Israel’s High Court has issued an order in
the long-running dispute over ultra-orthodox military exemptions, deepening a
crisis in the government. It instructed
a funding freeze for ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, educational institutions whose
students are eligible for conscription......
The video was first shared via Facebook by Bowling’s mother on 14 November 2021, and it has recently resurfaced.
Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has called on Aboriginal elders to condemn the shocking attack on a 16-year-old girl in Alice Springs.
“I want this chamber and the Australian people
to know that traditional cultural payback, otherwise known as vigilantism, has
no place in our society in 2024.....
Gene Hackman, 94, and his
wife Betsy Arakawa, 62, are seen out together for first time in twenty years.
"We deeply apologise for causing pain and anxiety to many people due to the issues of kidney diseases caused by ingesting our product “benikoji (red yeast rice)," which developed into a social issue."...................
Andy Collins hesitated before taking a personal locator beacon
(PLB) with him on a challenging walk in the Blue Mountains.
Making the effort almost certainly saved his life.
The 47-kilometre Kanangra to Katoomba
wilderness walk he chose, known as K2K, is one of the "spectacular"
longer walks in the southern Blue Mountains, with trails traversing two
national parks.
He ended up in Katoomba Hospital for five
days with acute renal failure because his kidneys had stopped functioning..........
A woman in her 40s has died after going into cardiac arrest from taking a drug at a hotel on the Gold Coast.
Emergency services arrived at a hotel on the
waterfront of Surfers Paradise at 11.30pm last night (Good Friday) to find seven women, who
were all aged 43, struggling to breathe.
It is unclear what drugs caused the
suspected mass overdose, however, early reports have referred to the substance
as a "drug cocktail," including ketamine, GHB or fantasy.
Staying married in Australia gets harder every year.
…..We were inseparable and a
great team – or so I thought. Then he had a midlife crisis after not getting a
promotion, decided I must be the problem and the best way to deal with the
crisis was to cheat with his colleague…..
Some 136,000 workers have scored pay
rises averaging 4.3 per cent, according to new data, while some will take home
increases of more than 7 per cent.
There were 1,020 private and public
sector agreements struck over the final quarter of 2023 that had quantifiable
wage increases, with the average annual wage increase coming in at 4.3 per cent
— up 0.2 points on the September quarter.
There are 4,185 French citizens fighting with the Israeli Defence Force.
French volunteers make up 45 per cent of the
total foreign volunteers joining the Israeli Army.
The Way of the Cross procession along the Via Dolorosa arrives at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on 29 March 2024.
Good
Friday commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary, a site
traditionally regarded as being in what is now the Christian Quarter of the Old
City of Jerusalem.
Alexi J. Rosenfeld, Getty Images
A woman suspected in the kidnapping and killing of an 8 year old girl is dragged out of a police vehicle by a mob in Taxco, Mexico on 28 March 2024.
Police picked her up off the
ground and took her away. AP
Police are looking for witnesses to an alleged child kidnapping in Melbourne.
A five-year-old boy and
14-year-old boy were walking along Eldridge Street in Footscray last week when
a man attempted to pick up the boy and punched the teenager in the face when he
tried to intervene.
Vanilla Visa Gift cards sit on shelves at
Coles, 7-11 and Target. Criminals scratch off the last 4 numbers, repackage
them to look new and drain the funds.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1773583970774478942
Russia said there was "confirmed data" that the attackers had received significant amounts of cash and cryptocurrency from Ukraine.
The White House described the Russian
allegations as "nonsense and propaganda" and said Islamic State was
solely responsible for the attack.
Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25
years for orchestrating the multibillion-dollar fraud that prompted the
collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange.
During the sentencing, the judge described Bankman-Fried as a calculating math genius who sought power and influence while knowingly committing wrongdoing.
While up to 42% of Australians say they might
go to church at Easter if invited, just 17% attend Easter services every year. Many no longer associate the holiday with
religion and it is increasingly dominated by long weekend getaways, chocolate
eggs and hot cross buns.
“Today I have advised the Jacqui Lambie Network that I am resigning from the party. I’ll remain in the Senate as an independent Senator for Tasmania” Senator Tammy Tyrrell said.
“While Jacqui has not kicked me out of the Network, she has
suggested that I go it alone.”
Peter Cullen Macarthur remained on the
association’s board for 22 years even after disclosing in 1995 that he had been
convicted of two sexual assaults, one involving a child, the ABC reports.
John Ralston OAM was on the AISNSW board when Dr Peter Cullen Macarthur disclosed his child sexual assault conviction and during the 2015 investigation into the sexual fantasy emails.
This morning, Mr Ralston resigned, effective immediately.........
In a last-minute U-turn late Wednesday night,
the government requested a half-day extension to the High Court’s deadline for
filing a response to petitions demanding that it immediately start conscripting
ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students.
The state’s request came just several minutes after a bombshell draft response had been issued by the Attorney General’s Office in which it told the High Court that come Monday morning, April 1, the state would be obligated to begin conscripting Haredi yeshiva students since there would no longer be any legal framework to avoid such a step……https://tinyurl.com/5n7vcmem
Dr Gavin Morris, principal
of the largest Aboriginal school in Alice Springs sent staff to help families
fearing for their lives as violence erupted on the streets on Tuesday night.
Yipirinya School was formed by Aboriginal people for Aboriginal children and continues to be led by strong leaders, resulting in a community rather than just a school........
Adrian McRae, a councillor for Port Hedland, has
appeared on Russian state media to congratulate Vladimir Putin on his election
win.
