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Why Atlassian is now one of the world’s most expensive tech stocks

It reaches the $US763.7 million free cashflow figure by taking net cash provided by operating activities of $US883.5 million and subtracting capital expenditure on property and equipment of $US70.6 million, alongside payments of lease obligations of $US49.1 million.

As an unofficial accounting method, Atlassian’s free cashflow also excludes other relatively minor expenses booked through its cashflow statement such as investment purchases, purchases of intangible assets, interest paid, and payment of deferred consideration.

Still, it’s correct to say that Atlassian is positive cashflow and not really losing money.

Non-cash expenses

However, the lion’s share of the discrepancy between the accounting loss and free cashflow generation is explained by about $US1.1 billion in non-cash expenses.

Free cashflow excludes $US707.1 million in share-based payment expenses accrued over the year and $US434.3 million in writedowns to the fair value of debt for equity notes.

How investors should treat share-based compensation is a divisive topic.

For Atlassian, paying your staff $US707.1 million in shares to save on cash makes a hell of a lot of sense. It also works perfectly when the market ignores the dilution, as well-paid, aligned staff grow the business and investors bid the stock higher in response.

As the shares rise the company can issue them with less dilution and save more cash on salaries amid a battle to recruit the best tech talent.

However, this trick only works effectively on the assumption your shares maintain an upward trajectory over the long term.

In theory, if Atlassian faced competition and the share price tanked its staff may demand cash instead of shares meaning its free cashflow could turn negative.

It also has goodwill on its balance sheet of $US732.6 million making up about 22 per cent of total assets of $US3.4 billion. Excess goodwill is often a sign a company needs to write down the value of its acquisitions. It has taken advantage of its richly valued scrip to make at least 18 acquisitions including Trello for $US425 million, with amortization expense on acquired intangible assets also backed out of its free cashflow figure at $US32.4 million.

Over the financial year, it also repaid $US1.55 billion in debt in exchangeable senior notes and took on another $US1 billion of bank debt.

The operating cashflow of $US883.5 million and $US1 billion of new bank debt helping available cash to actually finish up $459.4 million for the year to $US1.4 billion.

So for tech investors, Atlassian ticks the boxes.

It’s founder-led, growing quickly, generates plenty of recurring sales on high software margins, and boasts a decent balance sheet. But the jury is out on valuation.

At $US268.59 it trades on 22.5 times annualized sales and 89 times Atlassian’s definition of free cashflow in financial 2022. This means today’s buyers must rely on very strong compound growth rates over the next decade to earn a return, with the market darling likely to remain volatile given its remuneration model.

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How to View and Delete YouTube Watch History [2022]

With each passing day, users become more privacy-conscious. A large part of our lives is now spent online, so privacy has become a major concern. Our data is subject to algorithms that serve personalized ads and recommendations. For this reason, most of us are looking for ways to minimize our online footprint. Big brands like Apple and Google have already taken steps to protect user privacy. But users can also take various measures to preserve their online privacy, for example, with these Chrome extensions.

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Other well-known methods include managing your personal data on Google, Facebook, and voice assistants. But, other websites record and share your data with these giants. Google-owned YouTube also stores users’ activities on its platform. YouTube keeps a history of your comments, likes, searches, and most recently viewed videos. But did you know that you can view and delete your YouTube watch and search history? Here you’ll learn how to view, pause and delete your YouTube watch history with a few simple steps.

Why Does YouTube Save Watch History?

YouTube is essentially a content discovery platform. Therefore, it depends on algorithms to curate and recommend content to its customers (ie, viewers). YouTube maintains a catalog of videos that users watch, allowing it to suggest relevant content that engages users with the platform.

Therefore, viewing history and some other metrics help YouTube target videos and ads to viewers. Disabling or deleting YouTube watch history can affect the quality of recommendations. On the positive side, this can also reduce targeted advertising.

