Canberra Airport has been evacuated and a man arrested after gunshots were heard in the check-in concourse on Sunday afternoon.
ACT Policing confirmed they were called to the airport about 1.30pm following reports of gunshots in the main terminal building. They said one person was taken into custody and a firearm was recovered. No injuries were reported.
Police say CCTV has been reviewed and the person in custody is believed to be the only person responsible for the incident.
A video from the airport shows police detaining a man as travelers look on from other sections of the terminal.
Traveler Alison, who preferred not to give her surname, said she had just put her bags into the security check when the incident occurred.
“We were in security and heard the first gunshots. I turned around and there was a man standing with a pistol, like a small one, facing out towards the car drop-off,” she said.
“Someone yelled get down, get down and we just ran out of there.”
Gunshot damage visible in the windows of Canberra Airport.Credit:Katina Curtis
Police said the terminal was evacuated as a precaution and the situation is contained, and asked members of the public to not attend the airport at this time.
AMD continues to pick colorful fishy codenames for their next-gen GPUs.
While AMD’s internal codenames have no marketing value whatsoever, they can be proven useful for tracking down the development of individual graphics architectures.
Yesterday’s leak revealed two new codenames for the most anticipated Navi 3X GPUs. This information follows the reveal of the AMD Phoenix APU codename. Therefore, we now know the codename of each RDNA3 GPU that should launch in the coming months.
The fact that flagship Navi 31 GPU features a codename “Plum Bonito” was not a surprise to anyone as we know this since May. But the alternative naming for Navi 32 and Navi 33 were something that we have not heard about yet. The 32 is supposedly called “Wheat Nas” while 33 is “Hotpink Bonefish”.
Furthermore, AMD Ryzen 7000 “Phoenix” APU code-name has now been confirmed as “Pink Sardine”. The Sardine is to follow Yellow Carp (Rembrandt) and Green Sardine (Cezanne).
AMD Pink Sardine APU, Source: Freedesktop
Interestingly, Pink Sardine carries the same “0x15E2” PCI Device ID as Raven Ridge, Renoir, Van Gogh and Yellow Carp. Instead of using different IDs for each of those APUs, AMD is distinguishing them by PCI revisions.
These codenames may appear in future leaks, which should help in quick identification of the discrete or integrated GPU. There is so far no trace of any other RDNA3 GPU, such as the next-gen console chips.
Penrith assistant Cameron Ciraldo has reportedly inked a five-year deal to become the head coach of the Canterbury Bulldogs, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.
Ciraldo had been heavily linked with the vacant job at Belmore after Trent Barrett left the role earlier this season.
He has also turned down a five year deal from the Wests Tigers to remain on Penrith’s coaching staff having spent several years as Ivan Cleary’s understudy at the Panthers.
The 37-year-old reportedly informed his current club of his decision at training on Sunday.
“We just wish him the best,” Panthers Group chief executive Brian Fletcher told the publication.
“He’s done a great job for us coming through as an understudy and getting us to a Jersey Flegg grand final win. He’s been involved with Ivan and it’s only natural he’s been well sought after. It’s great to think he’s come through our system. We just wish him all the best.
“It’ll now be business as usual for us with Cameron for the rest of the year and he can worry about the Dogs from the 1st of November.”
A former Sharks, Knights and Panthers player, the Sydney-born coach was promoted to the role of assistant coach at Penrith in 2017.
Canterbury general manager Phil Gould thinks highly of Ciraldo and handed him the caretaker role when the Panthers sacked Anthony Griffin back in 2018.
“Cameron Ciraldo has come through 10 or 11 years with the Panthers in the system,” Gould said on Nine’s 100% Footy in June.
“He came there as a second-tier player in the back end of his career. He coached an under-20s team to two grand finals, winning a premiership.
“He was promoted then to assistant first-grade coach. He was the interim there for a while and he’s served Ivan Cleary really well over the last three years. They’ve been to two grand finals, they’ve won a premiership and they ‘ll probably win it again this year.”
An Australian academic previously held hostage by the Taliban has returned to Afghanistan to “celebrate” the regime’s one year in power.