He was reportedly flown to
Moscow as part of an international delegation observing the presidential
election.
In a news package published by Channel One State News, McRae praised his "comprehensive" victory.
One in three Australian households have solar panels, the highest rate in the world, but only 1 per cent of them are manufactured locally…….
Eliana 22, a migrant from Venezuela, holds her three year old daughter as
she shouts towards an Army National Guard soldier after he halted her from
breaching a razor wire laden fence along the bank of the Rio Grande river in El
Paso, Texas, 26 March 2024. Reuters
Entire countries could be blacklisted by Australia under proposed visa changes that have been described by migrant groups as “appalling” and by the Greens as a “Trump-style travel ban”.
The legislation – that will now be subject to a six-week Senate inquiry – could affect applicants from Russia, Iran, Iraq and South Sudan, as well as other countries unnamed by the government, that refuse to accept the forcible return of their nationals…….https://tinyurl.com/29hfpv8s
Source: Guardian Australia
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......A Digital ID law
was originally the idea of the Liberals. Ultimately, the Liberals are no better
than Labor when it comes to controlling people's lives. We can't trust the
Liberals to repeal this law if they win power........
https://www.onenation.org.au/digital-id-laws
This late artist’s egg-blue canvas sold for
nearly $200,000 in New York. But back
home, his family received nothing for the sale.
The couple had five children together. Ms Carroll trained as a health worker, while Mr Carroll worked as a community policeman for 20 years until his retirement in 2007.......https://tinyurl.com/mrxsuafu
A view of the Dali cargo vessel which crashed into
the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore,
Maryland.
Julia Nikhinson/Reuters
A Palestinian family enjoy an Iftar meal at the Dome
of the Rock, known to Jews as Temple Mounting, during Ramadan.
Photograph:
Latifeh Abdellatif/Reuters
Mark Davidson, a police
sniper, says he is still living with guilt after failing to kill Man Haron Monis, who took 18 people hostage in a Lindt Cafe
almost a decade ago. He had a 10 minute window to kill Monis, but decided not to take the shot. Unbelievable!
It was a shocking police
cover-up of incompetence and people died because of it. God help us if it happens again.
Legislation that would force hundreds of non-citizens to facilitate
their own deportation or face imprisonment has been rushed through
the lower house, despite warnings it breaches human rights obligations.
The Labor government combined
with Peter Dutton’s opposition shortly before question time today (Tuesday) to
approve the new powers for the immigration minister despite howls of dissent
from independents and minor parties about lack of due process........
Chris Bowen had to water down proposed
carbon emission laws for vehicles, as auto makers feared it would push up the
price of some popular Aussie cars by thousands of dollars.
Also the enforcement of the climate standard
date will also be delayed by six months from its scheduled New Year start date
to July 2025.........
……Probably
the largest change coming to our visa system is for employer-sponsored visas
and is set to come into existence in late 2024. A new four-year temporary skilled worker visa
will replace our current Temporary Skill Shortage visa
(Subclass 482)……..
Mukhammadsobir Faizov, a suspect in Friday’s
shooting at the Crocus City Hall, sits in a glass cage in the Basmanny District
Court in Moscow, 24 March 2024. AP
Donald Trump receives a trophy as the Most
Improved Player from Jack Nicklaus, during the 2024 Senior Club Championship
award ceremony at his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach,
Florida. Reuters/Marco Bello
People mark Purim. The carnivalesque holiday is celebrated with parades to commemorate the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to exterminate them during the Persian Empire, 2,500 years ago, as recorded in the Book of Esther.
Photograph:
Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty
Russian
president Boris Yeltsin at the post-soviet funeral of the Romanovs, Tsar
Nicholas II and his immediate family, 1998. Killed in 1918 & exhumed in
1991, their bodies were DNA tested and officially buried by the Russian
government.
Despite winning the Dutch elections last
year, the far-right leader Geert Wilders has reluctantly given up on the
prospect of becoming prime minister after his prospective coalition partners
blocked his path.
But to celebrate this as a defeat for the far right would be naive. Wilders is still the leader of the biggest party in parliament, and in government. He can still determine the government’s agenda and will probably choose the next prime minister. It just won’t be him.
Credit: The Guardian
“The 19km Grand Cliff Top Walk in the Blue
Mountains which has been a four-year-long project, is now finally open as one
continuous walk.
The views must be awesome.
A
Christian worshipper walks down a road, overlooking the Dome of the Rock mosque
at the al-Aqsa mosque complex, during the traditional Palm Sunday procession at
the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on March 24, 2024.
Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty
People lay flowers at a
makeshift memorial to the victims of a shooting attack set up outside the
Crocus City Hall concert venue in the Moscow region. Reuters
Waiters carry their trays
as they compete in the Course des Cafes.
About 200 waiters took part in the traditional race which involves
taking a tray holding a glass of water, coffee and a croissant around a 2km
route without spilling a drop.
Photograph: Christophe Petit-Tesson/EPA
Donkeys lead the clergy and choir in procession into York Minster for the Palm Sunday Eucharist.
Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian
Dmytro ‘Drongo’, a member of the Ukrainian National Guard, watches over his newborn as his wife Lyubov, rests after giving birth at the KNP Perinatal Centre.
Ukraine already had one of Europe’s lowest birthrates before Russia’s invasion.
Photograph: Libkos/Getty
Graduates of the National Defence Academy of Japan toss their caps in the air during a graduation ceremony in Kanagawa prefecture.
Photograph: Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP/Getty
There is no pet food regulation at all in Australia. In the US, it's the government's responsibility to monitor pet foods and act on adverse pet food incidents.