How To View and Delete YouTube Watch History

You can use the Watch History feature to find a recently watched video that you want to watch again. YouTube provides a dedicated search button that lets you quickly search for videos in your watch history. You can delete your YouTube watch history if you want. Users can view and delete YouTube watch history from the mobile app or YouTube website.

How to View and Clear Youtube Watch History using Android App

To view and delete selected videos from your YouTube watch history:

1. Sign into the YouTube app or select your Google account.

2.click Library

3. Here, you can find your YouTube watch history. Click the search icon to search for a specific video.

The red line above the thumbnails indicates the length of the video you are watching. Swipe left and click REMOVE to remove a single video from watch history.

Alternatively, you can also follow these steps if you want to delete or clear your YouTube watch history completely:

1. Click your profile icon on the YouTube home screen.

2.click Settings.

3.Select History and Privacy.

4.Select Clear watch history.

5.click CLEAR WATCH HISTORY.

You have now successfully deleted your YouTube watch history.

How to View and Delete Youtube Watch History Using YouTube Website

If you prefer the YouTube website to the app, you can view your YouTube Watch history through the website client:

1. Sign in to your Google account.

2. Click the hamburger menu at the top right.

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3.Select History.

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4. Use the search bar to search for a specific video.

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To delete a single recently watched video, hover your cursor over the video card, and click on the X icon that appears.

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Follow these steps if you want to clear your YouTube watch history completely:

1. Click on the CLEAR ALL WATCH HISTORY button.

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2.Select CLEAR WATCH HISTORY.

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You have successfully deleted or cleared your YouTube watch history. YouTube continues to record any new videos you watch in the Watch History. It can become tedious to repeat this process regularly. Fortunately, Google provides an auto-delete feature.

How to Auto-delete YouTube Watch History

YouTube’s auto-delete feature periodically deletes your watching history. This means that while your watch history is available for short-term access, it doesn’t remain for eternity.

Attention:

Performing this step will also delete other aspects of your YouTube history, such as search history.

To set up an auto-delete for YouTube watch history,

1. Go to Google’s MyActivity page.

2.Select YouTube History.

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3. Scroll to the auto-delete section. By default, auto delete is off.

4.Click on Choose an auto-delete option.

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5. Click on the first radio button.

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6. Select the drop-down box to specify how often you want your YouTube history to be cleared.

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7.click Next.

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8.Select confirm

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9.click okay.

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Your YouTube history will now be automatically deleted on a regular basis, depending on the duration you choose.

How to Pause YouTube Watch History

The Pause watch history option is best used when you don’t want any watch history to be recorded. As the name suggests, this feature pauses your YouTube history and doesn’t record new videos you watch. The video and channel recommendations don’t become less accurate when you enable this feature.

How to Pause YouTube watch History on Android

1. Click on your profile icon.

2.Select Settings.

3. Go to History and Privacy.

4. Toggle the Pause watch history button.

5.Select PAUSE.

Your watch history will now stop being recorded. Toggle the button again and click TURN-ON to pause your watch history.

How to Pause YouTube watch History on YouTube Website

1. Click on the three-lined hamburger menu.

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2.Select History.

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3.Select PAUSE WATCH HISTORY.

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4.Click on PAUSE.

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YouTube won’t keep track of your watch history anymore. Therefore, this feature eliminates the need to clear your watch history. But the pause watch history feature has its drawbacks, as mentioned earlier.

We hope this guide helped you to manage your YouTube watch history. Please let us know in the comments if you were able to view and delete your YouTube watch history.

FAQs on Viewing and Deleting Watch History on YouTube

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YouTube recently launched Shorts on its platform. YouTube Shorts are short-form videos that are less than a minute in length. You don’t require a separate app or website to view them. Similarly, you can find a history of your recently viewed YouTube Shorts in the same place where the rest of your YouTube watch history is available.

When new accounts are created, or YouTube history is activated for the first time, auto-delete will be set to 36 months by default. These defaults can be changed in the user’s settings so that auto-delete is deactivated or the time frame is set to three months.