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Timothy Weeks was a teacher at the American University in Kabul when he was abducted at gunpoint
He was held hostage for three years before being released in a prisoner swap in 2019
He has since converted to Islam and has previously praised the work of the Taliban
In 2016, Timothy Weeks was a teacher at the American University in Kabul when he, along with his US colleague Kevin King, were abducted at gunpoint and held hostage for three years.
While locked up, the Taliban released videos of the captives, showing them pale and gaunt.
In one of the videos, Mr Weeks pleaded with then-Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to negotiate his release.
A prisoner-swap deal was made in 2019 that saw the two men released in exchange for three Taliban prisoners, including Anas Haqqani, who is today a high-ranking Taliban commander.
After his release, the Australian teacher converted to Islam and has previously praised the work of the Taliban.
Touching down in Kabul just days ago, Mr Weeks again reiterated his support for the regime.
“I came here with a dream to learn about Afghanistan and now I’m coming again to complete my journey, this is the part two of my journey,” he said
“I am also coming to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the governments of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, who I have stood behind.”
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He was greeted by members of the Taliban, who stood alongside him as he explained that he was back in the country to continue his Islamic studies.
Mr Weeks met with Anas Haqqani, one of the men freed in the 2019 prisoner-exchange deal.
Despite being held hostage for three years — and the mammoth efforts it took by the Australian and United States governments to ensure his release — Mr Weeks insisted it was right to return.
“I was a prisoner. It wasn’t easy… I was beaten. I was kept in difficult conditions… but, after all of this, I am here again,” he said.
“It’s also not without difficulty. My family is worried but I come here because I put my trust in Allah and, secondly, in my brothers here.”
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‘They missed us only by hours,’ Timothy Weeks describes the failed attempts to rescue him
Media reports surfaced earlier this year that Mr Weeks planned to return to Afghanistan, however, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has not answered questions about whether he was aware of his planned trip.
In a statement, a DFAT spokeswoman said that Australians should not travel to Afghanistan.
“The Australian government is aware of reports an Australian citizen, Timothy Weeks, may have returned to Afghanistan,” the statement said.
“Australia’s Travel Advice for Afghanistan is ‘Do Not Travel’, due to the extremely dangerous security situation and the very high threat of terrorist attack.
“Australians, anywhere in the world, engaging with the Taliban have obligations under Australian sanctions law.”
People who breach sanctions can face a raft of penalties, including up to 10 years in prison or substantial fines.
Boxer David Lemieux is retiring following the tragic murder of his father during a shooting spree in Canada.
A man suspected of killing three people in Montreal on August 2 was later shot and killed by police, The Sun reported.
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Former IBF middleweight champion Lemieux is only 33 but has clearly been left heartbroken by his father’s senseless and brutal killing.
“I’ve accomplished a lot in the course of my career,” Lemieux told Boxing News 24.
“I achieved my dream of becoming world champion, I’ve given the fans rousing fights by accepting every challenge that came my way.
“I devoted my life to training, to boxing, and now I want to cherish every minute with my family.
“I accomplished a lot, but I didn’t do it alone. I want to take this opportunity to thank all the fans who supported and encouraged me throughout my career.”
Lemiueux’s father was shot dead during a 24-hour shooting spree in Canada last week where three people were killed.
One of the men killed was identified as Andre Fernand Lemieux, 64, which David confirmed by uploading a post on his Instagram with a picture of his father accompanied by the caption “RIP dad.”
“To learn that your father died by being shot while waiting for the bus is quite a shock. Everyone in the family is shaken,” he told Le Journal de Montreal.
Lemieux lost his IBF title in a thrilling fight with legend Gennady Golovkin at Madison Square Garden in 2015.
He was also defeated by Brit Billy Joe Saunders in Quebec in 2017.
Lemieux said just after his father’s death: “To learn that your father died by being shot while waiting for the bus is quite a shock. Everyone in the family is shaken.”
Lemieux lost his last fight to David Benavidez in May this year.
His pro career began in 2007 and his overall record is 43 wins and five losses. But many boxers change their minds about retirement, with Tyson Fury performing another U-turn this week.
