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Furore over droopy GRM Trans Am cars

Furore over droopy GRM Trans Am cars

The #1 Garry Rogers Motorsport entry. Picture: 44 Photography

A furore has broken out in the Turtle Wax Trans Am Series over an apparent aerodynamic discrepancy exhibited by the front-running Garry Rogers Motorsport vehicles.

GRM has caused a stir given its cars have come to exhibit a pronounced droop in the rear windscreens and, in some cases, even in bodywork immediately above the rear windscreen.

According to Speedcafe.com sources, vehicles in such a state will generate more rear downforce than would otherwise be the case, because more air will flow over the rear wing.

The National Trans Am Series is, of course, essentially run as a spec category given cars are of TA2 specification.

While there are three eligible bodyshapes, of which GRM fields Ford Mustangs, technical regulations are tightly controlled.

With respect to the rear windscreen droop, several articles of said regulations would appear pertinent.

Article T2.1, entitled ‘Modification’, reads, in full:

a) Each Automobile must remain unmodified, in compliance with all aspects of these Technical Regulations and identical in all respects to the production make/model as supplied by the original vehicle manufacturer.

(b) Any aspect relating to the construction, modification and/or preparation of the Automobile including the location, fitment/mounting of any ancillary component that is not specifically authorized in the present regulations is prohibited.

Furthermore, the technical regulations also prescribed that components must be original equipment supplied by the vehicle manufacturer or controlled components, with limited exceptions.

Article T6, entitled ‘Chassis & Bodywork’, stipulates that “Modification to the Chassis/frame is prohibited.”

It also states that, “Repairs to any body panel must not change the shape of the panel to aid in aerodynamic performance,” and that, “The rear windscreen must be TA2 Specification/Five Star screen only.”

Speedcafe.com sources have suggested that a droop could be caused by the brackets on the inside of the rear windscreen being damaged or not sufficiently tightened.

It is a tactic which has been used in the NASCAR Cup Series, with a Stewart-Haas Racing entry penalized in 2018 for failing to have rigid rear window glass, for example.

Then, crew chief of the #4 entry in question, Rodney Childers, claimed that the bend in the roofline and rear windscreen which occurred at speed was inadvertent, and had been caused by a failure of a rear window brace.

In the National Trans Am Series matter, photographs of several Ford Mustang-bodied vehicles at a particular corner of Queensland Raceway, which capture those cars at approximately the same angle, are instructive.

Speedcafe.com has been supplied with five high-resolution images, shot by 44 Photography, from which the GRM Mustangs can be compared to those entered by two other competitors.

With respect to the GRM entries, Car #1 of series leader Nathan Herne, Car #45 of Lochie Dalton, and Car #73 of Owen Kelly feature the droop.

However, Car #03 of Ben Grice and Car #69 of Jon McCorkindale exhibit no such droop at all.

Interestingly, Car #03 is a current-spec vehicle, built late last year, with all updates, while Car #69 is a 2018 build.

The #03 Ben Grice entry. Picture: 44 Photography

A comparison of Cars #1 and #03. Pictures: 44 Photography

Speedcafe.com is awaiting response from Category Administrator Liam Curkpatrick and/or the Australian Racing Group, which owns the rights to the series and is officially Category Manager, as at time of publication.

At this point in time, however, there is no confirmation that GRM has breached the series’ regulations.

UPDATE: CLICK HERE for category response

It is understood that the issue was known about before the Queensland Raceway round, and indeed, photographs from earlier events this season show the droop also.

Speedcafe.com believes that a solution is currently being worked on, which would entail a change to the bracing to the Mustang-bodied cars.

At Ipswich last weekend, Herne was fastest in both practice sessions and Qualifying, while Kelly was next-fastest in the latter session, by a margin of 0.6051s over third-quickest qualifier, Wall Racing’s Tim Brook.

Herne went on to win all three races, officially leading all 47 laps which those races summed to.

Kelly was off at the first corner of Race 1 due to contact with Tim Brook and ended Lap 1 in 24th position yet finished eighth, then climbed to third position in Race 2 (progressive grid) and finished there again in Race 3 after starting fifth.

In the series standings, Herne’s margin over Kelly, who sits second, is 19 points, while Dalton occupies 11th position.

Herne also won the series last year, when he was a GRM driver but steered a Dodge Challenger-bodied car which was run out of Dream Racing Australia.

Garry and Barry Rogers, the latter of whom is the team’s Director, are not only stakeholders in Trans Am as competitors but also as the largest shareholders of the Australian Racing Group, which owns the series.

