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Queensland renters living ‘on knife’s edge’ after landlords issue new notices to leave in bid to stop ‘lifelong’ tenants

When Lyell Lamborn’s new rental contract arrived, it came with an $80 weekly increase, and a notice to leave the property.

The Form 12 notice explained that her landlord had the right to end her Brisbane tenancy when her lease was up.

The notice came after the peak body for Queensland’s real estate industry recommended all agents implement the “best-practice” strategy in a bid to protect landlords from “lifelong” renters who might automatically roll from fixed-term to periodic agreements, like month-to-month. -month contracts.

Ms Lamborn’s rental property is a near 100-year-old worker’s cottage in Manly with a long list of outstanding repairs.

Last year, a friend of Ms Lamborn’s fell through the worn front steps of the run-down rental.

“I felt that the [rent] increase, which amounted to $80 a week, which is actually a 23 per cent increase in my rent, that was a huge increase for what I consider to be a very dilapidated house,” Ms Lamborn said.

She said she calculated her options in the current market, and felt forced to agree to the increase and, therefore, the notice to leave.

Rent sign of real estate agency outside an apartment building in Brisbane — Rental costs in Brisbane are among the highest of all capital cities in Australia.(ABC News: Liz Pickering)

“I’m being told that if I don’t sign and that, there’s no negotiating on the rent increase, then I’m out,” Ms Lamborn said.

“In this market, I can’t. I’m going to struggle to find something.

“It leaves you on a knife edge, wondering what you’re going to be doing every year… it keeps me up at night.”

Laws coming into effect in October will make it difficult for landlords to end periodic agreements.

‘Are we going to have somewhere to go?’

Dale Billett and Katie Havelberg sit on the couch with two dogs. — Dale Billett and Katie Havelberg were forced to find another property because their West End property was being sold.(ABC NewsAlice Pavlovic)

This weekend Dale Billett and Katie Havelberg are packing up their West End home of four and a half years.

It is also the first week Mr Billet has been out of hospital in four months, after an accident caused the amputation of his lower right leg.

While he was rehabilitating in hospital, the couple found out their home was being sold, and realized they would need to find a new disability-accessible home.

When they did, an unusual contract arrived.

Katie Havelberg with Dale Billett and his amputated leg visible as they sit on the couch. — Dale Billett was recovering from having his leg amputated when he and Katie Havelberg found out they had to leave their rental home.(ABC NewsAlice Pavlovic)

“I was going through the lease and preparing to sign it and at the end was a notice to leave attached,” Ms Havelberg said.

The couple signed the lease contract, but the process of property hunting took a toll.

“It just added an extra burden on top of the burden that was already here,” Ms Havelberg said.

“Sleepless nights, days, where you’re just constantly worrying about, ‘Are we going to have somewhere to go?'”

The couple are now navigating the move, with Mr Billett limited in what he can lift and carry.

‘Like a guillotine over tenants’ heads’

Tenants Queensland CEO Penny Carr in the office. — Tenants Queensland CEO Penny Carr says the notices are causing renters undue anxiety.(ABC News: Tim Swanston)

Tenants Queensland CEO Penny Carr criticized the industry body over the new practice, which she said was causing undue anxiety for renters already facing a crushing housing market.

“Every Queensland renter would be living with like a guillotine over their head the whole time they live in their home,” she said.

“And if they are good or lucky at the end of that, they might be offered a new fixed term.

“It’s extraordinary to call it best practice.”

A woman looking pensive as she stands outside a building — REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella granted the recommendation came at a very difficult time for renters.(ABC News: Lexy Hamilton-Smith)

But the peak body for Queensland’s real estate industry has stood by its recommendation.

Real Estate Institute of Queensland CEO Antonia Mercorella said the institute considered sending the forms best practice ahead of new tenancy laws coming into effect in October.

“It doesn’t evict the tenant or threaten the tenant in any way, as Tenants Queensland is suggesting,” she said.

“What it’s simply doing is confirming that that fixed-term tenancy will end on that date.

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White House stands by Inflation Reduction Act after CBO warns inflation won’t drop as a result

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Post date August 5, 2022
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FOX Business’ Madison Alworth reports from the Jersey Shore.