This story first appeared in The Sun and was republished with permission.
The Pacific country of Vanuatu has launched one of the world’s most ambitious climate policies, committing to 100% renewable energy in electricity generation by 2030 and ambitious targets on loss and damage.
The announcement signals yet another instance of the small island state making its mark in international climate efforts.
At last year’s UN climate summit in Glasgow, all countries were urged to “revisit and strengthen” their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) on climate action by the end of 2022. Vanuatu is one of just 12 countries to have done so, and its ambitious targets have been praised by regional experts.
“They are really setting an example for the rest of the world,” said Tagaloa Cooper-Halo, the director of the climate change resilience program at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP).
“Vanuatu is leading by example in many ways, despite having negligible emissions. They are taking the lead by putting up their plan. This was a monumental effort by their government and all the stakeholders because it takes a lot of work and coordination to arrive at that announcement.”
Vanuatu is already a carbon-negative country – meaning it absorbs more emissions than it produces – but has committed to going further, by phasing out fossil fuels almost entirely and hoping to become 100% renewable in its electricity generation by 2030.
They are also pushing for a loss-and-damage finance facility to be rapidly established in order to support vulnerable communities.
According to the government, the costs of achieving Vanuatu’s revised commitments, are estimated at $1.2bn by 2030.
“Thirty years ago, Vanuatu was the first nation in the world to call for climate polluters to pay for the permanent losses and irreversible damage caused by their emissions,” said Dr Wesley Morgan, a senior researcher at the climate council.
“Today, Vanuatu is calling for the establishment of a new loss-and-damage finance facility at the UN. To be an effective ally to the Pacific on climate action, Australia should support a new loss-and-damage finance facility.”
The move also sets the tone for the Pacific’s preparation for the COP27 summit to be held in Cairo in November.
Vanuatu, which is rated the country most at risk of natural disasters by the UN, is also currently pushing for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to hand down an advisory opinion on climate-related harm.
“The Vanuatu government has been very bold in pursuing the ICJ opinion, and this is all good for the Pacific,” said Cooper-Halo.
According to the Vanuatu government, more than 80 states from around the world are supporting their pursuit for an advisory opinion from the ICJ ahead of a vote at the UN General Assembly at its forthcoming session.
Dragons young gun Talatau Amone has bagged an early double to get his side out to a 12-6 lead over the Raiders in a must-win clash at GIO Stadium.
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Talatau Amone backed up his try with another one. Jack Bird got around a Raider and then offloaded to Amone who dived over the line.
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The Dragons hit back through young gun Talatau Amone who had to push through several Raiders players to ground the ball.
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It didn’t take long for the Raiders to get on the board with Hudson Young pouncing on a Zac Woolford grubber to score.
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Ricky Stuart will be forced to watch from home when his Raiders take on the Dragons in a must-win clash at GIO Stadium to keep their final hopes alive.
Stuart was suspended by the NRL after his “weak-gutted dog” spray directed at Panthers player Jaeman Salmon last weel.
The Dragons are also still in the finals hunt but after losing to the Sharks last week they now sit two wins outside of the eight.
If they are to get sneak into the finals they’ll need to win all four of their last games — but they’ll do it without veteran Tariq Sims who has been banned for a careless high tackle. Josh McGuire moves into the starting side for Sims and Tyrell Fuemaono joins the bench.
In a boost for the side, Cody Ramsey returns from a knee injury at fullback, forcing Moses Mbye into the centers and Jack Bird to lock.
The Raiders welcome back electric fullback Xavier Savage from an ankle injury but will be without star prop Joe Tapine and winger Nick Cotric.
Tapine has succumbed to a rib injury that was suffered last week, while Cotric is out through suspension.
Emre Guler replaces Tapine in the starting pack with Corey Horsburgh joining the bench after a successful return from pneumonia via reserve grade last week.
Meanwhile, Savage’s return allows Albert Hopoate shift to the wing to replace Cotric.
