Wednesday 3rd - Tuesday 30th April 2024

Wednesday 3rd April 2024

Classes all day today again until 7 pm . It's brutal every Wednesday!

Yesterday was the last day of The Easter Show for 2024 with a discounted Kids Day.

News headlines today include

Australia will ave a new 28th Governor General to be formally sworn in in July in Canberra. Samantha Mostyn AO has been named today as the next new GG. Only the second female G.G.

NSW & QLD are due for rain after a downpour in Victoria which is making it's way up Australia's East Coast.

The collapse of Armaguard is imminent as more Australians are using cash. However measures are being discussed to save the collapse as Australia is not yet ready to become a cashless society. After the Coles fiasco and limits of cash withdrawals over the Easter holidays, cash is still available at banks and post offices which are in cash  negotiations services to keep Armaguard services afloat.

A Gold Coast non commercial plane with 2 pilots on board has made an emergency landing after it caught on fire. No injuries as pilots escaped .

The death of the aid worker in Gaza has been identified as Zomi Frankcom.

The Queens favourite home Balmoral Castle has bern opened to the public with private tours of a few rooms in the castle.

Thursday 4th April 2024

More classes all day today

News headlines today include

Sydney is in for a week of heavy rain from today especially in the Western suburbs. 70 - 100 mm in NSW's North.

Melbourne is facing an ambulance ramping crisis with hospitals refusing patient entry.

The massive earthquake yesterday measuring 7.4 that hit Taiwan with 200  aftershocks. 9 killed, hundreds injured and missing.

Miricle survivor of a toddler in a childcare accident over 20 years ago Sophie Delezo is pregnant with her first child at 23.

All eyes are on Adelaide for the Gather Round. 

Rebel Wilson's book disappears off shelves on the day it is due to be released.

Another child for pop star Peter Andre? How many is it now???

Donald Trump has been dealt a blow with the judge rejecting the delay of his hush money trial which could derail his presidential election campaign.

Friday 5th April 2024

Today was annual fire and property inspection day.It started at 10 am but I wasn't home. They don't usually inspect the units ( they actually did today as my blind was up and the bathroom doir open when I got back) but the annual fire inspection was over a month late this year. When I returned home today, it was obvious that my unit was inspected as the blind was partially up, I left it down as the sun is horrendous during this time of the year although it should be less horrendous now that it is into Autumn and I had closed my bathroom door as I had just had a shower but it was open when I returned home. It wasn't the cleanest as I had not cleaned it having been away over Easter . ( I am still trying to find  if there is a leak somewhere and I am still too scared to touch the remaining sliding shower door which has been faulty since I moved in over 4 years ago and I was almost injured by it when it almost fell on me when I slid it closed - the repair guy never showed up to fix it so the faulty glass door has been laying flat wrapped up on my floor against wall under the window untouched since). 

I was sent a rather long text message from the landlord ( she is actually the property manager) advising me that my rent had increased last August and that I had still been paying my old rate . I responded with I never got any notice that my rent had increased and asked if this was the case why didn't she inform me. It has been 9 months now and I have been paying my rent one month in advance every single month since I moved in over 4 years ago! Because she did not even advise me of how much the increase was ,  how am I suppose to pay it? I also made a complaint of how I don't use the kitchen as it is so dirty all the time and how the person who apparently is being paid to take the bins out every week isn't doing so  therefore I can't even put my rubbish out because all the bins are already overflowing. I don't think she is being reasonable. My neighbour has also made the same complaints about his rent increase and the rubbish situation. I feel that I should report her to the Tenants Union of NSW or to NSW Fair Trading however my neighbour warn that if I did I could be evicted and unless I have another place to go to then not advised. 

News headlines are getting thin when the main news headline is a dog that escapes a pet transport company in Mebourne and is on the run for 17 days before being found and to be reunited with it's owner who relocated to Wales overseas.

A neighbour has saved an elderly couple from a hone fire by banging on their door to wake them up.

The main story is the Gather Round in Adelaide & The wild wet weather in QLD & NSW where there is flooding in QLD and Gold Coast beaches closed and all NSW public transport is affected. Flights were cancelled and flooding present in regional NSW. 

Liz Hurley publically dismisses that she was the older English woman identified as having a fling with in Prince Harry's book. 

A  93 year old senior citizen has knited replicas of the Royals residence Buckingham Palace which were displayed and raised about 100 000 pounds for charity.

Kiss sells their music to ABBA - they may not be touring anymore but they have sold their music and brand ie their entire back catalogue including face paint designs  for almost $450 million This means we could see them perform as avatars and holograms  like  ABBA  Voyage on tour around the world.

The husband and family of missing mother Samantha Murphy has spoken out spending her first birthday without her. The husband searches for her everyday.

A royal aide has  advised that King Charles has requested his  plans for his Australian visit in October to be pushed forward.

Saturday 6th April 2024

Finally Daylight Savings ends today! An extra hour sleep in tomorrow Thank goodness! until Oct this year when daylight savings begins again.

News headlines today include

The sun is trying hard to come out and stay out. The rain has stopped this morning but for how long?  Flooding has occurred overnight in areas of NSW and QLD and there was mention that Waragamba Dam in NSW could spill and there has been again  pressure by residents for the government to extend the height of the walls of the dam. 160 mm of rain fell in the last 24 hours. Evacuation orders are underway  in areas around rivers and lakes such as Richmond  in NSW. Residents asked to evacuate should do so. today more rain is forcasted with a top of 26 degrees C.

A deadly crash in Mudgee where 1 died and 3 injured is being investigated as posdibly caused by bad the poor weather.

2 military officers have been dismissed  & 3 others repremanded by the Isreali defence force. Mistakes were made by the drone group killing the 7 aid workers including 1 Australian. 

Asbestos has now been found in Victoria after  it was found around Sydney and in QLD . 4 more parks in Melbourne's suburbs although it is thought to be low risk since it is bonded asbestos not airborne asbestos.

4 Australians are amongst the musding in Taiwan the earthquake

An 4.8 magnitude earthquake has shook NY in the US that lasted 1 minute. 

If you are single and earn $100 000 + you may be able to borrow $2100 more - this won't help me as I am unemployed at the moment and don't even get job seeker payments. Still no word from Centrelink.

Shock horror - after 14 years of marriage Isla Fischer and Sacha Baron Cohen have split after the Rebel Wilson's claims mention in her book.

Sunday 7th April 2024

A top of 28 degrees C and sunny today although it looks as if it is going to rain again at the moment as it is overcast with the sun trying hard to stay out. 

Today marks 6 months since Hamas attacked Isreal triggering war. The situation in Gaza is getting worse and people are exhausted and just want the war to end. IDF has recovered the body of a hostage. 

Major story today is the spilling of the Warragamba Dam and how flooding of the Windsor and Hawksbury regions are on standby for evacuation. Other regions of concern Illawarra and further North of NSW Coffs Harbour.

$65 million is expected to be raised for Donald Trumps presidency campaign at a fund raiser in Florida where millionaires are expected to attend. This fund raiser hopes to break the record of a previous Biden presidency campaign fundraiser just a month ago where Obama and Clinton attended.

Another Litium battery fire at a factory in St Mary's in  Western Sydney taking over 2 hours to extinguish.

The King's Australian visit in October is expected to go ahead.

Another boat of  10 Chinese asylum seekers has arrived on the WA coast and assumed to have walked to and found in a remote North Kimberly region at an abandoned military airbase (Trustcott) where one missing asylum seeker is assumed to have been separated from the group and a manhunt underway. The group is the 3rd to arrive in WA  and have been flown to  Naru for processing.Thhe missing man has since been found by police.

QLD ambulance ramping is worse then thought figures have shown. 160 000 hours were lost last year by paramedics it was revealed after the health minister refused to hand over statistics.

QlD teachers and teachers aides are leaving the profession in droves. 

Happy 50th aniversiary ABBA!

A homophobic slur directed towards an Essendon player is being investigated by AFL tribunal.

77 year old Bev Brock the ex wife of late racing driver Peter Brock has died from her battle with cancer.

Italy's Mt Edna has been producing multiple smoke rings for visitors to see which is a little unusual as single smoke rings are usually seen.

Sunday & Monday

One of 3 divers slipped as he waa perforning a diving demonstration to promote the coming Paris Olympics in Paris.

Residents in Richmond told that it is unsafe to return to their homes due to flooding as Warragamba Dam started to spill yesterday.

Oxempic the drug used for weight loss may be used to for heart attacks but yet to be approved by the FDA for this purpose.

The extradition of and manhunt for the Indian who fled Australia back to India after murdering and dumping his wife into a wheelie bin in bush land maybe easier then first thought as he had relinquished his Indoan citizenship as India does not allow dual citizenship.

Another Boeing 737 has had an emergency landing in the US. No imjuries reported.

Star gazers will be out to see a solar eclipse which will occur and will be seen in Canada and Mexico.

Japan is set to join the AUKUS pact with it's technology.

Supermarkets will be fined $10 million for behaving badly. What does that even mean?

Andrew Johns stalker has been charged.

Victoria is giving incentives for high school students to become teachers.

The Gather Round in Adeliade is offically over and declared a sucess.

A rare furry golden mole has been found in Northern Australia. 

A British ultra marathon man has managed to run the entire length of Africa the first man to do so but not without danger. 

Qantas reveals it's new look Qantas Frequent Flyer program.

Tuesday

23 dgrees in Sydney with showers forcasted today.

Meanwhile in Mt Buller the first snow has fallen 60 days ahead of the ski resort's  opening weekend over the King's holiday long weekend.

It has just been announced at 8.30 am this morning by the PM that Australia has a new chief of defence.

Bluey's home in Padington is up for sale in QLD. The home has increased in value by 77% ir worth millions.

A 21 year old has been charged for Hannah Maguire's murder in Ballarat.

There are traffic delays in Lane Cove and M2 after a fatal crash this morning at around 4 am which could be caused by speed involved. To add to this in the Lane Cove tunnel a car has also broken down.

Thousands have turned out from America Mexico and Canada to witness a 4 min  &  27 second complete solar eclipse which plunged them into darkness.

An attempted abduction has happened in Melbourne's Doncaster East where a man tried to pursuade a teen on her way home into his car. She managed to arrive home safely running to a neighbour.

Another asbestos scare in Sydney's West when it was dumped on a road by a truck.

QLD has now been dubbed the youth crime capital as another stabbing attack happened in Deception Bay.

Consumers will have to wait until after June 30 when supermarkets will be penalised for abusing customers (with price gouging)

120 years of relationship between UK and France was celebrated by a special changing of the guard attended by Sophie and  Prince Edward standing in for King Charles as he continues his cancer treatment.

Bruce Springsteen has a biopic " Deliver Me From Nowhere" to be released by 20th Century & Disney later this year.

"Fly Me To The Moon" starring Channing Tatum & Scarlet Johansen released taking advantage of the solar eclipse.

The Rust trail continues as Alec Baldwin faces one charge of manslaughter. Procecutors to  argue "no control over his behaviour".

Liam's Hemsworth's $14 million home near Byron Bay is being built. ( a joke of him being a hop skip and jump to his brother Chris Hemsworth's place)

Wednesday

Classes all day today again until 7 pm . It's brutal every Wednesday!

The long awaited biopic on the late singer Amy Weinhouse is about to hit theatres.

Jimmy Fallon celebrated yesterday's solar eclipse with a rooftop performance of  Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart - I hope the band was all wearing special solar eclipse safety glasses . We were in the dark in Australia so could not see the phenomenon.

John Farnham has a memoir coming out.

Someone in SE Queenland has won the entire Oz lotto  jackpot  of  $50 million and may not know it . Pick up the phone whoever it is. Finally the jackpot winner has been found on Sunshine Coast.

Bruce Lurhmann will learn the outcome of his defamation case next week. Meanwhile a question has been raised as to whether Britney Higgin may have been drugged on the night of her alledged rape.

The murdered Ballerat woman's parents will face her alledged murderer in court. She was the 4rd alledged murdered woman in Ballerat in months.

Penny Wong throws her support for the Palestinian state to end the war in Gaza. 

The parents of a 15 year old school shooter who has been sentenced to life in jailed, have themselves been sentenced to 10 -15 years in jail for failing to prevent the shooting from happening and beong responsible for seeing the signs of their troubled son but not doing anything about it and as a result preventing the shooting from happening. This case and sentencing is a first in the US.

Cash is King Charles as he is presented by the governor of the bank the first bank notes with his portrait on them (taken 11 years ago) in England. Notes of the late Queen and new King will continue to circulate together until one wears out. Scotland and Ireland will have their own sets of notes.

School holidays are only a week away but petrol prices are already at $2.35 a litre and rising. Some already at $2.50  a litre.

Adult time for adult crime as another incident of you crime in Qld occurs.

Thursday

Chinese Mility defence strategy has resulted in the US AUS & Japan forming a defence alliance. Australia is currently working out how Japan will contibute to the AUKUS deal.

A retired horse had escaped and made it across to Warrick Farm Station during the rain on Friday night giving new meaning to the work track work at the station. The horse could have made it onto the train if tge doors had been opened. 

Doncaster East foes not seem a very nice suburb to live in outside of Melbourne as a other person is charged over a home invasion by pretending to be police officers.

AA has encouraged and will boost lical manufacturing Australian made products in the technology energy etc industries to create more jobs and become more self sufficient after seeing what happened during COVID when being cut off and reliant on imports from around the world "we can't afford not to stand on our own two feet". 

Channel 7 reporter Nathan Templeton has passed away from a medical episode at the aged of 44 leaving behind a wife and 2 children.

World Parkinsons Day today.

Molly the magpie has been given back to owners with strict conditions they cannot make any commercial gain from the magpie's friendship with their dog and they must attend a wildlife care course. The confiscation came with much protest from family friends and thousands of fans. The family had rescued the magpie years ago when it fell out of it's nest and it bonded with the family dog since.

More trackwork this weekend forcing passengers onto buses as the clean up continues from last week's wild weather . Hornsby and Wynyard again and the Bankstown line as well as other lines. What's new? Might as well

Women's that were strip searched a Qatar airport because a new birth baby was found abandoned have lost their case as it was outside of the airline.

There is a warning not to relocate to Sydney there is a rental shortage resulting in extremely high rental prices and housing crisis. 

Friday

A top of 24 degrees C  and sunny today

O J Simpson has died at 76 of cancer. The memory of his trial lives on. The question still remains did he ir did he not kill his wife Nicole Brown ? He was trialled jailed but then acquitted of the murder 30 yeats ago.

A range rover in Rozelle was totally burnt our and destroyed in an inferno and another vehicle was also burnt out in Western Sydney in Merrylands.

Another Goast Coast store set on fire with nothing taken except the empty till.

Another search for misding mother Samantha Murphy begins.

Ploice are on the hunt for those involved in a  skate boarding stunt on a 47 storey building in Melbourne.

Prince Harry has made an appearance at a burn out conference in the US.

A manhunt has led to the arrest to the killer of a gangland member a in Sydney CBD and he will be extradited back to Melbourne.

Polywaffles are finally returning to shelves but not in their original logs  They will be in bite sized share packs. I wonder if the original recipe has changed as well?

Softdrinks are under the spotlight as there is a secret increase in sugar content in Fanta and Sprite. 1 x  600 ml bottle of softdrink exceeds the recommended daily limit. There has been a call for a new tax on food and drinks industry.

Prince William and Prince George have been spotted out and about for thefirst time since Kate's cancer diagnosis.

Bluey's next big move. Where will the family go after they leave their QLD home?

Saturday 

First day of  the school holidays - 2 weeks break most of which will be completing Tafe assessments and other essential stuff that has to be done.

It is a beautiful day today. A top of 25 degrees C today.  I should really go out today . I need to do all my laundry take my rubbish out wash my dishes and go grocery shopping.

News headlines today include

The cancelled Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2026 may have found a new home Glasgow.

A 24k gold tea cup has disappeared from a highend Tokyo department store. Disappearing  from an unlocked display box. It is worth around $120 000. 

Harry and Meghan take to the polo making an appearance.

Besides a biopic of late singer Amy Weinhouse being released , Alicia Keys and Billie Eilish  release new music.

After floods on the East Coast of Australia, it was WA's time for a downpour after a wish for rain. Now the clean up begins as floods subside.

At around 3 pm today a man entered the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping Centre and stabbed 6 people dead. The 6th woman died from her injuries in hospital and several more seriously injured taken to hospitals around Sydney. (I hope my sister and her family were not there when it happened as they live in the Eastern suburbs and my niece likes to hang out with her cousin at the Westfield in Bondi Junction.). I  haven't been following the news today and just saw it on channel 7 now at 9.30 pm. A 9 month old baby Harriett is in hospital from injuries and has had surgery whilst her mother the 6th victim has apparently passed away. The stabber was shot dead by a police officer.

Sunday

The main news headline today was the Bondi Junction Shopping Centre massacre yesterday. there are now 12 people in hospital ( 3  presented later). 2 of the victims that died were foreign nationals with no family in Australia. Westfield is closed today as bodies are still in the centre and staff and customer  cars and belongings still need to be retrieved. The centre is still a crime scene being investigated and flowers are starting to be left at the shopping centre. It was not a terrorist attack  the 40 year old killer was known to police and had mental issues. It is unknown if he was homeless and he had just relocated to NSW from QLD a month ago. People with any video footage or witnessed anything are encouraged to come forward to police. Just confirmed one of John Singleton's daughters 25 year old Dawn was one of the victims of the stabbings. 

War with Iran continues. Isreal prepares for drone strikes. Biden is back in the office as US prepares for these attacks.

Cook by election has seen the seat of former PM Scott Morrison won by 

Monday

I hot home quite late last night around 9 pm last night from Chatswood after grocery shopping at both Coles Locale and Woolworths Metro, recharging my Opal card , withdrawing some money for doing my laundry today ( something I have to day today) and just getting out after not doing so for 2 days. One of my neighbours was on the bus from  Chatswood going home and spotted me with my backpack and 2 very full heavy grocery bags when I alighted the bus and asked if I needed help. No I advised him. I am trying to build up strength as I am getting too old and don't exercise except walk home to from college 3 days a week and am not as strong as I used to be ( too much time spent in front of a screen).

I slept in this morning until after 8 am as it is the official first weekday of the school holidays after tossing and turning all night and worrying about everything I have to do including all my aassessments.It's Autumn but the temperature is rising. Today it's 26 degrees C .Just last week the temperature was falling but now it rising a degree or two each day it seems.  great time to go swimming - but no zi have too much to do.

I is a really sunny hot day . I left my blind up and the sun is streaming in making my room heat up. I have the fan on and I think it will stay on most of the morning. So glad I had it on during the night. 

Bluey takes a break as kids watch the final episode of Blue in Lindon. it is unknown when the next episode will be.

As Victorian and Queensland school holidays end and return to school today. QLD will be chaos as NSW and SA school holidays start and families flock North to QLD and the Gold Coast. Families are warned that they will have to dodge the change over chaos as QLErs return to school and work. These 4 weeks ofhidays is a bumper boost to the economy of QLD.

The Australian and Abiriginal flags on the Harbour Bridge are at half mast again. Tributes are pouring in from around the world for the 6 victims of the horrific stabbing at Westfield Bondi Junction that have now been revealed. Plans for a permanent memorial are being duscussed, This is the first Sydney massacre since the 2017 Lindt Cafe hostage terrorist attack. The 6th victim a young Chinese student from China who had just finished an exam and was treating herself was on her phone to her parents in China as she was attacked. Her parents on her way from China to spend time with her body as they will never see her again. 2  young women related to wel known celebrities both very young and beautiful  (25 year old Dawn Singleton about to marry her partner a police officer - her father asked his close friend to find out if his daughter was one f the victims and who had to break the sad news to Singlton) ( doctor Ashlee Good daughter of former footballer who died in hospital from her injuries and mother to the injured baby who is in a serious condition)  , a male security guard a refugee from Pakistan and an architect and mother of two and a 55 year old artist. Was this a targeted attack on women ?

Pro Palestinian protests are happening  and continue around the world but around Victoria there is a second round of protests causing chaos around Melbourne suburbs as they continue.

Jobs for Adelaide as a $140 million deal with Boeing for Royal Air Force  will create 50 jobs. ( a deal with Boeing - isn't Boeing in financial trouble and the company who's planes have safety issues?)

The war continues to escalate in the Middle East. Isreal says it's a declaration of war. Biden remains in the office in the US and will not join in retaliation strikes.

Trump faces (Stormy Daniels) criminal charges and it is expected this hush money trial will go on for 8 weeks . Who cares.

Bruce Lurhmann- did he or did he not rape Britney Higgins? What about the defamation charges and channel 10's Lisa Wilkinson? How did channel 7 get involved?  Who cares - this trial or trials has been going on far to long. It's becoming a Trump style series of dysfunctional court cases! Lurhmann called a liar and that he did rape Britney Higgins by the judge. The defamation trial verdict against Lisa Wilkinson has ended . 

Sarah Snook has won the Olivier Award. 

Houses around the new Metro stations  dramatically increased - well over 100% increases for those suburbs that do have new metro stations but less for those that missed out and don't. 

Molly the magpie has been returned to the family and reunited with their dog and best friend Peggy.

An accident which caused a multi car accident in Sydney's Northern suburbs  ( Pacific Motorway) was a result of a car travelling in the wrong direction crashing head on into traffic . A man in his 90s is in a critical condition hospital along with a 27 year old man who died after a car crashed  head on into 3 mvs including a truck .

Nathan Cleary has been put on ice for another week due to injury.

The AUS$ has fallen slightly to below the $0.65 mark against the US$.

 Shopping Centre security will be looked into and the Sydney Opera House will be lit up with a black ribbon tonight as a tribute to the BJ massacre. 

Tuesday

Well another day of stuff to do  today. Yesterday I tried to sort out my assignment for Into to Unity and I am confused of what has to be submitted. I think the document with my original answers to my assessment has been corrupted. There is something missing from it at the bottom of the document.

The bins were taken out yesterday night and taken in this morning. Unsure if the correct yellow or blue bins were put out but it's a start.

Today I have a Centrelink phone appointment at 1 pm. 

This appointment was 30 minutes overdue and I chased it. After chasing it , I ended up having a 1 hour or so phone call. It is so difficult to communicate with Centrelink whi h has now amalgamated with Service Australia. There are various numbers you can call where if you hit the jackpot you will get through to speak to someone anyone a human who may not be from Centrelink but will make a note next to your account/file at least. I have now applied for Austudy as well as Jobseeker payments . I have been inquiring about this for quite a while but was told by the last Centrelink officer that I should stay on job Seeker

Another unit inspection this Friday for a property evaluation . 

News headlines today - there is only one I wke up to and it's a 16 year old boy who stabbed a Christian bishop in a church livestreamed seevice in the Western suburb of Sydney Wakely. The police comission has declared it as a terrorist attack. So  soon after the Bondi Junction Westfield massacre.  An emergency meet has been called with all religious leaders meeting with AA followed with AA having a meeting with the police commissioner NSW premier , had of the AFP head of ASIO etc . Calls not to listen to any social media rumours or comments and to wait for the facts from police investigations. It may have been a solo act where the 16 year old stabbed the Bishop in front of his congregation 8 times  but it escalated to hundreds possibly into the thousands of residents retaliating with riots making it difficult for ambulance officers and police to perform their duties. Paramedics were basically locked inside for over 3 hours, 2 constables were attacked when attending the incident hit by objects causing them injuries. These residents were yelling to bring the attacker out for hours and trying to take the law into their own hands I stead of letting police deal with the attacker even claiming they retaliated to the stabbing attack because the police took too long to arrive. The Bishop ( who even after being sta bed was asking for forgiveness of the attacker) and another clerk have been taken to hospital and are in a serious condition after surgery. The attacker is rumoured to have had a severed finger from his attack on the Bishop and is under police custody and also rumoured to have called out to want to see his mother as he was arrested and taken away by them . There is so much more to this terrorist attack story that is still under investigation .

The boss of Woolworths was threatened with jail time for not co operating and providing financial information during the Senate's supermarket price gouging inquiry. Coles will  be called to give evidence next in this Senate inquiry. Coles revealed that their return on equity was 31% 3 times higher then the banks . Woolworths refused to reveal their return on equity figures instead concentrating on return on investment figures.

Former test cricketer Michael Slater has collapsed in court over domestic violence charges.

First time a former president faces 34 criminal charges over the Stormy Daniels  hush money scandal. 

Wednesday 17th April 2024

A partly cloudy day today with a top of 24.

News headlines today include

The 9 month old baby who was injured in the Westfield Bondi Junction stabbing attack is mow out of ICU and moved into a ward.

A mother identified as Rachel Dixon visiting a health retreat in Victoria has died from a cardiac arrest after drinking a health concoction that contained poisonous magic mushrooms. No charges have been laid yet as it could have been just accidental. Her son has paid tribute to his mother. 2 others have been taken to hospital. This is the second death in this small town near Ballarat with the first death just the previous week being the murder of  a young woman.

Meghan Markle has launched her first product in her " American Riviera Orchards" range a batch of some sort of curated strawberry jam ( which did not look very appertizing on tv) with a catch it was only a batch of 50 jars and only for her family and friends. Move over Martha Steward ! What next?

Petrol prices continue to rise in their cycle as school holidays continue.

Information on the 16 year old who stabbed a bishop in Western Sydney is still being investigated. So far he is not known by police, he was not on the terrorist watch list. A motive for his actions is still under investigations. Candles lit flowers laid in a vigil to show solidarity amongst the community.

Temu Temu Temu,  customers don't care a hoot about their privacy or data security when they give away all their personal information to this dodgey Chinese online retailer who sells rip offs of everything for bargain basement prices. Customers only care about vagging bargains. Ethically this company is corrupt both financially and environmentally. I will never purchase from this company - they put Shein to shame ( Shein is a similar company to Temu which Temu sued. Remu also has ties with AI company Tencent ( yep the multi billion dollar company Tencent not to be confused with the rapper Fiftycent if he is still worth that amount)

An elephant has escaped in Montana. from a circus.

5 teens in Melbourne overnight were chased by police. They were carrying weapons.

A Victorian golf club has been destroyed by fire overnight in Gisborne.  The fire is deemed suspicious. 

The Bruce Highway has been deemed unsafe with a stretch in Mackay the most dangerous in QLD. 

The Beckham's are having an unauthorised release in June of a book The House of Beckham Money Sex & Power ?!

Pamela Anderson & Liam Neeson are working together in a new film. Naked Gun reboot No details yet except release date is July next year

Flood in Dubai from heavy rains has caused cancellation of flights. 

A fire in Denmark has destroyed an  old stock exchange building.

Rebel Wilson has cancelled her Australian tour after cancelling the release of her book in Australia.

Join the policeforce and get a HECS reduction in QLD incentive is being condidered. How about nurses and teachers?

Bondi Junction will remain closed with the centre open tomorrow for a day of reflection with councillors available for anyone who needs it. There will be no trading by retailers. The centre will reopen on Fri 29th for normal trading hours however there may be retailers who may not want to reopen for trade - the choice will be theirs.

100 days until the Paris Olympics and this was marked by the high priestess lighting the Olympic flame with the Sun in Greece. The day was cloudy therefore the flame had to be lit with a lityle bit of artifical assistance. There was a sneak peep of what the Australian Olympic team uniforms will look like with the green and gold including indigenous designs. 

Trump in court - what did he do again that was so criminal? Oh he used his campaign money raised to pay hush money to Stormy Daniels and asked his now former lawyer to do so -  who cares! He is already branded a criminal.

Twnnis champ Rafeal Nadal is back on the court and will play Aussie Alex De Minaur in the next match .

Thursday

It is so overcast outside today. I slept in until after 8 am this morning to the sound of helicopters that sounded very close and flying quite low. So tired it must have been my neighbour with his TV on quite loud throughout the entire night and into the morning -  he does this quite often.

Just about 2.30 pm and I hea thunder and look out my window it's pouring with rain. zi was going to go to Chatswood. I think I still might as zi need to get a new swiffer. Tomorrow's unit inspection has been postponed from 10 am to 1 pm. 

Need to tidy the studio.

I turn on the news and find that a crane has caught fire inside the Lane Cove tunnel - there is always something happening inside or near the Lane Cove tunnel which is up the road from where I reside towards Chatswood. No one hurt but there is traffic chaos for kms there whilst they wait for a tow truck to remove the truck which was luckily extinguished by the sprinkler system. The tunnel remains closed to traffic.

No trading at BJ Westfield today but a day to lay tributes and reflect.

A bridge in Adelade has had a mechnical malfunction and is in the open position stranding trucks. It will take hours before these trucks that carry freight in and out of Adelaide reopens.

Why did an emu cross the road? A driver spotted and videoed an emu that attempted to cross a busy highway in WA taking it's time darting and dodging mvs as it crossed.

Kylie has been honoured by Time magazine as the worlds 100 most influencial woman.

QLD is heading for severe storms. Meanwhile North of Adelaide experienced a 4.2 magnitude earthquake. 

The Bishop that was stabbed and recovering well has spoken from his hospital bed for the first time and asked for peace and calm as well as forgiveness for his attacker. He stresses that the God did not ask for an eye foe an eye a tooth for a tooth. 

A international gang of 5 have been intercepted by AFP for cyber security crime which could have resulted in tens of thousands of Australians having their personal details stolen and sold online.

At least 4 people have died in the Dubai floods and there is a delay of several days for flights out.

There are safety concerns over the Boeing 787 planes . Whistle blowers who have tried to speak out about the safety concerns at Boei g have been told to shut up. Umm real or rumour over the cause of death of that Boeing employee????....

Friday

A top of 22 - 23 degrees C today and showers forcasted. Yep it's currently overcast at 10 am this morning but it felt well over 22 degrees C at times this morning and yesterday well over 24 - 25 degrees C at times.

Today was a property evaluation inspection day originally at 20 am but postponed to 1 pm. I ha cleaned the apartment before I left but I am unsure if the apartment was actually inspected as it looked as if it wasn't unlike last time when it definitely was. I wasn't there at 1 pm as I went to the library again to do my assignment,staying there until it closed at 6 pm then having a regular sized  Japanese curry as a treat for submitting it then going for a quick grocery shop for mainly non food items before heading home by bus. 

All the rubbish bins were overflowing again and I spoke to my neighbours in #7 and #3 again. It was never this full previously. My neighbours think it is #1 a & #1b and I saw it was # 2 who was filling up the bins with stuff. They have no respect for separating their rubbish into the correct bins putting cardboard into the yellow container bin  and putting containers and general rubbish into the cardboard and paper bin. They are eating so much takeaway  and just throwing everything into whatever bin they can. I've already complained but my neighbours have not to the property manager. I even tried to squish it down today but it's not possible the bins are too full and with the wrong stuff in them. #7 tries to separate the rubbish into the correct bins but gave up from the bin juice as tge bins won't be emptied if they contain the wrong rubbish or overflowing. 

News headlines today include

The 16 year old boy that stabbed the Bishop in Western Sydney was interviewed at a medical facility and has been charged for a Commonwealth act of  terrorism at his bedside . He will appear in the youth court as he is 16. There will be no bail and the charge carries life in jail. It was found that he travelled 90 minutes from where he lived to the Good Sheperds church in Wakely. A number of items were seized from his home . Meanwhile there is a push from police to follow in the footsteps of charging parents of youth crime offenders after the precedent case in the US when the parents of a youth offender were charged for their inactions to intervene with their  child's criminal offences. 

Bondi Junction will open it's doors again to the public after a column day of reflection yesterday when stores were closed. Extra security will be present today . The Muslim community will have a service for the fallen security guard who had escaped religious prosecution in Pakistan and fled to Australia. 

Nathan Buckley has had to sell everything to fund a messy divorce .

The QLD youth crime comission formed has now dismantled after making recommendations and unable to come to a consensus. 

The 900 kg of cocaine that have been washing up randomly onto Sydney Beaches in packages have been traced back to it's owner a QLD drug lord.

Taylor Swift is releasing her new album " The Tortured Poet's Department" with her first single released tomorrow with a catch it's not downloadable but available on some type of retro media such as vinyl,  DVD, CD or even a cassette. The songs will be released in stages.

Meghan Markle's release of a limited batch of 50 jars of strawberry jam have had led to an accidental advantage to King Charles' established brand which includes a line of jams made from organic produce from his gatdens with proceeds going to charity which have sold out due to Meghan Markle haters taking revenge and buying them up. 

Plans to trial a 4 day face to face study week for students? Will this work? Meantime the discussion continues with workers doubling their leave by having their wages halved. Will this even work??? In some industries and organisations it would not be an option.

Otters to be used as surrogate mothers for orphan baby seals teaching them essential skills. A trial has been successful so far with bonding  between the 2.

Saturday

Today was a stay at home day. I cooked ate and worked on my assessments again all day. It was wet outside and a top of only 22 degrees C. almost time to switch the heater on ( sometimes I do as night time and early morning temps can fall to below 20 degrees by a few degrees)

News headlines today include:

After several jury dismissals from the Trump case, alternative juors are still being selected and the panel of juors still to be finalised. Trump trial protestors has seen a man set himself on fire after throwing some papers up alight . These papers were thought to contain various conspiracy theories and anti government messages. The trial will still go ahead despite this incident.

Taylor Swift releases a surprise double album with 31 songs overnight. Songs about her ex and songs with football references hinting her relationship with her current. Another hint she calls  "Easter Eggs" is about her feud with Kim Kardashian titled " thanK you aIMee"

Isreal launches a retaliation attack on Iran. I wish the wars in the Middle East would just stop. Australians in war torn regions  have been warned to leave.

Australian swimmer Emma Mckeon announces Paris Olympics will be her last.

A 3 year old toddler is in a critical condition after her stroller was hit by a truck whilst her mother was crossing the road on the way to picking up medication and taking the toddler to preschool. The toddler is fighting for life with a brain injury a go fund me page has been set up for her. She has an 8 year old brother. The shocked truck driver stopped to help and there are appeals for dashcam footage to investigate how it happened. No charges have bern laid.

Komondor a large animatronic mop dog made entirely of mops has been created to highlight how many hours are spent cleaning up after your pets mess by the artist.

One week on and there was an informal vigil last night to remember those who lost their lives. Security guards will wear stab proof vests as shops reopen in Westfield Bondi Junction. About 30 shops are still closed not ready to return to trade. The injured work colleague of the security guard that died in the stabbing incident is recovering in hospital and thanked the government for offering him permanent resudency/ citizenship. A third security guard another work colleague who went to rescue them is hoping the government will offer him permanent residency/ citizenship as well.

4 killed in a fatal Western Australian car crash into a tree.

The toxicology report has come back inconclusive of the mother Rachael Dixon who died from a cardiac arrest after drinking a concoction of a health drink containing magic mushrooms at a health retreat and that made 2 others sick.  It was hoped the report would reveal the cause of death which is now still unknown. The owners of the retreat have distanced themselves as they claim that had rented out the retreat to a private function at that time as they often do. 

A driver has crashed into a train North of Sydney and taken to hospital with chest pains.

Students at a Perth School have celebrated the schools 40th birthday with a confetti throwing record. It is rumoured some student assignments were shredded in oorder to obtain the confetti record.

What happened to the 407 kg giant record breaking pumpkin grown by Mark Peacock that was displayed at the Royal Easter Show ? It was carved out into a canoe and rode down the Tumut River by local Adam Farquharson.

Beckham verses Wahlberg.  He is suing the actor over shares he did not receive as an ambassador for Wahlberg's fitness business. Meanwhile Victoria Beckham,  David Beckham's wife is turning 50 - Happy B'day !

Sunday

It is pretty overcast this morning and a top of 19 degrees C forcasted.

Damaging  winds and rain for QLD continue.

Chinese swimmers will be allowed to compete in Paris despite the 23 Swimmers who tested positive to drugs in the Tokyo Olympics where  Chinese authorities insisted the heart medication drug got into their system from eating restaurant food. They were at a training camp and despite the positive drug tests of the banned heart medication found in their systems the World Anti Doping Agency              (WADA)  allowed them to compete and even going on to win medals.

A vigil will be held tonight at Bondi Beach for the 6 victims that died in the BJ attack.  Family and friends will be present along with a large crowd. Public transport is recommended as it will be impossible to get a parking spot at the beach tonight.

Britney Higgins has spoken for the first time since Bruce Lehmann 's failed defamation trial where the judge branded him a liar and a rapist.  Britney Higgins who was sued herself and her partner for defamation has apologied to her former boss and relieved the trial is over and she can now get on with her life.

Elon Musk has been fined $785 000 by the government for not taking down violent content ( from the recent attacks in Sydney) on his X (formerly Twitter) account. Governments don't have the authority to actually fine him as he organisation doesn't actually have an offical base here in Australia just a presence.

A rare comet the Devil Comet will be present tonight which comes every 71 years.

Challengers and Civil War are the new movies to be released.

US is sending $95bn aid package to Ukraine which had been delayed for months.

AFL team Geelong sits at top of leader board.

Monday

Sunny and a top of 25 degrees C today. Still looks pretty overcast this morning.

It is the first time Victorian mushroom poisoning Erin Robinson has been seen in 5 months since she was charged last year for the death of 3 people. She is having her case evaluated  and unclear whether she will appear in court in person or via video conference from detention. She wants her trial to be in regional Victoria rather then in Melbourne.

Victoria Beckham had to be carried out after her 50th birthday bash where it was the first time all 5 members of the Spice Girls reunited together.

Australia House was transformed into Bluey House in London to celebrate it's world cultural contribution to entertainment. A surprise episode of Bluey was announced.

The overnight vigil held at Bondi Beach was attended by thousands including government leaders and representatives, led by the heroic police officer Amy Scott who shot the attacker, family and friends of the 6 victims that died and the general public. The little 9 month old baby injured in the attack has been discharged from hospital and has returned home to recover from her injuries. All the flowers will be removed from BJ however cards and notes left will be archived.

Less then a week after making it known how dangerous 50 % of the Bruce Highway between Far Nirth QLD and Brisbane was and how urgently it needed repairs, a Greyhound bus near Gympie heading towards Brisbane around 2.30 am has lost control and rolled off the road. At least 19 were on board but surprisingly uninjured. Just 3 were taken to hospital with minor injuries - glass in skin and broken bones. The bus was travelling at around 100 km an hour at the time. Passengers had to wait for an alternative coach to arrive in order to continue their journey to Brisbane.

APF have stopped a woman trying to smugglers 30 kg worth of drugs at an airport.

Labor is still slightly ahead of the opposition party polls show and AA is still the more preferred PM according to polls although support for Labor dips - really? never believe the polls. 

A teen has been attacked by a shark in SA on a fishing trip in a tinny with his father which hooked a white pointer. The shark would not let go of the teen.

A camping ground in QLD has caused holidayers including kids to scamble after 2 large boxing kangaroos decided to pick a fight.

The first service has been held in the Good Shepherd  church  in Wakely where the Bishop was stabbed with heightened security. It is believed that 12 men captured on CCT could help police with the riots that occurred.  3 men have been arrested so far for initiating the riots that prevented police from emergency assistance at the site and injury to officers and destruction of police property .

NSW has had a crime crackdown showing the amount of arrests made for a breakdown of different crimes.

A Japanese helicopter crash has been reported

Michelle Obama goes incognito with a very long ponytail, a baseball cap, bright yellow hoodie,  dark oversized sunglasses and some sort of leggings to check out how the release of her book is doing at what looked like a Target store in the US (Target stores in the US are not related to our Target stores in Australia by the way eventhough they look very similar in format and logo).

AA will be doing part of the Kakoda trial with PNG's PM as China comes knocking at PNG's door.

A breast feeding mother and baby sitting 4 rows from the stage were kicked out of a Arj Barker comedy show. Others left in solidarity. There is controversy over whether they were kicked out because the baby was being too loud and disrupting the act and show or whether it had to do with the mother breast feeding during the show. 

A young single mother has been murdered in her home by her ex boyfriend who was released on bail a fortnight before her death. Police were concern for her safety and took out an AVO on her ex boyfriend which he broke. 

Tuesday

Today I actually went out. I was going to go to Tafe to use the computers but didn't as it looked a little spooky walking into building J on my own at a random day and time in the middle of the holidays eventhough one of my teachers would be there again from noon today. 

I walked to St Leonards to grocery shop at the IGA and Coles instead with a stop off at Bakers Delight for a Mediterranean pizza and a beef pea and mash potato pie from a pie shop at St Leonards Station which I had bern meaning to try for a while now. It was a bit pricey at $8.50 a pie and by the time I ate it it was stone cold but still nice. 

When I arrived home I put my groceries away  and made a batch of  miso maple chicken wings eating them with brocolli and rice as well as a batch of Anzac like cookies but pimped up with candied mix peel, dried cherries blueberries and cranberries, a dash of contreau, LSA, Cocao powder, dark chocolate chips, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, shivered almonds, maple syrup, a dash of vanilla, a dash of German mixed spice, manuka honey , coconut powder and possibly a few other fancy ingredients. These biscuits were absolutely yummy! Got to love the original ANZAC biscuit recipe with or without the coconut added!

Trump and his hush money trial "will go on and on......" Isn't this a conflict of interest trial as Trump was using campaign funds raised to pay for Stormy Daniels to keep her mouth shut about their alledged affair and possibly used to pay for his legal fees. 

After the vigil at Bondi Beach, a memorial swim out in the ocean has occurred. 

Despite a crackdown on youth crime QLD youth crime is still going up climbing by an overall 11%. 11 191 youth offences were recorded in 2022 2023. Repeat offenders out on bail are the cause.

Celine Dion has graced the cover of Vogue magazine  in a photoshoot during her battle with stiff persons syndrome.

Hugh Jackman is Wolverine again  in new Deadpool movie

A showdown between AA and Elon Musk is brewing via an injunction. The violent stabbing images were only geo blocked but not deleted globally off Twitter. AA has advised that all other social media platforms have complied with the request except for Elon Musk and his X ( formally Twitter) platform. 

A SA footy player is in an induced coma with life altering injuries after he climbed onto a roof and fell through. 

A bus has crashed on Bunnarong Rd near Eastgardens Only one passenger was on board and uninjured.

There has been a mic mishap when a 7 reported taped i to the Acquatic Centre's speaker system.

Norway's oldest monarch is scaling back his duties after heart surgery. He is 87 and has no plans to abdicate.

Prince Louis turns 6.

First Australian astronaut  - Katherine Bennell Pegg has just graduated from astronaut school in Calogne Germany under the Australian flag.

Wednesday

Today it was suppose to be 26 - 27 degrees C - certainly didn't feel like it but it remained dry.

I did absolutely nothing today except watch YouTube videos and tv . I took my rubbish out but did not go out again. 

A slight shower forecasted for tonight.

News headlines today include

Chris Minns has ordered a major urgent review of bail laws which are too soft today after the murder of the Central NSW town of Forbes  single mother by her ex who was released on bail and still breached his AVO.

Another house fire in Doonside Western Sydney where a town house took 54 fire fighters & 14 fire trucks  to extinguish. No one was injured.

Kim Kardashian has lost tens of thousands of followers as Taylor releases her single thanK you aIMee with Taylor branding Kim a bully.

A new portrait of Prince Louis on his 6th birthday  has been taken and  released by Princess and everyone has been assured that it had not been edited. 

With Revel Wilson 's new book Rebel Rising being launched, it has been revealed details that she was once asked by a member of the royal family to a attend a drug filled adults only tech billionaire's party .

Melbourne's second safe injecting room in the city that was planned for Flinders Street has been scrapped as a suitable site has not bern found . An alternative health clinic will be planned instead but it will not be the same as the Richmond safe injecting centre that has been present for many years now although located near a school.

The case between Australia verses Elon Musk continues now involving the AFP and ASIO due to online spying concerns.

Final rehersals were performed today ahead of the ANZAC Day dawn services and  celebrations for ANZAC Day tomorrow. Equipment almost did not make it due to the floods in Dubai. 4 spears artifacts that once were taken by Captain Cook were returned to the Indigenous Australians from an overseas museum. It is hoped that more artefacts will be repatriated to Indigenous Australians. The spears will not go to an Australian museum but displayed at a visitors centre at Botany Bay.

HECS debts set to increase by 4.7 % due to inflation.

Could former QLD premier Palaszczuk be headed to Hollywood? She has hired a top agent/manager ( Max what's his name)  for post political life opportunities . Could she have a memoir? or invited to speak at functions? How about appearing with the stars?

Inflation has fallen to 3.4% but not enough not to cut interest rates.

Former footballer  (rugby league) Terry Hill passes away aged 52 from a heart attack whilst at a fund raiser overseas.

Trump has a gag order during his trial and could go to jail if he breaches it. Trump says he is trying hard not to breach his gag order - not!

Thursday 

It's ANZAC DAY ( a public holiday) today. A day to pay respect to war veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom both here and anywhere overseas where Australians fought. 

This year it looks as if the artifical red poppies have been replaced with sprigs of real rosemary possibly due to envionmental considerations. 

Parades start at 9 am this morning (after breakfast and a optional shot of rum and milk for courage) . Traditional games of two up (although not as mentioned this year) , games of cricket and football ( some sporting events sold out)  etc will played. 

There are no more WW1 veterans alive so horses represented them in the parade.

Shops,  as a sign of respect, do not open until 1 pm on Anzac Day. Usually Anzac Day trading hours are shortened however being a Thursday which is a late night shopping day, trading hours will be from 1 pm - 9 pm today.

It was just 1 degrees C a chilly morning as the sun rose for the dawn services. It was a forcasted top of 22 degrees C today by by mid morning it is feeling more like 25 degrees +. It is a beautiful day for Anzac Day commemorations this year.

In Sydney Lagacee 10 year old Amelia Hearn whose father passed away whilst serving read out an ode at the dawn service.

Anzac Day starts with dawn services right around Australia shared with NZ and in Gallipoli and in France. 

AA is not in Australia for Anzac Day this year instead in PNG  to commemorate Anzac Day after walking the Kakoda trail with their PM.  

Thousands have flocked to Currumbin at Elephant Beach a 600 m beach on the Gold Coast for the traditional ANZAC Day dawn service. 

The tradtional Anzac Day AFL clash between the Pies verses Bombers will occur @ MCG around 3 pm this afternoon to a sold out crowd .

Manic the Canine war veteran was a special guest at the Cronulla dawn services. He served in IRAQ , he was rescued from a pound and recruited by the ADF

It's been a trying past 2 weeks already in NSW and today was a day of pride and respect however Pro Palestinian protestors plan to rally in Melbourne today - a spoiler to Anzac Day commemorations. Having a peaceful protest is not the problem but to protest on Anzac Day is just disrespectful by glorifying war  and disrespectful to those war veterans that lost their lives to fight in wars to save their countries or are still in the defence forces today serving their country.

53%  of employees are expected to call in sick tomorrow aa an excuse to have 4 day long weekend holiday employers are warned. Flu gastro migraine and COVID are the top 4 excuses that will be used.

A terrorist cell has been intercepted by police in Western Sydney suburbs. 7 teenagers in SW Sydney have been arrested and taken into custody assumed linked to teenager that stabbed the Bishop.

Horses that were on a training exercise were spooked by builders in London and bolted through the streets before being caught and returned to owners.

A 39 year old man has been charged for the murder of a woman Emma Bates  in her late 40s - early 50s  (his girlfriend) in Cobram. 

A bit of a attack has occurred between Jackie Lambie's " time to put you big boy pants on" comment and Elon Musk's " contempt" comment  over the taking down of violent content from X ( Twitter). Elon Musk argues that by censoring content on his social media platform it is taking away the freedom of speech . 

Ah oh  the latest episode of Bluey has been seen as controversial. No it's not about the kids not wearing their seat belts but having to sit Bluey in the front passenger seat due to not having any room in the back seat for her. Usually children upto the age of 10 ( dependong on the country) must be placed in infant capsules and teathered child seats or booster seats in the back seat of the car and their are a set of  regulations in relation to child safety in mvs. The controversy was about Bluey who is 7 years old ( dog years?)  sitting in the front passrnger seat without a booster seat with just a seat belt. QLD laws allow children over the age of 4 to sit in the front seat as long as they are restrained however child safety experts say this is not quite correct. In the episode it is a treat for Bluey and the mother has even got the approval from a police officer. 

130 whales became beached on the coast of WA. Scientist are unsure why this occurred. There is a warning that sharks may be circling present as volunteers fail to save 30 out of all the whales in the large pod.

Friday

Today is a top of 22 degrees C.

Yesterday at just after 11.30 am I get a message to attend my first appointment at NTC Surry Hills today. I was suppose to organise with Centrelink to get back on the books of my old Centrelink approved employment service provider and  ir switch over to Austudy. it never happened. Instead I had to spend weeks trying to get back on Welfare payments and was told there were no appointments available and the only approved Centrelink employment service provider was NTC but they don't have any appointments for 2 weeks. Just before the 2 weeks is up and on a public holiday they send me a notification to attend an appointment at 3 pm today. I don't even know where MTC is let alone where they are located in Surry Hills which is so far away from where I reside. I don't have the funds to get there because I spend most of it writing to, contacting varous departments via service Australia who when I arrive did nothing for me, using the internet to fill out forms ,phoning various departments etc  eventhough I have just been paid a fortnight of job seeker payments. I really should have been on Austudy payments but no I am on job Seeker still - so much for the advice the Centrelink officer gave me to fill out all those pages of personal details in order to apply for Austudy payments which has wasted my time and money resulting in nothing. Now I have to ring and try to get through yet another number to try and change my allocated approved Centrlink employment services provider to somewhere closer.

News headlines today include

Support for QLD premier Steven Miles is at an all time low .

In his memoir , former Australian PM Scott Morrison opens up about his mental health and how he could not get out of bed without medication during his Prime Ministership worrying about thinks such as Australia's relationship with Chinas.

An Adelade train strike threatens the football games as spectators will need to wait for rail replacement buses.

A bus driver has been attacked by a passenger in the US after he would not stop to let him off between a designated stop. The bus veer off the road but no passengers were hurt.

The sails of the Moulin Rouge in Paris have collapsed. No one was injured and the  famous cabaret venue will be fixed before the Paris Olympics.

Chocolate lovers beware .Cocao prices have doubled this year due to poor weather conditions crops have been destroyed in Africa causing farmers to turn to other crops abandoning coaco plants. The increase in prices are not expected to filter through for a few more years - so train your taste buds for alternative sweets or stock up on chocolate now?!

Melbourne council wants locals to get a permit to prune their gardens? What? 

Storm 54  beats ranbitos 20. Giants win over Lions only to be overshadowed by the  Essendan verses Collingwood ANZAC Day AFL game ended in a draw @ the MCG. Extra time was demanded.

Liv Golf offically kicks off for a second time in Adelaide.

Opposition leader Peter Dutton backs Elon Musk's X in legal dispute with online safety watchdog ie global control laes over social media content.

A ban on mullets in school rules?! what?!

The 14 year old involved in the Western Sydney terrorism ring will remain in jail following a last minute decision.

What Kim Kardashian has talks with US vice president Kamala Harris @ the White House?!

Jennifer Aniston will produce a remake of the 9 to 5 a new film although it is unclear if she will star in it.

A 26 year old QLD gardener has been charged with the murderer of an elderly man and seriously injuring the man's wife. An  argument happened  when the gardener was there to do some gardening for the man's neighbour as well as for him which led to the murder

Anything about you stars Glen Powell & Sydney Sweeney faked their romance it has been revealed and it was all a marketing stunt.

A frantic search is on for a missing man and a 3 month old baby . He has since returned safe with his baby from the National Park.

Prince Fredrick and Queen Mary of Denmark have had their first offical royal gala portrait released looking very regal with Queen Mary seen wearing the crown .

Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction where he would have spent 23 years in jail has been overturned. He is greatful however he maintains his innocence. He still remains in jail  for 16 years for a rape charge of another woman awaiting trial.

Prince William has shared Charlotte's favourite dad joke on radio. The cleanest one he could share on a kids radio station whilst on a school visit ( his last royal visit was volunteering in a  soup kitchen feeding the homeless where his knife skills were questioned).

Raphael Nadal cruises through in Madrid beating a 16 year old tennis player.

Mental Health Australia chief quits after inaction from the government.

Princess Beatrice's ex boyfriend has been found dead from a suspected overdose in the US.

A body has been found in Sydney Harbour near Pyrmont Wharf this morning. Cause of death is being investigated. 

Should Trump have presidential immunity? His trial continues as the discussion continues as to whether he is entitled to presidential immunity as the so called crimes he committed happened whilst he was president of the US hence he was untouchable during this time. ( I have poorly written this but you get the drift of what is being  questioned)

Saturday

A beautiful but slightly overcast day this morning with a forcasted top of around 20 degrees C ( Google is wrong it is a top of 23 degrees C ) but it feels like 25 degrees C at the moment with the sun intensely streaming into the apartment heating it up to greater then the temperature of my oven's surrounding temperature! A chance of showers though.

News headlines today include

The LIV Golf tournament is on over the weekend in Adelaide. It's a golf tournament like no other merch, shoeies, DJ and loud music, dancing  - thousands attending to follow profesdional Aussie golfer  Cameron Smith ( the golfer with the mullet).

After 3 months Prince Charles has been given the ok from doctors to return to royal duties with his first royal duty to visit and support a cancer treatment facility and he will also welcome the Japanese Emperor and Emperess. The King is due to visit Australia in October but it will be on a state by state basis. A new portrait of  him and the Queen has been released to celebrate the first anniversary of Charles reign as King.

Rallies will run this weekend in Sydney and Adelaide with thousands set to attend  in support of random , family  & domestic violence against women. In the past 1 in 15 women were killed as a result of domestic violence now it has increased to 1 in 4. PM AA is expected to attend .

Dutton preferred PM ? what?! apparently AA is still preferred PM but in regional areas Dutton is preferred. QLDers  were surveyed on who they wanted in the lodge and the opposition leader was preferred in the lodge.

A homeless woman has snatched a school girl in Melbourne and walked her to a near by park. Police have quickly reponsed to the incident.

A orca killer whale orphan has found her way to freedom from a lagoon. 

An 8th adult has turned himself in in relation to the Western Sydney riots after the Bishops stabbing. Another teenager has been arrested as part of their involvement in the terrorist cell intercepted by police.

A breakthrough meeting with an agreement of a 9% pay rise which is still less then what the union wanted, has stopped a planned strike of trains in Adelaide which would have dusrupted a major football match in Adelaide.

Biden verses Trump  in a debate "anytime anywhere" - Biden is happy to challenge Trump to a debate - date unknown yet but usually debates occur just before the November presidential elections. Trump has just wrapped up his trial? what? it's over? for now? I thought it was going for upto 8 weeks ? or was that 8 days? who cares  - lost count of how many times he has been in court and for how long each time.

17 year old boy was treated and arrested for a crash out West of Sydney when police pursued him in a stolen car.

Sunday 

It is a top of 25 degrees C and extremely sunny and hot this morning. I slept in until 9 am this morning after shocking news yesterday and venturing out to get laundry money groceries and a purchase a double bed silver coloured fitted 500 thread count sheet from kmart Chatswood as a favour for my neighbour  who can't go out due to a back injury. He was the one that told me that he received an email on I think he said tge 24th April from the property management company that the building we are residing in us up for auction again. This is the second time this property is upfor auction. The last time was just before COVID hit and the sign out the front when up but was taken down soon afterwards. The property manager was about to terminate everyone's leases and almost everyone had moved out except for me and the guy in the accessible unit downstairs # 1A or is it actually 1B ( I can't even remember). This was the man that passed away whilst living there (refer my previous blogs 2019/2020). I never received this email and am panicking as I have no where to go this time. Last time I was lucky and have lived here since. I was the only resident left in the building for I think a year until the property was reopened again for rental and since then there has been an 80% occupancy rate. Now that rental properties are in very short supply and mortgages just unaffordable as well as a minimum wait for government public housing of 10 years ( I 'll be dead before zi even get into public housing) , I will be homeless. This concerns me so much that I can't even think about completing my course as the auction is at the end of May and my course does not finish until the end of June . Unlike everyone else in the building who have alternative accomodation options eg family and friends, I have nobody no family no friends . I don't have a job and unlikely to be hired as I am just too old and semi retired. I haven't had a full time job for 10 years. The last time I worked was only for 3 months on a casual contract and the employer did not renew my contract. This is why I have been studying for the past 1.5 years . I could try and go back to bookkeeping but don't really want to. I am thinking of dropping out of my cause ( which I still have not received a refund for as I transferred courses )  and trying to get at least a casual job. I am doomed for the rest of my life. I think I should buy myself a tent and a sleeping bag  now because I am going to end up homeless.

News headlines today include

An Australian $100 m aid package to Ukraine has been announced by Richard Marles deputy PM 

3 saved by Wespac helicopter south of National Park after a fishing trip went wrong. The father and son were rescued firsted followed by another man.

Th Brisbane bus tragedy that happened a month ago has been recreated to find out how an out of control bus crashed into a innocent woman walking on her way  to or from a salon. The road has since been opened to traffic  after it was closed for the recreation.

Last 2 Asian elephants are packing up their trunks and moving south to SA zoo  safari where they will be more space and join other elephants.

Kylie Minogue may have new music ? She would not give anything away when asked.

Nicole Kidman has finally been awarded  with the AFI Life Achievement Award. Her entire family husband and 2 children as well as her sister Antonia and her daughter were their to celebrate with her

The Fall Guy movie starring Emily Blunt & Ryan Gosling is released.

Monday

A top of 26 degrees C today and sunny.

Today I have my first appointment at Wise Employment - an approved Centrelink service provider.

It is also the first day back from school holidays.

Well by 10 am this morning the large rental sign out the front of the apartment building which had been torn and graffiti had been completely taken down ( not that there were or are any vacant studios in this former motel apartment block for still for rent) . Next the Auction sign will go up and in a few weeks I will veey likely be homeless again unless something happens . It is very likely the new owners will either knock the building down and redevelop it into a larger block of low rise apartments or convert it back into a motel/inn again. If they decide to keep it as is and collect rent, the  weekly rent is likely to double to $400 + per week. I am concerned as I don't finish my courses until at least June but more likely December 2024. The auction is at the end of May with inspections every Wednesday ( I'm in class all day  until late on Wednesdays). My 2 neighbours who I speak to are a little concerned - one more then the other. I like my neighbours and have become friendly with 2 of tgem # 3 and # 7. It will be a pity to be evicted as I walk everywhere from where I live. I've been here since 2019 moving in just before COVID and my 2 neighbours have been living here since after COVID hit when rentals were allowed again. I love living here as we help each other out. Even one of the neighbours from downstairs who often catches the Chatswood bus offers to help me if he sees me with heavy bags of shopping ( I decline as I like to be independent) . My neighbours #3 is not "home" as he has appointments for the next 3 weeks daily and I know my neighbour # 7 has a daily appointment. Me well I have appoints everywhere and am at college full time at least 3 days a week.

I am waiting for the offical auction sign to go up again. Last tome the sign went up before COVID and down quite quickly. The property manager wanted to terminate all leases. This time I think most of us are out of lease. Which means they can boot us out asap. 

News headlines today include:

The AUS$ is back up above the $0.65 mark against the US$

94000 attended the Liv Golf Tournament over the weekend in Adelaid as Team Australia wins celebrating with a shoeie and Greg Norman was around.

4 of the teen terrorist cell were found to have been plotting a terrorist attack on the Jewish community with police finding a stash of weapons. Meanwhile the Bishop who was stabbed by the teenager returned to the church where he was stabbed wearing an eye patch from his injuries to a standing applause. from his audience. He was praised for his forgiveness of the teen.

There has been an arson attack on the St Kilda's decades old palm trees setting  them alight overnight.

Prince Harru returns to London but will there be a reunion with the King?

Violence Against Women thousands march across Australia for government action as AA attended a rally over the weekend.

A man has been found by police in Melbourne.  He had shot himself with a home made weapon. 

Old school discipline rules  are returning  due to increase in abuse and violence on teachers by students in schools such as chair throwing  keying of cars and wallet stealing. Teachers will teach students how to be quiet how to sit still etc.( bring back the ruler, time out in the naughty corner even the cane????)

There has been an increase in AI investment with major companies researching vr, robotic automation and other applications.

The magazine Cosmo is making a return but will it have a sealed section?

A 33 year old Melbourne woman has gone missing after her car broke down. She could have been hitch hiking . She was believed to be on her way back to Melbourne. It's been 3 days since her disappearance.

2 men and a woman have been charged after a 10 year old boy's attempted abduction was intercepted by his parents in a skate park in Logan. 

International Hotspots  for travel although travel is up domestically but down internationally due to the rising cost of living

Europe

NZ

Indonesia

Japan

USA

Thailand

South Korea is also moving up the list of international travel hotspots.

Tuesday

Very last day of my college holidays and I haven't finished all my assessments due. I am having thoughts of dropping out of my course look for a job as I am still worrying about where I am going to live. 

I spoke with the part owner of the building yesterday but did not manage to find out much information on the reason for the sale of this apartment block which now does look like it is fully occupied by tenants. They did a very dodgey paint job with the front door. What was wrong with the original grey colour? I thought it was just primer but apparently it was the actual matt white. The sign is still not up although I was told by the part owner of tge building that it would be up yesterday same day as old sign was taken down. I emailed my neighbour in #7  and spoke to my neighbour in  #3 when I returned yesterday evening. 

Yesterday I spent hours talking to my new consultant at my 1.30 pm centrelink approve employment provider Wise Employment who knew my old consultant and formerly worked at APM. I went to level 10 but it was the incorrect branch of Wise Employment - it was the disability branch, I was suppose to go to level 2 which is job seeker.

I was feeling a bit depressed went the library to try and do some more of my millions of assessments due but there was nowhere to sit not even on the floor next to a power point! The library at Chatswood is full with students even in the kids library area!

I had a fried Japanese  curry bun just before I had my appointment and also had the KFC special before it ended at 4 pm today. I originally ordered the go bucket which is just a small serve of pop corn chicken and chips but changed it for the meal deal as it was the same price $4.95 but had a hot rod, a chicken tender, a small chips, a small mash potato and gravy and a bun ( which is absolutely terrible I threw it out). I don't usually get KFC but was feeling so depressed I just did paying in cash so I could get some change to do my laundry when I returned to the apartment. 

I stopped off at chemist warehouse as I am very low on face moisturiser as well as a few other items I was low on from Coles . 

This morning I thought someone had taken off with the large red bin again after my neighbour had taken all 4 empty bins back in but it was returned later ( it foes have the unit block number marked on it - I marked this replacement bin after the last time someone stole the large red bin from the property)

Now I know why the lady rushed to return all her cans and bottles to be recycled the other night to the convenient store on Katherine St, it was closing down! 

I was waiting at the bus stop out in front of it and this is what I saw taking a photo of the convenience store that I have visited so many times . (photos below). I could be wrong and it could have been closed for renovations or sold to a new owner reopening again later. 

News headlines today include

A cold front is moving across the South Eastern States of NSW with heavy rain forcasted for the week and a temperature drop - Winter is coming ( it's the end of April and it's been so hot during Autum this year) A top of of 22 degree C today.

Budget airline Bonza has cancelled all  it's flights this morning causing passenger chaos and passrngers not knowing what to do. It is unsure if it was a strike, financial or operational issue or whether it is temporary or permanent. Assumed financial issues preventing Bonza from putting planes into the air , Bonza is not responding to government minister's inquiries (who has also reached out to Virgin and Qantas to assist stranded passengers get to their destinations) . Bonza is an airline that flies to regional areas of Australia ( Why isn't REX doing these routes? they are a regional airline  - trying to break into the domestic airline routes - maybe not a good idea they have a bad safety record and unreliability). Virgin offering complimentary seats to passengers - good on you! what exactly does "ongoing viability" mean ? bankruptcy? going into administration? Another budget Airlines bites the dust? The airline has gone into administration with planes being reprocessed just 15 months after it's launch. Staff jobs are up in the air and stranded angry customers want refunds - not so BONZA now hay?!

Jetstar is turning 20 this year.

Home & Away Ray Meaher is turning 80 soon  and will be going the The Salvation Army's 60th Red Shield Appeal.

A 10 year old teenager was stabbed to death and died at the scene .The attacker was her older 17 year old sister who has bee  charged with her murder . She will appear in children's court.

A 43 year old immigration detainee has been relased on bail for the bashing of an elderly woman and  her husband  at her home  a fw months ago, the grandmother is battered and brused and has cancer  A group of men had knocked at the her door pretending to be police officers before attacking. There are calls for 2 ministers including the home affairs minister to be sacked over the assault charges and bungled release of the immigration detainee relased on bail without an ankle bracelets or tracking who had a known criminal record.

Telcos could be forced to share real time outage information. Meanwhile a new body is proposed that takes charge to ensure triple zero service is working.

Margo Robbie plays a brides maid in realife at a friend's wedding

A new Cafe Latte Tim Tam flavour is being released today in supermarkets. 

An old wedding portrait of Prince William and Princess Kate has been released to celebrate their 23th anniversiary. Meanwhile Prince Edward's wife Spohie Duchess of Edinburgh is the first royal to visit the Ukraine since the Russian invasion. And Prince Charles  has returned to royal duties and is out visiting  and about looking well from his cancer treatment visiting a cancer treatment centre. The question remains will Harry who is travelling back to the UK for the 20th anniversiary of tge Invictus Games meet up withhis father ? And will Meaghan and the kids be joining him?

4 teenage boys were chased by police in Melbourne with the help with the dog squad.  All 4 have been caught and charged with one being bitten by a police dog.

Emoji layering - people are finding new ways to stack emojis. eg I would describe my neighbour with 🤑🧑‍🦲🛒🕶👓 a bald man that wears glasses with a collection of sun glasses and shops a lot as well as wheeling and dealing in cash a lot - and no he is not adrug dealer - a drug user possibly - nah.

Another woman's body has been found in a North Bondi apartment and it is unsure if a man present was involved in her death or whether it was a medical episode or drug overdose.

A new Gaza peace deal is on the table.I still don't understand why countries are fighting and at war. 

As the Bankstown line shuts down for work on the new Metro line , there will be a need for thousands more bus drivers to keep up with the rail replacement buses.

Risk that there will be another interest rate hike and that a cut in interest rates is not until far into the future.