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READ MORE Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has been accused of “fearmongering” after he said Australian citizens will be “kicked off” healthcare waiting lines at the expense of asylum seekers transferred under the new medevac law. “People who need medical services are going to be displaced from those services, because if you bring hundreds and hundreds of people from Nauru and Manus down to our country, they are going to go into the health network,” Mr Dutton said on Thursday. “I don’t want to see Australians who are in waiting lines at public hospitals kicked off those waiting lines because people from Nauru and Manus are now going to access those health services.” Refugee advocates say while around 1000 people remain on Manus Island and Nauru, roughly 70 of them require medical care Labor leader Bill Shorten has labelled Mr Dutton’s comments “a complete lie” – a sentiment backed by Labor Senator Kristina ...

READ MORE “That’s larger reflecting the very dry conditions further north in NSW,” Mr Trewin. The closest dust monitoring station to Canberra is in Wagga Wagga had recorded 48 dust hours in January, well above the national average that month of 38 hours . Dust blanketed the capital on February 12, blown in by winds from the south-west of NSW. Summer rainfall was above average this summer, with Mount Ginini in Canberra’s west recording 113.2 millimetres of rain in three days in December, but also 28.4mm in 30 minutes on January 22. “Quite unusual to have above average rainfall in a hot summer. Most of the rainfall the ACT got was in thunderstorms,” Mr Trewin said. Article source: https://www.watoday.com.au/business/companies/market-turmoil-no-obstacle-for-music-industry-data-bible-jaxsta-20181103-p50du5.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Fa...

READ MORE A clean slate is on the cards for the scandal-ridden Ipswich City Council, with the future of the council put firmly into the hands of residents. Interim administrator Greg Chemello, appointed in the wake of scandal and alleged corruption that embroiled former mayors Paul Pisasale and Andrew Antoniolli, said the community could decide how it want to be represented into the future. Greg Chemello wants residents of Ipswich to have their say on the future of their council. Credit: Dan Peled/AAP Mr Chemello on Friday announced a month-long consultation process to determine the future shape of the council ahead of the March 2020 council elections. “The best thing for us is to ask the people, so what this month is about is an open and honest discussion with the residents of this city about how they would like their local government to be constituted,” Mr Chemello said. Article source: https://www.watoday.com.au/business/companies/market-turmoil-no-obstacle-for-music-indu...

READ MORE This is an SOS! The Jonas Brothers are back, their 1st track , ‘Sucker,’ features some new faces — the JoBros’ ladies! Watch Priyanka Chopra, Sophie Turner and Danielle Jonas prance around a castle with the band. Yep, you heard that right! After six years away, the Jonas Brothers are back with a brand new track. The Jobros, AKA Nick , Kevin , and Joe Jonas , blessed fans with both a song and video on March 1, entitled “Sucker.” The boy band’s comeback video holds a wild display of colorful fashion choices, fitting for the Victorian era, as the guys rock out in a lavish castle. Go big or go home! The guys turned up the heat as their ladies jammed right alongside them, who also went big in voluminous designer gowns! Priyanka Chopra cozied up to Nick’s mic, Sophie Turner showed off her dance moves for fiancé Joe, Danielle Jonas  twirled under Kevin’s arm, and those were just the highlights — the ladies wer...

READ MORE 2 Chainz’ new album is here! The rapper dropped his star-studded record on March 1, one song features none other than Ariana Grande! Listen to it here. Well, this is one unlikely duo! Just hours before he was set to release his new record, Rap Or Go To The League , 2 Chainz , 41, announced that none other than Ariana Grande , 25, was featured on a track! The pop star lent her Grammy-nominated vocals to track nine, “Rule The World,” and it was the best surprise for fans of best artists. Despite coming from two completely different genres, 2 Chainz and Ari complimented each other flawlessly! The joint track features Ariana singing the chorus to open the song, vibing “Top down on the Dawn like I’m used to it ( Yeah ) ”Prayin’ you make it home like I’m used to it // I realized we could rule the world.” She provides her soaring high vocals as background throughout other parts of the track as 2 Chainz drops bars. Ari isn’t ...