The White House is defending the Inflation Reduction Act against a report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office that suggests the legislation will not meaningfully lower inflation in the coming years.

“Could you address the new CBO analysis about the Inflation Reduction Act that says it would have almost no impact or negligible impact on inflation in 2022 and 2023,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked during a Friday briefing.

Jean-Pierre responded, “You know, leading economists have said that this Inflation Reduction Act that’s been analyzed by them, that’s been looked at by these economists, will indeed reduce inflation.”

Jean-Pierre was then asked if her answer means she is “dismissing” the CBO report and whether it is fair to call the legislation the “Inflation Reduction Act” when the CBO is saying inflation will not be meaningfully reduced.

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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, DC (AP Photo/Susan Walsh/AP Newsroom)

“Well, if you think about the Inflation Reduction Act, it will have an effect also on drug costs,” she explained. “Lowering prices on pharmaceutical costs, which is going to make a difference in a big way to seniors to families.”

Jean-Pierre went on to say that the legislation will lower energy costs, the cost of utility bills and Medicare, while also putting $300 billion toward lowering the deficit.

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“That is going to make a difference,” Jean-Pierre said. “That is going to fight inflation, and so it should be called the Inflation Reduction Act, because that’s exactly what it’s going to do.”

Jean-Pierre was reacting to a report this week from the CBO that said the bill would have a “negligible” effect on inflation.

“In calendar year 2022, enacting the bill would have a negligible effect on inflation, in CBO’s assessment,” the office said. In calendar year 2023, inflation would probably be between 0.1 percentage point lower and 0.1 percentage point higher under the bill than it would be under current law, CBO estimates.

Jean-Pierre’s defense of the legislation comes the same day Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., said that a group of 230 economists who are warning that the legislation will increase inflation are “wrong.”

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“They’re wrong..I don’t know who that list was… it’s as plain as the nose on your face,” Schumer told reporters.

The economists wrote in the letter that the US economy is at a “dangerous crossroads” and the “inaptly named ‘Inflation Reduction Act of 2022’ would do nothing of the sort and instead would perpetuate the same fiscal policy errors that have helped precipitate the current trouble economic climate.”

US job growth unexpectedly accelerated in July, defying fears of a slowdown in hiring even as the labor market confronts the twin threats of inflation and rising interest rates.

Business

Musk accuses Twitter of deliberately miscounting spam users in countersuit | Elon Musk

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Post date August 5, 2022
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Elon Musk has accused Twitter of deliberately miscounting the number of spam accounts on its platform as part of a “scheme” to mislead investors.

The Tesla chief executive made the allegations in a countersuit against the social media company, which is taking Musk to court in an attempt to make him complete an agreed $44bn (£36.5bn) takeover of the business.

Musk repeats a claim that Twitter miscounts the amount of false and spam users on its platform as part of a “scheme to mislead investors about the company’s prospects”, according to the suit, which was unsealed on Friday. Valid user numbers are a key metric for Twitter, which makes 90% of its revenue from advertisers.

The suit says Twitter’s disclosures to the US financial watchdog are inaccurate and have distorted the value of a company that Musk has agreed to buy for $54.20 a share.

It says filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) contain “numerous, material misrepresentations or omissions that distort Twitter’s value and caused the Musk Parties to agree to acquire the company at an inflated price”.

Referring to Twitter’s suit demanding Musk buy the company, it adds: “Twitter’s Complaint, filled with personal attacks against Musk and gaudy rhetoric more directed at a media audience than this Court, is nothing more than an attempt to distract from these misrepresentations.”

Twitter has consistently stated that spam accounts represent less than 5% of its user base, which currently stands at just under 238 million.

Musk claims that Twitter has overstated the number of monetizable daily active users on the platform, or users who see ads. The number of users that see ads is 65 million lower, the lawsuit claims.

Spam accounts are automated, meaning they are not operated by a human hand, and are designed to manipulate users or disrupt their interactions on the platform.

Musk argues that the misrepresentations represent a “company material adverse effect” that substantially alters Twitter’s value and therefore invalidates the deal agreement. Musk pulled out of the Twitter deal in July, citing concerns about spam accounts.