Round 6 of the season takes place at Sandown on September 16-18, when one of Herne or Kelly will likely secure the title.

The category will then be in action for an exhibition round, featuring the Trans Am 100, at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst International in November.

The #45 Garry Rogers Motorsport entry. Picture: 44 Photography

The #69 Jon McCorkindale entry. Picture: 44 Photography

The #73 Garry Rogers Motorsport entry. Picture: 44 Photography

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Australia

COVIDSafe app has finally been scrapped

COVIDSafe app has finally been scrapped

Health Minister Mark Butler said the “failed app” cost taxpayers more than $10 million to develop, a further $7 million on advertising, $2.1 million on upkeep and $2 million in staffing costs.

“This failed app was a colossal waste of more than $21 million of taxpayers money,” Mr Butler said.

“It was contact tracers working on the ground who were the real success story, not this failed app.”

App found 17 close contacts

The spread of the delta variant last year forced health authorities to abandon earlier efforts to identify each individual infected with the virus, raising questions about the usefulness of the app.

Even before the spread of delta, state and territory governments including NSW, Queensland and the ACT had either stopped using the app or never accessed it.

A study by public health experts from UNSW and the University of Queensland found the app had identified just 17 additional close contacts that were not located through contact tracing by NSW Health between May and November 2020.

Of the 619 positive COVID-19 cases recorded in NSW over this time, only 22 per cent were using the app, and the app detected just 15 per cent of true close contacts located by state-based contact tracers.

“In our study, COVIDSafe did not make a meaningful contribution to the COVID response in NSW during 2020. Instead, the app created a high workload for no clear benefit,” the researchers concluded.

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Former social services minister Anne Ruston defended the app as having “served a purpose”.

“Even though [17] may seem like a small number, that could have had a very significant impact on the health outcomes or the economic outcomes for our country,” she told a senate committee of the number of cases it had identified.

The Labor-led committee recommended the Morrison government cease any further expenditure on the app.

The COVIDSafe app uses bluetooth technology to identify contacts who also have the app and then filters out all exposures other than those who have been within 1.5 meters of an infected person for a certain period of time. These contact details were made available to contact tracers.

clarification: An earlier version said the COVIDSafe app had cost $9 million. After the government provided further information, the figure was updated to $21 million.

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Technology

Intel Arc GPU story goes live, global launch ‘later this year’

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Intel is continuing its “marketing” for their upcoming Arc GPUs with something that leaker Moore’s Law is Dead talked about: the Arc desktop GPU story. There’s not much new here, but it’s interesting that it’s all playing out like this.

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You can check out the “story” on Intel Arc GPUs on the official intel website, where we find out that ex-PC Perspective owner and reviewer Ryan Shrout has a major hand in Arc. Shrout seems to be the Arc GPU ship, as the Intel website itself says that “Intel Gaming Access met steering with Ryan Shrout, Senior Director of Graphics and HPC Marketing at Intel”.

Intel explains that “when it came to the creation of Intel Arc, Ryan and Intel’s engineers had plenty of graphics experience to call on”. Interesting, it seems that Ryan was integral to the entire Arc GPU process … so this marketing plan is his, and he’s calling the shots.

The post continued, with Ryan adding: “We’ve had integrated graphics in Intel CPUs for over a decade, but high-performance discrete graphics are a whole different game, if you’ll excuse the pun. Integrated graphics have given our engineers a lot of learnings to use in dGPUs; for example, a version of the modern Xe microarchitecture that Intel Arc is built on, first appeared in 11th Gen Intel Core processors. The architecture scales up from low-power iGPUs (Xe-LP), through Intel Arc GPUs as Xe-HPG (high-performance graphics), and even all the way up to data-centers and supercomputing“.

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Where will Intel Arc GPUs “shine” according to Ryan? DX12 games… where he explains: “is where the Intel Arc graphics cards are going to shine. DX12 and Vulkan are modern rendering APIs, which means there is a thinner software layer between the game code and the GPU. Older APIs, like DirectX 11 and 9, do more of the work for programmers, but have more layers between the game and GPU.”

I do find it rather amusing, and worrying, that Intel has a specific disclaimer at the bottom of Ryan’s post on Intel’s website. It reads: “no product or component can be absolutely secure” and that “all product plans and roadmaps are subject to change without notice”.