READ MORE Angelina Jolie has spent the past five months looking at colleges with son Maddox, 17, but without the help of dad Brad Pitt. The actor is feeling pushed out of the decision making for his eldest son’s next big life step. Selecting the right college is such an important step in any 17-year-old student’s life. That’s why Angelina Jolie , 43, has been accompanying her eldest son Maddox on a tour of universities both in the U.S. and abroad. Sadly, the teen’s dad Brad Pitt has been shut out of the important campus visits. “Brad is so proud of Maddox and would love to be helping him tour colleges, but as of now there are no plans for that. It’s not by Brad’s choice,” a source close the 55-year-old actor tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY. “He’d love to be more involved but Angelina has been very clear that she is handling it. It’s hard on Brad to be pushed out, to see Angelina having fun with the kids while he...

READ MORE HF: Harry Himmelberg, Jeremy Cameron, Aiden Bonar FF: Jye Caldwell, Matthew Flynn, Daniel Lloyd RR: Dawson Simpson, Stephen Coniglio, Lachie Whitfield Interchange: Phil Davis, Jackson Hately, Isaac Cumming, Brett Deledio, Zac Williams, Adam Kennedy, Brent Daniels, Tim Taranto Emergencies: Jake Stein, Zach Sproule, Nick Shipley, Connor Idun Article source: https://www.watoday.com.au/business/companies/market-turmoil-no-obstacle-for-music-industry-data-bible-jaxsta-20181103-p50du5.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Loading... Best Wordpress Plugin development company in India       Best Web development company in India

READ MORE Nick Kyrgios overcame a hand injury, leg cramps and a solid performance from Stan Wawrinka to prevail 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-4 and advance to the semi-finals of the Acapulco International. The mercurial Australian, who defeated Rafal Nadal the night before in a match where the Spaniard later criticised Kyrgios’ on-court demeanor, was focused in the quarter-final and outplayed Wawrinka in the match’s biggest moments despite crowd that vocally backed the Swiss. Nick Kyrgios: On the charge. Credit: AP The night did not begin well for the hard-hitting Kyrgios, who slipped while hitting a backhand in the match’s opening game, opening up a cut on his right hand that required medical attention. Leg cramps, which also required a visit from the trainers, followed in the deciding set but nothing could derail Kyrgios, who won his final service game at love to keep his hopes of a maiden championship at the tournament alive. Article source: https://www.watoday.com.au/business/com...

READ MORE Wests Tigers’ major sponsor has welcomed the NRL’s decision to allow former chief executive Justin Pascoe to return to the game, believing he is the right man to lead the club into the future. Pascoe was provisionally deregistered for failing to disclose a lucrative ambassadorial role for hooker Robbie Farah when he retires. The Tigers were left reeling when the NRL imposed a provisional $750,000 fine – as well as deducting $639,000 out of their salary cap – because they had not declared the arrangement when Farah left the club in 2016. Justin Pascoe’s ban will soon be served, allowing him to return to Wests Tigers. Credit: Peter Rae Taking into consideration the contrition shown by Pascoe and the Tigers, the NRL suspended half of the club’s $750,000 fine and will allow Pascoe to return to the game in just over three months. Head office also allowed the $639,000 salary cap penalty to be spread over two seasons, meaning the Tigers won’t...

READ MORE “I remind you that some clubs who experience this that simply won’t ask for salary cap relief because they can’t afford it,” Greenberg said. The NRL also closed the book on several outstanding integrity issues on Friday including those involving Dylan Napa and Scott Bolton. Napa was fined 10 per cent of his 2019 salary for the publication of several lewd videos that Greenberg described as “gross, juvenile and disrespectful.” While Napa will be free to make his Bulldogs debut in round one, Greenberg warned any players filmed in inappropriate videos from this day forward can expect harsher sanctions, including suspensions. Bolton, meanwhile, has been suspended for 10 games and fined five per cent of his 2019 salary after pleading guilty to common assault involving a woman last year. His penalty will be halved if he addresses the captains and other senior players during this year’s Magic Round in Brisbane in May. The Herald revealed a fo...

