“Many buyers have been forced to re-assess their borrowing capacity and re-evaluate their buying decisions in light of interest rate rises. At the same time, they’re facing increasing residential construction costs, rising living expenses fueled by inflation and higher home loan repayments,” he said.
“This is leading to a subdued market in the coming months, with a number of prospective buyers deciding to sit on the sidelines as a result of the uncertain climate.”
The slump in sales hasn’t yet hit the median land price. That grew by 3.6 per cent to a record level of $379,000 a lot over the quarter, although some predict prices will fall too.
Satterley said: “There will be a big price correction. This is a correction being driven by fast rising inflation. That is driving volatility in real estate trust stock share prices. Obviously, the residential outlook is worse than it was six months ago.″
Shares in residential community developers like ASX-listed Peet and Cedar Woods fell to new lows in June, although they have since ticked up slightly.
Cameron Leggatt, executive general manager of development at Singapore-based Frasers Property, said the market had definitely come off.
Conditions were now “more steady” after a hectic period during COVID-19, in which there were unusually strong sales and price growth.
“Many buyers have been forced to re-assess their borrowing capacity and re-evaluate their buying decisions in light of interest rate rises.”
RPM’s managing director of project marketing Luke Kelly
“Inquiry is down 30 to 40 per cent. Land sales are down to a similar amount in volume,” said Leggatt, whose company develops large Victorian estates like The Grove in Tarneit and Berwick Waters in Clyde North.
“With interest rates jumping as quickly as they have, it’s put a bit of uncertainty among buyers. A lot are sitting on their hands and waiting to see where interest rates land in the next six to 12 months.”
Buyers are more focused on Melbourne’s west (it accounts for 45 per cent of lot sales), where demand has shifted from Melton to Wyndham, according to RPM.
The Geelong growth corridor experienced the biggest fall in sales activity as its median lot price slid 0.5 per cent to $380,000.
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The beloved German audio haus returns to the bluetooth market with new, feature-packed earbuds
beyerdynamic has dropped the True Wireless Free BYRD earbuds, loaded with features over sonic quality, connectivity, and beyond.
What you need to know:
beyerdynamic has dropped the True Wireless Free BYRD earbuds.
The Free BYRD earbuds feature 70mm drivers, and the latest aptX adaptive and AAC codecs.
Free BYRD’s speech intelligibility during phone calls or meetings remains at the highest quality.
Read all the latest gear news here.
The Free BYRD earbuds feature 70mm drivers, and the latest aptX adaptive and AAC codecs to create detailed sound with brilliant highs and powerful bass.
Onboard Digital Hybrid Active Noise Cancellation boosts the sound quality by removing the ambient noise around you, which can be easily mixed in transparency mode, allowing users to go from an immersive soundscape to a conversation with a friend.
On the other side of the conversation, Free BYRD’s speech intelligibility during phone calls or meetings remains at the highest quality, even in a noisy environment, thanks to the inclusion of Qualcomm dual 2-mic eve technology.
A total of four microphones, two each on the left and right earpieces of the Free BYRD, deliver natural phone calls.
With Google Fast Pair, the earbuds connect to Android devices within seconds, while Bluetooth connection options are available on iOS, Mac OS, and PC devices.
Certifications from both Amazon and Apple also add ‘Hey Alexa’ and ‘Hey Siri’ voice assistants to Free BYRD.
Consumers can choose between five different silicone earpieces designed by beyerdynamic’s acoustics specialists to ensure the best possible fit with a focus on in-ear ergonomics.
Three additional memory-foam earpieces are included for use during sporting activities, while Free BYRD is splash-resistant with IPX4 certification to protect against sweat during extreme workouts or rain while on the go.
The earbuds boast 11 hours of battery life, with just 10 minutes of charge providing up to 70 minutes of play, all packed with the convenient cradle case.
When combined with beyerdynamic’s MIY app, users can customize and personalize their earbuds’ sound to their own hearing profile.
