No matter what the game, when a new season drops, it’s an exciting time for players. Apex Legends is just a matter of hours away from hitting Season 14, Hunted, which is bringing in all sorts of things players have been asking for. These include major rebalancing, new weapons, new loot tables, and the new legend, Vantage.
If you’re excited about this update, then you’re going to want to be there the moment it goes live so you can get your hands on the new stuff before anyone else gets a chance. That’s why we’ve collected the release date and launch times for Season 14 from all over the world, so you don’t have to miss a second of the action.
Apex Legends Season 14 release times in your time zone
The official date for the worldwide launch of Season 14 is August 9, however, if you’re in a far eastern timezone like those of Australia or Japan, it’ll actually be releasing very early August 10. This mean you’ll need to either stay up very late, or wake up very early if you want to play it the moment it drops. Alternatively, it’ll be nice and ready for you first thing in the morning.
Here is the full list of the launch time in each major time zone:
Tuesday, August 9
PDT: 10am.
EDT: 1 p.m.
BST: 6pm.
EST: 7pm.
IST: 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 10
CST: 1 a.m.
JST: 2am.
AEST: 3am.
NZST: 5am.
If you want all the details on what’s coming in Apex Legends Season 14 then we’ve got plenty of stuff to keep you in the know. There’s a full breakdown of Vantage, the new character, the new laser sights, and a whole bunch of returning Apex Legends weapons.
Fans of The Block have hit out at Bondi influencer Elle Ferguson after she decided to quit the long-running Channel Nine series with her fiancé Joel Patfull two days into filming.
Just moments after Monday night’s episode went to air, Elle, 36, was brutally savaged online by fans of the show, with some viewers calling the pair ‘sooks’ and ‘boring wannabes’.
‘Get your 15 minutes of TV fame?’ one fan wrote.
Fans of The Block have hit out at Bondi influencer Elle Ferguson after she decided to quit the long-running Channel Nine series two days into filming. Pictured with Joel Patfull
‘You’re a sook “influencer,”‘ another savagely commented.
‘This season’s Tanya,’ wrote a third, referring to Tanya Guccione from last season, before another laughed: ‘Imagine leaving the block cause of the toilet paper.’
‘Weak loser,’ another savagely wrote before commenting a second time: ‘You and your husband are nobodies.’
Just moments after Monday night’s episode went to air, Elle was brutally savaged online by fans of the show, with some viewers calling the pair ‘entitled swines’
‘What a pair of losers… Glad you’re gone. 12 weeks of seeing you would have done my head in,’ said another.
‘Who do you influence? Perfect example of what not to be,’ another chimed in
‘It seems that someone can’t take criticism. Guess that explains why you left,’ wrote another.
However, one fan was clearly going to miss the couple, writing: ‘I actually loved your room, wish we could of seen more of what you could do.’
However, one fan was clearly going to miss the couple, writing: ‘I actually loved your room, wish we could of seen more of what you could do.’
‘Get your 15 minutes of TV fame?’ one fan wrote. Elle’s latest Instagram photo is pictured
It was billed as one of the most shocking moments in Australian reality TV history.
And on Monday, viewers finally got to see the moment Scott Cam told the stunned Blockheads that fellow contestants Elle Ferguson and Joel Patfull decided to quit the show.
During the episode, the host, 59, was pulled aside by two executive producers who revealed the glamorous influencers decided to leave after just 48 hours of being on-set.
The host, 59, was pulled aside by two executive producers who revealed to him the couple had decided to leave the show
After being told the astonishing news, Scott informed the other contestants about Elle and Joel’s decision to leave.
‘Last night I gave you all an opportunity – an out – if you thought you couldn’t cut it on the show that you could leave if you wanted to,’ the fuming host began.
‘I didn’t think anyone would drop an opportunity like this, but I’ve just found out that Joel and Elle are on their way to the airport.’
After being told the shocking news, Scott informed the other contestants about Elle and Joel’s decision to quit
He added: ‘They have left their show. They didn’t say goodbye, they didn’t say thanks for having us. They just left.’
‘Apparently The Block is not on brand for them.’
All the remaining contestants appeared shocked, with Sharon Johal saying: ‘It was a bombshell.’
‘Things played out, we did see in the media things about Joel’s family but we knew that happened before they got onto The Block because he had told us,’ she said.
The pair reportedly left after Joel’s mother broke her coccyx and fractured her wrist during a fall at her home in Adelaide.
Following their exit, Elle shared a photo to Instagram of the pair’s suitcases at Melbourne Airport.
‘They have left their show. They didn’t say goodbye, they didn’t say thanks for having us. They just left,’ Scott said to the shocked contestants
‘Wherever you are in the world, whatever you are doing, family always comes first,’ she captioned the image.
