Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Doctor promises disability pension for sex




From Dr Alkazli's website 

Dr Hassan Alkazali is a male GP and Skin Cancer Physician in Glenroy, VIC who speaks Arabic and English.





It’s alleged that Dr Hassan Alkazli, a Melbourne GP, promised a vulnerable female patient he would arrange for her to receive the disability pension in return for sex.  He attempted to coach her on how to go about it -  he would simply refer her to a psychologist and she would say she had schizophrenia, even though he knew she didn't have it.  
He’s accused of sending her text messages including “but good dr needs good girl to play with” ……. “do you want to be mine” …… “U will get u form done perfectly good regardless u answer” ……. “U will get pension for sure”   “….I am asking if u want nice guy for casual sex very secretly”…..”...."Doesn’t matter my dear…I will use everything to get u pension.”
A Victorian Civil and Administrative Appeals Tribunal panel recently found the female patient's complaints against Glenroy-based Dr Hassan Alkazali were proven and constituted four counts of professional misconduct, and his fate will be decided next month.
So what was his reaction when he was originally accused?
Dr Alkazali claimed the text conversations had been edited and the woman must be having “another psychotic episode.”
Initially, the woman went to see him for a medical certificate asking for a couple of weeks off work to deal with a personal problem.  It’s alleged he then suggested she should go on the disability pension and he could make this happen but he wanted sex in return.
"Dr Alkazali said that he would have to send the woman to a psychologist and that she should tell the psychologist that she had schizophrenia, 'just make up anything' as you have to have a disability or you cannot get the pension," a relative of the woman said in evidence.
Although the complaint was received in mid 2013, this doctor with countless complaints lodged against him going back to 2008, is still practising.  Why?
"AHPRA and the Medical Board of Australia  are confident that they are appropriately exercising their functions under the National Law to keep the public and patients safe," a spokeswoman for AHPRA and the Board said.
 Dr Alkazali declined to comment.

 His case returns to VCAT for a hearing on final determination on February 22.

Today's ABC Open photos


"Is it ok to start?"By Tony Sevil ·  · From Pic of the Week
A rainbow lorikeet about to attack its Christmas lunch. Windsor NSW 2756 





Under the Faraway Tree
Invited by my Uncle to spend Boxing Day in the mountains on his friend's property brought a wonderful surprise: their enchanting garden. This magical space with the mountains peeping through was later set and dressed for luncheon sparkles and fresh seafoods.  Megan NSW 2453 



A man and his dog
By Di Lymbury (Nardoo) ·  · From Pic of the Week
This rainforest creek wends through the beautiful tropical rainforest thicket at the foothills of the Redlynch Mountain on the outskirts of Cairns. A man and his dog are swimming in the shallows at the far end of the deep pool.  Published 07 Nov 2016.  Redlynch QLD 4870






Little ring tail possum
By billy1001l ·  · From Pic of the Week
Little ring tail possum that lives on my verandah.  Shorncliffe QLD 4017 




Everyone should go see Craig’s hut
By boyceyyyy ·  · From Pic of the Week
Everyone should go see Craig's hut at least once in their lifetime???? Seacombe VIC 3851







Eastern Spinebill
By bec.cameron ·  · From Pic of the Week

Monday, January 30, 2017

Today's ABC Open photos

Hot summer nights 
By Ann Killeen ·  · From Pic of the Week

The small local community of Cornishtown lies 8km East of Rutherglen. It's only major landmarks being the fire station and the quirky quaint community hall. Once a month in seasonal weather an improvised cloth screen is attached to the outside of the hall and family friendly film nights are run. 
Set on a rise amongst golden stubble crops the locals gather with deck chairs, snags, chops and a plate to share (BYO everything). The cicadas remind you of the time of year and hungry bats after insects attracted by the light cast silhouettes across the screen. On the horizon is the glowing lights of Albury/Wodonga and above is an uninterrupted panoramic view of the universe complete with shooting stars. 
Published 11 Jan 2016.  Cornishtown VIC 3683




It's mine!
By violet344 ·  · From Pic of the Week
Published 07 Sep 2016.  Broken Hill NSW 2880

By KwicPicz ·  · From Pic of the Week

I happened across this young chick sitting very patiently high in the hollow of a dead tree and decided to wait hoping for a better image when Mum or Dad returned home with food. Two hours later I packed up and came home...there's always another day isn't there?  Published 05 Nov 2015.  Mildura VIC 3500 