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Olivia Newton-John once said she was “looking forward to” death because of previous interactions with “spirits”.
The comments came in a resurfaced 2021 podcast interview where she also said she had made a pact with God to save her daughter Chloe Lattanzi before she was born after the grease star suffered complications during her pregnancy.
The entertainment legend died on Monday at her ranch in California following an extraordinary three-decade-long battle with breast cancer which had seen her repeatedly triumphing over the disease only for it to later reappear once more.
In February last year, Newton-John appeared on Sarah Grynberg’s A Life of Greatness podcast.
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The Xanadu actor explained that she did not fear passing on during her 30-year cancer battle because she believed there was something beyond the world of the living, reported the new york post.
“We all know we’re going to die, but I think we spend our lives in denial. It’s extremely personal, so it’s hard to put into words.
“I feel that we are all one thing, and I’ve had experiences with spirits and spirit life. I believe there is something that happens.”
She added: “I hope the energies of the people you love will be there. … I think all the love will be there. I’m sort of looking forward to that—not now, but when it happens.
“It’s almost like we are parts of the same computer and we go back to the main battery.”
Pact with God
On the same podcast she also talked about how she was so worried about her pregnancy with daughter Chloe, now 36, that she told God she would make a deal to keep her yet to be born baby safe.
“I was close to losing her,” she told Grynberg.
“I went to bed and asked God to save her and if he did, I would say the Lord’s Prayer every night for the rest of my life and so I have.”
In the family statement, her husband John Easterling said Newton-John “passed away peacefully” early on Monday morning US time surrounded by family and friends.
“Olivia has been a symbol of triumphs and hope for over 30 years sharing her journey with breast cancer. Her healing inspiration and pioneering experience with plant medicine continues with the Olivia Newton-John Foundation Fund, dedicated to researching plant medicine and cancer, ”her statement she read.
John Travolta’s touching tribute
In a post to Instagram, John Travolta praised Newton-John.
“My dearest Olivia, you made all of our lives so much better. Your impact was incredible. I love you so much,” he wrote.
“We will see you down the road and we will all be together again. Yours from the first moment I saw you and forever! Your Danny, your John!”
Just when you think you’ve seen it all in the sporting landscape, another moment comes along.
On Wednesday that latest moment arrived thanks to American baseball star for the Pittsburgh Pirates Rodolfo Castro.
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The Pirates infielder was left-faced during the middle of his team’s contest against the Arizona Diamondbacks as he slid into third base during the fourth inning.
Castro raced toward third base as a throw from the outfield came in, as he hit the ground and slid towards the base – the impact of his move launched his phone out of his back pocket and into the dirt.
Third-base umpire Adam Hamari immediately spotted the mobile phone that was resting against the base.
Castro, 23, immediately picked it up and handed it to Pirates third-base coach Mike Rebelo who looked bemused by what was being given to him.
Professional sports tend to have strict codes surrounding electronic devices and mobile phones. Major League Baseball doesn’t allow players or coaches to have their mobile phones on them while they’re in the dugout.
An embarrassed Castro spoke about the incident to the media after the game which the Pirates lost 6-4.
“I don’t think there’s any professional ballplayer that would ever go out there with any intentions of taking a cellphone,” Castro told media members through an interpreter. “It’s horrible it happened to me. Obviously, it was very unintentional.”
Castro explained his sliding glove is generally placed in his back pocket and he believed this was all he had on him.
“My first day back, if I was to be the center of attention, I would want it to be helping the team win, but never in this way,” Castro said. “This is definitely something that was an accident, a mistake, something I’m going to learn from. But definitely something I didn’t mean to happen.”
The never before seen moment sent social media into a spin with Castro trending on Twitter as the footage circulated.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalist Mike Persak wrote: “I straight up can’t believe this happened what the hell.”
Bay Area radio producer Kyle Madson wrote: “Given this sport’s problems with cheating via electronics over the last decade or so this seems like the kind of thing that shouldn’t be allowed.”
Castro’s phone may be lighting up on Wednesday if the MLB opts to investigate and hand down a penalty.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption has made some mistakes in its 34 years of existence but the case of MP John Sidoti is a reminder that, all too often, criticism of the institution is based on naked self-interest and sour grapes rather than high principle.
Sidoti took to the floor of NSW parliament on Tuesday to launch a broadside at the ICAC which he said was better suited to a “communist regime” than NSW.
He urged Opposition Leader Chris Minns to reform the ICAC if he wins government. “This Frankenstein’s monster is out of control and nobody is safe. Reform the beast before it takes a bite out of you, too,” Sidoti said.
He said the ICAC suffered from “incredible institutional pride” and “will not let go of a matter, even when it is clear that the matter does not fit the definitions required under its Act”.
Not coincidentally, Sidoti made these comments in a debate on a motion to suspend him from parliament because of the findings of corruption the ICAC made against him last month.
The ICAC recommended consideration be given to charging Sidoti with misconduct in public for a prolonged campaign, from 2013 to 2017, to change zoning rules in the City of Canada Bay Council in a way that was “entirely directed to his private interest in increasing the development potential of his family’s growing number of properties in and around the Five Dock town centre”.
Sidoti used his status as the local MP, the ICAC said, to influence councilors to act in his family’s interests and broke public trust by claiming he was acting at all times in the interests of his constituents and the community when he was not.
Sidoti used his speech to rerun many of the arguments which he made during the ICAC’s public hearings last year. He said, for instance, that in pushing for the rezoning which favored his parents’ property he was just acting as a “dynamic, hardworking and passionate advocate for his community”.
But the ICAC found Sidoti could not identify any shopkeepers who had asked him to intervene and the rezoning he was advocating was “inconsistent with what the local chamber of commerce was advocating to CCBC”.
Sidoti’s speech was full of contradictions. On the one hand, he said the ICAC’s decision had robbed him of his “dignity, career, reputation and future prospects”.
These days, Republicans are making no secret of their plans to use a Hunter Biden inquiry next year as a platform to go after his father — after years of brushing off conflicts of interest within Trump’s family. No evidence has emerged to show that the business dealings of Hunter Biden, who’s faced a years-long federal investigation, affected his father’s decisions by him as president.
GOP lawmakers are pushing ahead anyway, planning a sprawling probe that will reach into the ethics of Hunter Biden’s artwork sales and other business deals, as well as policy decisions by the Biden administration.
“I’m not exactly sure I see a big difference” between starting with Hunter and incorporating Joe Biden from the getgo, said Rep. glenn grothman (R-Wis.), a member of the Oversight Committee, who is expected to take the lead on a House inquiry into Hunter Biden. “Obviously, you start with Hunter… [but] it appears as though the president is involved as well, and it’s something you’re going to have to look into.”
The president’s son has long fueled a conservative media fixation on par with Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified material, and a House majority would help Republicans try to push their narrative into the mainstream. But GOP plans to poke at Hunter Biden may have to compete with a growing GOP appetite for an in-depth House inquiry into the DOJ’s scrutiny of Trump, particularly if Republicans decide to form a select committee instead of launching an investigation through the Judiciary Committee.
Conversations Tuesday with more than a half-dozen House Republicans revealed deep concern about constituents panicked and infuriated by the FBI’s daylong Mar-a-Lago search.
“The base has lost its mind. If Trump decides to call them to arms, then I think he could get another Jan. 6,” one senior House Republican said in an interview, speaking on condition of anonymity.
But before this week’s law enforcement activity against Trump, House Republicans had been homing in on Hunter, and several name-checked him in their response to the FBI’s search. Months before an election that will determine whether they control the House, GOP lawmakers and committee aides are already doing prep work, including planning hearings, collecting documents and nailing down potential witnesses — including former business associates and banks.
Rep. james eat (R-Ky.), set to chair the Oversight Committee if Republicans win the majority, said he’ll be ready to formally launch an investigation in January, when the new Congress is sworn in.
“We’re going to have a great hearing early on the potential wrongdoing within the Biden family,” Comer said in an interview. “The fear is that these shady business dealings have compromised the president.”
Comer declined to name the witnesses he’d like to call, simply saying they’d be some of Hunter Biden’s former business associates. Hunter Biden will be invited to testify and it is “very possible” the First Son would be subpoenaed, he added.
The Oversight chair-in-waiting is prepared to answer critics who say his work is manufactured to ding Joe Biden; he insisted that House Republicans wouldn’t investigate Hunter Biden as a “political witch hunt.” But other Republicans are more open in depicting their broader oversight as a way to tee up a 2024 election where they hope to win back the White House.
“That will help frame up the 2024 race, when I hope and I think President Trump is going to run again. And we need to make sure that he wins,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who’s set to chair the Judiciary Committee under a 2023 GOP majority, said at a CPAC conference in Texaslate last week.
It would hardly be the first time a congressional investigation has converged with presidential politics, nor the first Hill investigation into Hunter Biden and by extension the wider Biden family. sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and chuck grassley (R-Iowa) conducted a joint probe of Hunter Biden heading into the 2020 election, sparking warnings from fellow Republicans about unintentionally spreading Russian disinformation.
But House Republicans are planning a more sweeping look: Comer fired off a laundry list of topics to delve into, including Hunter Biden’s work in China and an ethics agreement governing Hunter Biden’s art sales that’s been questioned by Obama-era officials.
Then-White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters last year that ethics arrangements governing sales of the art were “not White House arrangements; they’re arrangements between Hunter Biden’s representatives and ones that we, certainly, were made aware of.”
Comer is using material from a laptop linked to Hunter Biden that’s attracted controversy, though he underscored that he’s interested in the Biden son’s finances, not salacious personal details.
In addition, Oversight Committee Republicans are still seeking Treasury Department suspicious activity reports relevant to Hunter Biden, though they’ve complained of an inability to obtain the material without Democratic support.
Treasury responded by indicating that its policy of requiring a committee chair or majority of members to OK requests for those reports applies regardless of political party. Some Democrats have also bristled over the department’s handling of suspicious activity reports.
“Since the beginning of this Administration, Treasury has made SARs available in response to authorized committee requests and continues to engage on the process with any individual members seeking information,” Treasury spokesperson Mike Gwin said in a statement.
Democrats are already excoriating the GOP’s investigative plans, accusing Republicans of selectively attacking Biden while ignoring ethical lapses during the Trump years.
“To borrow an old line, every time these Republicans open their mouths, it’s a noun, a verb, and Hunter Biden. They are pushing false conspiracy theories in a desperate effort to attack the President personally and politically, all in service — as they have admitted — of assisting another Trump campaign. And the public will see it for what it is: an abuse of power,” a person close to Biden said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Current Oversight Committee Chair Rep. Carolyn Maloney (DN.Y.) said in a statement that if Comer “is concerned about presidential conflicts of interest, I would welcome him to join me in investigating taxpayer funds spent at Trump properties, serious deficiencies in President Trump’s financial disclosures, foreign government spending at the former Trump Hotel,” and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner’s ties to Saudi Arabia.
That criticism doesn’t faze House Republicans, who view this week’s search of Mar-a-Lago as further evidence that federal investigations are biased against conservatives — despite the role that one played in derailing Clinton’s 2016 campaign.
“When contrasted with their actions following Clinton-inspired Russian collusion allegations, [the] Clinton [email] server and Hunter Biden, the impression is strong that the FBI is selective and politicized,” said Rep. don bacon (R-Neb.), who represents a swing district.
And Comer, when asked about critics who cite Trump world conflicts of interest, described those as well-trodden ground by others.