But Scott has since disputed their reason for leaving, insisting that they didn’t tell producer about the AFL star’s sick mother before fleeing the set of the series.
Last week, he told The Kyle and Jackie O Show The Block would have been prepared to temporarily shut down production to accommodate the couple’s visit to see Joel’s mother if they had been made aware of the situation.
The fellow Blockheads looked furious as they were told the news
‘They didn’t mention the sick mum to us. If they had said to us we need to go see my mum, of course family comes first. We would have flown them back to Adelaide and flown them back,’ the long-time host said.
‘They spoke to our producer and said they had decided The Block isn’t on brand for them. It was chaos.’
Scott went on to say Elle also insisted on bringing ‘a lot of designer outfits’ for filming, despite a strict dress code.
‘You have got to wear the hi-vis [workwear] and the boots but [Elle] did have a lot of outfits there ready to go,’ he said.
The pair reportedly left after Joel’s mother broke her coccyx and fractured her wrist during a fall at her home in Adelaide
Scott previously said at the Logie Awards that Elle and Joel giving up so soon into the competition was ‘unAustralian’ and ‘p**s poor’.
He told TV Tonight: ‘We had a 48-hour challenge to choose the house that you get and they scarpered after 48 hours. It’s something that’s never happened before.
‘Forty-five thousand people applied to be on The Block and win life-changing money. These guys got on and they just couldn’t handle the pace after 48 hours,’ he continued.
But Scott has since disputed their reason for leaving, insisting that they didn’t tell producer about the AFL star’s sick mother before fleeing the set of the series
Last week, he told The Kyle and Jackie O Show The Block would have been prepared to temporarily shut down production to accommodate the couple’s visit to see Joel’s mother if they had been made aware of the situation
‘Which to me is a bit unAustralian! Have a go! It’s p**s poor.’
Scott reportedly told the other contestants Elle and Joel left because the renovation show wasn’t ‘on brand’ for them as Bondi influencers.
He also said they had complained ‘the toilet paper was too scratchy’.
According to reports at the time, they initially tried to stay on the show but left after they ‘couldn’t get a definitive answer’ from producers as to whether Joel could ‘come and go’ from the construction site in Gisborne to visit his ailing mother in Adelaide.
However, The Block’s executive producer Julian Cress has also disputed this, telling the Herald Sun that Joel and Elle ‘never’ made such a request.
Mr Cress added that The Block is always willing to accommodate teams during family emergencies, and once shut down production for an entire week in 2013 when the mother of one of the contestants fell ill.
Scott previously said at the Logie Awards that Elle and Joel giving up so soon into the competition was ‘unAustralian’ and ‘p**s poor’
Melbourne defender Jake Lever expects the Demons to address a worrying trend of blowing strong starts after Friday night’s fadeout loss to Collingwood.
The reigning premier has lost three of its past five matches – to Geelong, Western Bulldogs and the Magpies –Despite leading two of those by about four goals in the first half and the other by 11 points early.
Melbourne dominated Collingwood in inside 50s, clearances and center clearances, especially in the opening two quarters, but never led by more than 23 points and was run down in a seven-goals-to-three second half.
The Demons also coughed up match-winning advantages in defeats to Fremantle, Sydney and the Magpies in rounds 11 to 13, so it’s not a new problem.
“We’re very disappointed that we lost (on Friday night). I was extremely disappointed the next day – probably as flat as I’ve been after a game,” Lever said.
“I thought that we played some good footy in the first half and it has been a little bit of a trend at the minute of us starting well and then not being able to finish.
“I’m sure we’ll touch on it but we’re pretty disappointed. But to Collingwood’s credit, they just found a way.”
Lever suggested the unenviable record might owe to Melbourne falling into a bad habit of thinking more about the result than the process as they try to lock in a top-four berth in the next fortnight.
“We didn’t take our chances and we’re sitting here without the four points and we’ve got a pretty important couple of weeks coming up,” he said.
“It’s obviously pretty important (to make the top four) – I think history suggests that. But the good thing is it’s kind of in our own hands now.
“I haven’t done the maths, but I think that if we win the next two, we probably finish top four, so that’s super important for us.”
The Demons face Carlton (MCG) and Brisbane (Gabba) in the final two rounds, with the Blues’ two-headed forward monster of Charlie Curnow and Harry McKay presenting a significant challenge.
But Lever said it was an “exciting” opportunity for he and his fellow defenders, particularly after the Pies’ hectic ball movement brought them unstuck last week.
“You look at their names up there and they’ve got some serious talent,” he said.
“I think Charlie’s kicked 60 goals this year, and Harry wouldn’t be far behind, so we know that they’ve got a lot of scoring power up there.