READ MORE “We’re just looking at possibilities again where we’re going to base ourselves as well. Obviously looking in Europe, I want to minimise the travel not only for the girls when they get there but the girls from America when they come across,” Milicic said after Australia’s 2-0 friendly win over New Zealand on Thursday night. “We’ve been working on that for about a week now. We’ve got a few options and I’m hoping to confirm a couple of sites by the end of this week so myself and the team manager can go over and have a look at them.” His first match in charge of the national team was a comfortable victory over the Football Ferns in their opening game of the Cup of Nations, which also features South Korea and Argentina. The Matildas had to overcome a slow start against New Zealand which saw Sam Kerr specifically man-marked in what could be a tactic other teams could use at the World Cup. “I hope so because it opened ...

READ MORE Prosecutors confirmed to Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth on Friday they had filed papers requesting Esmaili be jailed for at least a decade. The 2014 laws were introduced following a series of one-punch deaths but have never been used. In 2017 prosecutors withdrew applications to use the laws against Richard Vincec, who killed Jaiden Walker through a punch thrown in a Melbourne street, and Andrew Lee, who fatally punched Patrick Cronin in a bar brawl in Diamond Creek. Chief Crown prosecutor Brendan Kissane, QC, on Friday said Esmaili should be jailed for the mandatory 10 years because his crime satisfied the law’s key four elements: that his punch was deliberate, to the head, that Mr Pritzwald-Stegmann wouldn’t have expected it was coming, and that Esmaili probably knew the surgeon wouldn’t have been expecting a punch. “This is a punch that comes out of the blue. [Esmaili’s] hands were behind [his] back and then the punch was delivered,” Mr K...

READ MORE Selby and Friends, Tour One, Thursday, March 28, Llewellyn Hall, 7.30pm. Natalie Chee – Violin, Umberto Clerici – Cello, Kathryn Selby –Piano Root Position , the unintentionally provocative title for the first Selby and Friends season for 2019, was intended by Kathryn Selby to reference the inter-connected threads in the three trios performed. As Umberto Clerici explained, the concert offered the audience repertoire in which to muse on the relative nature of time, age and creativity. While Beethoven was very young at 20 when he wrote his Piano Trio in E Flat Major, Mendelssohn was intellectually old at 36 when he composed the Piano Trio in C minor just two years before he died. Smetana, writing his Piano Trio in G minor at the age of 29 with 31 more years ahead of him, conceived his music in the crucible of painful grief as he faced a succession of family tragedies and wrote with deep maturity. In comparison with our ow...

READ MORE Scott Morrison is facing two more potential resignations from his senior team weeks out from the federal election, amid speculation Christopher Pyne and Steve Ciobo are planning to retire. The prime minister has already lost frontbenchers Kelly O’Dwyer , Michael Keenan and Nigel Scullion, who will retire from parliament at the May poll. Mr Ciobo, the defence industry minister and an 18-year parliamentary veteran, tweeted on Friday he was looking forward to travelling to Indonesia within days to sign a landmark free trade agreement. But The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Friday the Liberal National Party MP is ready to quit. The Queenslander was demoted from the trade portfolio after the August leadership spill when he ran for deputy. A Queensland Liberal source told AAP he would be “surprised” if Mr Ciobo retired from parliament as he was currently very active in fundraising for the election campaign. South Australian Senator Simon Birmingham was asked ...