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raiders: 1. Xavier Savage 2. Albert Hopoate 3. Matthew Timoko 4. Sebastian Kris 5. Jordan Rapana 6. Jack Wighton 7. Jamal Fogarty 8. Josh Papali’i 9. Zac Woolford 10. Emre Guler 11. Hudson Young 12. Elliott Whitehead 13. Adam Elliott 14. Tom Starling 15. Ryan Sutton 16. Corey Horsburgh 17. Corey Harawira-Naera. Replacement player: 18. James Schiller
Dragon’s: 21. Cody Ramsey 2. Mathew Feagai 1. Moses Mbye 4. Zac Lomax 5. Tautau Moga 6. Talatau Amone 7. Ben Hunt 8. Jack de Belin 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Blake Lawrie 11. Josh Mcguire 12. Jaydn Su ‘A 3. Jack Bird 13. Michael Molo 15. Aaron Woods 16. Tyrell Fuimaono 17. Billy Burns. Replacement player: 20. Jayden Hunt
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Tens of thousands of fraudulent flood assistance claims have been made this year, with more than $10 million dollars in support denied.
Key points:
There have been 3.5 million claims for flood support between February 28, 2022 and July 31, 2022
There have been more than 27,770 claims that have raised suspicions
More than 793 criminal investigations have been launched into suspected fraudulent claims
Payments have been offered to people impacted by floods in New South Wales and South-East Queensland in February and the recent Sydney floods in July.
Government Services Minister Bill Shorten has raised concerns that, while money is being offered to those who need it, others are taking advantage of the system.
“I believe that the taxpayer-funded safety net needs to go to those who need it and it really makes my blood boil when I think that there are some people out there taking advantage of other people’s misery to steal $1,000,” he said.
“What is going on with people? How can people think like that?”
The support on offer includes the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment of $1,000 per adult and $400 per child, as well as the Disaster Recovery Allowance which provides 13 weeks of support at the rate of the JobSeeker allowance.
About 3.5 million claims have been made for assistance between February and July following the floods.
Bill Shorten says it is important fraudulent claims are detected. (ABC News: Nick Haggarty/File)
Of those, there have been 27,770 cases that appear to be suspicious and about $10.5 million in support has been denied.
Mr Shorten said it was important that all fraudulent claims were picked up by the system.
“I’m very mindful that this is taxpayer money and I’m mindful that taxpayers are happy to help their fellow Australians in trouble,” he said.
“But they do expect government agencies to be as careful as they can separating the legitimate from the illegitimate.”
Mr Shorten said he was concerned there had been, or could still be, opportunistic behavior that was “robbing” from flood victims.
“I’m asking Services Australia: ‘Are we catching everyone?'” he said.
“I want to make sure that our detection systems for fraud are what they should be, and anything other than that undermines public confidence in the provision of support for victims.”
He said there were now 793 criminal investigations underway.
More than $1 billion has been handed out to Australians this year in flood support.
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Probe finds lead emergency agencies failed in flood response.(ABCNews)
On Nine’s 100% Footy in June, Gould spoke highly of Ciraldo as speculation about his future ran riot.
“Cameron Ciraldo has come through 10 or 11 years with the Panthers in the system,” Gould said at the time.
“He came there as a second-tier player in the back end of his career. I have coached an under-20s team to two grand finals, winning a premiership.
Phil Gould and Cameron Ciraldo in 2015.Credit:NRL Photos
“He was then promoted to assistant first-grade coach. He was the interim there for a while and he’s served Ivan Cleary really well over the last three years. They’ve been to two grand finals, they’ve won a premiership and they’ll probably win it again this year.”
“He’s in a very, very good environment with a great club and he’s cradled all those boys from birth. He’s known them all since they were teenagers. It’s the perfect environment out there for him at the moment, but there will come a time where he is either going to be the head coach of the Panthers in the future or he’s going to have to branch out and learn (about) other clubs and what being a head coach is all about.”
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That time has now come with Ciraldo set to take over from interim Bulldogs coach Mick Potter, who has overseen something of a revival at Belmore since taking the reins from Barrett.
The Panthers have now lost their two assistant coaches for next year with Andrew Webster set to join the New Zealand Warriors as head coach next year.
“I’m sure Matty Cameron and Ivan have something in the pipeline,” Fletcher said.
“Peter Wallace and Ben Harden will step up as well.”
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Just a fraction of the 5,000 seafood species make it from the ocean to dinner plates, but experts say broadening our nets could help seafood sustainability while keeping the weekly food budget in check.
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Is it time for our fish-and-chip menus to change?
New South Wales Department of Primary Industries senior fisheries manager Luke Pearce told ABC Radio Melbourne that while carp had a bad name, the fish could find some love in the kitchen.
Carp are one of the worst introduced pests in Australia and have negative impacts on water quality and biodiversity, according to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
“They have such a negative impact on our environment and they’ve just caused such huge problems in our river system,” Mr Pearce said.
The more carp taken out of waterways the better, according to senior fisheries manager Luke Pearce.(Rural ABC)
There was also a notion that carp made bad eating and that put people off.
“I was of the opinion for a long time but I’ve convinced a lot of people over my time to taste them,” Mr Pearce said.
“But there are a few things you’ve got to do first.”
Plating up a pest
While Mr Pearce said carp could survive in some pretty unappealing environments, like in the water at a sewerage treatment plant, a good rule of thumb was that if you’d eat any other fish from the water source, carp would also be safe to consume .
A national control plan is being developed for carp.(Landline: Kerry Staight)
“So if you’d eat a trout or a golden perch or a cod from the same waterway, then a carp would be fine to eat from it,” he said.
Mr Pearce said tackling the fish’s flavor was also something to keep in mind.
When under stress, carp produces histamines which create an odor and its distinctive muddy taste.
“The quicker you can get that fish on ice, the less likely the muddy taste will be present,” he said.
Slippery mucus on the fish’s body also tarnished carp’s eating reputation, but Mr Pearce said the solution was skinning.
“Once you skin your fish, that mucus is gone and you’ve got a really nice clean, fresh and tasty fillet of fish that you can do a bunch of things with,” he said.
cook vs cull
A $15.2 million carp control plan is being developed with the aim of slashing numbers of the invasive species using a herpes virus, but Mr Pearce said there was still a push for people to see the fish as a protein alternative.
“Carp are being turned into fertilizer … but they’re consuming all these resources that take away from our native fish and the more we can take out the better,” he said.
How about eels?
Co-founder of the Lake Bolac Eel Festival Neil Murray lives on Jupagalk Country in south-west Victoria and has been participating in an annual eel harvest for almost two decades.
Mr Murry said First Nations people would gather in the late summer at Lake Bolac as the eels began their annual migration to the sea to spawn, known as kuyang season.
“The eel was the most-favored fish by First Nations people,” he said.
“It’s highly nutritious, very abundant and it’s easy to catch.”
Eel is still largely exported overseas.(ABC Radio Sydney: Amanda Hoh)
Mr Murry said while the industry was still fairly lucrative, most of the catch was frozen for export.
“I just prefer it freshly grilled over coals and I usually cut it into sections about four-inches long and let the oil drip out of it,” he said.
“I think initially a lot of people were put off it because it’s a slimy, squirmy thing that looks like a snake, but when you’re brought up in the area like I was, it was a part of our diet.”
different not more
University of Melbourne marine and fisheries ecologist John Ford said of the species that fishers caught, only a few made it to the retail giants.
“The fish you see on the supermarket shelves, the ones that are already in demand, are only going to get more expensive,” Dr Ford said.
“The ocean can’t give us any more fish than it is right now and as the population grows, the demand grows.”
Dr Ford said that meant looking at eating lower-quality products, like fish meal, a product made from wild-caught fish and by-products.
But he said there was one major reason lesser-known products weren’t at the shops.
“We don’t know how to cook them, and that’s the real challenge,” he said.
It would need to be profitable for supermarkets to stock alternative seafood.(Flickr: BakiOguz)
Consumers would have to feel comfortable cooking an unfamiliar product.
“It requires someone to be bold and put these products on the shelf and to educate people,” Dr Ford said.
He said while Australia’s supermarket duopoly would make a shake-up a challenge, future collaboration with peak fishing bodies could shore up seafood’s future.