“But, for us, and especially with guys like Steven May, ‘Hibbo’ (Michael Hibberd) and Harry Petty, they thrive off that sort of stuff… we’ll be looking forward to the challenge.”
Sixty people earned more than $1 million yet paid no tax in 2019-20, Australia’s highest earners live in Perth, and the country’s lowest incomes have been recorded in regional New South Wales.
Key points:
ATO data shows 60 Australians who earned more than $1 million in 2019-20 did not pay a cent of income tax
Eight of the nation’s highest-earning postcodes were in Sydney, while five of the lowest-earning postcodes were in regional NSW
Doctors continue to dominate in terms of highest incomes, while apprentices and food workers struggle
The Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) latest taxation statistics are based on the tax returns of almost 15 million Australians for 2019-20.
Analysis of the data by the Australia Institute reveals there were 60 Australians who earned more than $1 million in that financial year who did not pay a cent of income tax, compared to 66 the year before.
On average these 60 individuals earned $3.5 million each.
Managing your tax affairs is an allowable tax deduction. Some of those who earned more than a million dollars but paid no tax claimed this deduction.
“Some people earning a million dollars or more paid on average $80,000 each to manage their tax affairs, which reduced their taxable income below the tax-free threshold,” Australia Institute senior economist Matt Grudnoff said.
Matt Grudnoff says Australia’s tax system is full of complexity and loopholes.
Another allowable deduction is litigation costs for managing your tax affairs.
Of those earning a million dollars but paying no tax who claimed this deduction, the average amount claimed was $250,000.
“Our taxation system is full of complexity and the latest tax statistics show that some people on very large incomes are able to pay very smart people very large sums of money to take advantage of that complexity to reduce the amount of tax they have to pay, Mr Grudnoff said.
“This highlights the need in Australia for a Buffett rule, which sets a minimum rate of tax based on people’s gross income. This would prevent high-income earners from using lots of deductions to avoid paying tax.”
Nearly 2.3 million Australians declared rental income to the ATO in 2019-20, and the data show around 72 per cent of landlords owned one rental property, 19 per cent owned two, while nearly 86,000 people owned four or more.
On average, they made a loss (were negatively geared), but those losses shrank in 2019-20 as the Reserve Bank cut interest rates before and early on during the COVID pandemic, reducing the interest deductions claimed by landlords. The median loss was $400 and the average just $73.
What are Australia’s richest and poorest postcodes?
The ATO figures show eight of the nation’s highest-earning postcodes were in Sydney, while five of the lowest-earning postcodes were in regional NSW.
In 2019-20, Western Australia’s Cottesloe and Peppermint Grove, which share the postcode 6011, topped the list with an average taxable income of $325,343.
The next highest earners were in Sydney postcode 2027, which takes in the harborside suburbs of Darling Point and Edgecliff. Here the average taxable income was $205,957.
In third place was postcode 2023, Sydney’s Bellevue Hill, where the average taxable income was $195,204.
Eight of the top 10 postcodes are in Sydney, according to the 2019-20 taxation statistics.
Those living in regional NSW were among the nation’s lowest average income earners.
In Gurley NSW (postcode 2398), Burren Junction, Drildool, Nowley (postcode 2386) and Boomi, Garah (postcode 2405). Here the average taxable incomes were negative, likely due to farming losses.
Five of the lowest earning postcodes were in regional NSW.
Surgeons reap more than $400,000 on average while a hospitality worker struggles
Doctors continue to dominate in terms of earning the highest average incomes, while apprentices and food workers struggle.
Surgeons had the highest average income with anaesthetists earning only slightly less.(Unsplash: Jafar Ahmed)
The taxation statistics showed surgeons had the highest average income – $406,068 – with anaesthetists earning only slightly less ($388,814), internal medicine specialists ranked third ($310,848) and financial dealers ranked fourth ($279,790).
Surgeons continue to be the highest paid in the country.
As per usual, hospitality workers, who are often younger and work in part-time or casual jobs, represented occupations with the lowest average taxable incomes.
The lowest paid were apprentice hospitality workers ($19,877), fast food cooks ($20,447), apprentice trainees in sport and recreation ($20,447) and apprentices in cleaning services ($24,330).
Fast food workers are still among the lowest paid in the country.
What does the average person earn?
In contrast to the millionaires, the average taxable income for Australians was $63,882 in 2019-20, up just 2.1 per cent on the previous tax year.
Men continued to earn more than women, averaging $74,559 versus $52,798.
Men continued to earn more than women in the latest figures.(ABC News: David Maguire)
The median, or middle, earning Australian made $48,381, with men ($56,746) still earning considerably more than women ($41,724) on this measure, which effectively removes the effect of extremely high and low incomes.
Australians continued to find a wide range of work-related expenses to deduct, with nearly 9.4 million people claiming an average deduction of $2,303, although the typical deduction was a more modest $1,092.
Again, unlike some millionaires, the typical Australian claimed just $180 for managing their tax affairs.
That typical, median Australian paid $11,330 in income tax, which was just under a quarter of their taxable earnings.
The bulk of Australians (41.5 per cent) who filed tax returns in 2019-20 fell in the $37,001–$90,000-a-year income bracket, but the majority of tax collected (68.4 per cent) came from those earning over $90,000 a year.
Most of that came from the upper-middle income group earning between $90,001–$180,000, rather than the smaller cohort earning above $180,000.
Almost 1.4 million Australians declared an income or loss from running a non-farming business, although the average profit was just $27,417 and the median $12,227, indicating that many of these are likely to be side hustles.
The early effects of the pandemic were also apparent in the number of taxpayers declaring that they had received Australian government allowances and payments, which jumped from 933,806 in 2018-19 to 1,674,555.
A further 683,443 people who filed a return to the ATO collected an Australian government pension.
The median Australian had less than $50,000 in superannuation funds, while the average balance was much higher at $145,388, skewed upwards by the extremely large super funds held by a relative handful of individuals.
Where does the ATO collect its taxes?
The 2019-20 taxation statistics show that individuals continue to be by far the biggest source of tax revenue, contributing almost 53 per cent of collections.
Companies contributed about 21 per cent of the government’s tax revenue and, despite there currently being $3.4 trillion worth of superannuation assets (May 2022), in 2019-2020 super funds contributed just over $20 billion in taxes due to heavily reduced tax rates.
Individuals pay the largest share of income taxes, and that share continues to grow.(Supplied: ATO)
The Albanese government last week released a discussion paper on restricting the ability of multinationals able to shift profits overseas disguised as interest and royalties.
ATO data shows 5,399 companies declared interest expenses overseas worth $44.1 billion and 1,538 companies declared royalty expenses overseas of $8.8 billion.
Overall, 32 per cent of mining companies that produced an income paid tax. This ranged from 13 per cent in exploration to 44 per cent in construction material mining.
Overall, 32 per cent of mining companies that produced an income paid tax. (The Australia Institute, ATO Taxation Statistics.)
“With the largely foreign-owned mining industry and employing relatively small numbers of workers, tax is one of the few benefits the industry could provide to the rest of Australia,” Mr Grudnoff said.
“But the taxation statistics show that many mining companies continue to pay no tax.
“It is high time the government targets this industry for tax reform to ensure that it started to pay its fair share of tax.”
The lone survivor of the lightning strike that killed three people outside the White House was saved by quick-thinking Secret Service agents — and her Dr. Martens boots, according to her mom.
Californian student Amber Escudero-Kontostathis was struck last Thursday while raising money in Washington, DC, for refugees — even though it was her 28th birthday.
While three others were killed in the strike — including a fellow young Californian — Escudero-Kontostathis was revived by agents who raced to the scene with a defibrillator, her mom, Julie Escudero, told the Ventura County Star.
“The Secret Service men saved her,” Escudero said. “I’ve been trying to find out their names so I can personally thank them. They revived her.”
Amber Escudero-Kontostathis was the lone survivor of four hit by lightning outside the White House last Thursday — her 28th birthday.LinkedIn
In a series of emotional Facebook updates, Escudero detailed how doctors believe the lightning that struck her daughter “went through her toes and out her left arm.”
That likely meant her daughter was saved by the thick rubber “Airwair” soles on Dr. Martens’ boots absorbing some of the impact, her mom speculated.
Escudero-Kontostathis — who was with her husband, Achilles, in DC — has already left intensive care and taken her first steps unaided, said her mom, who flew from California to be by her daughter’s side.
“The trauma doctor came up [Friday] and said she’s an ‘absolute miracle,’” her mom told the local outlet.
Amber Escudero-Kontostathis was the lone survivor of four hit by lightning that was caught on camera striking at the foot of the White House last ThursdayREUTERS
In her Facebook posts, Escudero also detailed how her daughter “is literally blowing all the doctors away with the progress her body is making.”
Still, she is suffering “unbearable” pain from a large burn on her stomach that makes it feel like it’s “on fire” — and is suffering crushing “survivor’s guilt” after learning the three others hit all died, her mom said.
Escudero-Kontostathis had a Monday meeting scheduled with a trauma counselor.
And she has also “made the connection to the other 3 wonderful people who passed,” her mom said, referring to bank VP Brooks Lambertson, 29, as well as James Mueller, 76, and Donna Mueller, 75, childhood sweethearts from Wisconsin celebrating their 56th wedding anniversary.
The three killed included James Mueller, 76, and Donna Mueller, 75, childhood sweethearts from Wisconsin celebrating their 56th wedding anniversaryFacebook/WISN 12 NEWS
“She wants to reach out to their families,” her mom said Monday. “She cares so much for others, it will be hard for her.”
Escudero-Kontostathis is also anxious about missing the start of her masters-degree course at John Hopkins at the end of this month.
Escudero said she was “beyond grateful and humbled” that friends had started a GoFundMe that as of Monday afternoon had raised more than $40,000 to help with medical costs.
“I literally fell to my knees when I saw the GoFundMe page. I truly have no words!” she said.
As Netflix struggles to keep consumers subscribed to its streaming service, its mobile games venture is looking like a flop. CNBC reported that according to app analytics company Apptopia, Netflix games have been downloaded 23.3 million times in total, and on average, there are 1.7 million daily users. This means that fewer than 1% of the streaming giant’s subscriber base — around 221 million subscribers — are interested in Netflix’s games.
Netflix told TechCrunch it doesn’t disclose the number of players. However, the Apptopia’s report can shed light on just how unpopular its gaming offering is.
In comparison, leading mobile games like Subway Surfers, Roblox and Among Us each have more than 100 million downloads, per Apptopia. Netflix has a long way to go before it can reach this level of popularity.
Netflix recently lost nearly one million subscribers, so it’s not hard to see why the company wants to invest in more games. Netflix Games launched in 2021, and currently offers more than 25 games through the Netflix mobile app. The company intends to double its catalog by the end of 2022 and release over 50 games.
While Netflix hasn’t disclosed how much it’s spending to develop its mobile game division, the company has acquired three game studios: Boss Fight Entertainment, Night School Studio and Next Games. As TechCrunch has previously reported, the Next Games acquisition cost the streamer approximately $72 million.
In July, Netflix announced three new games, including award-winning titles Into the Breach and Before Your Eyes. Its catalog also includes a variety of games connected to popular Netflix shows, like “Stranger Things,” “Queens Gambit,” “Shadow and Bone” and “Too Hot to Handle.” If Netflix continues to explore leveraging its own IP for new games, that approach could draw in more subscribers.
However, shows that have been out for a while and don’t have a solid fan base probably won’t do as well as games based on “hot” series like “Stranger Things” for example. When season four of “Stranger Things” premiered, the two Netflix games based on the show — Stranger Things: 1984 and Stranger Things 3: The Game — saw a bump in downloads, Apptopia told TechCrunch.
To play a Netflix mobile game, subscribers can find them free in the streaming app in the dedicated games row. Players are redirected to download a separate app for each game. Once downloaded, only Netflix subscribers can play the games, which are available on Android and iOS devices.
At almost 85, actress and activist Jane Fonda says it took her 70-something years to “become young”, and that feeling as good as she does now is something of a miracle.
Ahead of her new role in an animated movie, Fonda speaks exclusively with Stellar about what her late, lauded father taught her about life and regret on his deathbed, why she has never truly felt like a classic Hollywood icon, and her rubber-band trick for treating heartbreak.
You recently said, “I am younger now [at age 84] than I was in my 20s”. How do you stay young?
I don’t think that it’s true of everyone, frankly. How we are in our 20s – at least in the first part of our lives, before we understand that we can actually put an oar in the water and steer our life in a different direction, if we so choose… until I got to that point in my life, I was lost, I didn’t know what to do or who I wanted to be. I was very unhappy and I felt old and didn’t feel like I would live for very long. So to be almost 85 years old and to feel like I do now is a miracle to me. I have been very intentional in trying to … make myself a better person, make my life have more meaning. [The artist] Picasso once said, “It takes a long time to become young” and that’s sure true for me. It took 70-something years for me to become young.
When you say “become young”, what do you mean?
Young, [as in] light, not feeling a great burden on my shoulders. Learning how to be present, learning how to accept what comes, learning that we don’t have any control… something bad will happen, been there, done that and I survived. It’s much easier being older than it is being younger. It’s so hard to be young! There’s nothing but questions: “What am I supposed to do? Who am I supposed to know? Don’t give up, keep going and try to learn from all this, so when you get a little older, you can get more agency over your life.
You’ve spoken previously about not living a life of regrets. How have you influenced your decisions in Hollywood – and your life?
when my father [the late actor, Henry Fonda] was ill, it took him a long time to die. I would sit by his bedside of him. He didn’t speak much when he was young and healthy, and you don’t change when you’re on your deathbed. What I realized [was] he was going to die with regrets, when it was too late to do anything about it. It’s not the dying that I am scared of, it’s the coming to the end of life with a lot of regrets when it’s too late to do anything.
And that came to me at about the age of 60, so I thought, “All right, that means you have to live now until the end of your life in a way that will minimize the regrets and to go out feeling pretty OK about what you’ve done.” Regrets are usually about what you didn’t do … rather than the things you did. I am trying to do what I feel needs to be done before the end, right now, in my life.
You’ve been married three times and previously stated: “Part of the reason I get into a relationship with a man is that I feel he can take me down a new path”. How do you reflect on the defining relationships of your life?
Well, all of my three husbands definitely took me down paths that I probably would not have gone down had I not married them. And then, in between the marriages, I have had boyfriends that didn’t take me down any new paths, that really had nothing to teach me, and I got bored pretty fast. I feel like I needed to always be learning and growing and expanding, and my husbands have all helped me do that.
What is your advice for dealing with heartbreak?
Put a rubber band around your wrist and when you get really angry or sad, snap it. That sudden pain, it changes the neural pathways in your brain, and will help you kind of come out of it for a minute. Then, write him a letter, pour your thoughts out – but don’t send it.
Years from now, you’ll read it and be amazed at how different you are when you read it, than the time you wrote it.
Between projects, such as the 1968 movie Barbarella and Netflix series Grace and Frankie, and now your voice role in new animated film Luck, on Apple TV+, you’ve had incredible longevity and diversity in your acting career, and you’ve won two Oscars for Best Actress. What has your experience been as a woman working in Hollywood?
I’ve never felt part of Hollywood, really. I mean, I know it sounds strange to say that because my father was a movie star, Henry Fonda, but he was not really part of Hollywood. I didn’t go to Hollywood parties much. I mean he did, sometimes. It was not a life that was totally focused on glamor and Hollywood. My life has never been, either. Most of my friends are activists and not involved in Hollywood. I have plowed ahead, even when it looked like my career would be over. I just try to stay relevant, I guess.
You’re the voice of Babe, The Dragon, in Luck. What drew you to the role?
She is the president of the Kingdom of Luck, where they create luck. Human beings are not allowed there because it’s thought they’ll bring bad luck with them. It’s a story about a young girl named Sam, who is in the foster care system and who has nothing but bad luck. With the help of some of the creatures in the kingdom, she manages to get in and teaches the dragon that bad luck is really the other side of the coin of good luck, that the two go together. That good luck doesn’t mean anything without bad luck, and vice versa. It’s like, life doesn’t have meaning without death.
The climate crisis is the main subject of your activism, as founder of the Jane Fonda Climate PAC (Political Action Committee). What is your message to lawmakers – in the US and globally – about the state of the environment?
I have to say, the people of Australia understand the climate crisis better than most. I mean, boy, you just can’t catch a break with the fires and flooding. We have to look at what the scientists say. We have to cut our fossil fuel emissions – the pollution that happens when we
burn coal and gas – in half by 2030. In the US, that’s four election cycles. That’s a very short period of time. It’s a massive challenge that requires not just laws and policies to be passed, but a new way of thinking. Think about nature differently, think about our responsibility – this is particularly true in the United States, stop thinking about me, me, me. It’s pretty scary and we don’t have a lot of time. We have to do everything we can, all of us.
Raiders coach Ricky Stuart will reportedly be suspended for one game and slapped with a $20,000 fine for his “weak-gutted dog” spray directed towards Panthers player Jaeman Salmon.
Stuart produced the stunning comments after the Raiders’ loss to the Panthers on Saturday. It was triggered by Salmon kicking Raiders hooker Tom Starling during the game.
“I have had history with that kid (Salmon). I know that kid very well,” he said.
“He was a weak gutted dog as a kid and he hasn’t changed now. He is a weak gutted dog person now.”
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news corp Journalist Phil Rothfield reported on NRL 360 that Stuart will likely be stood down from coaching the Raiders’ clash with the Dragons on Sunday.
“I spoke to them (the NRL) about 15 minutes ago and Ricky Stuart will not be coaching the Canberra Raiders this weekend,” Rothfield said.
“In the next 24 hours they will announce, the NRL, a one-week suspension and a $20,000 fine.”
NRL 360 co-host Paul Kent revealed Stuart had spoken to Jason King at the Integrity Unit and revealed the “personal” story behind the attack on Salmon.
“I rang the NRL today, they are aware of it and they will put their investigation together and such is the personal nature of this investigation there will be things that will not be going into the written report,” he said.
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“King will speak to (Andrew) Abdo, disclose some of what’s happened, but out of respect for the personal nature of what it actually is about, it will be kept out of the written submission.
“Whether that damages Ricky in his overall fight to not get suspended, I don’t know. When I asked him about that he was prepared to live with the consequences of that.”
Rothfield confirmed that the NRL is “aware” of “all the personal details” and while Stuart has not revealed anything publicly, he “did tell the Integrity Unit every single detail.”
Rothfield added: “This is something that’s been boiling away at him for over a decade and he hasn’t been able to have closure on it. It’s his own kids from him… I’m not defending him but I’m trying to give context on what triggered what happened.
Kent, who had also heard about Stuart’s looming one-game suspension, slammed the NRL for entertaining a suspension when the investigation had not yet completed.
“The investigation is not even over yet and you’re saying — and I’ve heard the same — one game for Ricky,” he said.
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“I’ve got no problem with them fining him, but to suspend him for this… (News Corp journalist) Dave Riccio was speaking on radio saying how the NRL has come out and basically for some time now has been saying coaches aren’t ‘t paying enough attention to the ends, we might need to start suspending them.
“That’s in one area, then in the second area we’ve got all these people saying this is well-beyond what anyone else has done so he needs to be suspended. The two things don’t actually correlate, yet people are marrying it up together to give him one game.
“It looks like a Kangaroo court the fact that the disciplinary hearing is not even over and we’ve all heard he’s going to get a game — it’s not even over yet.”
Paul Kent said the NRL ”knows the truth” and
“It’s not a good look and I accept that but it’s not about whether it is right or wrong.
“To suspend a game for that
“Any person that gets hung out for defending their family, and I get its the wrong ga
“The NRL should sit there and says it’s not a personal matter
However, news corp journalist Michael Carayannis believes the ban is “fair.”
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“I would have much rathered if Ricky confronted Jaeman after the game in the sheds and sprayed him one-on-one… but you can’t be doing that in public. He essentially slandered him — he can’t be unpunished,” Caryannis said.
“I think the one-game suspension is fair. You can’t be doing that.”
Kent said the NRL “knows the truth” behind Stuart’s reaction and reiterated that the issue for him is the suspension.
Caryannis responded by asking “what’s the deterrent then?”
Meanwhile, Rothfield revealed that Stuart will be the first coach to cop a one-game suspension.
“It’s never ever happened before in the game,” he said.
Watching five-year-old Arlo Brigg bouncing around her central Queensland home, it’s hard to believe this little girl survived a stroke.
Four months ago, the bright, energetic child was playing with her sister one Saturday morning when her mum, Ange, noticed something wasn’t right.
“[Her sister] Banks did something to make her giggle, and that’s when I noticed a really slight drop in her face,” Ms Brigg said.
“I initially said to [my husband] Clay: ‘Do you think she’s having a stroke?'”
Trusting her instincts, she called an ambulance and the emergency doctor at Rockhampton Hospital told the family it was likely to be Bell’s palsy.
Ms Brigg says doctors in Rockhampton told them Arlo had Bell’s palsy.(Supplied: Ange Brigg)
Bell’s palsy is a sudden weakness or paralysis in one side of the face and is caused by inflammation or damage to nerves, according to the federal Health Direct website.
Ms Brigg, worried then-four-year-old Arlo had been misdiagnosed, pushed for scans but said that staff told her it was “very rare for children to experience a stroke.”
“[Arlo] went to say something to me and I couldn’t recognize her speech,” Ms Brigg said.
“I again said: ‘Is she having a stroke?’ And they said, ‘No, it can’t be a stroke, but we’re going to do the CT scan just to be sure’.”
Arlo’s parents said they were told the CT scan, taken about 1pm Saturday, found “no unusual signs of any sort of brain activity” and “came back as looking normal.”
The Royal Flying Doctor Service flew Arlo from Rockhampton to Brisbane. (Supplied: Ange Brigg)
But the following morning at the hospital, when Mr Brigg went to dress Arlo, he found his little girl paralyzed down the right side of her body.
“The doctors came in at 8 o’clock, examined her and went back [to the CT scan from Saturday] and they saw something,” he said.
Arlo was diagnosed with an ischaemic stroke, meaning it was caused by a blood clot.
Ange and Clay Brigg say the care Arlo received in Brisbane was outstanding.(Supplied: Ange Brigg)
She spent 38 days at the Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane regaining her strength and learning how to walk and talk again.
“Arlo [did] intensive-style therapy daily — one hour of speech, one hour of occupational therapy and one hour of physiotherapy a day,” Ms Brigg said.
“Some days were harder than others. The level of care that we got in Brisbane from the rehab team, the nurses, the neuro team, was just outstanding.”
Arlo lost all strength in the right side of her body.(Supplied: Ange Brigg)
Stroke happens in children
Lisa Murphy, acting chief executive of the Stroke Foundation, said about 600 Australian children had a stroke every year.
“Stroke can happen in children; it’s not just a thing that happens in older Australians,” Dr Murphy said.
Facial droop, one-sided paralysis, seizures, headaches, nausea and slurred speech are some of the most common symptoms.
Like Arlo, these symptoms can come and go before the person noticeably deteriorates.