READ MORE For most people, a half-marathon is a lifetime achievement. For Ben Seymour, it’s all a bit of fun. Last week, Seymour completed the Coast to Coast on New Zealand’s South Island, biking, kayaking and running a distance of 243 kilometres in just 15 hours and five minutes. Ben Seymour has recently signed up to run The Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon. Credit: Christopher Pearce “I think one of the biggest challenges was the 70-kilometre kayak section,” he said. “Before that, I had only ever kayaked in Sydney Harbour. I just had to throw myself into it.” Now the Double Bay endurance athlete has a different goal; helping others to complete their half-marathons. Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sbsnews-topstories/~3/pDEpdxlynPM/morocco-food-stampede-kills-least-15 Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Load...

READ MORE Police are searching for a 40-year-old Acacia Ridge man who may have been present when Megan Kirley was fatally shot in the head at her partner’s home in Brisbane’s southside last month. Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Stafford Emmerson was urged not to approach him but to contact police immediately. Anyone with information regarding Stafford Emmerson, 40, is urged not to approach him but to contact police immediately. Credit: Queensland Police Service Emergency services received a call to a semi-rural home on Wembley Road in Karawatha, near Logan Central, at 3.15am about a disturbance and shooting incident on February 9. Despite neighbours hearing what they believed were gunshots on Friday night, the triple-zero call was not made until several hours later by Ms Kirley’s partner Pieter Pickering, 37. Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sbsnews-topstories/~3/pDEpdxlynPM/morocco-food-stampede-kills-least-15 Share this: Clic...

READ MORE Perhaps the greatest rage-generator of all, though, has been the contemptuous language used by both the cardinal, in his previous comments about child sex offences by priests, and by his eminent counsel, Robert Richter, QC this week. The memory of words used by George Pell on the second day of his evidence to the royal commission, given by video-link from Rome exactly three years ago, is as fresh as if it happened yesterday. Denying he knew of the activities of Australia’s worst paedophile priest, Gerald Ridsdale (Pell’s one-time housemate and a man for whom Pell had given character evidence), Pell said once he did hear about it, he considered it “a sad story (which) wasn’t of much interest to me”. Asked if every priest has responsibility for the safety of children taken into the church’s care, Pell replied “no”. On Wednesday, his barrister, Mr Richter, described the crimes against children for which Pell had been convi...

READ MORE Sylvie Eberena, 38, a Muslim entrepreneur and coach who runs a fitness website, said she found the discussions over attire “exhausting.” “It’s not about politics or religion,” she said. “Every human being wants to feel good within their own bodies, so if a piece of clothing can help with that, why not?” Since she began appearing in fitness videos wearing her hijab nearly a decade ago, Eberena said, she has seen many more veiled women practising sports. Laura Cha, a spokeswoman for the Muslim feminist organisation Lallab, added that “for those who are not directly impacted by the hijab, it’s just one more controversy, but for Muslim women, it has some nefarious, long-lasting consequences.” “It’s a shame that Decathlon didn’t stand firm,” Laetitia Gahoudi, 37, a Muslim entrepreneur and personal trainer, said. Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sbsnews-topstories/~3/pDEpdxlynPM/morocco...

READ MORE However, she did concede the actions did not break any laws. She was unexpectedly moved to a less prominent job in January before her resignation fromTrudeau’s cabinet earlier this month. She said she was convinced her refusal to give way on the case had prompted her demotion. Conservative opponents have called for Trudeau to resign in the wake of her testimony. Trudeau addressed the controversy in a televised news conference in Montreal yesterday, saying: “Canadians expect their government to look for ways to protect jobs, to grow the economy and that’s exactly what we have done… we’ve also done it in a way that has respected our laws”. Trudeau won the public support of a key political ally, Chrystia Freeland, the foreign minister who is seen as his potential successor. In an unusual move, Freeland appeared on the Canadian broadcaster CBC to say that she fully backed the Prime Minister. Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sbsnews...