Twitter’s response to the Musk countersuit was published on Thursday. In it, Twitter called Musk’s arguments for abandoning the deal “a story, imagined in an effort to escape a merger agreement that Musk no longer found attractive once the stock market and along with it, his massive personal wealth, declined in value” .

“The counterclaims are a made-for-litigation tale that is contradicted by the evidence and common sense,” the response says.

Twitter’s lawsuit to force Musk to buy the company is due to start in Delaware on 17 October.

Robert Frenchman, a partner at New York law firm Mukasey Frenchman, said he does not believe Musk’s claims will ultimately prevail, having agreed to buy the company with a minimal amount of due diligence, but his legal claims are damaging the company.

“Whether or not Musk’s claim is meritorious, and I don’t think it is, it has made things extraordinarily difficult for Twitter. Twitter finds itself in a kind of legal limbo, while the litigation continues and trial awaits. It’s a huge distraction for the company. It puts the company’s strategy and direction into hiatus,” said Frenchman, who added that Twitter is making life “more difficult” for Musk by issuing subpoenas on the Tesla CEO’s associates and banks.

Technology

Intel Warns Older Games May Take Performance Hit With Arc GPUs

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Post date August 5, 2022
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If you decide to buy Intel’s upcoming Arc graphics cards, brace yourself for some mediocre performance when it comes to running older PC games.

On Thursday, Intel admitted the Arc GPUs will struggle to produce high frame rates for some PC titles built with the older DirectX11 and DirectX9 APIs from Microsoft. “On Some DX11 titles, we’re going to do great, but other DX 11 titles are not going to do great,” Intel Graphics Fellow Tom Petersen says in a video the company posted on Thursday.

The reason is due to the older DirectX11 API relying on Microsoft and the GPU driver to handle the game’s memory management. According to Petersen, Intel essentially still needs time to optimize its graphics cards with a variety of older games that were originally designed with GPU hardware from Nvidia and AMD in mind.

“We have to do a really good job of behavior that the game developers have come to expect when they’re using Nvidia hardware,” Petersen adds. “The truth is our card works very differently from Nvidia, so we now kind of have to start tuning all of our DX11 work to match what older titles have expected.”

On the plus side, Intel says the Arc GPUs have been optimized for games running on the newer DirectX12 and Vulcan APIs, both of which originally arrived about seven years ago. According to Petersen, the programming “layer” to the APIs “is much thinner,” and offloads the memory management to the game engine itself.

Intel also discussed the DX11 API issued last month in a video with Linus Tech Tips. In the clip, an Intel Arc A770, the company’s most powerful GPU in the line, runs Shadow of the Tomb Raider at about 80fps while using DX12. However, the performance drops to 40fps when rendering the game using DX11.

In a blog post on Thursday, Intel adds: “DX12 and Vulkan are modern ‘low-level APIs,’ with closer communication between the game and the GPU. DX11, DX9, and other legacy APIs require less developer resource management which means we’ve got more work to do in drivers.” (AMD’s own RDNA2 cards have also suffered similar problems with DX11 games too.)

The API issue certainly dampens the appeal of the Arc desktop GPUs, which are slated to launch later this quarter. PC builders looking for a reliable, high-performing graphics card may end up sticking with Nvidia and AMD, especially with the GPU shortage seemingly over. But Intel says it’s steadily working to optimize the graphics technology for all games. “It’s just going to be a labor of love forever making DX11 titles better and better and better,” Petersen says.

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Sports

Munster magnificent but Hughes hurt as Storm beat Titans

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Post date August 5, 2022
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Cameron Munster marked his return to fullback on Friday night with a hat-trick to help the Storm down the Titans 32-14, although the win may have come at a cost with star halfback Jahrome Hughes leaving the game with a shoulder injury.

Munster, who predominantly played as a fullback for the first four seasons of his NRL career, was a late inclusion at the back as cover for the injured Nick Meaney and didn’t disappoint, scoring 20 points all up thanks to his three tries and four conversions.

Hughes, who suffered the injury late in the first half and played through to the break before being taken from the game, will have scans on Saturday, while the Storm will also wait to see what comes of Brandon Smith being placed on report for a hip -drop style tackle on 28 minutes.

The Storm did most of the damage in the first half, outscoring the Titans 22-10, before crossing for a further two in the second half to win their second match in a row.

Inside the opening 15 minutes the Storm were twice held and had a new loan signing David Nofoaluma drop one over the line, but were soon up 10-0 thanks to tries from returning winger Xavier Coates and Munster.

When Kenny Bromwich added a third on 22 minutes the Titans looked in big trouble, but managed to fight back with much-needed tries from Beau Fermor and Herman Ese’ese.

Bustling Bromwich powers over

Munster’s second finished the first-half scoring.

Brian Kelly’s try three minutes into the second half set the scene for a Gold Coast comeback, but the last-placed Titans struggled to take advantage of their opportunities from that point on and eventually allowed the Storm to finish over the top.

A third for Munster capped off a fine night at the office which included 252 run meters and nine tackle breaks, with Young Tonumaipea adding one last try for the Storm in the final minute of the match.

Munster gets his hat-trick

match snapshot

After being a late inclusion at fullback, Cameron Munster starred with three tries and 252 run metres, with his additional four conversions leaving him with 20 points on the night. He now has 11 tries in 10 games against the Titans.
Jahrome Hughes suffered a shoulder injury late in the first half of his 100th game for the Storm and didn’t return. He will have scans on Saturday to determine the damage.
The Storm led 10-22 at half-time.
Winger Xavier Coates had a strong return to action following an injury which kept him out since round 12, scoring a try and running for 109 metres.
Titans hooker Aaron Booth left the field with a knee injury on 14 minutes and didn’t return.
In his first game back from a three-game suspension Brandon Smith was placed on report for a hip-drop style tackle in the first half
The Storm have won their past eight games against the Titans.

Play of the game

After the Titans had clawed their way back to trail by just six points, Munster’s second try halted their momentum and got the Storm back on track. The Storm star sold the sliding defense to a dummy before burning through.

Munster cooking from fullback

What they said

“We fought hard in that second half and were slowly looking OK and then a couple of errors and sort of fumbled our way to the finish line. A lot to like, but just not good enough.” – Titans coach Justin Holbrook.

Titans-Round 21

“I thought we started the game really well and when we got to 14-0 I was probably hoping that the game was perhaps going to get too hard for the Titans. But to their credit they just kept fighting.” – Storm coach Craig Bellamy.

Storm: Round 21

what’s next

The Titans have a long break now before hosting the Sea Eagles next Sunday, while the Storm are back in action on Thursday night against the ladder-leading Panthers. Melbourne are set to welcome back injured fullback Nick Meaney, while center Justin Olam could make his return from COVID too.

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Not guilty verdict after man set fatal fire to stranger’s house, laughing as it burnt

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Post date August 5, 2022
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A man who lit a stranger’s house on fire, smashed his windows and laughed while the building was engulfed with flames is not criminally responsible for murder, a court has found.

Cameron Johnston, 49, died from carbon monoxide toxicity on the evening of July 31, 2020 after Harley Thompson, 28, smashed out the windows of his Bomaderry home in southern NSW and threw petrol inside.

Harley Thompson is arrested in 2020 for the murder of Cameron Johnston.Credit:Nine News

Thompson, who lived nearby, had attended the home twice that evening before he set the fire, shouting abuse and smashing Johnston’s car and the front windows of the house.

Johnston, who was home with his 18-year-old son, called triple zero at 9.03pm and 9.46pm, saying in one of the calls that a “scary” person had “smashed all the windows, nearly” and was shouting “get outside c—.” Both times police arrived, the attacker had already left.

When Thompson attended the home for a third time, at 10:39pm, a panicked Johnston called triple zero again to say the stranger had “chucked petrol through the window”, describing it as a “firebomb” that had lit the entire house on fire.

Firefighters respond to the house fire in Bomaderry in 2020.Credit:Nine News

He said he was trying to hide from the man who set the blaze and didn’t want to go outside because “he’ll kill us”, urging emergency services to hurry.