“Stroke is always an emergency, so always call triple-0, don’t go to your GP, don’t go to bed and sleep it off, call an ambulance,” Dr Murphy said.
Arlo spent 38 days at the Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane.(Supplied: Ange Brigg)
amazing rehabilitation
Four months on, Arlo’s rehabilitation has moved ahead in “leaps and bounds.”
“When I first met her, she couldn’t stand on [her right] leg and balance,” physiotherapist Johanna Scully said.
“Now, she’s able to stand on that leg, balance and do an activity with the other foot. So yeah, lots of big gains.”
Arlo attends therapy at All Sorts Developmental, which provides pediatric services in Rockhampton, Yeppoon and Mackay.
“It’s always tricky for those families, especially when they’ve got a kid that’s tracking quite well and then this massive medical incident occurs,” Ms Scully said.
“It is a long-term journey for her and things will change over time.”
Johanna Scully is one of Arlo’s physiotherapists in central Queensland.(ABC Capricorn: Erin Semmler)
But Ms Scully said children in rural and regional areas often missed out on the level of support readily available in cities.
The Children’s Hospital supports the provider via telehealth and sends equipment.
“It is really important [regional communities] have access to that; we just have to be creative in how we go about things,” Ms Scully said.
“These families have lives here, they can’t just pick up and move to Brisbane.”
Arlo’s progress in rehabilitation has astounded everyone.(ABC Capricorn: Erin Semmler)
Bounding towards a full recovery
The Briggs said Arlo’s stroke was “the biggest scare” and brought new highs and lows.
“As a family, we have to work as a team more than ever… we always keep the mindset too that Arlo was able to walk out of the hospital,” Ms Brigg said.
“Life could have been a lot worse for us and a lot different.”
Ange and Clay say Arlo’s strength and resilience has amazed them.(ABC Capricorn: Erin Semmler)
They said watching Arlo improve had helped everyone cope.
“Seeing her now running and jumping, moving her arm and picking things up with her fingers on that right-hand side is really great,” Ms Brigg said.
“Her speech and comprehension is fantastic.”
Arlo has transitioned back to kindy and is excited to start prep next year.
“We’re pretty confident that Arlo’s going to make a full recovery,” Ms Brigg said.
Now 5, Arlo has returned to kindy a couple of days a week.(Supplied: Ange Brigg)
A message to parents
The Briggs warned other parents to know the signs of stroke.
“Go with your gut, you know your kids better than anyone else, and stroke does happen in children, unfortunately,” Ms Brigg said.
“But also, children being so young and resilient, you can see how determined they are to get back to their normal self.”
Arlo’s little sister Banks has helped her stay positive through her recovery.(ABC Capricorn: Erin Semmler)
Thushan Malawana, Rockhampton Hospital emergency department clinical director, said she could not comment on an individual’s treatment due to patient privacy.
“I can assure community members that Rockhampton emergency department staff are trained and resourced to diagnose and treat strokes,” she said.
“Strokes in children are extremely rare and diagnosing conditions in small children can be very challenging.
“In cases such as this, our team liaises closely with pediatric neurological specialists at the Queensland Children’s Hospital to assist with highly specialized guidance.”
Stroke survivors and their families can find support via the Stroke Line on 1800 787 653, via Our Family Stroke Journey or Little Stroke Warriors.
Former President Donald Trump appears to have flushed ripped-up government documents down the toilet after all, new photos revealed on Monday.
New York Times’ reporter Maggie Haberman obtained the document dump photos for “Confidence Man,” her forthcoming book on the Trump White House.
Despite Trump’s denials, the photos show scraps of paper in two toilet bowls with his distinctive handwriting on them.
Former President Donald Trump arrives to deliver the final remarks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (Shafkat Anowar/AP)
“Some (Trump) aides were aware of the habit, which he engaged in repeatedly,” Haberman told Axios, which published the incriminating potty pics. “It was an extension of Trump’s term-long habit of ripping up documents that were supposed to be preserved.”
According to the report, one of the photos is of a toilet in the White House while another is from a foreign trip.
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It’s impossible to tell the subject of the destroyed documents. But the name “Stefanik,” apparently a reference to upstate Rep. Elise Stefanik (RN.Y.), is legible on one piece of paper.
Trump derived the new report through his spokesman, Tyler Budowich.
“You have to be pretty desperate to sell books if pictures of paper in a toilet bowl is part of your promotional plan,” said Budowich.
The twice-impeached president was notorious for ripping up documents in his frequent rages, forcing aides to collect scraps that later had to be taped back together and submitted to the National Archives.
Trump also took several boxes stuffed with records, including papers marked “CLASSIFIED” with him to his Florida estate when he left the White House on Jan. 20, 2021.
The actions could violate the Presidential Records Act, which says that such records are government property and must be preserved.
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