Why is Lindsay Clancy in a wheelchair?

 

On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy’s three children—Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months—were found dead in their Duxbury, Massachusetts home, allegedly strangled with exercise bands.

Following this, Clancy attempted suicide by cutting her wrists and neck and then jumping approximately 20 feet from a second-story window of her home. She survived the fall but sustained catastrophic injuries to her spine and other parts of her body, including severe blood loss and hypothermia, requiring immediate emergency medical care.

Judge has officially declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case.

 

Clancy's lawyers blamed her spiralling mental health and failures in the medical system for the 36-year-old killing her three children.

Her husband Patrick says he has forgiven Lindsay.

Lindsay Clancy's ex-husband Patrick with his new wife. He said that the loss of his children was 'something from which he will never recover.'

One Nation has secured its first Lower House seat in the Western Australian state Parliament

 

Today the PM warned that “hard right populists” were on the march, describing their politics as “dangerous” and “divisive”.

“We simply must defeat them. We owe it to history. We owe it to the nation. And we will defeat them.”

Angela Merkel said the same thing before she destroyed Europe.

Meghan Markle's Comeback

 

The Dutchess of Sussex is still in talks to star in Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen - despite claims she has been axed after a public backlash. Netflix bosses are eager to feature Meghan's screen comeback but no formal agreement has been reached.

A source said: “Her return to acting is expected to draw a large audience of both her supporters and critics and is likely to make a lot of money

It will be seen as a major coup for whoever signs her.

Tehran, Iran

 

An anti-US billboard at a busy junction.

Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA

One Nation's answer to black market cigarette wars

 

Economists have backed One Nation’s plan to slash the tobacco excise and freeze indexation for three years.

She pledged to cut the tobacco excise by 75 per cent – or an estimated $46 reduction for a pack of 30 cigarettes.

In Sydney, the price for a pack of 20 cigarettes typically ranges from $35 to $55, depending on the brand.

And that's why most smokers buy their black market cigarettes from under the counter at tobacco shops or services stations.

Muslim call to prayer using loud speakers rejected

 

Lakemba mosque in Sydney requested permission to broadcast a call to prayer once a week on Fridays for 15 minutes using 4 loudspeakers.

Independent Cr Saud Abu-Samen said concerned residents who live near Sydney's largest mosque to 'close their windows' if approved.

And here's the lady who shut it down.

Canterbury-Bankstown councillor Barbara Coorey, one of the proposal's most vocal opponents