I helped collect and organize the performance data for each vehicle. To make … [Read more…]
It’s part of a new strategy in the West Midlands. Author: Hannah RichardsonPublished 2 hours ago Almost a thousand multi agency frontline workers are to receive suicide prevention training as part of a strategy to reduce the number of people who take their own lives in the West Midlands. Sandwell Council’s Public Health Team has … [Read more…]
A nurse who stripped and dragged a mental health patient into the shower has been suspended from nursing for five years. Francis Logan, known as Richard, has been suspended for five years after admitting to multiple allegations, including using unnecessary and unsafe physical force towards an involuntary patient at Bendigo Health Hospital. He also dragged … [Read more…]
People with mobility issues or travelling with young children now have improved access to Taree Station following the completion of a station upgrade. Transport for NSW Regional Director North Anna Zycki said the completion of the Transport Access Program at Taree Station was a win for the community, especially those with additional mobility requirements, parents and … [Read more…]
A woman wanted to know if she was in the wrong for getting upset at a man who hopped on an elliptical machine in a mostly empty gym. Every place has its own set of rules, a culture if you will. If you’re in a top-fighting gym, then you’re going to get tested in sparring … [Read more…]
Joanne O’Connor There I was at Camp Columbus. It was the summer of 1964. Somehow, I had passed the fifth grade and Mom and Dad were sending me to a one-week sleepover camp way out on Owasco Lake. Sunday to Saturday. “It will be fun.” They said, “You’ll make new friends.” “Swimming, hiking, wiffle ball.” … [Read more…]
Family and friends are mourning the loss of Angus Andrew Craig, celebrating his short but full life following a devastating bus crash which killed 10 people. The funeral, held in Nowra on the NSW south coast on Monday, is the first for the victims of the June 11 Hunter Valley tragedy. Mr Craig, 28, was among … [Read more…]
For Monica Sorelle, her aptly-named debut feature Mountains was a labor of love, requiring a community to rise to the challenge. And that community is a major focus of this realist drama, which centers the family of a demolition worker who is forced to confront the ongoing gentrification of his Little Haiti neighborhood and the … [Read more…]