Nope, Elden Ring definitely isn’t on Xbox Game Pass.
Microsoft has confirmed that, while some users saw Elden Ring appear on Xbox Cloud Gaming as part of Xbox Game Pass, it was just a bug that has now been fixed.
“If you’ve seen Elden Ring and other games appear as if they might be playable on Xbox Cloud Gaming or Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft says this is a bug and it has rolled out a fix,” said The Verge editor Tom Warren via Twitter.
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Several games including Elden Ring, GTA V, and Soul Hackers 2 appeared on store pages and an ad promoting Xbox Cloud Gaming earlier today. But while many speculated that this meant an Xbox Game Pass debut for the titles, it looks as though it was all an unintended mistake.
“We’re aware of a bug that incorrectly displayed some titles as available with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate,” a Microsoft spokesperson told Eurogamer. “We rolled out a fix and this is now updated.”
Of course, it’s no surprise that gamers and Game Pass subscribers jumped to conclusions. After all, it wouldn’t be the first time a game had leaked in this manner before being added to the Game Pass catalog.
Madden NFL 23 was previously listed on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in the same manner that Elden Ring appeared here.
Equally, we’ve seen plenty of red herrings too. Cyberpunk 2077 was rumored to be added to Xbox Game Pass when in-game footage was spotted in an advertisement for the online service. The game is still yet to appear on Game Pass.
Best Xbox Game Pass Games
However, it looks as though Elden Ring, GTA V, and Soul Hackers 2 remain off the service – a quick look at Xbox Game Pass and Cloud Gaming now confirms that they’re not available to play.
Still, Xbox has an impressive array of games available with Fortnite recently added to its cloud-based service.
Want to find out more about Xbox Game Pass? Check out our rundown of the best Xbox Game Pass games as well as our review of the Xbox Cloud Gaming service.
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Goodbyes are often opportunities for reminiscence, but for frontman Paul Stanley, Kiss’ global farewell tour is also a chance to reflect on ways the band’s legacy will live on.
Key points:
Kiss is about to take its End of the Road tour across Australia
For frontman Paul Stanley, it is an opportunity to reflect on 50 years in the industry
I sympathize with those setting out today who “can’t pay the rent”
Famed for their face paint, pyrotechnics, costumes, theatrics and stagecraft just as much as their music, Kiss have always prided themselves on their ability to put on a show.
It brings Stanley satisfaction when he recognizes elements of that approach in musicians at much earlier stages of their careers.
“Being at a concert means being immersed in an experience, and for me showmanship and putting on a show is also a responsibility,” he told ABC Radio Adelaide’s Nikolai Beilharz and Stacey Lee this morning.
“I’d like to think that in some ways we were a wake-up call to audiences of what they should expect.
“Everyone else who is out on tour, or who has been out on tour, has Kiss DNA in their show.”
Kiss’ first performance was in early 1973 when Stanley was barely 21. His career has since spanned nearly 50 years.
Those years have naturally been accompanied by great changes in the music industry.
While Stanley stopped short of saying he would be reluctant to get into the game today, he recognized the challenges for those setting out.
“The fact is now that record companies … they’re not obviously record companies anymore,” he said.
A battle to ‘pay the rent’
Things have changed since the days when studios “would nurture an artist or an act.”
“Nowadays it’s really about bottom line, about whether it makes money or not, and reading algorithms and all kinds of things,” Stanley said.
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.
Paul Stanley speaks to ABC Radio Adelaide’s Nikolai Beilharz and Stacey Lee.
Digitization can be a blessing and a curse. While it is arguably never been easier for those trying to find an audience to distribute their music, there are also downsides.
“You have streaming where people aren’t being paid what they deserve, and it’s a big problem,” Stanley said.
“Artists nowadays who are aspiring to become successful have a very, very difficult path ahead of them and unfortunately some of them find themselves saying, ‘Well I’m only in this for doing music’.
“That’s okay but you’re going to feel otherwise when you can’t pay the rent.”
A 50-year set list
The End of the Road world tour was due to touch down in Australia during 2019 but was postponed when Stanley had to pull out due to illness.
Ahead of concerts across Australia this month, Stanley said it was “insane to think” that the band had “been going on 50 years”.
“We’re playing things from every era,” he said.
“A set list has to be more than a group of songs. It has to have a certain dynamic that builds and ebbs and builds — not unlike, quite honestly, a movie at the cinema or a Broadway show.”
While there might be farewell kisses, the mood onstage will be upbeat.
“This is a celebration for us, as opposed to just deciding after a tour to never go back out,” Stanley said.
“There’s nothing morose about it.
“I go out there every night thinking, boy, we are just going to blow the roof off this place, or if there’s no roof, we’re just going to set the sky on fire.”
Brisbane’s defensive woes have been laid bare just two games out from finals, with one star in particular accused of playing “bruise-free footy”.
In the past six weeks, the Lions are ranked 13th for opposition scores per inside 50, and 14th for pressure, midfield intercepts and opposition from defensive 50 to inside 50 – with only Richmond’s pressure worse for any team in the top eight.
“I think they’ve got massive problems down back… huge problems that are going to render their campaign done,” Fox Footy’s David King has warned.
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And King singled out Lions star Harris Andrews for some brutal criticism, demanding he “play like a man.”
“The first move down there being Harris Andrews, he’s playing bruise-free footy at the moment. He’s not playing with physicality,” he said.
“Forwards are just leading around him too easily, there’s no engagement, there’s no body checking, no blocks – there’s nothing. It’s pure intercept or he gets beaten.
“But he’s playing against big boppers in the AFL now and your big boys need to play big boy footy and I don’t think he is.
“He’s a two-time All Australian. We know what he can be, but this is too easy. He’ll get beaten more often than not with that sort of intent.”
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Andrews is leading the way for the Lions in a number of areas including intercepts (129), marks (127), disposal efficiency (89%), one percenters (180 – 71 more than the next closest in Marcus Adams) and time on ground , and second in contested marks (24 – one behind Dan McStay).
But on AFL360, King showed vision of Andrews allowing opponent Harry McKay to dictate terms – and the two-time premiership winner called for coach Chris Fagan to put a stop to it.
“He doesn’t deny him anything,” King said.
“They are giving up too many luxuries.
Harris Andrews has to play like a man. You can’t have a guy 200cm play like that – that takes you nowhere.
“That beats some teams during the home and away season and you have a nice year, but you don’t win prelims or grand finals and they continually come up short and that’s why.
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“So fix it or move aside.”
Andrews will be left to hold down the Lions’ defensive end this weekend with teammate Marcus Adams now sidelined under the AFL’s concussion protocols.
AFL360 co-host Mark Robinson said Fagan had spoken about the Lions’ backline efforts more than a month ago and was concerned it doesn’t appear to have been addressed.
“He’s been talking about that, the coach. They spoke about it and that’s still the profile six weeks later,” he said.
“Why aren’t they fixing it? (They’ve) gotta get nasty.”
The Lions have a tough final two games against St Kilda and Melbourne as they remain in the fight for a top four finish – a feat they’ve achieved for the past three years but never made the grand finale.
The family of a man who was killed after being hit by an unlicensed and speeding driver north of Brisbane have slammed the punishment handed to the man responsible as “ridiculous” after learning he will spend less than two years in jail.
Key points:
A woman in a second car Brar hit “likely would have died” without surgery
Ian Seibel’s wife described the current justice system as a “toothless tiger”
The Indian national will be deported once he serves his prison sentence
Manpreet Singh Brar pleaded guilty in the District Court on Thursday to one count each of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death and driving without a licence.
During a sentencing hearing in Brisbane, the court heard Ian Seibel, 51, was crossing an intersection in Kallangur in the Moreton Bay region with his wife and their dog in November 2020, when they were hit by the 33-year-old’s car.
The court was played graphic dashcam footage of the crash, which showed Brar speeding through a red light, before colliding with another car, then slamming into the couple.
Mr Seibel sustained extensive head injuries and died in hospital several days later.
Ian Seibel was killed by a speeding, unlicensed driver while walking his dog with his wife in November 2020.(Supplied)
A woman in the second car was also critically injured and spent more than two weeks in hospital and “likely would have died” without surgery, the court heard.
The court heard Brar, who is an Indian national residing in Australia on a partner visa, had been driving unlicensed since 2016 and continued to do so after the crash, breaching his bail conditions.
He also has a lengthy traffic history dating back several years which included multiple counts of speed.
Crown prosecutor Chris Cook told the court tests also determined Brar had a low level of cocaine and high level of cough medicine in his system, but it was not alleged he was adversely affected by the drugs at the time.
“He was fatigued having used those drugs earlier,” he said
“He shouldn’t have been on the road that day.”
‘A kind, loving, gentle giant’
Mr Cook told the court it was clear from victim impact statements submitted to the court by family members that Mr Seibel was a “much loved” husband, father, son and friend.
“Mr Brar has caused his unnecessary and untimely death through his actions that day,” he said.
Widow Paula Seibel described the current justice system as “a toothless tiger.”(AAP: Jono Searle)
In Paula Seibel’s statement, she described her husband as her “best friend” and “better half”.
“I feel like I am less than a whole person now that I don’t have him by my side,” she said.
“I am beyond angry that I have not had the opportunity to spend the rest of my life with this kind, loving, gentle giant.”
Mrs Seibel made an impassioned plea to the judge, urging her to apply the maximum penalty to Brar, calling the current justice system a “toothless tiger.”
“I hope that my voice will not go unacknowledged and that lan will not be victimized once again,” she said.
“Our society is crying out for harsher penalties… Where is the incentive to stop committing crimes when a mere slap on the wrist is the only punishment received?”
Family ‘beaten’ after sentence
Judge Katherine McGinness acknowledged the “enduring heartache” Mr Seibel’s family would suffer but said there were sentencing considerations she had to make under Queensland legislation.
“No sentence I impose can turn back time or alleviate in anyway the profound pain,” she said.
Judge McGinness sentenced Brar to five years in prison wholly suspended after 20 months.
The court heard because he is not an Australian citizen, he would be deported to India upon his release.
Outside court, Mr Seibels son Aaron Seibel said the sentence had left his family “thoroughly beaten”.
“I can’t put it into words how disappointed I am,” he said.
“A man’s life is worth 20 months — it’s ridiculous.”
Inflation comes off 40-year high but stays elevated at 8.5%
Inflation remained elevated but eased from historically high levels in July, raising hopes that a relentless surge in prices may have peaked. Consumer prices increased 8.5% from a year ago, down from a 9.1% annual rise – a 40-year high – in June, according to the Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index. Gasoline prices fell but food and rent continued to march higher. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had estimated annual inflation would fall to 8.7%. On a monthly basis, consumer prices were unchanged, compared to a 1.3% rise in June. Core prices, which exclude volatile food and energy items and generally provide a better gauge of future price trends, increased 0.3% in July following a 0.7% rise the prior month. That held the annual increase at 5.9% after three straight monthly declines.
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Trump says he’s testifying Wednesday in New York’s civil investigation
Former President Donald Trump will be questioned under oath Wednesday in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ long-running civil investigation into his dealings as a real estate mogul, he confirmed in a post on social media. The New York civil investigation, led by James, involves allegations that Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, misstated the value of prized assets like golf courses and skyscrapers, misleading lenders and tax authorities. In his post on Truth Social, Trump called James “racist,” invoking his oft-repeated claims about James, who is Black, and the investigation. Trump’s testimony comes amid a flurry of legal activity surrounding him, taking place just days after FBI agents searched his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida as part of an unrelated federal probe into whether he took classified records when he left the White House. Trump held a dinner meeting with a dozen House Republicans Tuesday, and his guests said he radiated confidence despite the FBI search of his Florida home.
Biden to sign PACT Act, to help veterans exposed to toxic burn pits
Despite some Republicans pulling support, President Joe Biden will sign a bill Wednesday enhancing health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill, known as the PACT Act, won final approval in the Senate last week by a vote of 86-11, ending a brief stalemate that had infuriated advocates and inspired some to camp outside the Capitol. Biden described the legislation as the biggest expansion of benefits for service-connected health issues in 30 years and the largest single bill ever to address exposure to burn pits. “I look forward to signing this bill, so that veterans and their families and caregivers impacted by toxic exposures finally get the benefits and comprehensive health care they earned and deserve,” Biden said in a statement last week. Hundreds of thousands of Vietnam War era veterans and survivors also stand to benefit from the legislation.
Sen. Lindsey Graham to challenge Georgia election-interference subpoena
Sen. Lindsey Graham, RS.C., is expected to challenge her subpoena de ella in federal court Wednesday for testimony before an Atlanta-area grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump interfered in the 2020 election. The South Carolina senator and staunch Trump ally, in a motion to quash the Fulton County, Georgia, subpoena, asserted that he was engaging in legitimate inquiries as a lawmaker when he contacted a Georgia official following the election and that legislative privilege shields him from such demands. The expected move would come one day after a Georgia judge granted Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani’s request to delay his testimony from him. But the judge added Giuliani must appear in Atlanta in person to testify. Graham and Giuliani were subpoenaed along with a number of high-profile Trump allies, including attorney John Eastman, who devised the plan to gather alternate slates of electors to overturn President Joe Biden’s election.
Serena Williams returns to the court after announcing she’ll soon retire
Serena Williams, one of the greatest tennis players of all time, is set to play her first match Wednesday since announcing her decision to retire from the sport in the coming weeks. Coming off her first victory in more than a year, Williams will take on No. 12 Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in the second round of the National Bank Open in Toronto. Williams, the 40-year-old, 23-time Grand Slam champion, made the announcement that she is stepping away from tennis in Vogue’s September edition, saying “it’s the hardest thing that I could ever imagine.” The four-time Olympic gold medalist added in an Instagram post Tuesday that “the countdown has begun” and she will enjoy the next few weeks. Williams will end her career for her after the US Open – a tournament she has won six times that is set to begin August 29 – to focus on building her family for her. Williams and entrepreneur and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian have been married since November 2017 and have one child together.
The boss of Australia’s largest bank has warned that the economy is already declining and that a “short, sharp contraction” is on the way.
Late on Wednesday, the chief executive of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Matt Comyn, delivered the company’s annual results.
Although the CBA made an eye-watering $9.6 billion in profit over the last financial year, Mr Comyn warned that tougher times were on the horizon.
He told the Australian Financial Review that he predicted “a short, sharp contraction in the Australian economy.”
“We are definitely expecting a more challenging year ahead than we have seen in the last 12 months,” he added.
However, in some good news, the banking CEO believes a contraction is almost a certainty but a full-blown recession is less likely.
Australia is in the throes of an economic crisis as inflation rose to 6.1 per cent last month, the highest level it’s been for 20 years.
And for the first time in more than a decade, Australia’s central bank has had no choice but to increase the cash rate in a bid to stop rampant inflation.
For the last four consecutive months, the Reserve Bank of Australia has increased interest rates by 1.75 percentage points and Mr Comyn more rate increases will come.
Mr Comyn told the publication his bank predicts the cash rate to increase by another 75 basis points to sit at 2.6 per cent.
The cash rate is currently 1.85 per cent.
Once the cash rate hits 2.6 per cent, Mr Comyn said the economy would experience a contraction of 1.5 per cent.
He said he “hoped” that once the cash rate reached this point it would be enough to curb spending, adding “We need to see a slowdown in demand.”
Speaking to the ABC, Mr Comyn said “We do forecast recessions in the US, UK and Europe. We don’t believe that that’s the likely outcome in Australia.”
Already there are signs that Australians are splashing their cash less.
Mr Comyn said their customer data shows that spending is falling for both debit and credit cards.
This was significantly more for customers who had mortgages.
“It’s quite early post the immediate rate rises, [but] we are already seeing a downturn in spending across our customer base, both from a debt and credit perspective,” he said.
“Of course, that’s more pronounced with customers who have a home loan, and we expect that it will continue throughout the course of the calendar year.”
Microsoft has reiterated its claim that it doesn’t have plans to make Call of Duty an Xbox exclusive should it successfully acquire Activision Blizzard.
In a document sent to Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) discussing the proposed acquisition, Microsoft claims that any concerns that Call of Duty would no longer appear on PlayStation are unfounded because it “would simply not be profitable” for Microsoft.
“Regardless of how unsurprising Sony’s criticism of content exclusivity is – given that PlayStation’s entire strategy has been focused on exclusivity over the years – the reality is that the strategy of retaining Activision Blizzard’s games by not distributing them in rival console shops would simply not be profitable for Microsoft,” the company claims in the docs.
“Such a strategy would be profitable only if Activision Blizzard’s games were able to attract a sufficiently large number of gamers to the Xbox console ecosystem, and if Microsoft could earn enough revenue from game sales to offset the losses from not distributing such games on rival consoles. ,” it adds.
“As if that weren’t enough, exclusivity strategies still result in title-specific costs,” it claims, giving further information that has been redacted from the document, likely due to confidentiality.
“Such costs, added to the lost sales estimated […] above, mean that Microsoft would not be able to offset the losses by earning higher revenues in the Xbox ecosystem as a result of implementing exclusivity.
“This is especially true considering (i) the ‘gamer-centric’ – as opposed to ‘device-centric’ – strategy that Microsoft has pioneered with Game Pass, and (ii) the fact that PlayStation has the most loyal users across its various generations, with all indications that brand loyalty accrued in previous rounds of the ‘console wars’ suggesting that PlayStation will continue to have a strong market position.”
Continuing to push its case, Microsoft claims that even if making CoD Xbox exclusive were to turn out to be profitable, its implementation “would have no competitive impact”, partly due to “the intense competition in the game publishing market”, the fact that exclusivity strategies are commonly adopted in the games industry and the fact that rival consoles enjoy a high degree of player loyalty.
“In summary,” it concludes, “the hypothetical adoption of any content discontinuation strategy would content would not be profitable for Microsoft and, even if implemented, such strategies would have no competitive impact, for the reasons described above.”
In its first response to Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, published in January, Sony said it expects Call of Duty games to remain multiplatform due to “contractual agreements”.
Microsoft’s head of gaming also subsequently confirmed his intention to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation platforms once Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard is completed.
However, it was later claimed that Activision Blizzard is contractually committed to releasing only the next three Call of Duty games for PlayStation consoles, including this year’s Modern Warfare 2.
The Call of Duty series is regularly among PlayStation’s most popular games. Last year, the series was both the first (Vanguard) and third (Black Ops Cold War) best-selling games on PlayStation in the US, according to NPD.
Commenting on Sony’s previous comments on the importance of the Call of Duty brand, GamesIndustry.biz’s Chris Dring claimed that the shooter franchise remaining on PlayStation would actually benefit Xbox.
“Microsoft isn’t as interested in the battle of the console boxes. It believes the future of games is going to be through streaming and subscriptions. Call of Duty isn’t so much a reason to buy an Xbox console, but a reason to subscribe to the Game Pass subscription service,” he wrote.
“And this is where PlayStation is right to be concerned. Because Call of Duty is the No.1 game on PS4 and PS5. Should this deal go through, Microsoft will own the most popular game on PlayStation. And what an opportunity that is. The marketing writes itself: ‘Fed up of spending $70 every year on this game? Want extra in-game items and points? Then subscribe to Game Pass instead. You can even stream it on mobile.’
“Microsoft would be able to speak directly to PlayStation’s own fanbase on its own console, putting Sony in an impossible position of either rejecting its console’s most popular game, or accepting what could amount to a huge Game Pass ad disguised as a first-person shooter .”
Olivia Newton-John’s six life lessons: Cancer patient reveals what she learned from the Grease star who called her out of the blue to offer support
Mel Dee Dzelde claims to have had a friendship with the late Olivia Newton-John
The cancer patient, 52, received a call from the actress during treatment
A mutual friend told Olivia what Mel was going through then offered to call
Since 2017 Mel claims to have remained in touch through calls and texts
Mel told FEMAIL the important life lessons Olivia taught her over the years
By Carina Stathis For Daily Mail Australia
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An Australian woman battling two serious illnesses has shared how Olivia Newton-John called her out of the blue to help her through her lowest times.
Mel Dee Dzelde, 52, from Adelaide, was diagnosed with stage 4 rectal cancer in 2017 then Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in 2021 and claims to have received the call during treatment as she shared a mutual friend with Olivia.
‘She said: “Hi Mel, it’s Olivia here. I’ve heard you’ve been going through a challenging time”,’ Mel told FEMAIL.
‘We spoke for about an hour – she wanted to know what I was going through and shared some of her own struggles with cancer.’
The beloved Grease actress died on Monday aged 73 at her home in southern California after a 30-year fight with cancer.
Mel described Olivia as her ‘earth angel’ who continued to check-up on her from time to time, including on her birthday and at Christmas.
Mel Dee Dzelde, 52, from Adelaide, (pictured) received a phone call from the late Olivia Newton-John while undergoing cancer treatment after being diagnosed in 2017. said: “Hi Mel, it’s Olivia here. I’ve heard you’ve been going through a challenging time”,’ Mel told FEMAIL
Beloved Aussie actress Olivia Newton-John (pictured) who starred in Grease died on Monday aged 73 at her home in southern California after a 30-year fight with cancer
The friendship began when Mel’s mutual friend, Megan, told Olivia what she was going through – and without hesitation the actress offered to call.
At the time Mel was undergoing rounds of chemotherapy and was shocked when she heard who was on the other side of the line.
Mel described Olivia as a ‘very loving and kind person’ who treated everyone equally and the pair continued to stay in touch through texting and phone calls.
‘Olivia was so caring, it was like she was holding my hand through it all. She would always check-in on me which was lovely,’ she said.
The two spoke about meeting in person but Covid prevented this from occurring as Mel was in Australia and Olivia was overseas.
Lessons learned from Olivia:
Don’t focus on sickness and to instead focus on wellness
Always be positive
Make use of natural therapies
Embrace life no matter what’s happening to you
Always be kind and show love to others
laugh and enjoy life
During the last few years, Olivia taught Mel a lot of valuable lessons about how to live a happy life despite experiencing cancer treatments.
‘Olivia always said to not focus on the sickness, but on the wellness. She showed me how to embrace life no matter what’s happening to you,’ she said.
Mel last spoke to Olivia indirectly through Megan last month.
‘She hadn’t answered my last couple of messages and I was worried about her, so she felt her love to me and encouragement to stay positive when she was talking to my friend,’ Mel said.
During the last few years, Olivia taught Mel a lot of valuable lessons about how to live a happy life despite experiencing cancer treatments. ‘Olivia always said to not focus on the sickness, but on the wellness. She showed me how to embrace life no matter what’s happening to you,’ she said
Mel last spoke to Olivia indirectly through Megan last month. ‘She hadn’t answered my last couple of messages and I was worried about her, so she felt her love to me and encouragement to stay positive when she was talking to my friend,’ Mel said (pictured: Mel and her husband)
When Olivia passed away on Monday, Mel said she spent the day in tears as she reminisced on the beautiful person Olivia was.
‘She was such a beautiful human and an important person who helped so many people – it doesn’t matter who she spoke to, she acted the same way to everyone,’ she said.
‘I like to think she’s experiencing all the love the world has for her.’
Olivia Newton John, 73, passes away after 30-year cancer battle
Olivia’s battle with breast cancer first began in 1992 when she was just 44 years old.
She was very open about her diagnosis and treatment, which famously included the use of medical marijuana.
The actress famously beat breast cancer twice but was diagnosed again in 2017.
Despite the cruel toll the disease was taking her life – including crippling her for a period – Olivia kept performing, including touring the US in 2018.
She spent the last few years at home, campaigning for animals’ rights and raising money for her charity online.
She was also a strong campaigner for the use of medical cannabis for treatment in Australia.
The Grease star died at the age of 73 in Southern California on the morning August 8.
Olivia’s death was announced by her husband John Easterling on Monday on her social media pages.
Easterling said his wife died at her Southern California home surrounded by family and friends.
‘Dame Olivia Newton-John (73) passed away peacefully at her Ranch in Southern California this morning, surrounded by family and friends,’ he wrote.
‘We ask that everyone please respect the family’s privacy during this very difficult time.
‘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,’ he added.
The family asked for donations to be made to her cancer organization, the Olivia Newton-John Foundation Fund, instead of flowers.
Paul Hasleby says a move to Richmond makes sense for West Coast’s Willie Rioli.
The 27-year-old 2018 premiership forward is yet to sign a new contract with the Eagles despite the fact they have reportedly offered him a two-year deal to remain.
There is an obvious link to the Tigers given that Willie’s family members Daniel and Maurice Rioli play for the club.
Hasleby wrote about the Rioli situation in an article for The West Australian and further explained his thoughts on SEN WA Breakfast on Thursday.
“It’s just strange at this time of year, you look at the uncontracted players and Willie Rioli is still there,” said Hasleby.
“The West Coast Eagles need A-grade players, or potential A-grade players, under the age of 30 that are going to take the club forward.
“But still as we sit right now with two weeks to go, he remains unsigned. I think there’s a contract offer in front of him.
“The article is just about that. What are his options from him? Is he looking at his options from him? Are West Coast looking at their options with Willie? Because he has does have some trade currency.”
Rioli has been back playing for the Eagles in 2022 after a two-year doping ban.
While Hasleby would like to see him stay in Perth, he would not begrudge him moving to Melbourne to be closer to family.
All of this, of course, depends on whether Richmond is actually interested.
“I hope he stays and finishes his career here and gets back to what he was. He just hasn’t been at that magnificent level,” Hasleby added.
“For a long time I’ve believed that he was the difference between them not winning more premierships or playing in more Grand Finals after 2018 because of his absence. He’s that important to them.
“It was expected after two years off that he probably wouldn’t get to that level straight away. With another pre-season he could do that here.
“Or you look at other clubs. I look at Richmond and I look at all the players that they’ve targeted in recent times – Marlion Pickett, Matthew Parker as well, and you’ve seen Shai Bolton and what he’s done this year.
“Could they do it again with Willie Rioli?
“With what’s happened with his family circumstances and his old man passing away, being close to family, cousins, nephews, it makes a lot of sense to go there.
“Maybe Damien Hardwick can get the absolute best out of him.
“Clearly he may be thinking like that, maybe I’ve made it up, but I think there’s an avenue there for him to take his time and select what’s best for Willie.”
Hasleby does not believe Rioli owes anything to the Eagles despite them supporting him through his two years out of the game.
“All these people would have their own opinion on Willie and the West Coast Eagles and that he owes them for what they’ve been through,” he said further.
“I don’t think it’s about that. I think he needs to make the right decision for him and his family de el going forward that’s going to give him the best chance of being happy, first and foremost, but then getting back to the level he was at prior to his ban.
Rioli played his 50th game for West Coast in last Sunday’s loss to Adelaide. He has kicked 60 goals for the club.
A 65-year-old Perth woman who over seven years “ruthlessly” stole $2 million from trusting family friends she worked for, has been sentenced to more than four-and-a-half years in jail.
Key points:
Moe Moe Myint Kelly committed more than 400 acts of theft
The judge said she stole “without guilt, remorse or shame”
At the time, Kelly lost large sums at Perth’s nearly
Moe Moe Myint Kelly was employed as a bookkeeper and accountant for a Northbridge business, which operated both a pharmacy and a newsagent.
She was a family friend of the owners, and the District Court was told when the business started struggling, Kelly agreed to work for free until things improved.
However, unknown to the owners, she began funneling sums of cash from the daily takings into her own accounts.
The thieving began in 2011 and only stopped when Kelly made what was described as “a minor error” in 2018 which led to an audit that uncovered her crime.
The court heard when the owners confronted her, she claimed she had sent most of the money to charities in Burma.
State Prosecutor Justin Whalley SC said bank statements showed the sums Kelly deposited into her accounts ranged from just under $1,000 to $15,000, with most of them being around the $5,000 mark.
Moe Moe Myint Kelly’s earliest possible release date is April 2025. (ABC News: Glyn Jones)
In total there were more than four hundred separate instances of stealing, with records showing that between 2011 and 2015 she lost large amounts of money at the casino.
The owners provided victim impact statements to the court which detailed the struggles they went through including working around 100 hours a week and using their savings to pay their staff.
Woman was ‘riding a gravy train’
Mr Whalley said Kelly was a trusted family friend of the owners and he described her offenses as “a massive breach of trust”.
“We say she continued to work for nothing because she was riding a gravy train, that was providing her with hundreds of thousands of dollars a year,” he said.
Kelly was initially charged with stealing $3.5 million and had been due to stand trial earlier this year.
However, after negotiations, she pleaded guilty to stealing the lesser sum of $2 million, although Mr Whalley said it was not accepted the figure was that low.
“But it was not in the public interest to litigate the difference,” he told the court.
Kelly’s lawyer said her client, who was born in Burma, had an extremely deprived childhood that effectively included being “abandoned” by her parents when she was seven.
She said Kelly was now married to a man who had been diagnosed with cancer.
Aggravated, ‘ruthless’ offending
Judge David MacLean told Kelly her crimes were aggravated because she was a trusted family friend of the business owners.
“You had a ringside seat to their suffering… you cynically abused that position of trust,” he said.
He also described her actions as “ruthless”.
“You stole directly, repeatedly without guilt, remorse or shame from someone who you appeared to consider as a family,” he said.
Judge MacLean said greed appeared to be the motivation for the offenses.
“It was undertaken by reason for a desire to either enrich yourself or to spend more time at the casino.”
He also described the sum stolen as “enormous”.
“It was an amount of money which was squandered on a parasitic enterprise, something in the order of $1.2 million at the Crown Casino,” he said.
Judge MacLean said Kelly continued to try to justify her actions by claiming she had not been properly paid, and because of that he did not accept she was entirely remorseful.
After taking into account her deprived upbringing and her pleas of guilty, Judge MacLean sentenced Kelly to four years and eight months in jail.
She will have to serve two years and eight months before she is eligible for parole — her earliest possible release date will be in April 2025.
The court heard none of the money had been paid back.
Victim says Kelly ‘cost year years of her life’
Judge MacLean did make a compensation order and the court heard any of Kelly’s assets will be forfeited.
The business owner, Diana Quan, was in court for the sentencing.
She said the jail term was not enough.
“She took 10 years of my life,” she said.
“It’s been an emotional toll. It’s brought up a lot of emotions.
“It was a hard time for us and it continues to be a hard time, we’ll never recover from this, we’re just a small family business and we work really, really hard.”
Ms Quan also said she did not believe the business would get any of the money back but she was grateful the Judge did not accept Kelly was truly remorseful.
“The picture that she presents to the world is very different from who she actually is.”