And it is. For accounts created after 2020, YouTube automatically deletes the watch history after 36 months (3 years). Users can change this timeframe from their settings and can even pause or disable YouTube watch history altogether if they so desire.

Your YouTube viewing history will be updated when you are logged into your Google account. It is not public information and can only be viewed by someone with access to your Google account.

No. Your personal library of content and/or watch history on YouTube is private to your account and won’t be shared with your family manager or other family group members. They can only view any extra subscriptions and purchased packages, not YouTube watch history or search history.

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Renee Zellweger speaks out against ‘anti-aging’ beauty products

Renée Zellweger defended natural aging in a new interview with The Sunday Times this week.

The 53-year-old two-time Academy Award–winner shared that she had had a revelation after turning 50 a few years ago.

In her interview, she criticized ‘anti-aging’ cosmetic products for messages to consumers ‘telling us we don’t need to look our real age.’

Like a fine wine: Renée Zellweger, 53, noted that she was happier in her 50s than her 20s as she spoke out against anti-aging products to The Sunday Times;  seen in March in Hollywood

Like a fine wine: Renée Zellweger, 53, noted that she was happier in her 50s than her 20s as she spoke out against anti-aging products to The Sunday Times; seen in March in Hollywood

Zellweger may have shocked some readers when she admitted that she couldn’t wait to turn 50, which she saw as an improvement over her 20s.

‘Turning 50 felt like a whole new beginning without the nonsense, the point where you can stop listening to all those voices in your head and all those expectations and projections people have of you and become more authentically yourself,’ she admitted.

‘Like, good luck all you suckers out there because you’ve got to survive a lot to get to my age, and I’ve earned my power and voice.’

But the conversation turned to the actress’ appearance, particularly circa the mid-2010s, when she was rumored to have had cosmetic surgery that changed the appearance of her famously squinty eyes.

Bad message: 'You're saying I'm not valuable any more because I'm 53?  Is that what you're saying?'  she complained of anti-aging cosmetics;  Still from Chicago (2003)

Bad message: ‘You’re saying I’m not valuable any more because I’m 53? Is that what you’re saying?’ she complained of anti-aging cosmetics; Still from Chicago (2003)

In a Huffington Post op-ed from 2016, she appeared to deny having had surgery to change the appearance of her eyes, though the wording was vague enough to leave some wiggle room.

But now Zellweger is fed up with cosmetic products that are advertised in a manner to convince people that they need to look younger than their true age.

‘All those ads telling us we don’t need to look our real age if we just buy all their creams and their fixes and all that garbage they want to sell us?’ she mused to The Sunday Times. ‘I’m like, what, you’re saying I’m not valuable any more because I’m 53? Is that what you’re saying? There is a big difference between being your absolute best, most vibrant self and wanting to be what you’re not.

‘To be vibrant and beautiful you must embrace your age, otherwise you are living apologetically and to me that’s not beautiful at all,’ she added.

Going with the flow: 'To be vibrant and beautiful you must embrace your age, otherwise you are living apologetically and to me that¿s not beautiful at all,' she added;  seen in March

Going with the flow: ‘To be vibrant and beautiful you must embrace your age, otherwise you are living apologetically and to me that’s not beautiful at all,’ she added; seen in March

changes?  In the mid-2010s, Zellweger was rumored to have gotten surgery to change the appearance of her eyes, which she denied in a Huffington Post op-ed from 2016;  seen in 2014

changes? In the mid-2010s, Zellweger was rumored to have gotten surgery to change the appearance of her eyes, which she denied in a Huffington Post op-ed from 2016; seen in 2014

Whether or not The Jerry Maguire star made changes to her appearance years ago, she has returned to her more recognizable look since then and had renewed critical and commercial success after winning her second Academy Award for her Judy Garland biopic Judy.

Elsewhere in her interview, Zellweger opened up about a six-year stint starting in 2010 when she stepped away from Hollywood.

