Yesterday, Timothy Malcolm Rowland, 40, was found not guilty
of having non-consensual sex with a woman at his Sydney apartment
on 26 August 2022, after the pair spent a night out together…..
Friday, January 31, 2025
Jurors have acquitted a man diagnosed with “sexsomnia” of rape.
David Beckham's new bodywear Hugo Boss
David Beckham, who turns 50 this year, has released pictures
of himself modelling his new bodywear collection for Hugo Boss.
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Toyota top selling automaker for fifth straight year
Toyota Motor sold 10.8 million vehicles in 2024, it said on
Thursday, remaining the world’s top-selling automaker for a fifth straight
year.
Second-ranked German rival Volkswagen Group earlier this
month reported a 2.3 per cent decline in unit sales last year to just over 9
million vehicles, as it seeks to cut costs at home and fight a price war in key
market China......
Three Israelis and 110 Palestinians expected to be exchanged in hostage handover
Female Israeli soldier Agam Berger is released from captivity
in Gaza. Dressed in military clothes,
she was paraded on a stage by Hamas militants before being handed over to
officials…..
Greg Norman to liaise with Albanese government
Greg Norman, who counts Donald Trump as a friend, was called
on to act as a go-between for Donald Trump and the Albanese Government.
“There was a request put through, yeah,” Norman said but declined
to reveal details of the request, including who made it or where it came from.
RFK Jr's views on health policy
While Kennedy has denied that he is anti-vaccination
and said he and his children are vaccinated, he has repeatedly stated widely
debunked claims about vaccine harm. In one interview he said that “autism comes
from vaccines.”
One of his main false claims - repeated in a 2023 interview
with Fox News, was that “autism comes from vaccines”..........
https://x.com/i/status/1884650110962770049
Illegal criminals will be sent to Guantanamo Bay
President Donald Trump has said that he is directing the
opening of a detention centre at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 migrants
who are living illegally in the US if they're accused of theft and other
violent crimes.
The American military base in Cuba has been used to house
detainees from the US war on terrorism.
Adani coal mine unsafe say workers
Adani's Carmichael coal mine was approved in 2019 and has
been exporting coal since late 2021.
"It starts at the top: management is pushing the
superintendents, the superintendents are pushing the supervisors, the
supervisors are pushing the workers."
Some workers have described the scene in Carmichael's mine
pit as "chaotic," with too many diggers, trucks, and dozers operating
in a confined space..............
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
'Just a young, naive, Muslim girl with autism' the court heard
A Muslim girl with autism in South Australia pleads guilty to possessing extremist material and information for terrorist acts.
The 14 year old girl had six videos on her phone, one by a
supporter of Islamic State giving instructions on how to make an explosive device..........
Religious zealots killed Elizabeth Rose Struhs
The parents and 12 members of a religious sect accused of
killing eight-year-old Elizabeth Rose Struhs by withholding her type-1 diabetes
medication, have been found guilty of manslaughter.
They believed “God would heal” her diabetes and
she would be “raised from the dead” after they withheld her life-saving insulin.
Her father has been acquitted of murder along with a church
group leader due to a lack of evidence.
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Jewish groups leaving X
A coalition of US Jewish
groups say they are leaving the social media platform X due to an increase in
hateful content under the stewardship of owner Elon Musk.
“X has become a platform that
promotes hate, antisemitism, and societal division,” the groups say in a joint
statement. “Under the leadership of Elon Musk, X has reduced content
moderation, promoted white supremacists, and re-platformed purveyors of conspiracy
theories.”.............................
Monday, January 27, 2025
Police Wall of Remembrance vandalised
A 43 year old man has been
arrested and is in custody after the "vile"
vandalism of the NSW Police Wall of Remembrance in Sydney.
The words "evil"
and "dogs" were seen inscribed on the monument.
Police out on Australia Day duties saw the damage at about noon yesterday, kicking off an investigation.
Unpaid council rates going to auction
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional
Council plans to auction 38 properties that have thousands of dollars in
overdue rates owing on them. The
council's general manager says "every effort" has been made to
contact the property owners, who have today been named in local newspapers
alongside the amount they owe.
Arbel Yehoud, Agam Berger and male hostage to be released
Hamas will hand over Arbel
Yehoud, Agam Berger, and an additional male hostage on Thursday and three more
hostages on Saturday as per ceasefire agreement.
In return, the Qatari
ministry said Israel will allow displaced Palestinians to return to
northern Gaza starting
Monday morning.
Akexander Zverev heckled by anti-domestic violence protester
Alexander Zverev says he will
no longer discuss the accusations of domestic violence against him after he was
heckled by an anti-domestic violence protester in the aftermath of his defeat
to Jannik Sinner in the final of the Australian Open.
Two Van Gogh's paintings seen for the first time
Van Gogh’s The Courtyard of the Hospital at Arles (1889). Photograph:
Oskar Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz”, Winterthur
Two Van Gogh paintings will be shown in London for first time at the Courtauld Gallery next month, works created in hospital after ear mutilation incident.
Syria settles old scores
While pro-democracy protests have taken place in recent
weeks, some are worried about which direction the new leadership will take.
Authorities have executed 35 in 3 days to settle old scores.
Photograph: David Lombeida/The Guardian
Safe carpark for domestic violence victims in Newcastle
Women from Newcastle escaping domestic violence have been
provided with a safe place to sleep in their cars – a car park. It’s open 3 nights each week, has a secure
fence, a female security guard and a support worker on the premises. There is access to food and laundry, shower
and lounge facilities.
As there are no safe houses available for women and children escaping a violent man, it's better than nothing.
Sunday, January 26, 2025
President Trump wants allies to pay for military presence
President Donald Trump wants
to withdraw 20,000 U.S. troops from Europe and demand a subsidy from allies to
pay for the remaining American military presence on the Continent, Italy’s
leading news agency reported this week.........
Australia Day 2025
The Gamay dancers performed traditional dance from the local area and a smoking ceremony at sunrise this morning on Bondi Beach on 26 January 2025.
Hamas Tries to Show It’s Back in Charge of Gaza
Freed Palestinians still
wearing their grey prison tracksuits wave to well-wishers as they arrive in the
West Bank city of Ramallah for a health check. © Zain JAAFAR / AFP
A procession of 2025 model cars carry members of Hamas’s military wing, in Deir al Balah, central Gaza
Saturday, January 25, 2025
Four Israeli women hostages returned
Four female Israeli soldiers,
who had been held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, are released
by Hamas militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal
between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, January 25, 2025.
(photo credit: Dawoud Abu
Alkas/Reuters)
Friday, January 24, 2025
How long will Europe continue to tolerate immigrant violence?
Two people, one a child, were
killed in a knife attack in hte German city of Aschaffenburg. Chancellor
Olaf Scholz condemned the "unbelievable act of terror" on a
play-school group that left three more people wounded, and demanded to know why
the failed asylum-seeker had been able to stay in the country.
Trump withdraws from WHO
The US is set to officially
withdraw from the World Health
Organization (WHO) in January 2026 after the UN body received a formal
letter from US President Donald Trump this week.
Trump also ordered Secretary
of State Marco Rubio to “pause the future transfer of any US Government funds,
supports, or resources to the WHO”.
The Louve in dire state
The Louvre has requested
urgent help from the French government to restore and renovate its
ageing exhibition halls and better protect its countless works of art. The centuries-old building is in a dire
state, with water leaks and “worrying temperature swings which endanger the
conservation of works of art.”
Bruce Lehrmann faces another rape trial
Bruce Lehrmann will seek a judge-alone trial, which can be
granted for complex cases or when there has been significant publicity.
Lehrmann is accused of raping a woman twice during the
morning of 10 October 2021 in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane.
Finally, the truth about JFK's assassination
President Trump has ordered officials to make plans to
declassify documents related to the killings of John F Kennedy, Robert F
Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. The
order directs top administration officials to present a plan to declassify the
documents within 15 days.
Indigenous Australians want Australia Day called Invasion Day
Aboriginal digital artist Brett Leavy’s work projected on the Sydney Opera House as part of a dawn reflection on Australia Day in Sydney on January 26 2024.
Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAPThursday, January 23, 2025
New Key Apprentice Program
Young tradies will receive a $10,000 bonus payment to take up a job in the building industry if the Albanese government is re-elected, but they have to stick with it to get the cash.
Bricklayers,
electricians, plumbers, carpenters and joiners will be eligible for payments of
up to $10,000 through Labor's new Key Apprentice Program.
Trump says China is operating Panama Canal
Donald Trump has repeatedly
complained about the Panama Canal and the fees being charged, calling the vital
transport corridor a “foolish gift [to Panama] that should never have been
made” and threatening to take it back.
…There is a port at either
end of the Panama canal that is operated by a Hong Kong-based company. This is
presumably what Trump was referring to when he said: “China is based at both
ends of the Panama Canal”…
Syrian police members attend their graduation ceremony.
Syria's new authorities are using Islamic teachings to train
a fledgling police force, a move officers say aims to instil a sense of
morality as they race to fill a security vacuum after dismantling ousted
president Bashar al-Assad's notoriously corrupt and brutal security forces.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to replace many routine human tasks.
Corporate America is rapidly adopting artificial
intelligence to automate work once exclusively done by humans.
More than half (61%) of large US firms plan to use AI within
the next year to automate tasks previously done by employees.
Keith Kellogg's job is to end the war in Ukraine within 100 days
Donald
Trump has tasked Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg with ending
the war in Ukraine within 100 days.
However, few believe he will succeed, The
Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports.
Immigrant farm workers are too scared to show up to work.
“We’re in the middle of our citrus harvesting….. people
aren’t going to work and kids aren’t going to school. Yesterday about 25
percent of the workforce, today 75 percent didn’t show up.”..........
https://newrepublic.com/post/190555/donald-trump-immigration-deportations-farm-workers
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Donald Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht
Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he had granted a
“full and unconditional” pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the illegal
online drug marketplace the Silk Road.
He’s been in jail since 2013 for running the underground
market where drug dealers and others conducted more than $200m in illicit trade
using bitcoin.
"X" gender on American passports gone
Trump’s “two genders” will up-end a pioneering passport
change. The US issued the “X” gender
designation in 2021 under President Biden, in a move that reflected its
“commitment to promoting the freedom, dignity, and equality of all people —
including LGBTQI+ persons”.
Donald Trump's Executive Order for those on student visas
Peter Dutton take note:
Donald Trump’s Executive Order today means that everyone who thinks they can
support Islamic terrorists on campus while on a student visa will quickly find
themselves deported.
Australian universities are riddled with Islamic sympathizers. Send them home.
Bishop Marianne Budde's sermon
President Donald Trump was left in disbelief as he was forced to listen to Bishop Marianne Budde deliver a stunningly negative sermon calling for him
to show 'mercy' to illegal immigrants and transgender children.
National database setup to track antisemitic crime
In a statement on Tuesday evening after the national cabinet
meeting, Albanese said 36 people had been charged with “antisemitic related
offences” in New South Wales and 70 arrests had been made in Victoria.
The prime minister previously resisted calls for such a
meeting, saying on Monday that Australians did not just want to see more
meetings on antisemitism.
AFP commissioner, Reece Kershaw said they are looking into
whether overseas individuals have paid local criminals to carry out Jewish hate
crimes in our suburbs and how they have been paid, for example in
cryptocurrency, which can take longer to identify.
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
More anti-Jewish violence in Sydney
A childcare centre at Maroubra in Sydney's south-east has
been set alight and spray painted with anti-Semitic graffiti last night. The building is a short distance away from
the Maroubra Synagogue on Anzac Parade.
The fence of the childcare centre was spray painted with
"F*** the Jews".
NSW Premier Minns - do whatever it takes to fix it.
Migrants break down in tears as Trump shuts down border entry app
The CBP One app was cancelled moments after President Trump was sworn in.
CBP One was used by the Biden administration to help expedite
migrants entry into the US and was used by an estimated one million people
since being created..........
Monday, January 20, 2025
'Too white to be black, too black to be white'
With an Indigenous father and a mother of European descent, Elle Davidson has spent a great deal of energy working out where she fits in modern Australian society.
Donald Trump's meme coin price tanks after wife Melania also launches token
The price of the incoming president’s token, $Trump,
had tripled to
more than $70 (£57), giving it a total value of over $14bn shortly after its
launch on Friday. However, the launch of his wife’s coin, $Melania, pared back
those gains as investors piled into her rival coin........................
TikTok addicts say thank you Mr Trump
TikTok began restoring its services on Sunday after President-elect Donald Trump said he would revive the app's access in the U.S. when he returns to power on Monday
First 90 Hamas prisoners released
A newly released Palestinian prisoner is carried during a
welcome ceremony in Ramallah for prisoners freed from Israeli jails in exchange
for Israeli captives released by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The next release of hostages and prisoners comes Saturday,
with 33 hostages and nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees to be
freed over the ceasefire’s 42-day first phase. In just over two weeks, talks
are to begin on the far more challenging second phase.
[Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP]
Hostages receive gifts and souvenirs
The bags contained “gifts and souvenirs”, which included
photos of them in captivity, a commemorative photo of Gaza itself, and some
kind of certificate, the Israeli outlet Ynet reported.
Hostages given documents detailing exchange deal
The Israeli hostages pose with documents bearing the logo of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, certifying the ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchange deal.
Picture: Hamas Media Office/AFP
Palestinians begin to head back to their homes
Majida Abu Jarad packs belongings as she prepares to go back to the family’s home in the north, at a camp for displaced Palestinians in the Muwasi area, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025.
(AP Photo/Abdel
Kareem Hana)
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