“It is not like they are disagreeing on Hunter Biden,” Comer said, adding that “what I say is, ‘There are plenty of people investigating the Trump kids.’”
The billionaire last month said he was terminating the agreement to buy the social network where he has more than 102 million followers and take it private, claiming Twitter has made “misleading representations” over the number of spam bots on the service. Twitter has since sued to force Musk to consummate the deal, and a trial in the Delaware Chancery Court has been set for October.
In May, Musk dropped plans to partially fund the purchase with a margin loan tied to his Tesla stake and increased the size of the equity component to $US33.5 billion. He had previously announced that he has secured $US7.1 billion of equity commitments from investors including billionaire Larry Ellison, Sequoia Capital and Binance. In his tweets late on Tuesday, Musk said the stock sale was also a contingency for if those private investors don’t come through.
At the weekend, Musk tweeted that if Twitter provided its method of sampling accounts to determine the number of bots and how they are confirmed to be real, “the deal should proceed on original terms.”
The Twitter deal included a provision that if it fell apart, the party breaking the agreement would pay a termination fee of $US1 billion, under certain circumstances. Legal experts have debated whether the conflict over spam bots is enough to allow Musk to walk away from the deal.
Musk, 51, has now sold around $US32 billion worth of stock in Tesla over the past 10 months. The disposals started in November after he polled Twitter users on whether he should trim his stake in the platform, kicking off the rollercoaster ride that’s stunned even the most seasoned Musk watchers. He now owns 14.84 per cent of Tesla, leaving him still by far the largest stakeholder.
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Commenting before Musk’s tweets clarifying the reason for the sale, Gene Munster, managing partner of Loup Ventures, said he put the odds of the tycoon buying Twitter at 75 per cent.
“I’m shocked,” Munster said. “This is going to be a headwind for Tesla in the near term. In the long term, all that matters is deliveries and gross margin.”
Musk’s $US250.2 billion fortune is the world’s largest, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, but his wealth has fallen around $US20 billion this year as Tesla shares declined.
The carmaker’s shareholders approved a three-for-one stock split last week, a move designed to attract an even larger number of retail investors given the shares’ recent rebound. Tesla’s better-than-expected second-quarter earnings have been a tailwind, along with landmark US climate change legislation that aims to increase the use of clean energy through a series of tax incentives.
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These outstanding Samsung foldable phones are available on Amazon for serious discounts ahead of tonight’s Samsung Unpacked event.
Come 11pm tonight, 10 August, we will enter a new age in the Samsung Galaxy era. It’s all but confirmed that the successors to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 will be unveiled.
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Fifi Box, 45, gets chatted up by a VERY handsome man at a bar before discovering he is a paid actor who is part of a cruel prank by her co-stars
By Caleb Taylor For Daily Mail Australia
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Radio star Fifi Box became the victim of an awkward ‘First Dates’ style prank by her co-stars at a local bar in Melbourne on Friday night.
The mother-of-two, 45, was tricked into flirting with a paid actor who was wired-up to capture their intimate conversation.
Fifi even swapped numbers with the handsome stranger.
Radio star Fifi Box became the victim of an awkward ‘First Dates’ style prank by her co-stars at a local bar in Melbourne on Friday night
The well-dressed man, who introduced himself as Dave O’Neill, came over to Fifi and her friends and confidently struck up a conversation with the ladies.
‘We’re just here with work. We’re not working. We work together, ‘Fifi said, jumbling her words about her while dressed-up for the evening.
The mother-of-two, 45, was tricked into flirting with a paid actor who was wired-up to capture their intimate conversation
Dave happily made more conversation as Fifi explained she was drinking a ‘pornstar martini’.
I’m probably drinking it a little too fast. You’ve caught me off-guard,’ she added.
Fifi told her producer pals that Dave was ‘too handsome’ but the egged her on.
The well-dressed man, who introduced himself as Dave O’Neill, came over to Fifi and her friends and confidently struck up a conversation with the ladies
She nervously went on to tell Dave she had forgotten his name before admitting she ‘doesn’t go out much’.
‘I’m struggling. I may have to go to bed after this,’ she said.
But the mood started heating up as the pair swapped numbers.
‘You give me your number. Dave I do n’t do this often, ‘Fifi said, while putting her number into her phone.
She nervously went on to tell Dave she had forgotten his name before admitting she ‘doesn’t go out much’
‘Lovely to meet you by the way. Gorgeous,’ he added. ‘You’re not bad yourself,’ Fifi replied to Dave.
Fifi has two children including Trixie, eight, who she shares with ex-partner Grant Kenny. She also has Daisy-Belle, two, who she had with a donor.
Speaking to Stellar magazine, Fifi said that she’s proud to have her media platform to show diverse families to everyday Aussies.
Speaking to Stellar magazine last year, Fifi said that she’s proud to have her media platform to show diverse families to everyday Aussies
‘It’s important to point out and educate that families come in all different shapes and sizes,’ the radio personality said.
‘Because I’m in the media and have a profile and platform, I’m able to shape and shift that, but it is frustrating,’ she added.
She recently released a children’s book titled Minty Mae Gray and the Strangely Good Day, which she dedicated to her daughters.
The Fox FM star shares Trixie with her ex-partner Grant Kenny and welcomed Daisy via IVF and an anonymous sperm donor
A lawsuit filed by the widow of NBA star Kobe Bryant over photos taken of his body immediately after his death will begin Wednesday US time in Los Angeles.
Key points:
Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash, along with his daughter, Gianna, and seven others, in January 2020
His widow is suing the LA County Sheriff’s Department and the city’s fire department for invasion of privacy over photos taken of her husband’s body
The lawsuit says police shared the graphic photos with firefighters and bar patrons after the crash
Vanessa Bryant is suing the LA County Sheriff’s Department and the city’s fire department for invasion of privacy, seeking unspecified millions in compensation for pictures taken of the basketballer’s body that were circulated after he was killed in a helicopter crash with their daughter and seven others in 2020 .
Mrs Bryant claims deputies did not take the photos for investigative purposes, and shared them with firefighters who responded to the crash scene. The lawsuit says a deputy showed the photos to bar patrons and a firefighter showed them to off-duty colleagues.
“Mrs Bryant feels ill at the thought that sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and members of the public have gawked at gratuitous images of her deceased husband and child,” according to the lawsuit.
“She lives in fear that she or her children will one day confront horrific images of their loved ones online.”
Kobe Bryant, their 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and other parents and players were flying to a girls’ basketball tournament when their chartered helicopter crashed in the Calabasas hills, west of Los Angeles, in fog.
Federal safety officials later blamed pilot error for the wreck.
Firefighters at the scene of the helicopter crash that killed NBA star Kobe Bryant, along with his daughter and seven others, in January 2020.(AP Photo: Mark J Terrill)
Mrs Bryant has also sued the helicopter charter company and the deceased pilot’s estate.
The county has argued that Mrs Bryant has suffered emotional distress from the deaths, not the photos, which were ordered deleted by Sheriff Alex Villanueva.
It said the photos have never been in the media, on the internet nor otherwise publicly disseminated, and the lawsuit is speculative about harm she might suffer.
A law prompted in the aftermath of the crash makes it a crime for first responders to take unauthorized photos of deceased people at the scene of an accident or crime.
The county already agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a similar case brought by two families whose relatives died in the January 26, 2020 crash. Vanessa Bryant did not settle her case, indicating she is seeking more.
The litigation has, at times, been contentious. When the county sought a psychiatric evaluation of Mrs Bryant to determine if she suffered emotional distress because of the photos, her lawyers criticized the “scorched-earth discovery tactics” they said were intended to bully her and other family members of victims to abandon their lawsuits .
While the county responded by saying it was sympathetic to Mrs Bryant’s losses, it dismissed her case as a “money grab.”