‘I guess I reached a point where I had to play a different game,’ she explained. ‘I don’t know if it was because it was a heightened experience for me being a woman of that age or because back then cinema was so culturally important, the center, in a way, of everyone’s consciousness. But it felt pretty chaotic.’

The actress, who has lately been dating British TV presenter Ant Anstead, mentioned that she tries to steer clear of the public’s interest in their relationship.

Something new: Elsewhere in her interview, Zellweger opened up about a six-year stint starting in 2010 when she stepped away from Hollywood.  'I guess I reached a point where I had to play a different game,' she explained;  seen in March

Something new: Elsewhere in her interview, Zellweger opened up about a six-year stint starting in 2010 when she stepped away from Hollywood. ‘I guess I reached a point where I had to play a different game,’ she explained; seen in March

‘I don’t pay much attention to any of that,’ she said of her boyfriend’s occasional gushing Instagram photos featuring her.

She added that she stays off social media herself.

‘I don’t think it would be a good thing for me, you know?’ she continued. ‘I have a list of things I like to get done every day. One of them is to text or call my mom. Another is to study language online. If I had this compulsion to check my phone every day, well, that feels scary. I’d rather be out hiking with my dogs, Chester and Ellie.’

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Joohyung ‘Tom’ Kim gaining Presidents Cup traction with Wyndham win

GREENSBORO, NC – Joohyung “Tom” Kim was playing a practice round with Si Woo Kim on Wednesday at St. Andrews before The 150th Open Championship last month when he realized Trevor Immelman was following them.

The 20-year-old was nervous. He’d watched the Presidents Cup ever since his father, a golf pro from Korea, had first put a club in his hands at age 5. He knew Immelman was this year’s International captain, and he’d love nothing more than to play for him in next month’s matches at Quail Hollow.

“It was actually pretty nerve wracking for me for him to walk a couple holes,” Kim said with a grin. “Obviously you don’t want to shank one in front of your future captain, potentially.”

Not to worry. Kim recalls hitting the ball well during that practice round. And besides, Immelman had the young man who won the Wyndham Championship on Sunday on his radar long before that day.

One of his close friends, renowned teaching pro Claude Harmon III, had texted Immelman to tell him about the affable young man who is known as Tom because he loved the TV show “Thomas the Tank Engine” growing up. Seems Harmon had been out with one of his students who played with Kim, and he came away impressed.

“You’ve got to check this kid out,” Harmon told Immelman. “And so, from that moment on I started paying attention, because Claude is not only a great friend, but he’s somebody who’s been around the game his whole life. So, I trust his eye when it comes to spotting talent.

Kim did not disappoint. He finished third at the Genesis Scottish Open and seventh at last week’s Rocket Mortgage Classic before completing an improbable run from a quadruple bogey on his first hole at Sedgefield Country Club to his first PGA TOUR victory on Sunday.

“Isn’t it nuts?” Immelman said. “It’s crazy to even think about the fact that John Huh shoots 61 on Thursday morning and Tom starts his round with the quad. So he’s 14 behind after his first hole. … It just goes to show how brilliantly he’s played.”

“Hopefully, this gives me a close chance to make that team,” grinned the effervescent Kim, who moved to No. 34 in the FedExCup and 21st in the world.

Could be. Immelman was in the broadcast booth for GOLF Channel on Sunday, and he liked what he saw before he had to get on the road to Charlotte to catch a flight home to Orlando. Not only was Kim playing well, but Sungjae Im, a mainstay of International Teams past who ranks third in the standings, was in the mix as well, eventually finishing tied for a second.

Im, for his part, was also impressed by Kim’s performance.

“He’s a great kid and to come out here and to win on TOUR as a non-member and secure your card is really not an easy task, and he achieved that,” he said through an interpreter. “I’m really proud of him.”

Immelman said he’s enjoyed getting to know Kim, who has lived in Korea, Australia, China, the Philippines and Thailand, and speaks three languages. The two texts frequently, including on Saturday night, just as Immelman does with about 25 prospective International Team members as he tries to build a cohesive unit to take on the Americans Sept. 22-25 in Charlotte.