READ MORE Jaden Smith is remaining nonpartisan as BFFs Kylie Jenner and Jordyn Woods go their separate ways, at least for now! But our source says that if it came down to it, one family could ‘win’ the rapper’s ‘loyalty.’ Jaden Smith , 20, may have introduced Kylie Jenner , 21, and Jordyn Woods , 21, but don’t expect him to pick a team! “ Jaden is staying neutral in the feud between Jordyn [Woods] and Kylie Jenner ,” a source EXCLUSIVELY tells HollywoodLife , after Jordyn reportedly moved out of Kylie’s Calabasas estate. Jordyn allegedly made out with Tristan Thompson , 27, the ex-boyfriend and baby daddy of Kylie’s older sister, Khloe Kardashian , on Feb. 17. As Jaden wasn’t at the house party where it reportedly went down, the “Icon” rapper is remaining neutral since he’s “the kind of guy who strays away from drama and since this has nothing to do with him, he’s staying out of it....

READ MORE Yikes! The Feb. 28 episode of ‘Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition’ turned violent when Soulja Boy jumped on Nia and got physical with her while trying to take her phone. Trouble in paradise? A fight between Soulja Boy and Nia Riley broke out during the Feb. 28 episode of Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition , leaving everyone in the house completely shocked! The physical altercation happened in the middle of the night, when everyone else was asleep, and Soulja Boy started accusing Nia of embarrassing him on TV. She kept yelling at him to be quiet, while she stared at her phone. And that irritated him so badly that he jumped out of bed, charged at her, and then jumped on top of her while trying to grab her phone from her. Nia started screaming and the entire house woke up and came running to see what was going on. Fortunately Soulja Boy and Nia’s housemates broke up the fight because who knows what else would have happened. Dr. Ish and Dr. V also interve...

READ MORE Barilaro wants to bring to life the likes of World Cup winning Wallaby David Campese, former F1 star Webber, NRL Hall of Famer Stuart, squash legend McKay or “wheat wizard” Willam Farrer. He’s been inspired by Bathurst developing a four-dimensional experience that allows you to see, hear, feel and smell what it’s like to drive a supercar. Barilaro hoped a similar thing could be done to honour Webber. “Why can’t we bring this to life? It’s one thing reading about something, but I think Queanbeyan has an opportunity … it’s got a great story,” he told The Canberra Times  on Friday. “We’ve got some greats stories and you could really do something exciting with technology now and virtual reality, rather than just physical installations where you walk past a statue or a monument. Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sbsnews-topstories/~3/pDEpdxlynPM/morocco-food-stampede-kills-least-15 Share this:...

READ MORE “I kind of said before the game that ‘I can see that look in your eyes’ – there is a certain look that he gets sometimes before these games and I could see, before this one even started, that that was how he was going to come out. “He wanted to come out and make a statement early and get all of us going and that was what he did.” While Ware was the catalyst, Melbourne coach Dean Vickerman has also praised his team’s selflessness and commitment to the cause. “I thought our guys were really good in that Casper subbed himself out one time tonight, Chris subbed himself one time tonight and we’ve talked about that in the past,” Vickerman said. “If you go so hard that you are willing to put your hand up and know someone else can come in for you them we are in a pretty good place.” Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sbsnews-topstories/~3/pDEpdxlynPM/morocco-food-stampede-kills-least-15 Share this: Cli...

READ MORE Winx’s greatness isn’t measured these days by her 30-race winning streak, her 22 group 1 victories or even the 71 group 1 winners she has beaten – it is in those who aren’t there to take her on. The best milers in the country were in Melbourne last week, where they had the chance to win a group 1 without facing the imposing figure of Winx swooping down the centre of the track. Too good: Winx looms up and goes past Happy Clapper in the George Ryder Stakes last year Credit: AAP She had six rivals  in the Chipping Norton Stakes and only one – Happy Clapper – from outside the Chris Waller stable. “I have seen what taking her on does to horses, it can flatten them a bit,” Waller said. “She just draws that little bit more out of them than you would think because they are out of their comfort zone.” Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sbsnews-topstories/~3/pDEpdxlynPM/morocco-food-stampede-kills-least-15...