Strangest Flower (African tulip tree)
By shazz67 ·  · From Pic of the Week





late boxing day dinner
By christine_oliver ·  · From Pic of the Week
About to have a sort of late Boxing Day dinner.  Ipswich QLD 4305 



Woodford sunrise
By Rod Evans ·  · From Pic of the Week
The Woodford Folk Festival is a very special place, and I was glad to witness this beautiful sunrise with so many wonderful people. Woodford QLD 4514 

Saturday, January 28, 2017

Today's ABC Open photos

Mt Buffalo Chalet
By Jodie Kuhne ·  · From Pic of the Week

We took our son to the snow for the first time. While he was playing in the snow I had a wander around and saw this awesome shot. Perfect conditions and nice snow cover made for a perfect photo of the Chalet.  Published 22 Aug 2016.  Mount Buffalo VIC 3740


Rainbow Lorikeet
By jane_cara ·  · From Pic of the Week
Sneaking up on the Rainbow Lorikeets in my backyard





Kingscliff beach sandstorm
By martyfair ·  · From Pic of the Week

Last Sunday we were holding our annual Nipper Christmas Party on Kingscliff beach.  
Usually I'm in charge of the Under 9 group, however I've just had an operation and was taking a back seat for once. 
I was photographing the incoming storm when this mini sand tornado popped up and whipped through the middle of our Nipper group. It was absolute chaos. 
As you can see in the photo, most of the parents stopped to watch and the kids started sprinting off the beach. 
Luckily no-one was hurt, it was more of a shock than anything, and a pretty amazing sight.







Baby Red Backed Fairy Wrens

By Dee Hartin ·  · From Pic of the Week

I spotted these two baby Red Backed Fairy Wrens, with Mum and dad close by, they stayed huddled together like this for ages. So cute.  Casino NSW 2470 



Real colours
By outback.living ·  · From Pic of the Week

A Heliconia pant from the neighbour's garden. Bundall QLD 4217 





Magical wombat watching under Barn Bluff
By KatieT ·  · From Pic of the Week

My son, aged 7, delighting in the wildlife he encountered on The Overland Track - what an adventure!

Friday, January 27, 2017

Today's ABC Open photos

At My Door

'Our' Owlett Nightjar (Ageothles Crisoptus) has been living in his bird box for years.  Perhaps it is not he, but a lady friend. He or she barks a little bark at night when out and about , and occasionally during the day when it pops out of a man made nest to see the world. There one minute, gone the next.  Published 08 Apr 2016.  Fryerstown VIC 3451




"Don't feel like tweeting in the rain!" 
By davetomo ·  · From Pic of the Week

Silvereye not really, enjoying a shower in my backyard.
Published 13 May 2016.  Wedderburn VIC 3518

Grey Shrike Thrush - my spiritual friend

By Jodie Dickinson ·  · From Snapped: Your Top 3
She perched so delicately on the cactus, welcoming the morning, the smell of fresh brewed coffee and the company of my spiritual friend.
Published 25 May 2014.  Wyndham NSW 2550





Mustering and Branding
By GirlfromtheBush ·  · From Snapped: Summer

"The Camp" muster for this round normally lasts 5 days. Four days to muster the creeks, one of which is mustered twice and two creeks are done on the second last day by sending a couple of people up one creek and a couple down the other.
This photo was taken from the back of my horse on the second last day. We always steady the cows and calves out from the holding paddock to ensure the calves are mothered and to maintain herd manageability.
This year long hot days were endured, at a guess every day was at least 40C, with the day we mustered Serocold Creek being well in the mid forties. We are lucky that mustering Serocold only takes half a day giving the cattle (plus humans and dogs) plenty of time to cool down.
Every muster is different, and every year I learn my way better, and every year I appreciate just how lucky I am to have this experience a little bit more.
Published 24 Jan 2014.  Rolleston QLD 4702

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         Old world post office in Ross
       By michael samson ·  · From Pic of the Week

A beautiful post office with lovely staff.






Lazy Sunday at Main Beach

By Sean O'Shea Art ·  · From Pic of the Week
Lazy Sunday at Main Beach, Byron Bay with Coco Rasta.



Thursday, January 26, 2017

Today's ABC Open photos

Waiting for a moment that might never come
By HUGH BROWN ·  3 min read · From Snapped: Australian Landscapes

When people ask what type of photographer I am I answer very strongly that I'm a documentary photographer.  In years past it was a mix of landscape, aerial, portraiture and mining genres.  But now, every aspect of what I do is about history and documenting this amazing world in which we live.
It is not done with a political purpose.  It is done because I feel that it is an important thing to do, though I realise that at the end of the day ultimately nothing is important.
Every time I return to my native Pilbara in Western Australia’s far north, that point gets drilled in to me.  When I sit photographing fossils that are 3.49 billion years old.  If the first appearance of life on earth could be equated to the start of a one hour movie, humans first appeared in the last half second of that movie.  These things give one a very good sense of perspective.
So when you have that perspective to work with, one can only do what feels important.  And that must come from deep inside one’s persona.
You can never be 100 percent sure that you are doing the right thing, but at the end of the day your gut feel and belief systems are all that you have to work with.
So over the last sixteen years I have worked hard to document aspects of the Pilbara and our world that are rapidly changing.  People and their stories.  The effect of the Chinese industrial transformation on the mining industry in Australia and Africa.  Changing towns.
My landscape photographs are very different to how they once were.  In years past I chased beauty in the landscape.  I watched for the light.  Then followed the light.  But, as I learned along the way, anyone can do that these days.  If the light is on song, any person can take a good photograph, whether they are a photographer or not.
So how to do things differently…….?  How to do things differently but still work in a way that feels important?
Today, I search for landscapes that are changing rapidly also.  In Australia, this is mainly because of mining.  So I look for landscapes that might not be around in years to come.  Or I look for important historical landmarks.  I search for and find those landmarks and then wait for the light. 
My aim now is not to take beautiful photographs.  It is to take photographs of important places at their most beautiful.
This can be very challenging.  Two recent photos in the Pilbara came at the end of 17 days of waiting.  That’s 17 days camped in the bush with temperatures over 40 degrees on most days.  Nothing, until, at the end of those 17 days, the universe grants me a gift. Then there was the teaser after a 36 day wait, not the shot I was after but I love the image.
You learn much about yourself and learning to live with nature when the conditions are like that and the opportunities are so limited.  It becomes a battle with oneself as much as it does the quest to make an important photograph.  Because nothing is certain in life and one cannot be certain that the photo will even come.
Take a wait earlier this year.  To date, I have waited 36 days for a photograph in the Pilbara and it still has not yet come.  Included in there has been a direct hit from a cyclone and eleven successive days where the temperature topped 45 degrees on all but one.  But I will return until I eventually make that photograph.  Whether it takes me one day or another two months.
Working in the Pilbara has yielded some of my greatest life experiences. I live each year for the months from December to March. Working out where to wait. Deciding when to go and when to stay. It's a bit like fishing a mate once said to me. You have to know when to leave fish and when to stay for fish. Photography is no different. But in the Pilbara the journey well and truly is what makes the destination.



A little bit of cuteness (boy)
By antpattern ·  · From Pic of the Week

A little bit of cuteness for Thursday. 

This Golden Whistler (only know ‘cause I googled) followed us for half an hour. Continually trying to pull out my boys’ hair.   Must be a spring nest building thing. Weird though because we were up on the mountain. I've never sen this before. So it was pretty amazing to commune so close with nature. 
Published 10 Oct 2016.  Melbourne VIC 3004



End of the day 

I took this shot on the farm of some good friends in Esperance, Western Australia.
These good folk have rehabilitated the land their farm sits on, planting thousands of trees to help the soil. 
Much of their time is spent working with young people who need special support in their lives. They provide a place where they can pull their lives together and spend time in a healthy environment. Part of their farm is given over to accommodation and a youth camp.
Around the farm are the remains of a few old farm vehicles. This truck caught the light of the setting sun and I had to rush to get the shot.
Published 06 Aug 2015.  Esperance WA 6450

Mesmerising Mildura
By Lisa Milne ·  · From Snapped: My town

Mildura is definitely the place to catch some of Australia's most stunning sunrises and sunsets. I’m out walking Ayla most evenings and have now made it a habit to take my camera with me so I can share some of the incredible sky displays that we see together. Published 23 Jun 2015.  Mildura VIC 3500


Juna Downs
By pilbaralifeandstyle ·  · From My Back Roads

Dad riding with the Station Manager at Juna Downs 
Published 06 Oct 2016.  Juna Downs WA 6751



Snow brumbies

So living alongside the Snowy Mountains has its benefits.  One morning after a heavy snowfall we took a drive up into Bago State Forest. We turned a corner and here was the most amazing herd of brumbies, covered in snow. The contrasting colours were amazing and although the stallion made his presence known, I still managed to get a whole series of photos...this one being my favourite. I love the brumbies and getting shots of them in the snow was a huge goal of mine!  Published 17 Dec 2014.  Batlow NSW 2730