“He’s having a blast,” Immelman said. “He really is. He loves being out on the PGA TOUR. He told me it’s everything that he always dreamed of. He always wanted to play on the PGA TOUR, and everything is still new and fresh to him.

“And in a lot of ways, it’s kind of like he’s having to pinch himself. … He’s got this enthusiasm that is palpable.”

Immelman calls Kim, who became fully exempt on TOUR with Sunday’s victory, the “real deal.” And he sees a long future for Kim – who thrived on the support of the fans at Sedgefield yelling “Let’s go, Tom” – in the Presidents Cup.

“I’ll use Adam Scott as a role model, who in all likelihood will make our team as well and play his 10th Presidents Cup,” Immelman said. “He’s just turned 42. So, he can use Adam Scott as a role model and, and say to himself, man, I could be playing in the Presidents Cup for the next two decades.

“And by the end of it, in the next 10 years, he has an opportunity to even be one of the leaders of the team and in all likelihood he will be. So, it’s extremely exciting for me. I go back to the squad mentality of not just for this Presidents Cup, but for Royal Montreal and for Chicago and back to Royal Melbourne.

“The future is bright for us because we have all of this talent coming through from all around the world.”

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Department of Veterans’ Affairs ‘cruel and inhumane’, widow of ex-serviceman says

A woman whose husband took his own life after a decade of serving in the Air Force has described the Department of Veterans’ Affairs as “cruel” and “inhumane”.

Madonna Paul’s husband Michael died in 2004 after struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mental health issues.

Ms Paul told the Hobart sitting of the Royal Commission into Defense and Veteran Suicide that early in their marriage, Mr Paul was a “really easy-going guy” who “just loved life”.

She said his behavior changed after raising concerns with his superiors at the Swartz Barracks in Queensland about the safety of Nomad Aircraft, which had been nicknamed “Widowmaker”.

“Eventually he was called in and was told to shut up … do your job,” she said.

In 1991, one of the Nomad Aircraft crashed, killing all four crew members — an incident his wife said would change his life forever.

Ms Paul told the commission she was not aware of any debriefing or any critical incident discussions being offered in the wake of the crash.

“He would come home from work and sit in the dark,” she said.

“His moods became very erratic, there was some aggression.”

Eventually, the couple was offered a social worker at the Air Force Base in Townsville.

“And I never got to meet her, but Michael did. And he told me that she had said that we just have marriage problems,” Ms Paul said.

“I was just shocked because I knew that before. And I never did. I’d never met her. So she’d made a call without talking to me.

“I commenced marriage counselling, thinking that was the issue, that obviously somebody’s told him that’s the issue, but it wasn’t.”

Light aircraft trip in storm triggered ‘complete breakdown’

The commission heard that after being discharged from the Australian Army in 1994, Mr Paul was “relaxed for a bit” before having a “complete breakdown”.

“He was on his first light aircraft trip … when they hit a storm,” Ms Paul said.

“He called me when they landed and told me what had happened, and he was crying. And he said, ‘I can’t do this. I can’t get on these aircraft and keep doing this’.'”

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One dead, three wounded in shooting on Pittsburgh’s North Shore

UPDATE: Pittsburgh Public Safety says one victim has died at the hospital from wounds he sustained during an apparent shooting on Sunday evening along Brighton Place on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. At least four people were hospitalized after an apparent shooting incident along the 1500 block of Brighton Place in Pittsburgh’s California-Kirkbride neighborhood.Pittsburgh Public Safety says one of the victims was transported in critical condition, another in serious condition, a third in stable condition and a fourth victim suffered a graze wound.Allegheny County 9-1-1 dispatch confirms a call came in just before 10:00 pm Sunday evening. This is a developing story. Stay with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 for updates. Download the WTAE mobile app to stay connected with breaking news.