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Entertainment

Fran Kelly new ABC chat show Frankly

Fran Kelly new ABC chat show Frankly

In further proof that working for the ABC is similar to staying at the Hotel California – you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave – veteran host Fran Kelly is returning to the national broadcaster just months after departing Radio National’s flagship news and current affairs program, Breakfast.

Kelly will be the host of franklya new chat show set to screen on Friday nights later this year.

Fran Kelly will front a brand new ABC chat show coming to Friday nights later this year, Frankly.

Fran Kelly will front a brand new ABC chat show coming to Friday nights later this year, Frankly.Credit:ABC

frankly will be filmed in front of a live audience with a house rock band and feature “frank yet fun” conversations with international and home-grown actors, musicians, comedians, big thinkers and change-makers.

Kelly said of her return to broadcasting at the ABC: “I’m so excited about this new show. leaving RN Breakfast was bittersweet… I love the sleep-ins but miss all those incredible conversations with fabulous guests from around Australia and the world.

“People have been asking ever since what’s next for me. Well, this is it, and I can’t wait. More great conversations, a live audience and my own band… what’s not to be excited about? It’s such a privilege and going to be so much fun.”

Kelly spent 17 years hosting RN Breakfast before signing off last December, telling The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age at the time, “I just need a minute to reinvent myself.”

Fran Kelly retired from Radio National Breakfast in December after 17 years on the microphone.

Fran Kelly retired from Radio National Breakfast in December after 17 years on the microphone.Credit:ABC/Steven Siewert

Head of ABC Entertainment Nick Hayden said, “Fran brings such a warmth and depth of intelligence, we couldn’t be more excited to invite the audience in to hear her chat with the most interesting and electrifying people on the planet.”

Dipping a toe into evening TV represents a change of pace for Kelly, who spent nearly two decades waking up to a 3.30am alarm.

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Hinge signs on

Hinge signs on

Mitch Hinge has signed a two-year contract extension keeping him at the Club until at least 2024.

The 24-year-old South Australian has become a regular in Adelaide’s AFL team this season, playing 15 games across half-back and on the wing.

He has impressed with his penetrating left foot and registered a career-high 21 disposals and a goal in Sunday’s win over the West Coast.

Hinge was drafted to Brisbane from Glenelg in the 2017 Rookie Daft and played three games with the Lions before signing with the Crows as a delisted free agent at the end of 2020.

He made his Crows debut in the opening round of 2021 when he courageously played on with a dislocated shoulder in Adelaide’s win over Geelong.

Unfortunately the shoulder required surgery which saw him miss the rest of the season but after a strong summer Hinge has taken his game to a new and consistent level in 2022.

Adelaide General Manager List Management and Strategy Justin Reid said Hinge had made an immediate impact since joining the Club last season.

“Mitch won a lot of admiration from his teammates and coaches on debut last year and then with his attitude towards his shoulder rehabilitation and pre-season training,” Reid said

“We knew when we signed him the attributes he would bring to our team and I’m pleased we’ve been able to see them this season – his physicality as a defender as well as his run and carry with the footy and damaging kick has really added to our team.

“Now we look forward to him building on that with another strong pre-season behind him.”

Hinge, who grew up a Crows supporter and whose brother John also played for the Club in 2007, said he had loved his time at West Lakes so far.

“Obviously last year was challenging with my shoulder but I had a lot of support from everyone at the footy club and it’s been great to get back on the field and play some regular footy,” Hinge said.

“The club has backed me in and hopefully I can repay that faith. I feel like I haven’t tapped into my potential yet and still have a lot to give, and this is the perfect place and perfect group to do that with.”

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Australia

Liberal media director Lee Anderson quits

Liberal media director Lee Anderson quits

The Victorian opposition has lost another senior staffer just three months out from the state election.

Lee Anderson has quit his role as the Liberal Party’s director of media, effective immediately, just a week after Matthew Guy’s former chief of staff, Mitch Catlin, was forced to stand down.

New state Liberal chief of staff Nick McGowan (left) with Opposition Leader Matthew Guy in 2018.

New state Liberal chief of staff Nick McGowan (left) with Opposition Leader Matthew Guy in 2018.Credit:AAP

Catlin’s resignation came after it was revealed he asked billionaire Liberal donor Jonathan Munz to pay more than $100,000 to his private marketing business, in addition to his taxpayer-funded salary.

The contract, which was never executed, would have required the donor to pay $8,333 a month to Catlin’s company, Catchy Media Marketing and Management, for contracting services described as “supporting business interests”.

Alex Woff will replace Anderson as director of media, and Anja Wolff will be promoted to deputy director of communications.

