Nationals MP Llew
O’Brien called Twiggy Forrest a “****ing charlatan” and a "****ing snake oil
salesman” after the two got into a heated row over the impact of transmission
lines on farms.
When Mr Forrest
made comments about how farmers affected could be compensated and find other
places to farm, Mr O’Brien blew up.
So what is the plan if thousands of Aussie farmers in the path of green energy transmission lines or other infrastructure projects simply refuse to move?.....
Hunter
Biden arrives to sit for a deposition before a House panel as part of a
Republican-led impeachment inquiry into his father, President Joe Biden on Feb.
28, 2024.
Jack Gruber, USA Today
Hunter Biden is testifying behind closed doors before the House Oversight and Judiciary committees as part of the House Republicans' impeachment inquiry into his father. The appearance marks the most important testimony to date in the inquiry and comes after months of tense negotiations. The depositions will not be videotaped and both sides agreed to release transcripts afterwards.
Members of the Jordanian Armed Forces air drop
aid parcels along the Gaza coast in cooperation with Egypt, Qatar, France and
the UAE.
Photograph:
Reuters/Jehad Shelbak
People burn tyres in protest at rising prices of food and supplies due to shortages in the Rafah refugee camp.
Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images
Aid convoys carrying food reached northern Gaza this week, Israeli officials said yesterday (Wednesday), the first major delivery in a month to the devastated, isolated area.
Taliban security personnel stand guard in the capital before the fourth anniversary of the agreement between the US and the Taliban which was signed in Doha on 29 February 2020.
Photograph: Samiullah Popal/EPA
Strasbourg, Belgium
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Alexi Navalny, addresses the European parliament.
Photograph: Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty
Michelle Heyman (no 2) celebrates with her team-mates after one of her four goals against Uzbekistan in Melbourne
Photograph: Joel Carrett/EPA
Former treasurer Joe Hockey (seen here in 2020) said it was ‘absurd’ that ‘a former politician representing their community, representing their country … then goes and engages with a foreign adversary – and somehow they’re allowed to walk off into the sunset.’
Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian
The
head of Asio, Mike Burgess, made the allegations as he outlined the prolific
activities of a spy network he labelled “the A-team” (Australian team),
although he did not name the former politician nor the country involved........
UK-owned cargo ship, Rubymar, has begun to sink
in the Red Sea after it was hit by Houthi rebels on 18 February.
Photograph:
EPA
Dutton wants a ‘mature debate’ about nuclear power. By the time we’ve had one, new plants will be too late to replace coal. The Conversation
If you believe Newspoll and the Australian Financial Review, Australia wants to go nuclear – as long it’s small.
The hope (and it’s still only a hope) is “modular” design will permit reactors to be built in factories in large numbers (and therefore at low cost), then shipped to the sites where they are installed.....
A motorcyclist pushes a man on a bicycle loaded
with coal bags on the outskirts of Ranchi, India. Reuters
This image provided by Intuitive Machines shows
its Odysseus lunar lander over the south pole region of the moon. The toppled lunar lander is still beaming
back pictures of the moon as it nears the final hours of its life. AP
Students take part in a commencement ceremony at
Ilsung women’s middle and high school.
The school has a two year course open to students aged 40 and older who
have not previously received regular education.
Photograph:
Yonhap/EPA
Demonstrators gather in front of the Palace of Culture and Science at a farmers’ protest against Ukrainian imports and EU climate measures. The march was organized by trade unions of agricultural workers.
Photograph: Sergei Gapon/AFP/Getty
Self-portrait at the Crossroads Between the Arts of Music and Painting by Angelica Kauffman, 1794. A new exhibition at the Royal Academy in London explores the Swiss painter’s life and work.
Photograph: Guy Bell/Rex/Shutterstock
Oleg Orlov, a Russian human rights campaigner, stands behind a glass wall as he attends a court hearing. Orlov was sentenced to two and a half years in prison after he was found guilty of discrediting Russia’s armed forces.
Photograph: Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters
Workers gather ahead of
the digging machine Florence as it completes HS2’s longest tunnel, a 10 mile
journey under the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire.
Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA
Two peak Muslim bodies have rejected invitations to premiers’ iftar dinners in NSW and Victoria, as members of the community turn against state governments over their response to the war in Gaza.
“There is a level of frustration with Labor in the community at the moment, at every level, in relation to Israel and the war in Gaza.
"What we want to see from the state government is clear statements of solidarity with the Palestinian people."..............
The memento in Scott Morrison’s office when he was Prime Minister. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP
His new role is with an international consulting firm best known for its work in the defence sector.
American Global Strategies (AGS) is led by founder Robert O'Brien, who was the
National Security Adviser for U.S. President Donald Trump from 2019 to 2021.
Kashmiri Shiite Muslims offer prayers on the graves of their
relatives during Shab-e- Barat, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled
Kashmir, Sunday, 25 February 2024.
Muslims visit ancestral graveyards for the salvation of the
souls of the departed and also believe that all sins will be forgiven by
praying to Allah throughout the Shab-e Barat night. AP
People walk next to posters of candidates running in upcoming parliamentary elections.