UPDATE: Pittsburgh Public Safety says one victim has died at the hospital from wounds he sustained during an apparent shooting on Sunday evening along Brighton Place on Pittsburgh’s North Shore.


At least four people were hospitalized after an apparent shooting incident along the 1500 block of Brighton Place in Pittsburgh’s California-Kirkbride neighborhood.

Pittsburgh Public Safety says one of the victims was transported in critical condition, another in serious condition, a third in stable condition and a fourth victim suffered a graze wound.

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Allegheny County 9-1-1 dispatch confirms a call came in just before 10:00 pm Sunday evening.

This is a developing story. Stay with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 for updates. Download the WTAE mobile app to stay connected with breaking news.

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LG’s T90 earbuds come with Dolby Head Tracking technology

LG has launched its Tone Free wireless earbud lineup for 2022, and the new flagship model comes with built-in equalizer and support for Dolby’s Head Tracking technology. Similar to Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Pro, which also has Dolby’s 360 audio feature, the T90 has the capability to recalibrate sounds as you move your head to make it appear as if they’re truly coming from all around you. LG says the T90s are also the first earbuds to feature an audio virtualizer that Dolby designed for the form factor in order to expand its “spatial dimensionality” for a more immersive experience.

The company’s other new Tone Free model is its first fitness-focused earbuds called the Tone Free Fit or TF8, which were designed with a secure fit to keep them in place so they don’t fall out in the middle of workout sessions. This model can last for up to 10 hours without its hybrid Active Noise Cancellation switched on, while the T90 can last for up to nine hours so long as its adaptive ANC is not in use.

Both models’ charging cases come with a feature that kills 99.9 percent of bacteria on the earbuds using UV-C light. Plus, the T90’s charging case doubles as a Bluetooth transmitter that lets you add wireless connectivity to source devices that don’t it. If you have sensitive skin or get an allergic reaction to most earbuds, it’s worth noting that the T90s have medical-grade, hypoallergenic ear gels, as well.

LG Tone Free T90

LG Tone Free T90

LG has yet to reveal how much the new earbuds cost, but they will be available in the US starting in September.

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Olivia Frazer and Jackson Lonie announce shock split

Married At First Sight stars Olivia Frazer and Jackson Lonie have announced they have split after 10 months together.

The couple shared the news in a joint Instagram post on Monday, stating they plan to stay friends and have nothing but “respect for one another.”

“After a wonderful 10 months together we have decided to go our separate ways,” the post began.

“There has always been a lot of love in our relationship and there will continue to be as we transition into a friendship.

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“We have nothing but love and respect for one another, and no one is to blame for the end of this relationship. Simply a case of ‘almost perfect’.

“We hope you all can please show compassion as we navigate this privately. Love, Liv & Jack xx.”

The couple gave no reason as to why they ended their relationship in the post.

Olivia and Jackson met on MAFSand their romance appeared to be going from strength to strength after leaving the experiment.

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However, they were hit with drama only recently, after it was revealed that Jackson had kissed another woman on a night out two months ago.

Jackson, 31, later released a video on Instagram alongside Liv, saying he had “f—ed up” when he kissed TikTok star Han Hughes at a bar in Melbourne.

Married at First Sight Jackson Lonie kissing Hannah Hughes in Melbourne
Jackson and Olivia met during the most recent season of MAFS. (Nine)

In the same video, the Olivia and Jackson confirmed they were going to stay together.

“Just taking a second to jump on here to address what happened last weekend,” Jackson said at the time.

“It’s s–t, I f–ked up. All the negativity we’d been getting, the way I’d kind of been dealing with it is to get blackout drunk – which don’t get me wrong, isn’t don’t excuse me.

Jackson Lonie Kiss Han Hughes
The couple were hit with drama earlier this year, when Jackson kissed TikTok star Han Hughes. (tiktok)

“It’s not acceptable, It’s not the person I want to be. It’s not who I am.”

Jackson admitted he knew he has an issue and was trying to fix it.