The opposition’s five-person media team lost Nationals media adviser Emma Manser less than a fortnight ago.

The Victorian opposition's director of media, Lee Anderson, has quit.

The Victorian opposition’s director of media, Lee Anderson, has quit.

When asked about Anderson’s departure, opposition health spokeswoman Georgie Crozier said the Coalition was in “full campaign mode”.

“Lee was awesome,” she said.

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US

What carried interest is, and how it benefits high-income taxpayers

What carried interest is, and how it benefits high-income taxpayers

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Sen. Joe Manchin, DW.V., on Capitol Hill on Sept. 30, 2021.

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Senate Democrats passed a historic package of climate, healthcare and tax provisions on Sunday.

But one proposed tweak to the tax code — a modification of so-called carried interest rules — didn’t survive due to objections from Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., whose support was essential to pass the Inflation Reduction Act in an evenly divided Senate. The bill now heads to the House, which is expected to pass it this week.

Many Democrats and opponents refer to the lower tax rate on carried interest as a loophole that allows wealthy private equity, hedge fund and other investment managers to pay a lower tax rate than some of their employees and other American workers.

“It’s a real rich benefit for the wealthiest of Americans,” said Steve Rosenthal, a senior fellow at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. “Why should a private-equity manager be able to structure his or her compensation for her with low-taxed gains? That seems wrong.”

Here’s what carried interest is, and why many Democrats want to change how it’s taxed.

Carried interest compensates investment executives

Carried interest is a form of compensation paid to investment executives like private equity, hedge fund and venture capital managers.

The managers receive a share of the fund’s profits — typically 20% of the total — which is divided among them proportionally. The profit is called carried interest, and is also known as “carry” or “profits interest.”

Here’s where the tax controversy lies: That money is considered a return on investment. As such, managers pay a top 20% federal tax rate on those profits, rather than regular federal tax rates of up to 37% that apply to compensation paid as a wage or salary.

That preferential 20% tax rate is the same as “long-term capital gains,” which applies to investments like stocks, bonds, mutual funds and real estate held for more than a year.

Bulk of fund managers’ compensation is carried interest

Carried interest accounts for the “vast majority” of compensation paid to managing partners of private equity funds, according to Jonathan Goldstein, who leads the Americas private equity practice at Heidrick & Struggles, an executive search firm.

For example, carried interest accounts for at least 84% of managing partners’ total compensation, on average, according to a Heidrick & Struggles 2021 survey. The share varies, depending on a firm’s assets under management, though skews well over 90% among partners at larger firms.

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In dollar terms, managing partners’ carried interest ranged from $10 million to $102 million, on average, according to the survey, again depending on overall assets under management.

Additionally, while capital gains for wealthy investors are generally subject to an additional 3.8% Medicare surtax, not all carried interest is subject to this “net investment income tax,” according to tax experts. When it is factored in, managers that are subject to the tax would owe a 23.8% total top tax rate at the federal level, when added to the 20% top rate for capital gains.

Some say it’s a ‘stain’; others, a ‘successful policy’

Wealthy investors, including Warren Buffett and Bill Ackman, have lambasted the tax treatment of carried interest.

“The carried interest loophole is a stain on the tax code,” Ackman, the chief executive of Pershing Square, wrote July 28 on Twitter.

However, other tax experts and proponents of the current tax structure think a lower rate on carried interest is appropriate, benefiting investors and the economy. Raising taxes on fund profits would be a disincentive for managers to take risk and would reduce investment capital, they said.

“Carried interest is appropriately taxed as a capital gain and a successful policy that incentivizes investment in the US economy,” according to Noah Theran, the executive vice president and managing director of the Managed Funds Association, a trade group.

Higher tax rates could also have “spillover effects” by reducing the rate of return for investors like pension funds and other institutions, said Jennifer Acuna, a partner at KPMG and former tax counsel for the Senate Finance Committee.

“The policies have been going back and forth for many years, on what is the right policy to tax carried interest,” Acuna said. “I don’t think it’s a slam dunk.”

Proposal would have curtailed carried interest

A deal brokered by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, and Sen. Joe Manchin, DW. Va., initially proposed curtailing the tax break for carried interest. However, the proposal was removed from the final legislation that passed the Senate.

Most significantly, the proposal would have required fund managers to hold portfolio assets for five years — an increase from three years — in order to receive the preferential 20% tax rate.

Managers with a holding period of less than five years would incur “short-term” capital gains tax rates on carried interest — a 37% top rate, the same that applies to wage and salary income for the highest-income taxpayers.

Another proposed tweak would have effectively lengthened that holding period beyond five years, according to Rosenthal.

That’s because the initial proposal would have started counting the five-year clock only after a private-equity fund made “substantially all” of its investments — a term that isn’t specifically defined but which tax experts would generally consider as 70% to 80 % of a fund’s investment capital being committed, Rosenthal said.

In practice, that would likely have extended the effective holding period to roughly seven to nine years, a policy that “had some bite,” he added.

Democrats estimated that the proposed changes to the carried interest rules would have raised $14 billion over 10 years.

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Technology

TheatreQuip Theatrical Hoists at Integrate — CX Network

TheatreQuip Theatrical Hoists at Integrate — CX Network

The TheatreQuip ‘Reference’ range of theater hoists launch at Integrate-Expo, ICC 17-19 August. See the range and talk to The PA People’s Venue Engineering Team at Stand C23

Following on from The PA People’s recent acquisition of the TheatreQuip business, the team have been busy creating a unique range of motorized hoists designed to span a range of applications, from a simple bar in a school auditorium through to the most demanding professional theater installation.

The new range will be known as Referencewith each product meticulously designed and independently certified to comply with Australian Standards and with the new EN17206 Standard “Entertainment Technology – Machinery for stages and other production areas”.

“When it comes to safety in hoisting and winching systems, especially those in theater spaces which invariably require the suspension of loads above people, we regard it as our duty of care to ensure that we follow the most rigorous of standards,” commented Andrew Mathieson , Chief Engineer at The PA People. “The safety requirements of the 2021 edition of the Australian Standard (AS1418) have been relaxed to the point where an appropriate level of safety for a theatrical hoist may not always be realized by complying with this standard alone. We have decided to continue designing and certifying our hoisting products to comply with the 2002 requirements for Special Lifting Applications. This approach exceeds the requirements of the most recent version of AS1418, and ensures we deliver the most rigorous safety outcomes.”

the Reference range will include a series of drum hoists that span capacities from 350kg up to 1,800kg and drifts in excess of 20m, alongside the next generation of pile-winding hoists.

The first model from the TheatreQuip family of hoists will be on display at Integrate. The TQP-K650/12 is a novel balanced drive eight-line pile-wind hoist rated at 650kg @ 12m/minute. It has a redundant double-braking system, a certified 4-pole safety limit switch and encoder, slack wire detection and load monitoring. With a range of unique features including self-balancing twin chain drives, large stepless piles, symmetrical mounting and a simple cable reeving system, the new Reference TQP-K650/12 Pile Hoist is set to become the new standard for pile hoists in the region .

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At October’s ENTECH Roadshow, TheatreQuip will also launch its TQD-A750/12 drum hoist. The TQD-A750/12 is a six wire zero fleet moving carriage drum hoist, rated at 750kg, with a 12m drift and operating at 12m/minute. It features a redundant double-braking system with a full load failsafe brake on the motor and a second silent brake on the drum, a certified 4-pole safety limit switch and encoder, cross and slack wire detection and load monitoring. Higher speed and longer drift variants of the hoist will also be available for special applications.

Both models are in production now, and The PA People are taking orders for delivery later in the year.

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Pax Assadi interview and podcast about TV show Raised by Refugees

Pax Assadi interview and podcast about TV show Raised by Refugees

“I didn’t know what was happening; it was a confusing time for everybody, especially for Middle Eastern kids growing up.”

“You’re 10 years old, but you suddenly have to deal with no one wanting to be your friend, and you’re thinking, ‘I didn’t have anything to do with this, I live in Auckland, I live like two minutes away from you, I’m your neighbour! What’s going on?’”

In those early and confusing days following 9/11, Assadi looked to nullify the confusion by getting creative: he tried to convince his schoolmates he was Tongan. In Raised by Refugeeswe see Pax attempt the same move, desperate to distance himself from the drama playing out half a world away.

“That worked for a little while until the real Tongans started asking questions I couldn’t answer,” Assadi laughs.

Eventually, he realized that comedy (not finger guns) could be his most potent weapon.

A successful stand-up comedian in his native New Zealand, Assadi regularly mined his childhood for material before figuring out that his experiences would make for a perfect sitcom.

“It’s such a fascinating vantage point to be this kid in Auckland, New Zealand, which is 18 hours away from New York but is still heavily impacted by the event,” he says.

“And the beautiful thing about comedy is that it is so disarming; it’s a tool to open people up to dialogue.”

Raised by Refugees is the latest in a series of TV comedies created by first, second and third-generation immigrants that tap into the cultural minefield of identity.

From Aziz Ansari’s Master of None to Ramy Youssef’s Ramy and, closer to home, Benjamin Law’s The Family Lawthe landscape is brimming with creators reflecting on what it means to be trapped between two worlds.

Ramy Youssef also explored the challenges faced by second generation immigrants in his critically acclaimed series, Ramy.

Ramy Youssef also explored the challenges faced by second generation immigrants in his critically acclaimed series, Ramy.Credit:Hulu

“During production, I had a whiteboard in my office where I had written ‘Pax is in cultural limbo’ above my desk,” explains Assadi.

“And that was my reference point; every time I got confused about the story, I just looked at that and remembered how it felt not to belong.”

While Assadi is well-versed in using his experiences on stage and screen, Raised by Refugees presented an opportunity to gain insight into his parents’ journey. Assadi played his own Iranian father, Afnan, which proved to be both an inspired and confronting casting decision.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Pax Assadi playing his own father, Afnan, in Raised by Refugees.

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Pax Assadi playing his own father, Afnan, in Raised by Refugees.

“Playing my dad was easy, which means I’m very similar to my dad, which is a terrifying thought. I just grew the mustache and started yelling at white people in a Middle Eastern accent,” he jokes.

“I know it sounds cliched, but it made me appreciate my parents more; I never really thought about the fact that when my grandmother died, we couldn’t afford to send my mother home for the funeral or that my dad would get called names at work, so it helped me understand what they went through.”

Finding a young actor to play Pax was decidedly less tricky, with Assadi stumbling across newcomer Kenus Binu at the movies.

First time for everything. Novice actor Kenus Binu was discovered by Pax Assadi at the movies before landing the lead role.

First time for everything. Novice actor Kenus Binu was discovered by Pax Assadi at the movies before landing the lead role.

“My wife and I were watching Wonder Woman, and Kenus was hanging out with his mates and throwing out gags, making the entire audience laugh, which was insane,” says Assadi.

“My wife was like, ‘You have to get this kid to audition’. By this point, we had narrowed it down to 50 kids from about 250, but then Kenus came in and nailed the audition, even though he had never acted a day in his life from him.

Binu’s beginner’s luck looks set to continue with Raised by Refugees approved for a second season. Returning to his younger self is something Assadi relishes, with plans to explore the ultimate cultural crossroads: the obligations of faith versus the temptations of high school.

“I’m part of the Bahaʼi Faith, and we’re encouraged to avoid a lot of what you encounter at that time: sex, girls and alcohol,” says Assadi.

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“So Pax will have to confront that, just like I did, but we’ll have a good time doing it.”

* Stan is owned by Nine, publisher of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

You can listen to The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald‘s culture news editor Osman Faruqi interviewed with Raised by Refugees creator Pax Assadi on the latest episode of our weekly culture podcast, The Drop.

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Sports

Essendon and Gold Coast experiencing “significant change” in Heppell situation

Essendon and Gold Coast experiencing “significant change” in Heppell situation

There has been a “significant change” regarding Essendon’s Dyson Heppell and a potential move to Gold Coast.

SEN’s Sam Edmund reported on Tuesday that the Bombers captain was being tempted by a four-year offer to join the Suns.

However, the situation has shifted substantially with Heppell now more likely to stay with the Dons where he has been since he was drafted in 2010.

“The Gold Coast offer was four years, two as a player ideally, and two as a coach,” Edmund said on SEN’s Whateley.

“Essendon’s offer had been, A) slow to arrive, and B) slightly underwhelming. Well, we haven’t had any change here in the past 24 hours from both clubs.

“My information is that Dyson Heppell had got used to the idea of ​​going up to the Gold Coast, that it was more likely to happen than not. He’d been sold the vision, he’d met with the Suns, he was entertained and excited by the prospect after having a portion of time to get used to that idea.

“Now we’ve had a significant change.

“The Gold Coast, perhaps less enthusiastic than they were even 48 hours ago, and now we’ve got Essendon more enthusiastic than they were 48 hours ago.

“It’s like the old pendulum has swung. All signs point to Dyson Heppell staying on an improved offer from Essendon.”

Heppell is out of contract this year and is yet to re-commit to a 13th season in the red and black, but Edmund suggests it is likely that he will remain at The Hangar.





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