Iranians will vote on 1 March for new members of
parliament and of the assembly of experts, the body in charge of appointing
Iran’s supreme leader.
Photograph:
Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA
The first tractors arrive in the European quarter for a protest by farmers outside a meeting of EU agriculture ministers.
Photograph:
Sylvain Plazy/AP
Friends and family mourn Sgt Daniel Oz, an Israeli
soldier who was killed at the Gaza border.
Photograph:
Dylan Martinez/Reuters
The AFL world has paid tribute to goal umpire Jesse
Baird and partner Luke Davies following the tragic news surrounding their murder.
He joined the umpiring ranks in 2020 and went on
to umpire 62 AFL matches, including two finals.
Aspiring young goalkeepers and fans of Mackenzie Arnold will finally be able to buy the “iconic” purple Matildas jersey seen at last year's Women World Cup.
Yesterday Football Australia announced the purple goalkeeper jersey will go on sale from 12pm AEDT on Tuesday on Football Australia's website and at Rebel Sport and Ultra Football from Wednesday.
NSW police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon, who
has been charged with murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, at the 2020 Sydney
Mardi Gras parade.
Photograph: James Gourley/EPA
Here he convenes a cabinet meeting in Ramallah, West Bank today, 26 February
2024.
His resignation must still be accepted by Abbas, who may ask him to stay on as caretaker until a permanent replacement is appointed.
Displaced Palestinian girl feeds her brother at a tent camp near the border with Egypt in Southern Gaza Strip.
Reuters
People cheer as Australia
SailGP Team and ROCKWOOD Denmark SailGP Team sail past Genesis Island on Race
Day 2 of the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix in Sydney. AP
Friends and relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza attend a rally calling for their release.
Photograph: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP
People participate in a
march to mark two years since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty
NSW police establish a roadblock on Hazelton Road in Bugonia, outside Goulburn on the Southern Tablelands as police divers continue to search dams for the bodies of missing Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP
A woman’s £650,000 claim for injuries allegedly suffered during a car crash has been thrown out of court in Ireland after she was pictured winning a Christmas tree-throwing competition.
Kamila Grabska, 36, sued
an insurance company and said injuries to her back and neck meant she was
unable to work for more than five years or play with her children. She claimed
she was left with the “disabling” condition after a car she was travelling in
was hit from behind in an accident in 2017.......
Conservatives suspended one of
its lawmakers, Lee Anderson yesterday after he said London Mayor, Sadiq Khan,
was under the control of Islamists.
Khan, a Muslim and a member of
the opposition Labour Party, is a frequent target of Conservative criticism for
his handling of policing in London, including allowing regular pro-Palestinian marches.
A Melbourne surgeon is being
sued for negligence by a woman who alleges he did not fully advise her of the
risks before an operation on her jaw which she claims left her with life-changing injuries.
….Bianca also alleged
Dimitroulis had not disclosed his commercial interest in the company that
manufactures the devices he inserted into her jaw, or that he was a director of
that company, Maxoniq…..
Michelle Heyman and Caitlin Foord were on the score-sheet as the Matildas defeated Uzbekistan 3-0 in the first leg of their Olympic play-off series.
Tolib Kosimoy/Getty
……One cherry farmer sent 15 tonnes
of cherries to Coles – an entire semi-trailer load. He hoped to receive
A$90,000.
Instead, he was told the fruit was not up to standard and was only
able to get $5,800 on the seconds market…..
Since the story aired, the cherry
farmer said he had no choice but to bulldoze his entire orchard of cherry
trees. He’s had enough. Yet another Aussie farmer walks away from his land.
James Troeth, an 85-year-old farmer, has
been handed a $34,000 fine for his role in the deaths of 74 koalas in
Victoria's southwest.
He had purchased the 62-hectare blue gum
plantation in early 2019 with plans to clear the land for livestock farming.
74 koalas were either found dead or had to be
euthanised after suffering serious injuries, malnutrition and dehydration. Some
184 koalas were caught alive and able to be released into alternative
locations...........
During Taylor Swift’s
closing Midnights era set, as Midnight Rain began playing at the Sydney concert last night, her father Scott, 71, could be seen at the back of the venue handing out
sandwiches and fruit to audience members in a video uploaded to TikTok.
Russian
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny embraces his wife Yulia, as he was released by
a court in Kirov, Russia on 19 July 2013. The Russian court released him from
custody less than 24 hours after he was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced
to five years in prison.
Dmitry Lovetsky/AP
Fans of American singer
Taylor Swift shelter from the rain as they arrive for Swift’s concert in Sydney. AFP
Friends, family members
and supporters of hostages kidnapped by Hamas block a road during a protest
calling for their release in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Reuters
Palestinians walk past
destroyed houses in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip on 22 February
2024.
Mahmoud Issa/Reuters
Vladimir Putin shakes hands during a wreath-laying ceremony marking Defender of the Fatherland Day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall.
Photograph: Sputnik/Reuters
Israeli security forces stand guard as Palestinian Muslims perform the Friday noon prayer on a street. Age restrictions have been imposed on access to the al-Aqsa mosque compound.
Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty
