Friday 1st March 2024
First day of Autumn and it's overcast and still quite hot. Unsure if it sprinkled rain overnight but not enough moisture not to forecast a hot dry Autumn. Forecasted temperature for Sydney today is 30 degrees.
ASIO claims to know who the former MP is who sold Australia's sensitive information including the AA 's family's details to foreign spies but will not reveal their identity. What former PMs son approached by Chinese gents?
The mystery of Princess Kate's health status continues. Lots of conspiriousy theories are appearing online in regards to her health.
Police continue to crackdown on youth crime in QLD .
Patrick Dempsey voted Sexiest Man and McDreamy from Greys Anatomy is here in Sydney to promote a luxury watch.
Jack Black will be heading to Bondi Junction in Eastern Sydney in March to promote a new movie.
NRL teams play their first promotional season opener game this Saturday in Las Vagas to showcase the sport an inaugural event and to attract a new American audience.
The decision to take down a Captain Cook statue in Randwick is divided after it was vandalised similar to the one in St Kilda Victoria .
Meta slams Australian news deal. The PM blasts Meta for not paying Australian news publishers for content on Facebook.
A 10 m sink hole has opened up in a Rockdale industrial complex where an office block is teetering above. Tunnelling for nearby M6 is being investigated for whether it is to blame. 10 people working on the site were evacuated as well as people working at the M6 site. It was 5am so there were no workers in the office block. Employees turned up and were old to go home. An exclusion zone has been set up around the site and concreters have been given the go ahead to fill in the sink hole.
Saturday 2nd March 2024
Happy Mardi Gras! The parade is on tonight. Am I going? Probably not . As I get older I am hating crowds more and more. What is the weather like - probably still very hot and humidity. Although it is overcast this morning. Will it rain today?
Track work is also on every weekend from now until after mid April on the Metroline due to extensive testing of the metroline extension from Chatswood through the CBD all the way to Tallawong and back several times a day. Hopefully they will be running past Chatswood Station today so I can catch a glimpse of one of the Metro trains running the full distance of the route.
Today I did nothing - well not exactly I have been working hard on learning how to create pixel art characters from scratch for my game design assessment # 1 that I have to submit. Since I have almost no experience creating 2D sprites, it's been a bit of a learning curve so I have decided to just draw faces of characters from illustrating stuffed animals. I am also attempting to create white boxing/grey boxing of gaming levels.
I watched the Mardi Gras on ABC TV as it was broadcasted live this year. So glad I didn't go as it rained although crowds & participants in the parade were undeterred. It was a 4 hour long parade. I almost fell asleep. How do people take toilet breaks? You would have to leave your spot and fight the crowds to the nearest portaloos then queue up for them then fight your way back through the crowds back - hopefully not losing your spot. By the time you got back you would have missed a good portion of the parade.
News headlines today include
A 90 minute Telstra outage yesterday resulted in a man dying as he could not get through to 000 & hundres of other calls could not get through to emergency services ( I was just have quite a discussion about this with an senior citizen last week during my digital mentoring session - it's scary - landlines are being replaced with calls over the internet and therefore if there is an emergency and the internet goes down due to a service providers outage, there is no other way of calling 000 emergency services as the telecommunication lines are cut off - this is a cost cutting strategy by telecommunication companies as who uses a landline now? Well overseas the property management company wanted to try and reduce cost and had considered replacing all landlines in the apartments with VoIP but have not yet due to the debate over this essential emergency services access ) Telstra was forced to apologize
A touching vigil was held for murdered couple Jessie and Luke overnight & the signed condolence book will be given to the murdered coup's families. The police officer who murdered them has been arrested and removed from the police force .It is believed that Jessie the ex partner of the police officer was the target and that his new partner flight attendant Luke was just there at the wrong place and wrong time and an unintended target.
It will be a litmus test for AA and PDs popularity at the by election of Dunkley today as tens of thousands vote eventhough it is not a leadership vote a win will determine how well AA & PD are doing in the polling figures -- I thought AA was suppose to march at the Mardi Gras parade in Sydney tonight? It's also his birthday isn't it today? Gee he has a tight schedule today - how is he going to fit it all in flying between regional Victoria & Sydney??? Meanwhile there has been chaos with Mardi Gras protests clashing with police.
A South Yarra compound pharmacy has been raid by the TGA for recreating replica Ozempic weight loss drugs to sell to patients due to the shortage of supply.
The first NRL game is set to be played in Las Vagas this weekend.
In order to crackdown on the increasing youth vaping addiction , it is now illegal to import vapes without a license or permit or sell vapes without a prescription and only from pharmacies . Now there are flavoured nicotine patches available, these are likely to create another form of nicotine addiction eventhough these patches to be placed between gum and lip are ment to reduce nicotine addiction. They still work by releasing a dose of nictoine.
Miles releases new music "Doctor (Work It Out)' a dance collaboration with Pharrell Williams. - could this be the next Mardi Gras anthem?
Biden is commencing the airdropping of aid to the Gaza region as humanitarian land aid is being attacked.
Thousands turned out risking their safety to Navalny's open casket funeral except his wife who feared for her safety. His mother was there to help cover his face with a cloth as she farewelled him in the coffin.
Sunday
Waking to a beautiful sky of multiple shades of pink sunrise this morning it is still overcast and with showers and a top of 29 degrees C forecasted today.
A woman has been hit by a car this morning on the Gold Coast. Another hit and run.
Trump is increasing in popularity according to the polls overseas.
120 000 attended last night's Mardi Gras but not without a Palestinian protest attacking as the NSW premier marches in his first Mardi Gras parade - I guess AA could not make it last night to march in the Mardi Gras parade but he & the Labor party candidate did win the by-election in Dunkley! 8 were arrested at the Mardi Gras.
Sports and Arts funding in the community in Victoria have been slashed.
Paul Kelly has played a gig singing "How to make gravy" in a Kalgoolie prison to inmates as part of music program.
The Brit Awards are on with Kylie to perform later on at the awards and she was awarded with a global icon award. Kylie does a shoeie ( yuk - for those who are unfamiliar what it is, it is the tradition of drinking out of a shoe), ahe did not look as if she was enjoying doing it!
Productivity in Australia has fallen .
Rabbitos verses Sea Eagles play their first game in Las Vagas today after 40000 tickets sold at the same stadium the Superbowl was played.
Monday 4th March 2024
Another do nothing day today except pay bills, laundry assignments take rubbish out etc
It is a little cooler today and is meant to cloudy with a top of around 25 degrees C. Yep very overcast today and it does not feel as hot as yesterday but I still have my ceiling fan on.
News headlines today include
It is becoming clear that polls are indicating Americans think that Biden is becoming too old to be President at 81 years old if re elected he could be 86 by the time he is still in office but Trump his opponent is not far behind at 77 , there are also concerns he is also too old to be president. If either are elected it makes the government the oldest led in US history.
The giant sink hole in Rockdale under the office complex has been completely concreted up to help stablise it's structure.
The search for the missing mother who disappeared whilst going for a run East of Ballerat has been extended. It's been 4 weeks since she disappeared without a trace after her phone pinged. She is feared dead and that at least 2 people may have been involved in her disappearance. Phone data from the location where her phone last pinge is being investigated with personal data from anyone's phone that could have been in the area at the time of disappearances being analysed. An appeal is out to anyone that may have been in the area to come forward. Anything to find a lead to the investigation.
The Young Matildas had to play in freezing conditions and a thick layer of snow in Korea.
Accor Stadium turns 25 and there is discussions on possibly putting a roof on Accor stadium to increase it's capacity , to host more shows/games and to shelter from extreme weather conditions particularly after the stadium had to be evacuated during Tay Tay's concert previously due to severe rain and thunderstorms. Inspiration was taken from the Alligent Stadium during the recent NRL games where the games are unaffected by extreme cyclone conditions outside of the stadium due to a stadium roof however the NSW government was not quick to approve any such mofifications to Accor Stadium due to the state budget priorities and disruption time due to construction but did not say no to it as a future project. So who won the first NRL games played at Alligent Stadium in Las Vagas? Sea Eagles verses Ranbitos & Broncos verses Roosters - what no helmets or padding gasped the American audiences? Was it Sea Eagles and Roosters that went onto win their games? Yep. but not marred by Bronco's Ezra Mam's compliant lodged to the referee of an allegedly racist comment made by a Roosters player calling him a monkey. The player has been charged as the teams return from Las Vagas.
Melbourne Convention Centre has a ring of steel around it as world leaders arrive in Melbourne for an ASEAN Summit where security in the Asia Pacific region will be discussed ie how to keep China at bay.
AA has announced that King Charles will possibly be visiting Australia some time in the near future despite his cancer diagnosis and treatment. However since the King will not be able to visit all Australian states and territories which states the King wil visit on his first royal tour of Australia since becoming King will depend on what each state has to offer in it's programs as the Federal government has asked all states premiers and chief ministers to pitch to them why their state should be visited by the King and what their state can offer. NSW Premier Chris Minns seems to think he and the state of NSW don't need to submit a program pitch to the Federal government tp consider as he seems to think anyone who's does not visit Sydney has not visited Australia with its well known beaches and harbour. Some might think Vic and Tas maybe states the King should visit since he has not visited these states on an official royal tours and it may suit the Kings sustainability interests being less urban .
2 Qantas planes have collided at Perth airport. One was stationery on the tarmac with standing passengers waiting to alight whilst the other was taxiing and clip the wing of the other plane. No injuries just a jolt felt by passengers.
The 8th March 2024 will mark the 10 year anniversiary of the Malysian Airlines flight MH370 where it disappeared with 227 passengers and 12 crew on board from KL to Beijing.
Tuesday 5th Match 2024
It is a cooler clearer day today with top temperatures around the mid 20s today - perfect. Finally Autunn is arriving.
I have decided not to go to the volunteer digital mentoring session again today as it takes me 2 hours in total to get there and back and it is only a 1.5 hour session so most of my day is taken up. Last week there were too many mentors and not enough seniors needing help , one went home and to the gym whilst I stayed as there was one senior there that I noticed who did not have a digital mentor assisting him. I don't think he actually needs any help and is probably there to meet people although he does have a notebook where he has been making notes everywhere he goes to these sessions. I think I will just go every 2 weeks especially since my job seeker payments are on hold as I can't attend appointments as I am studying and have let APM know ow and asked to schedule appointments for Mondays which is my day off but have not heard them since. I also could not access the Workforce Australa or Centrelink website over the weekend to check if I have any messages - I was unable to report any of my activities required.
I have been slack and not finishing off my assessments to submit - there are at least 4 half done assessments. I really should work on them.
News headlines today include
Princess Kate has been spotted out and about for the first time since her abdominal surgery ( well actually it is the 2nd time ) . this time she was in a car driven by her mother. Was this staged or unstaged?
Former Australian model Elle Mcpherson who turned 60 returns to the catwalk after 16 years.
The Malaysian government supports the MH370 disappearance case to be reopened for investigation giving new hope to victims families as to what happened when the plane disappeared off the radar 10 years ago.
Sam Kerr who is currently nursing an injury has been charged and will be appeared in court in a 4 day criminal trial next year for racially aggrevated harassment in an incident back in January in the UK with a police officer. Even her coach was in the dark about the charges until recently.
Gerry Halliwell former Spice Girl and her husband Christian Horner F1 boss , has been caught in an alleged sexting scandal with a female colleague . She wants her husband to cut contact with the female colleague.
The QLD premier is also in a texting scandal in relation to health jobs. The texting incident had slipped his mind.
The Cranbrook School has hit back. The school has a history of bullying and abuse.
The Western Sydney suburb of Camillea on an abandon piece of industrial asbestos riddled land near Parramatta is to be revived with 45 000 new homes to be built and a new man-made beach nearby. This will be all built in 10 years.
Climate protestors have caused traffic delays on the Westgate Bridge again. Police are currently trying to remove the Extinction Rebellion protestors in order to get traffic moving again.
Australia is experiencing a carbondioxide shortage resulting in stripped bare shelves of bottled sparking soft drinks - so that's why I haven't been able to get any bottles of local sparking mineral water from Coles Woolworths & IGA for the past few weeks! Damn it I should have purchased both if tge last 2 bottles of sparkling mineral water from the IGA on Monday but only purchased o e thinking I might be able to get more at the larger Coles but no shelves were completely empty when I arrived! and there was no Woolworths nearby to try and find any.
Jason Kelce ( brother of Travis Kelce) announces his retirement from football after 13 seasons at the age of 36.
Another measles case arrives in Sydney.
Britney Higgins arrives back in Australia from France and could be back in court for defamation . No settlement has been reached for the social media posts involved in the defamation case.
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Today it was really hot again 29 degrees C but towards the evening it started to cool down.Classes from 10 am to 7 pm today. It's getting brutal and I'm always tired by the end of Wednesday's and almost dead by the end of Fridays. I am barely keeping up . Assessments due everywhere and nothing seems to be sinking in. Lost before this mornings programming class as we never know which classroom we are suppose to be in due to the heat and no air-conditioning we have been moved from one classroom on level 2 in J block to another classroom on level 4 in J block & into to either of 2 classrooms on level 2 in B block . I went to the staff room to ask but nobody was there so another classmate and I went for a walk to B Block but were told no we were still in J block but no other classmates were in the classroom in J block on level 2 where we were suppose to be in. Our teacher was in an alternative classroom in j block on level 2 - 2 other classmates were there with her. Confused? We weren't the only ones and our teacher was confused wondering why we were walking to B block. That's because she had been away for the last week and we were in the other classroom the previous week and I swapped courses and classes ( group A to group B) the 2nd week of the course so even more confusing for me. Then there was the most disruptive classmate in our class who annoyed the hell out of everyone because he was "off his meds". Another classmate wanted to strangle him ( not physically) mentally and so did I! I could not even correct my auto correct line of code without him leaning over me shouting "What the hell!" I had to tell him that I knew what I was doing and literally tell him to go away.
During Studio Practice from 5 pm - 7 pm I usually stay because I want to work on assessments at my own pace. I was a little behind on my first game design assessment as I was having trouble accessing my artwork that worked on from my phone to the tafe email. I asked a classmate how to get my tafe email to work as Outlook kept coming up with error messages and would not open. I ended up bookmarking a link that she gave me which as added to favourites and worked.
A quick grocery shop at St Leonards Station at the Coles after walking via the underpass to the new residential complex. It seems the carbon dioxide supply shortage Australia is having has still not been resolved sparkling mineral water and sugar free Coke are still bear empty shelves along with certain brands of quality dark chocolate.
Home on the bus. Almost straight to sleep.
News headlines today include
Princess Kate has been confirmed to be attending the Trooping Of The Colours in June as one of her royal engagements since recovering from. abdominal surgery. Meanwhile Sarah Ferguson has been given the all clear after her breast cancer then skin cancer diagnosis .
The court has ruled in favour of not removing Trump as a presidential candidate and he has gain an over 70% primary republican vote in North Caroilna over her opponent . Meanwhile unlike Australia voting is not compulsory in the US so Tay Tay goes all out encouraging all Americans to vote - she did not give away her preferred presidential candidate nor whether she was a Democrat or Republican - that would have caused - well you know what I mean. If Tay Tay can influence a country economy goodness know how she could influence a countries vote for the future president.
Kathleen Fobigg's wx partner has died of a heart attack.
The Spice Girls celebrate 30 years since they auditioned and formed the girl band with old footage.
As the ASEAN Summit wraps up in Melbourne not all world leader agree with Australia's attitude towards China's position in the Asia Pacific region.
Sam Kerr has been seen partying celebrating a team member's birthday since news ofhwr alleged charge for racially agrevated harassment . She has since gone quite.
Thursday 7th March 2024
28 degrees today and a possible shower - why is it still so hot!
What am I struggling in classes because there are too many distractions in some of the classes.
This afternoon a random student from the art class just walks in during our break and holds up a sign asking if the internet wS down. Yep the Tafe internet had just gone down. She was wearing noise cancelling earphone ( I asked her if they were) - I really need to get a pair! She starts talking to me wondering why she did and if she was on a break - no she wasn't on a break she just likes to walk in and out of her class next door - the art class has one long class all day from 10 - 4 30 pm with a 30 minute lunch break) so they can take a break from their work whenever they like. I think she just wanted to say hi to our teacher who was busy helping us with whatever we were doing - which was programing camera swaps from between first and third person controller. Don't ask I don't quite understand how the cameras work I just know if the teacher says to attach a script to the player ( a capsule) I just drop and dragthe appropriate scipt to the the player ( a capsule).. Anyway this girl that came in and started talking to me - did I know her. No I just met her at lunch time for a few minutes when I went over to say hello to another girl I knew from the art class I transferred from sitting alone having her lunch and who I had not seen for a few weeks . I don't even see her at Studio Practice classes as we had a United class then it became separate classes then it became a very disruptive united class again and then became a seaparate class again - well not really only 4 of us older students stay for studio practice. I use this class to work on other assessments as I am a little behind . I am not having trouble with my studio practice assessments as I have already submitted 2 of them with a third one at least half way finished and just needs a big tidy up.
News headlines today include
High grocery prices are being put under the microscope today in a Senate inquiry into price gouging . Farmers are being urged to speak out and share their experiences. as grocery prices are looked into to find out why consumers are paying so much for groceries
Bronwyn Bishop calls for Tony Bourke to pay back his $57k for his US trip.
The AFL is trialing head gear at the local level to prevent concussion when it is known that helmets don't actually prevent concussions, it may prevent some head injuries but not concussions.
Virgin Airlines will be the first Australian airline to allow dogs and cats on planes on domestic routes with conditions eg caged size and designated areas etc.
Jonas Bros have played tribute to Blue by returning on stage to its theme song in Brisbane.
"stupid white b*******d" was the alleged racial slur Kerr was alledged to have said to a police officer over a taxi fare whilst she was sick . The incident occurred over a year ago and Kerr has pleaded not guilty to the charge. She has the support from her Chelsea club.
A paid parental leave overhaul will cost the government $250 million
Another crackdown on "dial a dealer" drug operation. Strike force Wessex in Sydney stopped an alledged 26 dealer numbers being used to sell drugs.
Nicky Haley drops out of presidential race and there will be another showdown between Trump and Biden .
The economy is slowing and growth for December was just 2% indicating Australia is a recession due to inflation and a slow down in spending with predictions of 3 more rate cuts to encourage more spending.
It's the start of the footy season opening round on 7th March Swans verses Demons at SCG. One ofa few opening round games in NSW & QLD before heading back down to Victoria.
V line continues their industrial action for 13 hours tomorrow disrupting travel with limited rail replacement coach services.
Kylie gets a Barbie doll in her red padam padam dress.
Collin Firths Mr Darcy's wet shirt has sold for $38 000.
Friday 8th March 2024
It's Friday and it's still so hot. There is rain forcasted but not a lot. I can feel that nights are getting longer and daylight savings does not end until April 7th I think. ( hope I have phrased this correctly) .
So tired by Friday afternoon. Intro to Unity was a bit of a fun class although I don't know how much of it stuck. It started off with 3D modeling in either pro builder maya or blender none of which I have mastered using so I cheated and used 3D paint found a trophy and that was my answer to the exercise - I did have a go at 3D modeling the trophy but it wasn't very good. It was blue and made up with 2 hand drawn handles, a rectangular platform and 2 triangles inverted so the 2 points touched each other. This was followed by playing with the particle & VFX I didn't intend to but I made a rather futuristic pulsing weapon ( probably because I was didn't 100% know what I was doing and it was an accident like all the other stuff I do)
I walked home again and it was still really hot but did see a classmate sitting at the bus stop waiting for the hourly 291 bus . She had to wait another 22 minutes until her bus came. I said I'll keep you company as I did not have anything on this afternoon. I was unsure if she wanted me too but she was waiting alone so I thought for her"safety" it was a good (for reasons I was aware of). She is an adult but even as an adult safety is important. So I left her a few minutes before her bus was due to arrive - 3 x 144 buses arrived one after another and a few Hills buses passed by whilst I was walking home but no 291 yet. I hope the bus arrived otherwise it was another hour before the next 291 arrives or she will have to take a bus or train to chatswood them the Metro then another bus or train or walk.
Home eat ( my lunch) then sleep.
News headlines today include
Kylie has another award icon
A prisoner with various crimes was released from Long Bay jail accidently due to a paperwork bungle but has since been found in Bondi and placed back behind bars.
Another suspicious QLD house fire in Logan .
The Senate inquiry found that chain stores forced suppliers to cut prices. While supermarkets continued to make profits the farmers and consumers continue to suffer .
There is huge support for Sam Kerr over her racist slur charge and many questions of why it took so long for her to be charged, why the charge was by mail & whether the slur was actually a racist one . Kerr says she did not say "stupod white b*****d" but "stupid white cop" She is not due in court until next year which means it will be over 2 years since the alledged incident.
A 22 year old Patrick Stevenson has been charged with the murder of the East Ballerst mother who disappeared a month ago after going for a run. His identity which couldnot be reveal but he is the son of an ex football player has now become public information.The accused is not co operating with investigators as to the location of the body however this gives some closure to Samantha Murphy's family. The murderer did not know the victim.
The Headmaster of private boys school Cranbrook has resigned over allegations of keeping a staff member on after he sent grapghic e mails to a former female student. The school was the subject of a toxic culture at the school on 4 Corners investifmgation ahead of it going coed in 2025.
Saturday 9th March 2024
A 3.6 magnitude earth quake has occurred West of Sydney in Blue Mts National Park around 9 pm last night . No injuries. What it was out near Warragamba 8 km below the surface? Isn't that where Sydney's main dam is?
An 18 year old was hit on the curb by a bus in Brisbane's CBD and died.
Adelaide hits 40 degrees today with temps hovering around the very high 30s. Melbourne is also suffering a heat wave with temps in the 40s .Both states have festivals on this weekend with extra water and sprinklers on hand.
A group of bears have been caught on camera on a sucessful wheelie bin heist.
A maritime aid corridor is set to open bring much needed aid to Gaza particularly when parachutes failed to deploy of air dropped aid killing 5 people on the ground as they crash landed.
Kylie & Madonna sing "I will Survive" together in LA .
Australia is in a non technical recession as the economic growth comes to a grinding halt shrinking for 3 consecutive quarters. December figures show how economic growth was slowed to around 3%. Households are cutting down in spending . Migration just helped Australia keep its head above water. This may lead to rate cuts. Australia is doomed - no longer the lucky country.
Sunday
Today I stayed indoors at home again as it is still really hot.
I had to do grocery shopping as I was running low again on everything. I waited until late in the afternoon until it was cooler ( cooler being a temp drop to around 25 degrees C) and did not venture out until around 6 pm with only an hour or so before the sun was about to disappear.
A quick chat to my neighbour downstairs then a bus to Chatswood. I did not take my empty bottles with me as I knew that I had very lityle chance of the return and earn machine at Chatswood bring open and not occupied or ful.
I bumped into my cousin that I have not seen for a while in Chatswood. She was heading home with 2 bags of groceries and had finished her grocery shopping whereas I had not started mine yet. A quick chat as I didn't want to hold her up withher cold grocery items and the heat.
I did my grocery shopping entirely at Voles and spent $160 this time round and I did not even get any toiletries tissues toilet paper or laundry detergent. What is it with Coles no toilet paper this week but plenty of sparkling water! Groceries are so expensive there! Oh shit zi did not get any pokamon
News headlines today include.
Another sink hole opens up in Rockdale after the last one was cemented in. The M6 tunnel started to cave in and workers evacuated.
Melbourne's Moomba Festival parade is cancelled due to extrene heat waves. The first time in over 70 years.Temperatures in Victoria reaching the high 30s.
A young mother 's body has been dumped found in a wheelie bin in Geelong.The husband has since fed with his son to India dumping his son at the inlaws family whilst he disappears. Indian authorises are investigating as to his whereabouts . Australian police are yet to determine whether he was involved in his wife's murder.
2 cans of kidney beans have been found to have rat remains in them and returned to Coles. There has been a recall of the product as a precaution.
Kmart hits the fashion runway at the Royal exhibition hall in Melbourne show casing kids women's and men's fashions on the catwalk.
Monday
It's Oscar night and the stars are out and about for the awards. Everyone is waiting for Ryan Gosling to perform his I am Ken song from Barbue the movie.
An emergency search resumes for a missing swimmer who went missing in a rift at Bronte yesterday.
Heatwaves continue in SA and Vic with cancellations of some of their festival events. In Melbourne the annual birdman event ran to quite a crowd before the Moomba parade was cancelled.
An down syndrome autistic boy has been missing since Saturday. Residents have been told not to approach home or call out his name as he will be frightened and run off . instead residents ha e been urged to check around their homes and neighbourhoods for any signs of him and if they sight him to keep an eye on him , his location and movements and call emergency services. He has since been found safe 2 days later in Auburn.
A new official photo of Princess Kate since her abdominal surgery has emerged with her kids but has since been taken down over questions of whether the photo has been manipulated as Kate's wedding ring is missing and what is with Louis' weird fingers in the photo? Looks very much like an AI generated image where body parts are put together backwards.
The Rozelle Interchange had a malfunction today causing traffic chaos
Liverpool West students returned to their school today after the school closed as asbestos was removed .
Tuesday
Another hot day. I am not going to my digital mentor volunteer session again today as I really need to submit that assessment that was due on Saturday. Done. I also had to write to Workforce Australia to sort out what is happening with my service provider and why my payment is on hold and why I wasn't getting g a response from my service provider or able to enter stuff on the website and why the course keeps coming up with the old course I was studying and not the new one when I submitted my enrolment form.
I didn't do much else today. It was just too hot to go outside.
News headlines today include
G'Day USA turns 60. The Iconic Australian tourism campaign ad starred Paul Hogan.
As Melborne cools off to 25 degrees C after their weekend heatwave, Sydney swelters today reaching 28 degrees C and above. Poor Adelaide and SA swelters as their heatwave won't let go.
Kyle & Jackie O move into their new studio and are ironing out any bugs on their radio station before taking on new territory interstate - Melbourne audiences. There will be no change in their talkshow format but will be more inclusive for both NSW and Vic audiences and no sport - as Kyle says " not everyone likes sports" - very true not everyone follows AFL .
Melbourne is developing a new Ozempic alternative, a pill which will be a faster and better weight loss drug. Duet and exercise are still important as nobody knows what the long term side affects of these diabetic drugs used for weight loss are.
Extinction Rebellion climate protestors have caused trams in Melbourne's CBD near Collins St to stop operating frustrating tram commuters and traffic in general
The Princess of Wales apologies for the Mother's Day photo saying she was responsible for the photo and was experimenting with photo editing. (Really???? Did she use ChatGPT3? Dall E?? Princess Kate - you should have used Claude 3 if she was dabbling in AI!)
Taylor & Travis stuck into the Gucci after party after the Oscars hosted by Madonna. She flew in after her Singaporean Eras tour. There was a strict no photos event for the 2 so there will not be any photos of Tay Tay or Travis at the party where her girl pals were also present. Kylie & Madona performed I will Survive together which is a rarity.
Roosters Spencer Leniu has coped an 8 game suspension after he fronted the NRL tribunal for making a racist remark to Brisbane Bronco's Ezra Mam during a game a few weeks ago.
A Sydney Auckland LATAM Boeing 787 flight I jured 50 passengers as it dropped mid flight. Aproximating 13 ( including 3 crew) were hospitalised when passengers were fung towards the being of the plane. The technical issue is being investigated and the pilot questioned as to how and why this incident happened.
Another home invasion in Sydney's Western suburbs in Canleyvale . Another fire at Granville in an abandoned building in Western Sydney suburbs.
The highlight of the Oscats was John Cena coming onto stage in the buff almost to present the best costume award . He covered his "bits" up with nothing but a piece of cardboard . It was revealed that underneath he was wearing a skimy "thong" like piece of underwear. Fashion trends included pink, black, metallics, wide neckline/shoulders , silhouettes and for the guys non tuxedos.Best couple (that I think) was Emily Blunt & John Krasinski both in white with touches of metallic.
Wow VIVID is already being mentioned and it's not on until May.
Wednesday
A North Melbourne man was killed I North Melbourne and police are investigating as to whether the murder was linked to the underworld Mafia.
Kylie is set to headline Splender In The Grass Music Festival at Byron Bay in July.
Queen Camila gets a Barbie made if her.
4 lost on Sydney hike 2 have been rescued.
NSW crack down on youth crime will see criminals who post and boast their crimes online will face an extra 2 years of jail time
Doubts cast over AUKUS deal which will see submarines built next year halved.
Another government blunder over invalid visa issued to 149 detainees ( jaile asylum seekers) 10 jailed asylum seekers can now walk free.
A new dog park being built in Logan unaccessable to the public has been found to contain asbestos.
The AUS$ against the US$ has risen and is now almost $0.66.
China could lift tarrifs for Australian wine exports to China.
Bob Katter has had a mad hatter moment at the Senate inquiry into supermarket grocery prices.
LNP & Labour outline plans to help struggling QLDers with rising cost of living.
Roman Dennis is back in court after being accused of running over his wife killing her last year.
Thursday 14th March 2024
So allergic today same with yesterday.
As usual it was another exhausting 2 classes today but we got away with time to work on our assessments. So many of them!
It is really unclear which assessment isdue when . I just do whichever ones I feel like doing.
I left a lityle earlier about 30 - 45 minutes early today as half of the class did. The other half we just chatting to the teacher or half working on assignments.
It was a stinking hot day today. Our OOPS teacher did not really want to teach and his assessment has been taken already by our Intro To Programming class teacher and In Game Systems class today we learnt about OOPS basically again but in a different format. We also used Draw IO and debug a script of code written in C# in unity. It was a timed exercise which I almost completed. We had 15 minutes to debug it. I was missing a few which I kind of knew but did not want to amend in the script unless it was actually correct. If your script has bugs in it you can't drag it onto your objects in Unity until you fix them all! I like debugging but I don't like coding - too much typing. yes yes I know there is auto suggestion however this can get annoying and start putting code where you don't want it especially those pesky brackets!
I walked home again today which means I walked at least 20 minutes total today .
It's quicker cheaper and healthier then waiting & catching the bus!
News headlines today include
Tok Tok is a step closer from being banned in the US and Australia could follow. The US ultimatum is desociate yourself from your Chinese parent company or face a ban in the US.
High Street in Melbourne has been voted the coolest street in the world beating Barcelona and Tokyo. Commercial Drive Vancouver was number 5 or 6 - really? Which part of Commercial Street did the panel visit? HK yes I can believe would be up there.
One miner remains trapped under rubble in a Gold mine in Ballerat. It is unknown the condition of this remaining miner who remains trapped. Over 14 hours since the accident it has been announced that this miner has died from his severe injuries and it's now a recovery mission to bring this miner's body back to his family. 26 miners were rescued . A group of miners were evacuated to a safety pod in the mine and rescued and another miner with serious leg injuries and in a critical condition has been rescued and taken to hosptal when a rockfall occurred. This is not the first time this mine has collapsed due to a rock fall and another group of 27 miners have had to be rescued previously in 2007 in a very similar accident. Apparently this was the same area missing murdered Ballerat mother was in. The deceased miner has since been identified as a 37 year old family man
The man who fed to India and left his son with the in laws after his wife's body was found dumped in a wheelie bin had apparently confessed that he suffocated her and apologised to her parents for what he has done however there is still no signs of his whereabouts in India.
An air quality warning due to hazard reduction burning in Northern Sydney suburbs has been issued around Western Sydney suburbs especially around the Penrith region and advises residents to keep windows shut due to the smoke. ( it's 30 degrees with possible showers in Sydney today apparently it is favourable weather conditions in the upper Northern suburbs therefore there is no fire ban in place and rain will easy the smokey conditions around Sydney)
NSW top cop Karen Webb has fired her senier media adviser , the 4th in years said to be due to the handling of the murders of the Jessie Davies & Luke Baird .
Truth in Election ads - wait what? New laws to ban campaign lies ?! Never - not happening.
Judges have thrown out Trumps indictment charges giving Trump a legal win due to lack of sufficient evidence.
Japan's rocket has explored upon takeoff ending it's race for a private company to join the spacerace.
The AUS$ is now $0.6622 against the US$.
Jennifer Lopez ( J-Lo) in a new SciFi movie ? Yep you heard it. Look at her hair First look at the trailer. ATLAS is due to be out in May. What is it about? Something to do with AI.
Kylie's hit Tension is # 1 in the UK and AUS.
4 people were injured in a hit and run on the Gold Coast . All in hospital - not really news any more as there is so much crime in QLD already. Just feel sorry for the 2 victims in the car that was hit where they were just there at the wrong place and the wrong time.Meanwhile another youth knife crime where a 21 year old was charged over a drug deal gone wrong.
The pilot's failty seat pushing into the controls could have been the cause of the LATAM Sydney Auckland flight suddenly dropping . Boeing's safety concerns are thought to be the blame.
Olivia Newton John Tribute concerts were fronted by a star studded cast.
Day 2 of Extinction Rebellion protests in Melbourne from St Kilda Rd to Federation Square is occurring. A small group but with a distinct message on climate change and to inconvience commuters has only managed to block one street.
ALF is back in Melbourne home of AFL with a game at the MCG.
Rumours have appeared over Prince William having an affair and why Kate hasn't been seen since Christmas. Royal trust is at a low at the moment after the photo editing scan8dal and what is actually happening with the Royal family.
Toyota has discontinued 2 models of their popular petrol cars Yaris and Corolla however they will ne available as petrol electric hybrid as there an increase in demand for electric vehicles.
A woman pretending to be a doctor and performing breast augmentation surgeries has been charged for killing a patient by giving too much anesthetic.
The rental crisis is out of control yet blocks of vacant social housing sit as dumping grounds from squatters.
Queen Camila goes to the Spring races.
Tomorrow a chance of storms but temps will drop to 25 degrees C .
The Metro is one step closer to being operational as all 45 metro trains complete their testing between Sydenham all the way to Tarrawong. A lot more rther testing is needed and in order to complete this testing the Metro is closed every weekend until early to mid April with Metro rail replacement buses ( such an inconvenience). The T3 line wil only be shut down once the Metro is in operation.
Sydney has had to remove billboards and benches less then a month after they were installed as tgey were poorly installed in locations blocking pedestrian access and line of sight. Revenue for the council is shared from advertisers.
Treasure Jim Charmers has warned that there will not be a budget surplus this year due to the
The last iron lung man has died aged 78. He was an inspiration figure who contracted polio as a child which paralysed him from the neck down and spent most of his life ( over 7 decades a world record) in an iron lung even going to university.( Iron lungs have been obsolete for decades replaced with mostly venilators )
Optus is up for sale but no buyer yet as parent company Singztel tries to offload it.
Myer has a new board member excutive chairwoman & CEO Olivia Wirth who was a former Qantas Loyality Chief Executive.Wait I'm confused she is the new CEO & Chairwoman of Myer? Controversial why is she both a d why is there a gap before she becomes CEO. The 2 should positions be separateed. So John King is "retiring" as CEO & Managing Director of Myer or was he pressure to leave ? I am happy that he is going as I never liked him. Dividends have dropped so as a shareholder that's not good.
What Sam Kerr spent time Iockup after being interviewed and didn't tell her coach or organisation?
Friday 15th March 2024
A pretty chilled day today with Game Design class and Intro To Unity. Yes we do actually play games in Game Design. We played with a rage game which was a 2D pixel game involving a cat with unlimited lives. It was a poorly designed game but you just did not want to stop playing g it. I ended up with-128 lives before I decided to stop playing it.
It was still pretty hot today around high 20s but no rain.
News headlines today include
Another fire in Epping Victoria is being investigated as to whether it is part of the tobacco wars.
QLD Polls show the Labor party is trailing in a nightmare poll. This weekends polling sees 2 by elections in QLD giving an indication of how the premier is doing. Steven Miles is no longer preferred Premier.
Wild weather a snap storm last night with wind and rain caused power to be cut in the Northern suburbs of Sydney as a tree fell on a powerline overnight in Waroonga.
The NSW premier is furious over the GST as $1.4 billion is wiped off the budget. Meanwhile the treasurer announces there is not much Australians will get as assistance to the rising cost of living - $15 a week for what?! Apparently wags have risen slightly but is Australia is in a recession? No was the answer - are we sure , Japan is so it means Australia will follow - well that's what I believe
Ryan Gosling is on the red carpet again promoting his new film The Fall Guy
Pounding waves has closed beaches on the Gold Coast
Nora Jones gave an impromptu performance at London's Kings Cross Station.
Tour De Cure starts in Tasmania today
Justin Timberlake releases his new music " Everthing I Thought I Was" finally after 6 years today
An app has been developed to support buying Australian made products.Scan the product an it will tell you where it's made and give an Australian alternative.It is no longer reliable enough to just look for the green and gold Australian made symbol.
The Great Australian Dunny Race is on.
A Western Sydney man has won the entire $40 million powerball jackpot and he didn't even buy the ticket instead he had an automatic set and forget subscription.
Tributes pour in for the 37 year old fallen miner and father of 2 . The union is pushing for unsafe work envionments chargrs citing the old method type of mining called air legging was unsafe and should not have been used.
A family's son's ashes have been stolen from a Pakingham home during a burglary.
Former Sports Illustrated & Super model Christy Brinkley 's has skin cancer and treatment with early detection.
The conspiracy theories continue over the poorly edited Mothers' Day photo of Princess Kate and her kids. Did William have an affair and did the US media make a deal with the Palace to keep it secret? Can the Royals even be trusted anymore? What's going on ? Meanwhile Prince William has been out and visited an art centre where he admitted his wife Kate is the one with the artistic skills. He is also making a speech at his mother's ( Princess Diana) legacy award.
Back in the US Meghan has launched her range of luxury... what was she actually launching? whatever her range was it was a multi million dollar one. And more seriously Prince Harry will also give a speech at his mother's (Princess Diana) legacy awards by video link but ONLY after his brother has left.
Spacex Starship success was achieved when the largest most powerful rocket launched into space on a test flight separating however it failed on re entry to earth.
Aged care workers finally received their pay rise however who is going to pay for this increase - tax payers according to thegovernment.
Another factory fire at Granville where it was deliberately lit.
A couple have lost their lives in a landslide in Indonesia. They were in a mountain cabin when the landslide destroyed their cabin.
Demand for rentals may be starting to ease as share housing increases to share expenses.
Shane Rose suffers a horror fall but still hopes to recover in time for the Paris Olympics which he has already qualified for.
Day 4 of Extinction Rebellion protests continue in Melbourne's CBD.
Jeff Fenech has had 6 hour open heart surgery for the second time.
Stage 1 of the Parramatta Light rail has completed testing ready to take it's first customers.
Concord flys London to NY in 2 hours breaking a record.
McDonalds had an outage this afternoon with closures around
Saturday
A top of 25degrees C today with rain/storms forcasted.
There is a Victorian liberal leadership challenge.
The biggest local council elections for mayors and councillors are on today in QLD as well as 2 by elections ahead if the Oct state elections.
MacDonalds is back on line after yesterday's outage
Pressure is on the AA government to deliver on the AUKUS deal
Russians go to the poll with Putin set to be relected. He is set to secure a 5th term. There are 3 oppositions? Who are they ? They will probably be eliminated. This is not an election - that' communism. I assume voting is not compulsory in Russia unlike military services by consciption?! Turned 18? you don't have to register to vote but you have to join the army for a number of years - isn't this a type of communism?
Trump prosecutor resigns. Is this an advantage or disadvantage to Trumps presidency campaign?
Australia is to host Asian Cup in 2026
Anger over a "Robotax" crackdown . The ATO is cracking down on old "on hold" tax debts. The ATO does not have the power to write of tax debts only the minister can do this. The question is how old is too old to collect tax debts that were previously unpaid trivial or on hold. Robotax letters have been randomly sent out for even trivial tax debts of a few cents. Surely these should at least been written off.
The Lumes new Da Vinci's World is on for 90 days only in Melbourne.
The government has lost control of border security/ control as the law courts have control of detainees.
The biggest blueberry is 11 times as big as a normal blueberry and the size of a golf ball. The owner placed it apparently in the freezer until the record was confirmed. Doesn't fruit change when frozen? I see shrinkage and a change in texture & taste.
Sunday 17th March 2024
It raining on and off from last evening throughout the night at times quite heavily. This morning it is still raining. I must go out today as I need to get groceries.
Today I made myself go out and went to Cicular Quay to see the St Patrick's Day celebrations. I missed the parade that was on at 11 am but did manage to line up for about 10 - 14m5 minutes in order to get into one of several sites along Circular Quay's Harbour and spotted The Soda Bread stall and purchased 2 potato bread rounds for $15. Yes they are expensive and I had no idea how greasy they were until I saw the paper bag they were in soaked in grease but I have had one in a very long time and quite like them. What's in them I have no idea. I used to buy them once a month whenever I went to a farmers market and found them which was not every month as they were not always at the market I went to. Today I just made my purchase and squeezed my way through the crowds finding the nearest exit out of First Fleet Park. I did not stay to even listen to the live music, there were just too many people in a sea of green. A giant puddle was my first obstacle in the park. The smell of burgers, sausages, cardboard cartons of loaded hot chips ( particularly the curry ones from the what does Old Dave's food truck sell?) and what's an Irish celebration without plenty of Guinness served in clear plastic tumblers to wash it all down was all around me.
It took me longer then usual to get into the city why - track work on the Metroline and the middle of the Northern line yet again cutting it in half with just one station closed - Milsons Point requiring a bus replacement service from North Sydney to Wynyard just to get over the bridge. I was lucky to get a seat on the waiting double decker bus on the upper deck ( refer my video on my YouTube channel).
After looking at how lucky the Irish passengers who were on the cruise ship docked at the international passenger terminal were to have the opportunity to celebrate St Patrick's Day on Sydney Harbour today, it was time for me to go to the MCA to have a look at the first of several venues hosting part of the Sydney Biennale Ten Thousand Suns. There were 2 halls on the first level of the MCA and I sure had some favourite pieces of artwork. 2 in the first hall and 2 in the second. Whilst I was at the NCA I went upto level 2 and had a look at the museum's collection of the artists in focus. Visitors to Sydney should visit the MCA it's tiny but has nice views of the harbour from each floor through large corner windows.
After that it was a walk to the IGA where there was a slow stream of customers walking into the supermarket but it was like a ghost town down there - I did not see a single staff member until the very end when I went to pay for my grocery items who could hardly be seen amongst the rows of self service checkouts in the corner - no community brand milk disappointment! That's why I shop at the local IGA just for their non lactose long life milk and a brand of chips I can't find at other supermarkets. Got the chips though with a few other things. Shelves were empty, the cheese and deli bars were closed, the restaurant was closed, all the other counters were closed and most concerning was there was pools of water everywhere on the floor near the freezer sections. oh dear what was there no one to clean this up. Why do they even bother to open on Sundays - the other IGA at Wynyard doesn't open on Sundays.
A walk down to Woolworths Town Hall which also has a smaller Big W above it . I wish Coles had a proper city supermarket instead of just a Local or what used to be a Coles Express very close to where the IGA is now. I am beginning to think Coles owns IGA as they are always swapping each other's locations.
At Woolwirths I did a more comprehensive shop and also got myself some more change for the laundry but I still could not find quite a few items on my shopping list.
Armed with a rather heavy bag of groceries I headed to the bus stops where I thought there was a bus tgat could get me quite close to where I live but still need a transfer bus . Yep I was right the 320 bus that goes to Gore Hill. At least I could get across the bridge without too many transfers. I had already made a mistake not staying on the McMahon bus all the way to North Sydney station today wondering why there were so many people waiting outside St Leonards Station for a bus. That's 3 transfers instead of just 2. So the 320 from Town Hall station was full when it came so I waited for the next one 18 minutes later which as full but not as full as the last one that I could not get on. Well I could have but let others on first I was not as desperate to get home. I got off at St Leonards to transfer onto a 144 bus.
I hate the predictive text even when I spell words correctly it changes them to a completely different word!!!!
Home it was unpack the groceries, take my rubbish out and do my laundry .I was up quite late. One of the neighbours always leaves their laundry in the dryer do I had to take it out and put it in his laundry basket. So I could use the dryer. I chatted with my other neighbour who has everything. Not wanting to touch my neighbours clothes in the community dryer, I used disoosable gloves my other neighbour had and gave me. Yep he has a box of disposable gloves for cleaning and I thought I was bad using gloves to take the bins out when the neighbour who should be doing it doesn't ( the one who is getting paid $10 a week to do so!). The blue & yellow bins weren't taken out last week and they are overflowing - even the Asian ms collecting earn and return bottles every day walked straight past them not touching them!
I dried my clothes for 80 minutes to ensure they were sterilised dry!I use powder antibacterial and liquid antibacterial in hot water as well as detergent with Eucalytus in it already.
By the time I finush my laundry folding it as well and uploaded only the first few of my videos onto my YouTube channel it was really late.
Sleep no time to do my assessments or fix my Unity problem . So tired.
No time to go to Melbourne for the Good Food & Wine Month this year or see a movie from the French Film Festival this week.
Happy St Patrick's Day !
News headlines today include
Penny Wong gets hitched to her long term partner Sophie Allouache of 2 decades.
An electric car on display crashed inside a Liverpool Westfield and into a Myer Shopfront causing damage. 2 were hospitalised and a teen questioned by police.
Gaza is on the brink of starvation as the first shipments of aid by sea arrive.
As Qld voted in all 77 local elections and 2 state by elections yesterday has resulted in a Labor
Melbourne Run For Kids is on this morning.
Tomorrow will see a power price surge with an increase of 25%. This is due to a number of local and global factors. With another rise due in July.
PNAU have a new hit called Chipping music made with ingredients in collab with the Red Rock ( the chip brand) .
A jetstar plane bound for Launceston had to abort taking off from Melbourne airport due to a latch leading to the planes communication system was left open. The plane was "barrelling down the runway" before the pilot "slammed on the brakes".
There is a rise in digital nomads.
Gold Coast elections saw current Mayor Tom Tate run for a 4th term . ( congrats you are a popular Mayor). State elections in Oct are not looking good for Stephen Mike's and the Labour Party as the Ipswich West by election on Saturday saw a swing of over 39% against the typically Labor electorate. Controversy also marred the local elections in Qld as one mp charged with the murder of a family member has run as an independent.
South Australians protest ovee duck hunting season ( poor Fluffy the duck) .
Monday
8 am and I slept in!
Overcast & a top of 25 degrees C however tomorrow the temperature will rise again to 29 degrees C.
Today I am not doing much. I started another assignment for Intro to programming. It is so long I did the first 3 multiple choice questions. Then stopped. I made myself a nice lunch chicken salad ass I don't eat very well on Wed Thur and Fri as breaks are really short
Looks like another do nothing day today .I am trying to do more of my assessments but just can't do so. I am so unmotivated.
It's raining again around 6.30 pm.By 7 pm it's pouring with rain outside. It has been cooler and I do have my heater on on low but is it really cold enough to have the heater on at this stage. Tomortow it certainly won't be if the forcasted temperature of 29 degrees C is correct but today it is around the low to mid 20s.It's actually just 20 degrees at the moment.
News headlines today include
Jack Black is in Australia promoting the new Kung fu Panada 4 movie. Love his cover of Britney Spears hit " Hit Me Baby One More Time".
There is a case of a Victorian policeman who refused the COVID vaccine that was sacked from his job for this & never to return to the force due to a condition that states the ineligibility of previously terminated police officers reapplying for a position, despite the shortage in the recruitment of new police. There are other workers in industries in sumimilar situations - time to move on now. The ex police officer never got COVID in all this time.
New budget smartphones with premium features are now available on the market.
Labor is cleaning up the immigration detainee fiasco.
A person has reportedly fallen out of a hot air ballon near Preston outside of Melbourne. He has since been found on concrete and has died. It is believed that he intentionally exited the balloon falling tohis death.
Volcanic eruptions threaten Icelandic towns again including torist destinations. An emergency warning is in place.
Tasmania launches it's new AFL team unoffically called "The Tassie Devils" amid the controversy over building a new sports stadium in Tasmania. The launch and offical AFL unvailing of its name logo etc will be broadcast around 30 live sites and a founding lifetime membership for $10 can be purchased to support the new team.
St Patrick's Day celebrations have occurred around Europe.
The defence officer Jack Fitzgibbon who died a month ago in a military paracuting accident is being remembered and honoured.
Protests as elections are on the way in Russia. Putin wins the election by a landslide.
Megan ( not Meghan Markle) a cyclone is set to make landfall in Australia in the NT.
Gaza has ceasefire talks.The death toll in Gaza has exceeded 31 600.
No interest rate cuts until September forecasted. The RBA meets every 6 weeks now instead of monthly cutting meetings down to 8. The next announcement by the RBA is in 2 days time.
Maternaity leave changes and super on maternity leave due to be passed and commence in next few months.
Hundreds of homes are ready to rent in Western Sydney.
There is the threat of Easter holiday flight disruptions due to striking airport fire fighters who are understaffed and under paid. Now postponed until after the Easter long weekend to the relief of holidayers!
A East Coast High Speed Rail link proposal - what ? How about fixing the Sydney to Melbourne XPT first!
Uber to pay taxi drivers compensation in a class action court case. Expect to pay more for Uber services due to the court case loss.
A woman has managed to pull 3 men out of Appollo Beach saving 2 of them. She pulled them out one by one performing CPR on the unconscious bodies. One of the men aged 26 died.
Some of Thailand's tourist attractions are under threat.
A hit and run victim in the Eastern suburbs of Tamarama when he stepped out of an Uber has been identified as a 28 year old lawyer. The driver is still on the run. A Go Fund me page has been set up and raised over $70 000
Tax cuts in July?!
Stamp prices are set to increase again in Australia. ( it's already really expensive to send a local letter) $1.50 for a local letter ymup 25% and concession letters remain at 60 cents with no increase. The increase was not opposed by the consumer watch dog as it was said that such increases were necessary. Meanwhile no more Sat deliveries and online shopping is reducing the free return policies as online shoppers become more savy shopping online.
Another cheer for Princess Kate as she misses another event although she did post a message online. She has been seen out and about at her favourite local farm shop healthy and relaxed although no new photos of her have been published.
Tuesday
I have decided not to go to the digital mentoring session again as I just have too much to do. I was up last night trying to do my assessment.
Sydney will be 28 degrees C and showers today
A passenger having an outburst because she lost her phone and thought someone had stolen it has caused an international flight from Melbourne to Bali to turn back due to posdible violence. The violent passenger was restrained and removed from the plane. The flight was rescheduled and passengers offered compensation of meal vouchers and rebooking.
A truck carrying tomatos has caught on fire in Sydney overnight. The driver was uninjured and foam used to put the fire out. The fire is thought not to be suspicious.
Hazard reduction burning North of Melbourne has caused a smokey haze around Marysville and Kingslake.
All eyes are on the RBA today to see if rates will be on hold or cut but unlikely to see a cut this month. Tax cuts may be coming in July but some predict no rate cuts until next year and even another rate rise.
It's official AFL's 150 year history has seen a 19th club formed the Tasmaniam Devils offically launched overnight with a new team , logo,uniform etc.
Owners of those colourful beach boxes in Victoria were sent a large tax bill by mistake and those who paid it are fighting for a refund.
A proposed new stadium in Brisbane scrapped at Victoria Park , the knock-down and rebuild of the Gabba as not value for money for the Olympics ? Controversial. What's going on with the new QLD Premier Instead upgrade Suncorp Stadium ???Nope a prosed upgrade of the QEII Stadium instead which is just an old athletic field. Is this leading to another Australian state pulling out of a major international sporting event? - not a good look for Australia if Qld pull out last minute of hosting an Olympics especially after Victoria's fiasco pulling out of a Commonwealth Games hosting! Australia is doomed!!!! When will the Australian governments at state level stop wasting tax payers money!!!!
A police pursuit in QLD saw a motorist clock 300 km/hr speeding
Trump fails to secure bond for fraud charges of $464 million and lawyers are appealing to have this bond reduced.He has approached 40 underwriters one indicating it is impossible to
Isreal raids hospital.
Lava is flowing very close to a fishing town in Iceland.
Cate Blanchet narrates "Our Living World" in a new role.
Adrian Grande has new music her first in 4 years "Eternal Sunshine" which is back in the billboards.
2 people a man and a woman were run over by a car in Doonside in Western Sydney . Both are in hospital with the man fighting for life. The driver is still on the run.
Where is Princess Kate & why are there no photos of her? Apparently she has been seen but there is no evidence that she was there ( does that even make sense?) The mystery continues. A video has just emerged of Kate emerging from a farm shop happy and healthy. Maybe Kate should be left alone as she is on sick leave! Would you want to be disturbed during your sick leave?
Gold Coast floods saw a man almost washed away after over 40 mm of rain fell. It's all cyclone Megan's fault
Fines to be issued of $10 million to at least 3 tech giants for not doing enough to prevent cyber crime on their platforms.
Godzilla takes on Tokyo promoting road safety
Wednesday
A top of 27 degrees today and windy.
I still don't get why our class is called an AI ( Artifical Intelligence) class so a classmate and I have named it AS ( Artifical Stupidity) . We are writing so much code so how can this be AI?
I stayed for studio practice class from 5 7 I always do as I like to use this late 2 hour class from 5 - 7 pm every Wed after the AI class to work on other asessments. One of my classmates has already finished all 4 of his. I have only finished 2.5 of them . I just don't want to finish the 2 in the middle because they are too long and is related to Gelos one again.
News Headlines today include:
First news headline this morning is the QLD government denies rumours it considered cancelling the 2032 Olympic Games yes backing out of the Olympics would cost the state $500 million in compensation - well well, well what do you know - didn't I write about my suspicions about it in my blog yesterday morning before it hit the news this morning? I highlight what had written yesterday morning in my blog.
Trump if elected as president wants to kick Harry out of the US if he lied about his past drug usage whilst in the US. Prince Harry's visa status is yet to be released in the US to the public. He wrote in his memoir how he experimented with drugs decades ago in the US on a visit. Meanwhile Trump slams Kevin Rudd in an interview - what has this got to do with Trump? He doesn't have the power to sack him he doesn't even know much about him!
A $4.7 million drug crackdown was found on the Gold Coast in a car. A woman was arrested followed by a man being questioned.
A second photo edited by the Princess of Wales has surfaced. More concerning is at least one staff member has tried to access Princess Kate's private medical records to find out what procedure she had before being intercepted. The London Clinic where Kate had her abdominal surgery is a private medical facility that treats famous clients and is known for it's privacy. A security breach means if her medical records have been accessed they could be leaked.
Rumours that surfaced of Prince William having an affair are false. Meanwhile he is back on royal duties and has kept calm and carried on.
After rumours in Russian circulated that King Charles has died he has been spotted out and about very much alive.
Aaron Taylor Johnson is the new James Bond so the search is finally over for a new Bond.
Dual is now the new Vaucluse with luxury estates growing where the size of properties are much larger.
There ia a chocolate price hike warning due to dwindling cocao supplies and dry weather in Africa. This Easter will be expensive.
170 detainees will walk free if the government loses it's high court case.
4.35 % - the RBA holds interest rates but thinks inflation is still too high. No reductions in rates are forecasted until 2026.
Daniel Riccardo is excited to be back in Australia for the Formula One this weekend in Melbourne with no points and wearing a specially designed helmet by an art student to be auctioned off after the race for a children's charity.
There is a boost to pensions and job seeker payments today as well as a slight increase in rental and energy subsidies to assist with the rising cost of living. ( won't help me I have bern taken off job seeker payments for 4 weeks now therefore deregistered from it and have to reapply due to my employment service provider not responding back to me and Workforce Australia as well. My consultant from APM had left the employment service provider and I was not notified)
The search is on for a mystery millionaire who won the lottery.
McDonalds outside of Melbourne has gone into lockdown after a shooting.
The driver who hit and ran killing an Eastern suburbs lawyer is still on the run.
Nicole Kidman models for Vogue was it ? & Nigella Lawson can't say enough about her favourite Australian restaurant Fugazzis in Adelade she visited twice.
Thursday
A drop in temperature today down to 23 degrees C. Nice! After a rather damp and hot day yesterday.
The Princess Kate medical records data breach contnues with 3 staff members being investigated. Kate has been told about the data breach but no comment from Kensington Palace.
Canabis could be legally coming to Australia within 5 years. Meanwhile new vaping laws could be passed.
Another shooting in Melbourne's West. The 2nd in 48 hours under an hour away.
IOC backs the decision for QLD stadium backflip. Althetes are not happy though if the $10 million knock down and rebuild goes ahead as they will have nowhere to train and have to find an alternative venue to train .
The gov & foreign minister Penny Wong supports Kevin Rudd's position in the US after Trump called him nasty and not the brightest on an interview threatening that Rudd would not survive long in the position if he is elected as the next president. This comes as Rudd's previous description of Trump describing him as mad comes back to haunt him. The discussion continues as to whether Trump can actually sack Ridd if he becomes president which technically he could.Time to patch the Australia Trump relationship up perhaps.
A bus crash has left one bus driver in a life threatening condition in hospital and 12 injured but since released from hospital in Campsie. How this accident happened is being investigated. The driver of one bus a driver in their 60s suffered a possible medical episode and crashed into another bus hitting a tree along the way.
Bruce Lurhmann to learn court date for defamation case. Yes this case is still going on. It's no longer about the actual rape charge anymore.
A new Bridgerton series is being released.
Australia's Matildas find out which Olympic group they will be playing in - Group B USA and Germany.
Pleas from the husband of mudered East Ballerat wife & mother as to the location of her body are not progressing as the alledged muderer continues to refuse to co operate with police.
Mr Beast signs a $100 million deal with Amazon with TV's biggest cash prize ever.
Preparations are underway for this weekend's Formula One in Melbourne ( I was going to go down to Melbourne this weekend but not for the Formula One but I cancelled as it is too difficult to get down there and back without pay an arm and a leg for flights as the trains from Sydney to Melbourne return are sold out)
Friday
A top of 25 degrees today. Around the same forcasted for tomortow.
The Sydney Royal Easter Show opens today - I believe it is the first time it falls outside of the school holidays & with tighter security presence due to the 2021 violence incident.
The Dunstan By Elections are on in SA this weekend.
The son of former defence minister who died in military exercise paracuting accident was honored in parliament.
The Victorian mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson has been moved in an isolated unit in prison due to her concerns over her safety as she is a target . Strange that it was mentioned that her unit may even contain a kitchen so she can even cook her own food - I assume mushrooms will be barred from her meals. After I wrote this the mushrooms were mentions as a possible ingredient she could get her hands on whilst in the isolation unit. Bizzare.
Record migration has resulted in pressures in the Western suburbs of Sydney housing schooling hospitals , infrastructure etc. Mayors have come out screaming saying they can't cope with the lack of investment and that the government should be doing something to assist with the surge in immigration to the Western suburbs. Lack of housing is the most urgent issue. They can't have immigration without having anywhere to house it.
Tasmania is also goes to the polls in a state election .
AFP dogs have been used to resume the search for the body of missing East Ballerat mother. The dogs are capable of finding technology such as sim cards and mobile phones.
20 000 jobs will be created from the AUKUS deal to build nuclear submarines in SA Osborne base. It will be a 2 company effort to build submarines in Australia with the 2 companies chosen Australuan ASC & BAE from the UK in a joint venture to be announced today. The first down payment has been made to the UK.
Rate cut hopes have dropped due to fall in unemployment rate. Unemployment is below 4 percent in all states except Tasmania however there is still pressure on mortgage holders.
There has been a ticket frenzy for the Adelaide Gather Round of football.
Apple has been accused of dominating the market and being anticompetitive and monopolistic by US Department of Justice
British superstar James Bay is on tour in Australia.
Season 2 of Hight Break High is released.
Another 100 km police pursuit of a stolen car crash involving 2 teenagers has occurred in Logan.
There is a Brisbane Olympic Summit with the Olympic committee meeting today to discuss planning and preparations for the 2032 Olympics after all the chaos that has happened recently.
The start of the Grand Prix Formula One in Melbourne has sent Mclaren fans into a frenzy seeing Oscar Piastri. Will Oscar win ?
Another measles alert in Melbourne.
It has been revealed that the Princes Kate data breach at the London Clinic had easy access to patient medical records.
The Harry Potter steam train in Scotland has been taken off the tracks after 30 years due to a safety concern .
Margot Robbie is already starting a new movie project although details are vague it us based on The Sims.
Wicked movie staring Adriana Grande who admitted she stalked producers for 10 years to star in it.
First pictures of Elon Musk's Neurolink company of a quadriplegic paralysed from the shoulders down who was implanted with a chip in his brain in January playing chess on a computer for hours just using his mind . This brings hope to others in similar situations. The first human trials of the neurolink chips to be implanted had to be approved before commencing the trial. Could humans become immortal from this advance in technology?
Princess Eugene has given an update on her grandfather's health and says he is doing well which is in unison with Camilas responses.
Tracey Wickham thinks that the Brisbane 2032 Olympics should be given to Sydney.
Another wooden boat with 69 Rohingya refugees have been rescued off the coast of Indonesia 10 by fishing boats and 59 by search and rescue.
Keli Lane the woman who allegedly killed her daughter Teagan has lost her appeal and denied parole due to NSW's "no body no parole" laws after 13 years in jail.
70 brand new ambulances sitting in a yard near Parramatta due to no suitable sites being found for new stations .
Donald Trump could have one of his prized manions seized from him after failing to come up with his multi million dollar bond.
After 11 years Sydney Dance Company returns to the UK before touring Europe and the US.
The first genetically modified pig's kidney has been transplanted into a recipientq who previously had a kidney transplant that was rejected so doctors tried an alternative transplant . 2 patients had previously had animal heart transplants but both died within a month of the transplant. Doctors are more hopeful of the sucess of this transplant which could relieve a patient from dialaysis for 2 years.
A gun was found on a NSW train seat. Passengers reported it and it was removed by Transport NSW train officers.
Saturday
25 degrees C and cloudy today.
A do nothing day today . Assessment day where I was working on my emerging technology assessment. Too many theory assessments to be completed.
I could not sleep last night too many assignments due so tried to sleep in this morning and usually switch the TV on around 7 am to watch the news but this morning at 6.30 am I switch on the TV and the news has already started to air . Who knows what time the news broadcast started this morning? Daylight savings hasn't ended yet so this can't be the reason for the earlier news broadcast.
The first thing I see when I turn on the TV at 6.30 am is the Princess of Wales with a rather lengthy & public announcement that she is undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer. Shock. She had not been seen since Christmas and the world knew she had scheduled abdominal surgery which was major although the type unknown and was in hospital for 2 weeks with time off to recover until after Easter but now the public know that she has since been diagnosed with cancer and undergoing preventative chemotherapy. The King himself has been close and supportive to his daughter in law.The kids have been taken out of school earlier before their Easter break as the announcement took place to avoid social media and discussions by their classmates and the Rishi Sunak UK prime minister even sends his message of support.. I say again just leave Kate alone to recover. She will appear in public when she is ready. She should not have had to interrupt her sick leave to make the announcement to the public about her health status unless she intended to do so.Trubutes have flooded into Kate including former Australian PM Scomo, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, US first lady Jill Biden , the French president & his wife the Macrons even Harry & Meghan sent a brief message.
After that breaking news all other news today seems insignificant.
A concert hall in a suburb North West of Moscow has been attacked. More then a dozen dead and several more wounded in a terror attack . Islamic state claimed responsibility .
Tasmania goes to the polls today. There is a rule in Tasmania where how to vote pamplets and promotional material are not allowed within 100 m of a polling venue. Democracy sausages are though in their place.
Another accident in QLD closing the Bruce Highway for most of today as police investigate this accident. 3 people have died in a firey accident involving a truck carrying paint
A man has been found in Mt Druit who later died after resuscitating failed.
Asbestos has been found on a QLD passrnger train which has now been taken off the tracks.
China and Russia vote against UN Security Council cease fire resolution on Gaza
It's Formula One weekend in Melbourne
Another house fire in Sydney with 2 people with serious burns. Fire is suspicious.
A local gas deal to secure local supply .
The Golden Slipper is on at Rose Hill today.
A pitch invader has interrupted an AFL football game Crows verse Cats in Adelaide on Friday.
A NT remote town is flooded and residents evaculated.
Sunday
I did not venture out today. Just did a little more of my assessment .
One vatch of laundry washed. Garbage taken out.
As a sign of unity Prince Charles may be attending Easter Sunday services if well enough in support of Kates diagnosis and treatment and is expected to make an Easter speech ( pre recorded) and limited return to palace duties over Easter. Kate and William with their children will not be attending the service. Meanwhile Harry and Meghan only reached out to the Royal family when they heard about Kates diagnosis on tv and were not notified in advance.
SA still has to wait a little longer for it's Dunston election results as counting continues.
Tasmania meanwhile has a hung parliament after their state elections with 14 seats to Liberal, 10 seats to Labour 4 seats to Greens and expected 1 to Independents of 35 seat as Liberal falls short of majority of seats.
Earth hour was marked last night. Oops if it was I didn't know and had my light on. I usually take note of it each year - too busy thinking about my assessments
Max Verstappen is in pole position and Oscar Piastri in 6th position. Daniel Riccardo is just there to bring life to the Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne starting second last due to the time deletion at turn 5 and off track limits.
The death toll has risen to 133 and growing from the terrorist attack outside of Moscow at a concert hall. Ukraine is being blamed for their involvement by Russia eventhough Islamic state has claimed involvement. 11 including 4 gunmen have now been arrested.
The mother of Celeste Mano, who was murdered by being stabbed to death in her home in Melbourne by a co worker, is heart broken when the muderer was sentenced to 36 years in jail but avoided a life sentence due to mental incapacity.
First look at the new Batman movie.
An magnitude 6.9 - 7 earthquake has hit Paupua New Guinea however no tsunami warnings are in place for Australia.
Blake Lively has taken down a social media post of a joke of Princess Kate's photo editing skills and apologised upon hearing of the Princesses cancer diagnosis.
Monday
A top of 28 - 29 degrees C today and sunny.
Today is seniors day at The Easter Show where entry is $20 ( plus a booking fee). Pity I am way off being a real senior.
There was a lunar eclips tonight from around 7 pm - 8.30 pm . I missed the beginning of it but by 8 pm was on a bus back to Chatswood ( it was very late so I decided not to take the train back home) and the moon was full and bright - glowing in the sky to the right. It had become dark very quickly as I was walking around the showground out at Plympic Park. At sunset there as a clear contrast between the pink against the black in the sky.
On my way home I did a quick grocery shop at Woolworth Metro Chatswood used the self check outs which are so slow. Come on Woolworths update and upgrade your technology there are always self checkouts here that are down & out of order.
A wait for the next 144 bus home.
It is probably close to 10 pm by the time I get home. I lost track of time as I don't wear a watch. My shitbit refuses to work at all and it's still under warranty. Don't want to return it as it was a freebee.
Because I missed The Cook Up tonight at 7.30 pm I stayed up and watched a rerun whilst trying to upload some videos onto my YouTube channel before falling asleep after 11 pm. So tired.
News headlines today include
It has been revealed that Princess Kate shares an one on one lunch with her father in law King Charles sharing each other's support for their cancer diagnosis and treatment before Kates announced to the public her diagnosis and treatment. It was also reveal how much she planned for the announcement ( 2 weeks planning & writing) with the timing coinciding with her children's Easter break and how her aides offered her assistance but she refused wanting to write every word of her speech herself.
Who is Sophia ? A strange sign posted outside a Korean BBQ local restaurant in Caroline Springs outside of Melbourne has created a stir. The owner of the restaurant cannot be contacted as he is overseas for a few weeks. Clever marketing or revenge ?
Sydney Ports at Botany has been attacked again with Pro Palestinian protestors. 19 activists arrested and charged.
Pink smashes world records wrapping up her Summer Carnival tour in Australia & NZ. Tay Tay mania may have lasted a short period of time in Australia but Pink overshadowed her infinitely due to Pink's down to earth attitude famously remember from her no id no entry into the Manly Skif Cub incident and humility visiting children's hospitals.
Another Melbourne house inferno in Oakleigh South which spread to neighbouring properties. 5 injured.
Melbourne partied as Ferrari wins the Grand Prix Formula One at Albert Patk over the weekend. Oscar Piastri placed 4th - go Oscar missing out on a podium position. What the winner does have a drive next year? Rumours may be going back to the first race this year it was the 3rd race.
Treasuer backs a wage rise for low income workers. Tax cuts and wage rises to help the rising cost of living enough to assist workers but not too much to increase inflation rates.
The Wiggles will join Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines in Summer 2025 as a partnership.
QLD state election campaign - who cares elections are not until October.
Labor a minority government with Anthony Albanese popularity still well ahead of Peter Dutton - who cares people shouldn't pay too much attention to the polling figures.
What was Australian Idol judge Macia Hines medical emergency which sent her to hospital and left Guy Sabastian to step in? ( why wasn't Guy Sabastian a judge on Idol anyway?)
Princess Eugene shares her birthday pictures of her and her baby son.
Robe Lowe's birthday today.
Tuesday
A 23 year old man's body was found at Parramatta Lake. He went for a swim but he could not swim. An investigation is underway as to why this man went for a swim.
Victoria top cop has been caught speeding on the job to a road safety meeting. He turned it into a teaching opportunity paying the fine and copping the demerit points.
Another monster drug bust in QLD 4 men under 30 arrested.
3 million lowest paid workers could be given a pay rise $1.16 extra per hour. Rising minimum. wage to just over $24 per hour.
Trump has been thrown a lifeline slashing his bond by millions. He has 10 days to find that bond money. If he does he will not lose some of his assets. His legal team is also working on his April 15th hush money case.
A group of black bears have taken a fancy to a white paddle Swan getting on it and taking it for a ride.
Bindy Irwin's daughter Grace turns 3.
Fergie Duchess of York has given her support to Princess Kate having battled breast and skin cancer and recovered herself .
A mysterious case of a man who dropped his phone down a drain then fell into the drain and was trapped under it as he tried to retrieve his phone , has spent 36 hours trying to get out as he drifted down the drain system due to a deluge of rain. He was found by a neighbour in Kangaroo Point. He alledged that he had to drink some of the water.
A mid air scare for passenger on a Melb to Perth Qantas flight has occurred when one engine cut out and the pilot requested priority landing. Qantas planes are designed to fly safely with one engine but are an ( extremely) ageing fleet soon to be replaced with newer planes. Hurry up and test these new fleet of planes thouroughly and retire the old fleet before someone dies from an flight tragedy.
Rebel is in trouble with her new book as one difficult person she had to work with is identifiable in her book Sacha Baron Cohen. I'm sure Rebel knows what she can and can't write in her book after all she does have a law degree.
Flu and cold cases around Australia are already worse then last year. 300 cases already, the message is to get vaccinate particularly the elderly and kids.
A driver left his wife 's wedding dress on top of his car and forgot about it losing it .He is hoping someone will find it and return it to him to ger him back into his wife's good books.
Famous rapper Diddy or Sean Combs' Miami and LA homes have been raided by US authorities in relation to possible sex trafficking or other sex crimes
Australia has a new Australian Idol Dyan Wright crowned in last night's Australian Idol final. He wins a recording contract and prize money. Meanwhile Marcia Hines returns after her medical emergency where she collapsed in her dressing room hitting her head. She does suffer from type 1 diabetes.
New immigration laws with new powers to tighten detainee loopholes. Illegal immigrants who refuse to go home will face jail time of 12 years in prison with a minimum of 5 years if they refuse deportation. What? AA government is being accused of Trump like rushing through immigration laws.
A SA boating emergency has seen a boat capsize and 2 men rescued but 3 still misding. A nearby cruise ship has been called to assist with the search & rescue.
What fake news of Princess Kate circulating in China and Russia in an attempt to destablise the Royal Family?
Boeing boss resigns over safety of the airline concerns - not major news given the safety record of the Boeing fleet.
Wednesday
The main news headline today is the cargo ship crashing into the Baltimore Bridge in the US destroying it completely last night collapsing into the sea . One body has been recovered but fears are for the construction workers on the bridge at the time. A major disaster where an ivestifmgation is underway to figure out what happened. The cargo ship made a Mayday call was made when the cargo ship ran into trouble and out of control. 2 rescued 5 still missing around 15 hours after the disaster.The cargo ship remains in the middle of the sea stranded. It is very unlikely the workers survived.
An MP details a top doctor's secret drug testing in AFL so players can evade positive drug tests. Players told to fake injuries as well .
Lego has asked US law enforcement authorities to stop using their heads to hide the identities of accused criminals.
It has been confirmed that King Charles is well enough and will attend Sunday service over Easter.o
Future of Tigers home Leicchardt Oval in jepody.
Controversial floating door prop sold for $1 million
Thursday
A top of 25 degrees with some showers today. It rained overnight but has cleared up this morning.
I only have to survive today's class and it's the Easter extra long weekend for me!
I am going to work on my assessments.
I have to pay the bills and I need to pack aa tomorrow I am off somewhere. It's not somewhere exciting but I have been trying to get there to see it for a while now. Should have waited until next week after Easter break but I didn't want to get stressed out by all the assessments I need to complete.
News headlines today include
The Baltimore Bridge disaster investigation continues
The AFL drug scandal investigation continues
Coles hords cash and limits cash withdrawals over the Easter holidays as fears of an Armagarad collapse.
Easter holiday rush today as 150 000 take to the skies today. Grand final week will see huge crowds heading to the MCG.
Queen Camilia says Kate will be thrilled to received home made cards. Wherr was Camilia out and about at Shrewsbury???
Sally Capp will not be running for Melbourne Mayor after 6 years due to family time.
Friday
Happy Eastert Good Friday.
Well Easter is earlier then usual this year, in March rather then April.
Last night I got home quite last as I went grocery shopping straight after class. Luckily it wS Thursday late night shopping. Everyone was out and about and seafood was low in supply at supermarkets due to the Good Friday public holiday tomorrow. So tired I did not even go shopping at Woolworths. So much to do before heading off tonight on a Easter long weekend break.
News headlines today include
There is a rift and split in the Tasmanian Jackie Lambie party due to an MP not being happy with her representative of the party.
The King's speech - Prince Charles has delivered an Easter message pre recorded a month ago via audio at a Maundy (Holy) Thursday Service. More care and friendship was his message this year after vicious rumours of Princess Kate circulated. The tradition of the service which the late Queen established was to give out coins to penioners . 75 coins for men and 75 women are handed out by the monarch this year with the number of coins given out corresponding to the late monarch's age. This symbolises the washing of feet by Jesus before his death.With the absence of tge King Camilia performed the tradition. The King may make an appearance at the family Easter service - a decision won't be made until the morning of the service as to whether he will be well enough to attend. The King is still receiving visitors at Buckingham Palace.
Will a magpie (that fell out of a nest afew years ago and rescued and raised by the current owners on the Gold Coast) be reunited with it's best friend (a staffing dog) that was being raised as a pet illegally and confiscated by the local council? Supporters are rallying to get the owners a special wildlife permit.
There is no timeline of how long it will take for the clean up. It has become too unsafe to continue search and rescue operations for divers due to the amount of debris from the Baltimore Bridge and cargo ship. 2 bodies were recovered in a pickup truck yesterday but others are still missing.
Tariffs on exports of Australian wine has been removed by China. Australia wine growers are happy with this lift in tariffs and free to export wines to China again. It will take a while but China will soon see Australian wines on their shelves and wine lists again. This comes after tarrifs were removed off other products exported to China however tariffs on products such as Australian lobsters exports to China still remain but are being worked on to be removed. The tariffs came after Australia's relationship soured with China's ir national security , human rights etc and the COVID pandemic.
Airport chaos as 100 000 passengers pass through airports today on it's busiest day of travel ( this figure can't be right as it was 150 000 passengers reported yesterday). and that is why I don't like flying.
An eye watering $70 000 was spent - forked out by tax payers to send transport officials to Spain 5 times to watch train testing! The new Spanish made feet of intercity trains is already 3 years behind the scheduled release date!
An anathlactic shock has resulted in the death of year 11 student Lreon Li who was a student at Joeys private boys school the same school another student died in 2022 from a ski accident.
What a US find raiser featured 3 US presidents together Obama Trump & Biden?!
After music festival Splender In the Grass was cancelled just 2 weeks after it was announced due to poor ticket sales headlining Kylie Minogue , the Pandemonium music festival will go ahead but with "alterations"
The US marines are hear in NT on a training exercise.
The $AUS just can't get above the $0.65 mark against the $US.
The AFL secret drug testing saga continues and there are calls for all AFL heads that knew about it to be sacked.
Another fatal shooting in Melbourne. A man from Turramarine was in the Northern suburbs of Melbourne, the wife managed to track down his phone and does not know why he was in that area.
Beyonce has released her long awaited album "Country Carter" country album featuring Miley Cyrus
Eddie Betts has experienced another racist incident this time when a his children were playing basketball at their home with friends when a driver scouted racist remarks at them.
Saturday 30th March - Mon 1st April 2024
No news as I have no access to TV over Easter holidays.
Tuesday 2nd April 2024
It looked like a nice day today in Sydney but it soon turned overcast and rained a top of mid 20s.
I left Mebourne just as it had a change in weather and a downpour of rain which saw a lady almost drown whenshe slipped and was swept away in a storm water drain in Daylesford.
An Australian aid worker for Central Kitchen has been killed in Gaza. The identity of the aid worker is to be confirmed.
Aviation Fire fighters are planning to strike as school holidays start in 2 weeks time causing chaos for passengers flying during school holidays.
14 Olympians has slammed the QLD government for rejecting main Olympic sports and athletic venue. They want the QLD Olympics in 2032 to reveal the Sydney 200 Olympics.
Justin Timberlake opens at the IHeart Radio Music Awards Night.
The RBA has released minutes from last month's meeting which left rates on hold.
Biggest all time defence export deal to build armoured fighting vehicles and send them to Germany in QLD..
More packages of cocaine are washing up onto Sydney beaches. A mystery of 300 kg of cocaine packages over the last year washing up on beaches has been thought to have fallen off a ship but it is unknown how many more packages are still at sea.
Germany stops selling jerseys with "44" on them as they look too much like the Nazi symbol but Addidas says it was unintentional and new designs are being made.
More evidence calls for Bruce Lurhmann defamation case to be reopened
6 Americans and 2 Australians along with others are stranded in Egypt without money medication etc due to a cruise ship in Egypt not allowing them back on board claiming they were late returning from a tour.
AUS$269 million bond has been posted by Trump avoiding asset seizure. The case is on appeal.
Vaping risks to children still unknown.
The stalker of Kate Richie was arrested and barred from going anywhere near her home.