“I am seeking help to try and figure out new ways to combat my emotions and how to deal with this negativity,” he continued.

READMORE: Inside Jackson’s sweet surprise for Olivia as she returns home

“It has been s–t, but I’m lucky to have Liv by my side and she has been nothing but an angel throughout it all.”

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The couple confirmed they were staying together in a video. (instagram)

Olivia smiled and said, “Aww, that’s nice…”

“We’re staying together. We’ve got a lot of healing to do, but ultimately, we love each other and it’s not worth throwing it away.”

More recently, Olivia went away to Europe on a trip without Jackson for a month, but made their romance work through a long distance.

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McLaughlin: Nashville one of the most fun races of my career

Scott McLaughlin

Scott McLaughlin says the Nashville IndyCar race is a top three in his career in terms of enjoyment, despite not winning.

McLaughlin was arguably the class of the field in a crazy 80-lapper on the streets of Music City, where he finished in second place at just a tenth of a second behind Scott Dixon.

The Team Penske driver led early from pole position before an unfortunately timed Caution just as the first pit stop cycle was starting, and a poor second pit stop dropped him all the way back to 15th.

However, when Kyle Kirkwood got aggressive and mixed up the pack, McLaughlin regained five positions in just the lap following the restart from the Caution period during which said second stop took place.

From there, he continued to pick his way through the field, profiting often when the race went green again after full course yellows, which happened eight times.

He had just over a lap to try and pass Dixon for victory when action resumed again after that last Caution, which went red flag for just over 10 minutes, but came up 0.1067s short.

“We popped out 16th, and, yeah, I was just pissed off, so I just dropped the hammer,” he recounted of the restart after the second stop.

“I felt like the seas parted, man, on the restart, and I passed all these cars.

“Jeez, I was quickly in eighth, and then there was another restart, and I passed two more, and another restart, passed a couple of more; ‘Crap, we could have a go here.’

“Passed one guy on the last one, and I’m, like, ‘Come on, Scotty, let’s go.’

“Honestly, like that was probably – even though it didn’t work out in my favor – one of the most fun races of my career with one of the best race cars I’ve ever had.

“Our car was so good, I had so much fun…

“The Cautions and stuff were a bit inconsistent for all the driving; you know, you get into a rhythm and then you stop and then you have to restart again…

“But, to battle one-on-one with Scottie [Dixon] right there…

“Like, Texas last year [when Dixon won and McLaughlin was runner-up], I didn’t really battle with him; I just wanted to bring it home [in] second.

“Today, I had a full go with him and it was awesome.

“That was probably one of the top three best things in my career today, that race.”

McLaughlin remains seventh in the series standings at a reduced, 58-point margin relative to team-mate Will Power, who clung on to top spot despite gearbox problems which saw him struggle to 11th in Nashville.

Power’s nearest rival is now none other than Dixon, at six points in arrears with three events to go.

Highlighting how manic the latest race was, the Chip Ganassi Racing driver qualified 14th and was 20th when he had to pit after being caught up in a concertina incident which triggered the third Caution of the afternoon.

Now, from an unlikely position weeks ago, Dixon is a strong chance to clinch a seventh IndyCar title this year.

The season continues at Gateway Motorsports Park, on August 19-20 (local time).

Every IndyCar race is streamed live and ad-free on Stan Sport.

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Perth storms: Homeowners facing massive waits for repair work on damaged houses

Homeowners trying to get storm-damaged properties repaired face massive waits as tradies are nearly impossible to hire.

The well-documented skills and supply shortages blighting the State have left people hoping to fix their houses wondering where to turn.

One roofing company said it had been inundated with 60 phone calls a day last week, while another said it was already booked out until next year.

The savage storms knocked out power to Perth Airport as well as 35,000 homes and wreaked havoc across Perth and the south-west last week, leaving a trail of damaged properties in their wake.

It’s not just homes that are affected. Canning Mosque in Queens Park was severely damaged during the storm when a large tree was uprooted and smashed into the prayer hall.

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