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“The Impact Is Real” Campaign Launched By La Trobe Uni And CHEP

"The Impact Is Real" Campaign Launched By La Trobe Uni And CHEP

La Trobe University has revealed a new campaign and brand platform, “The Impact is Real”, demonstrating the impact that La Trobe students, academics and partners are having on people’s lives.

The new platform showcases the university’s strength in health, science and technology, and launches with a film featuring current LaTrobe University students, including The Australian Ballet’s principal artist, Benedicte Bemet (Bachelor of Psychological Science).

La Trobe University chief marketing officer, Natalie Ellisdon, said: “La Trobe is focused on delivering real impact in our communities today, not just tomorrow. We do this by our close collaborations with industry, conducting relevant research and focusing on building the skills of our students so that they have tangible experience that is directly and immediately applicable in the work that they do.

“Our focus and growth in the areas of health, science and technology and the growing needs of society in these areas means this impact will only continue to expand well into the future.”

La Trobe University director of brand & creative, Darcy Muller, added: “We wanted to position La Trobe as a University that has a clear focus and is differentiated from its peers. Most universities talk about intangible ideas of changing the world, but we want to show how La Trobe people actually affect lives right now.”

In addition to the film, the campaign is rolling out across TV, radio, OOH, cinema and digital channels.

CHEP general manager, Thomas Penn, commented: “We’re thrilled to be partnering with an ambitious brand that’s truly preparing Australians to make a positive impact in the new economy. La Trobe University’s impact on its students is apparent in all that they achieve, and we look forward to continuing to tell that story under this new brand platform.”

Credits:

Client: La Trobe
Chief Marketing Officer: Natalie Ellison
Director – Brand & Creative: Darcy Muller

Creative Agency: CHEP
Production Company: Collider
Director: Glenn Stewart
Executive Producer: Karen Bryson
Producer: Melissa Weinman
Director of Photography: Joey Knox
Grade: Matt Fez

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Anne Heche was ‘coherent’ before her high-speed crash according to salon owner

Anne Heche was 'coherent' before her high-speed crash according to salon owner

A “coherent” Anne Heche didn’t appear to be inebriated as she posed for a smiling photo during a shopping trip just 21 minutes before the high-speed crash that left her in a coma, the owner of the store told The Post.

The actress posed with salon owner Richard Glass, 51, while buying a $125 red-haired wig and supplies from him during a visit to his salon in Los Angeles’ hotspot Venice.

The pic was timestamped 10:35am, Glass told The Post — meaning she left around 20 minutes before Heche’s car slammed into a house in nearby Mar Vista at 10:56am.

“I posted the image and not even an hour later it started blowing up,” Glass told The Post Tuesday of the photo he originally assumed would be nothing more than marking a “so random” visit from a Hollywood celeb.

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“I didn’t expect — or suspect — anything at all,” he said of the star, who police have confirmed is being investigated for possible hit and run and DUI for her wild, near-fatal high-speed drive after leaving his salon .

“She was polite, cordial and engaging — and she was consistent,” insisted Glass. “It was extremely pleasant — she was a delight,” he said.

Asked if he spotted any signs of her being drunk or on drugs, he firmly insisted: “Not at all.”

Glass — who has owned his studio, Glass Hair, for 21 years — said it was the first time Heche had ever visited.

“She came through the rear entrance of my studio while I was working on a client and said that she wanted a red wig,” he recalled.

The one she liked “hadn’t been cut or styled,” and he told her if she came back later he would have it washed and conditioned and fully prepared, he said.

“She said, ‘No worries, I’ll just take it now,’” he recalled, saying she bought special shampoo and conditioner for it, too, without saying why she wanted it.

“She asked, ‘Haven’t we worked together before?’ and she told me I was beautiful, ”he recalled warmly. “The whole encounter was less than 10 minutes.”

He was shocked when he later found out what happened to his celeb shopper, saying all he could think when he heard about her crash was “what in the world?”

Later, I noticed the red wig he sold in Heche’s car in a photo first posted by TMZ, which also said there appeared to be a bottle of booze.

While Glass insisted Heche seemed calm and coherent, the long-troubled actress was allegedly caught in a series of wild incidents in the moments after leaving Glass Hair and crashing into a house.

Police confirmed to The Post Monday that she is being investigated for hitting another car and then driving off. She was also filmed speeding away from someone telling her to get out of her car when she hit a garage door — as well as almost hitting a pedestrian.

Doorbell cameras then caught the sound of her roaring through quiet residential streets — before slamming into the house, sparking a blaze that took 59 firefighters more than an hour to tackle.

She’d only recently posted a since-deleted podcast, too, in which she admitted downing vodka and wine after being “rocked” by a “very bad day.” Her rep of her insisted to TMZ, however, that it had been recorded days before the crash.

As of Monday, Heche remained in a coma, her rep told Page Six.

“She has a significant pulmonary injury requiring mechanical ventilation and burns that require surgical intervention,” the rep said.

By Tuesday, an online fundraiser has also raised more than $100,000 for Lynne Mishele, the woman whose home was destroyed in the smash.

“Ms Mishele is devastated by what happened to her on Friday — not only because she and her pets almost lost their lives, but because all of her property, including items of profound sentimental value, were destroyed,” her lawyer, Shawn Holley, told The Post.

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and has been reproduced here with permission

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Truth about Ricciardo huge pay off for leaving McLaren

Truth about Ricciardo huge pay off for leaving McLaren

Daniel Ricciardo is perhaps the biggest disappointment of the Formula 1 season so far. While Lando Norris in the McLaren has already finished in the top ten, ten times this year and collected 76 championship points, the Australian has only scored four times with only 19 points. The British team has long been working on an alternative to Ricciardo and is signing top talent rookie driver Oscar Piastri. McLaren is said to have to dig deep with a huge pay off for Ricciardo.

The termination of the current contract with the honey badger could cost McLaren many millions, however. In Australian media, there is currently intense speculation about how the tricky situation surrounding the disappointing Ricciardo and his up-and-coming compatriot Piastri could be resolved with Ricciardo being said to have a unilateral clause in his current employment contract. According to this clause, only he alone can decide to continue driving or not for the McLaren racing team in 2023.

In order to buy this clause from the 33-year-old, McLaren must pay the eight-time Grand Prix winner the equivalent of more than 20 million euros. At least that is what the Australian website speedcafe.com reported. Also, racingnews365 wrote an article on the subject.

McLaren is currently said to be preparing for this so-called severance payment in order to buy the long-serving Formula 1 driver out of his current employment contract but could this really be the case?

At the GP in Monaco Zak Brown revealed, “I don’t want to get into the contract [details] but there But there are mechanisms in which we are committed to each other and then there are mechanisms in which we are not.”

This implies a break clause at the end of Daniel’s 2 year contract this winter. Ricciardo will have an option to break but Brown implies McLaren does too.

The break clause from McLaren’s perspective would almost certainly be based on a performance metric. Ricciardo may have been set an absolute target number of points by race 14, or it could be he is expected to score no less than a certain percentage of the points his team mate has achieved.

Daniel Ricciardo has been driving for McLaren since 2021, but is falling well short of expectations this year. In racing comparisons with teammate Lando Norris this season, it’s 4-9 from the perspective of the much more experienced man from Perth. The qualifying Ricciardo loses out even more, only besting Norris twice to his loss of eleven occasions.

In a swap with compatriot Oscar Piastri (currently a reserve and test driver), Ricciardo is most likely to be drawn back to Alpine (formerly Renault) next year. This website wrote an article on the news some weeks ago ahead of the mainstream media.

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Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy’s media manager quits days after new chief of staff announced

Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy, who is wearing a suit. The background behind him is blurry and green.

Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy has suffered another staffing setback less than four months out from the state election, with the resignation of his director of communications.

The Liberal Party said Lee Anderson resigned as media manager due to “personal reasons”.

Mr Anderson’s resignation on Wednesday has come just two days after the appointment of Mr Guy’s new chief of staff, Nick McGowan.

Some Liberal MPs raised concerns about the appointment of Mr McGowan, who has also been preselected as a Liberal Party candidate for the upper house.

This means he will have to stand down from the chief of staff position during the election period due to Victorian Electoral Commission rules.

Mr Anderson’s exit means Mr Guy will have lost two of his most senior staff members just months out from the November election.

Mr Anderson will be replaced by Alex Woff, a current member of the Liberal party’s communications team.

Anja Wolff will take on the role as deputy director of communications.

Last week, Mitch Catlin quit his role as the Opposition Leader’s chief of staff, after reportedly asking a Liberal Party donor to make payments totaling more than $100,000 to his private marketing business.

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Politicians embrace Christian nationalism. What is that ideology?

Politicians embrace Christian nationalism. What is that ideology?

Politicians embrace Christian nationalism. What is that ideology?

Politicians are increasingly promoting Christian nationalism, the idea that America was founded as a Christian nation, by Christians, and that all its laws and institutions are based on Christianity

  • Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has cited the ideology several times in recent weeks.
  • It comes as conservatives are more often calling for less separation between church and state.
  • The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment is most frequently cited on the need for that separation.

On numbers recent occasionsRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene described herself as a “Christian nationalist,” calling the political ideology and cultural framework “actually a good thing” and claiming it’s an “identity that (Republicans) need to embrace.”

“I am being attacked by the godless left because I said I’m a proud Christian Nationalist,” Greene, R-Ga., wrote on Twitter on July 25. “The left has shown us exactly who they are. They hate America, they hate God, and they hate us.”

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Australian mum goes viral on TikTok for 60kg weight loss

Australian mum goes viral on TikTok for 60kg weight loss

An Aussie mum who lost 60kg in a bid to save her life now looks unrecognizable.

After suffering postnatal depression following the birth of her son, Brisbane mum Brooke Hoggan struggled with her weight.

She would turn to food for comfort, while she stopped being as active as she once was – causing her to gain weight rapidly.

After hitting her heaviest weight of 120kg, the eyelash technician decided to see her doctor for help to slim down – but soon discovered that the weight was not her only issue.

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“After having my son, I struggled with postnatal depression which caused major weight gain,” Brooke, 29, said.

“I was eating takeaway all the time, and wasn’t very active. I tried lots of different methods to lose weight, but nothing worked.

“I decided to go see a doctor to get help losing weight, but that’s when I found out about more serious issues.

“I had a fatty liver due to my weight. My levels were quadruple what they were meant to be.

“It was a life or death situation. My doctor told me that I’d have to either lose weight straight away, or I would need to go in for a liver transplant.

“It was terrifying.”

Brooke said her GP gave her a grim diagnosis – either she lost weight, or she could die.

Her only option was to either get a gastric sleeve to help jump start her weight loss, or to undergo a risky liver transplant, which could take time she did not have.

Faced with this unimaginable choice, Brooke decided to undergo gastric sleeve surgery in March 2021.

The surgery involves the removal of 80 per cent of the stomach organ and is performed under a general anesthetic using advanced laparoscopic keyhole surgery.

While this helped her initially lose 20kg, after three months Brooke noticed it “stopped working”, and no matter what she did, the weight wouldn’t budge.

Going back to her doctor, she was told this was “very unusual”.

“I couldn’t understand what was happening. Everything had been going well and they bam – no more weight loss” she said.

“I’d seen people who could lose way more than me after having this done, so I couldn’t understand it.”

It turned out she had an underactive thyroid, and the gastric sleeve could only do so much before it stopped working.

Determined not to let herself gain the weight back she had already lost, she sought help from a personal trainer, and followed a strict high-protein meal plan, along with regular PT sessions that included a mix of strength and cardio exercise.

“After the tests revealed I had thyroid issues, I knew it was up to me to put in the extra work to get the weight off.

“I’d already lost 20kg, so I had that motivation. I found an amazing personal trainer who set up an eating and exercise plan.

“In the past year, I have managed to drop another 40kg through a strict diet and exercise program.

“I could never have done it without this change.”

Now, after losing a total of 60kg, Brooke said she feels like she has her “life back”.

When she shared her journey on TikTok, the mum-of-two went viral – racking up nearly two million views on her video.

“My liver is totally back to normal, and I owe it all to weight loss” she said.

“I could have lost my life. I might not have been there for my kids, and that terrifies me.

“Everything I do is for them. I feel like a different person now, and a better mum.

“I’m so much happier, more confident, and I have the drive to go out there and do things.

“At my biggest, I only wore black clothes. Now I’m wearing all types of bright colors.

“I’ve got my life back and kicked old Brooke to the kerb for good.”

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WhatsApp privacy updates: Silently leave group chats, appear offline, screenshot blocking

WhatsApp privacy updates: Silently leave group chats, appear offline, screenshot blocking

WhatsApp users will soon be able to “silently” slip out of group chats without everyone making a “big deal” out of it.

The update, which will start to roll out this month, is one of several new privacy features for the popular messaging app announced by parent company Meta on Tuesday.

Currently, leaving a group chat can be slightly awkward as everyone receives a notification.

“We love our group chats but some are not forever,” Meta said in a blog post.

“We’re making it possible to exit a group privately without making it a big deal to everyone. Now, instead of notifying the full group when you are leaving, only the admins will be notified.”

In another change rolling out this month, users will be able to choose who can see when they are online.

“Seeing when friends or family are online helps us feel connected to one another, but we’ve all had times when we wanted to check our WhatsApp privately,” Meta said.

“For the moments you want to keep your online presence private, we’re introducing the ability to select who can and can’t see when you’re online.”

A third new feature coming soon will allow screenshot blocking for “View Once” disappearing messages.

“View Once is already an incredibly popular way to share photos or media that don’t need to have a permanent digital record,” Meta said.

“Now we’re enabling screenshot blocking for View Once messages for an added layer of protection. We’re testing this feature now and are excited to roll it out to users soon.”

The updates build on WhatsApp’s existing privacy features including default end-to-end encryption for calls and messages, encrypted backups for chat history, two-step verification and the ability to block and report unwanted chats.

“We’ll keep building new ways to protect your messages and keep them as private and secure as face-to-face conversations,” Meta founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post.

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Ami Vora, head of product at WhatsApp, said in a statement the company was “focused on building product features that empower people to have more control and privacy over their messages”.

“Over the years, we’ve added interlocking layers of protection to help keep their conversations secure, and the new features are one way we continue to deliver on our commitment to keep messages private,” he said.

It comes as Meta makes a series of changes to Facebook and Instagram in order to win over younger users increasingly abandoning its platforms for Chinese rival TikTok.

Facebook recently launched a new “Feeds” feature allowing users to see the latest posts from their family and friends, separate to the main “Home” news feed which delivers content based on a recommendation algorithm.

“One of the most requested features for Facebook is to make sure people don’t miss friends’ posts,” Mr Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post. “So today we’re launching a Feeds tab where you can see posts from your friends, groups, Pages and more, separately in chronological order.”

More recently, Instagram was forced to roll back a series of controversial changes that boosted the appearance of recommended video content in news feeds, after backlash from high-profile users including Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner who accused the platform of “trying to be TikTok” .

Amid mounting criticism, Meta said last month it would be reducing the number of recommended posts and videos from accounts users don’t follow that they see in their feeds, as it works to improve its personalization algorithms.

“I’m glad we took a risk. If we’re not failing every once in a while, we’re not thinking big enough or bold enough,” Instagram head Adam Mosseri told TheVerge.

“But we definitely need to take a big step back and regroup. [When] we’ve learned a lot, then we come back with some sort of new idea or iteration. So we’re going to work through that.”

Meta last month posted its first ever quarterly revenue decline, following a privacy change from Apple allowing iOS users to opt out of data tracking, and growing competition from TikTok.

Revenue was down 1 per cent to $US28.8 billion ($A41.4 billion), while profit fell 36 per cent to $US6.6 billion ($A9.5 billion).

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The Block: Massive $250,000 prize could derail competition

The Block: Massive $250,000 prize could derail competition

The Block host Scott Cam has announced the biggest prize packet in the show’s history, and the revelation has already sent contestants into a frenzy.

Just days into the new ‘Tree Change’ season of the Channel 9 renovation show, which has seen the teams kick off with ‘bathroom week’, Cam dropped a “bombshell” that the winner of this week’s challenge would score a whopping $250,000 bonus for the coveted ‘kitchen week’ renovations.

The prize will be on top of the $10,000 nabbed by the winning team, and will be awarded in state-of-the-art upgrades to the team’s kitchen courtesy of Winning Appliances.

“The kitchen upgrade consists of V-ZUG and The Galley, and they are some of the world’s best brands to have landed in Australia and are exclusive to Winning Appliances,” Scotty teased of the Swiss and US products.

Block newcomer Rachel, who got the call-up to be Elle and Joel’s replacement alongside her partner Ryan, led the chaotic response to the major news.

“How funny is it that we’re all best friends now, but when they mention $250,000 I’m like, ‘f**k you lot, I’m outta here!’” she said.

Meanwhile, the “exciting” news sent Sharon into a spiral.

“That honestly is so stressful, it’s such a great thing that that’s what’s happening but your heart sinks when you think – that’s not going to be us,” she said in a piece-to-camera.

Block fans will know the judges often say “kitchens sell houses”, with the kitchen week reveal proving to be one of the most exciting episodes each season.

“If you win this, you’re going to win kitchen week,” Tom said. And [you have] a very good chance of winning The Block.”

The Block continues Wednesday on Channel 9 at 7.30pm

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Have the Roos been unfairly impacted by father-son/Academy draft rules?

Have the Roos been unfairly impacted by father-son/Academy draft rules?

Is it unfair on North Melbourne that arguably the best player in the draft has been unavailable to them three years in a row or is it simply the swings and roundabouts of the draft system?

In 2020, Jamarra Ugle-Hagan was tied to the Western Bulldogs via their Academy – the Roos had pick three and likely missed out on either Ugle-Hagan or Riley Thilthorpe depending on the Crows’ decision.

Last year, they were always likely to select Jason Horne-Francis, but had no ability to even pursue Nick Daicos, given his status as a Collingwood father-son.

Daicos has had a generational debut season with the Magpies, averaging 26 disposals per game, while Ugle-Hagan has begun to emerge as a key forward for the Dogs.

Compounding this, the top pick in the 2022 National Draft will likely be Will Ashcroft – a Brisbane father-son prospect.

Given the Roos are on the bottom of the ladder and stuck in a deep rebuild, have they unfairly missed out on the top talent available?

AFL draft expert Callum Twomey believes most clubs see the father-son rules as swings and roundabouts and every team will have their chance.

“I think it’s luck of the draw. Clubs will get different opportunities at different stages through father-son and Academy picks,” Twomey told SEN SA Breakfast.

“North Melbourne got Luke McDonald a little while ago and then Tarryn Thomas was the earliest next generation bid a few years ago, so swings and roundabouts to a degree.

“The timing for North Melbourne is obviously a bit different being back to back years.

“Last year they didn’t really have access to Nick Daicos, I know they didn’t bid on him, but they didn’t have access to him and this year Will Ashcroft is the number one player at this point.

“His other challenger has been George Wardlaw and if they both played all year it would’ve been interesting to see how close they would’ve been because Wardlaw has missed six or seven weeks with hamstring injuries, he missed some footy at the start of the year with illness as well.

“Overall I don’t think the clubs have a huge opposition to the father-son rule. I think they see that mainly it can just be luck of the draw and see what comes through.”

North Melbourne currently sits 18th and will hold pick one, but West Coast could still move into that spot if they suffer big losses to Fremantle and Geelong in the final fortnight.

Twomey is bullish on Ashcroft, believing he could be playing senior footy for the Lions this season.

“He’s Sam Walsh. That type of player. He’s relentless with his running from him, he’s added some burst this year which I think has made him really difficult to stop, ”Twomey said.

“He’s so consistent, he averages 35 touches in the NAB League, watched him have 38 on the weekend for the Sandringham Dragons, he just does it every single week.

“He’s starting to get a bit more attention too. I think he’s going to make a difference for Brisbane from day one.

“If he was thrown into that midfield (now) he’d make a difference as well. He’ll be playing a lot of footy next year.”





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Former Logan City councilor demands apology over dropped fraud charges that ‘destroyed lives’

Former Logan City councilor demands apology over dropped fraud charges that 'destroyed lives'

A former Logan councilor has described how fraud charges laid in the wake of an investigation by Queensland’s corruption watchdog destroyed her life and led to a barrage of public abuse.

Trevina Schwarz was one of eight former Logan City councilors who in 2019 were charged with fraud and sacked following a Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) investigation.

The charges were dropped last year due to insufficient evidence.

Ms Schwarz said the ordeal took a major toll on her family, saying it copped relentless abuse from the public.

“My son was abused in Bunnings and asked to come outside so the fellow could fight him. It really was awful,” Ms Schwarz told ABC Radio Brisbane.

“You’d walk in a home where you’d lived for 30 years and people would look at you and point as you were walking down the street.

“You couldn’t escape from it. It was on the news, it was on the radio, it was in the papers.

“It absolutely destroyed my life. And the toll that it also takes on your family is huge.”

Her comments came after leading Queensland corruption fighter Tony Fitzgerald yesterday handed down a report into how corruption is investigated in the state.

It included a string of recommendations.

Among them was the need for the CCC to consult with the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) before laying charges to avoid “unwarranted impact” and to rebuild public confidence.

The report also found the Logan City Council probe damaged the public’s perceptions of the CCC.

Calls for an apology

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk speaking to reporters in Brisbane
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk would not say if her government would issue an apology to the councillors.(ABCNews)

When Ms Schwarz received a call from the CCC notifying her that the charges had been dropped, she initially “thought it was a hoax”.

She said the CCC had failed to comply with its own rules during its investigation of the Logan City Council.

“Although there should be great and high protection for whistleblowers, first and foremost, you need to ensure that those complaints are factually correct and not malicious.”

While she is pleased with the recommendations in Mr Fitzgerald’s report, Ms Schwarz is hoping for an apology from the state government after cabinet meets on Monday.

“Wrongfully charging us has destroyed our lives, our careers and the reputational harm is irreparable,” she said.

“We’re all disappointed that we have not received an apology, a meaningful apology. That should be forthcoming,” Ms Schwarz said.

Former councilors considering legal action

Ms Schwarz also told ABC Radio Brisbane the eight sacked Logan City councilors were considering pursuing compensation from the state government.

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