As an operator urged Johnston to leave the house, he asked how far away the police were. He started to cough and was soon overcome by smoke and no longer able to speak. His son managed to escape the fire with the family dog.

A neighbor told a judge-alone trial in the NSW Supreme Court that he heard Johnston’s son shouting “dad, dad, dad” while Thompson laughed, sounded almost excited, and yelled “burn c— burn”.

GOP operatives quietly work to save Liz Cheney in Wyoming primary

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Post date August 5, 2022
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A handful of Republican operatives are quietly mounting a last-ditch effort to rescue Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from a Trump-backed primary challenge, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: The previously unreported effort shows how some Republicans are trying to surreptitiously undercut the former president’s revenge campaign, which has so far claimed the political lives of a significant chunk of GOP critics.

Cheney—the vice chair of the House Jan. 6 committee—could be the next casualty. She’s facing tough odds in her primary fight this month against Trump-backed challenger Harriet Hageman.

Driving the news: Involved in the effort are Jeff Larson, the chairman of the Republican research firm America Rising and a longtime Cheney backer, and Julia Griswold Dailer, a former Trump White House and inauguration committee aide.

Their strategy is two-pronged: Persuade Democrats to cross the aisle and back the Wyoming Republican in this month’s open primary, and dent her Trump-endorsed challenger by portraying her as insufficiently loyal to the former president.

What’s happening: Two seemingly unrelated political groups recently popped up to try to beat back Hageman’s challenge.

The intrigue: Tex McBride, a Wyoming rancher who leads WDFD, told Axios that Larson recruited him for that role.

“They needed somebody that … has a voice in the state rather than just trying to bring in someone from the outside who nobody knows or trusts,” McBride said in an interview.
“My involvement is really just to put people in touch with each other and they go do their own deal, and help raise some money, but that’s the extent of it,” Larson told Axios.

Federal Communications Commission filings list Griswold Dailer as WDFD’s campaign manager. Her phone number for her is listed in advertising disclosures for both WDFD’s and CFSA’s Facebook ads.

A source involved in the campaign told Axios that Griswold Dailer is “running the show” for the umbrella effort.
She did not respond to multiple inquiries about the campaign and her role in it.

Digital and TV ads run by the two groups hit the same issue: Hageman’s supposed legal work to divert Colorado River water from Wyoming.

Cheney’s campaign has run similar ads on the allegations, which Hageman disputes.
WDFD and CFSA also share a treasurer and use the same digital and marketing vendors, according to Federal Election Commission records and a source code on their websites.

By the numbers: WDFD has reported spending $188,428 in support of Cheney since last month, making it the fourth-largest independent spender in the Wyoming primary race — and the top one backing Cheney.

CFSA has spent another $47,108 attacking Hageman, according to FEC records.
But far more has been spent attacking Cheney and boosting his rivals.
The top group in the race, Wyoming Values, has received $500,000 from Trump’s leadership PAC and spent more than $800,000 opposing Cheney and supporting Hageman.

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Cult Of The Lamb – Release Date, Gameplay, And Features

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Start a cult, get followers and destroy enemies as a cute lamb. Learn more about Cult of the Lamb including its release date, features, and more.

Published on August 5th, 2022

Developer Massive Monster and publisher Devolver Digital are gearing up for their anticipated release of the roguelike action-adventure game, Cult of the Lamb. In the game, which received its first look during the Devolver Digital Summer Showcase in June 2022, players will be stepping into the realm of cults as told through the eyes of a fluffy lamb.

Start a loyal following, discover cult secrets, and remain in the ways of your teachings while exploring your surroundings and eliminating those who seek to destroy your cult. We’ll look at everything you need about Cult of the Lamb, including its release date, platforms, gameplay features, and more.

Cult of the Lamb – Release Date, Platforms, and Trailer

Cult of the Lamb is a roguelike action-adventure scheduled for release on 11th August 2022 for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam.

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The game is available for Pre-Purchase, and a demo is available to download via Steam. In the meantime, interested players can watch the official game trailer for Cult of the Lamb, which debuted during the Devolver Digital Summer Showcase in June 2022.

Cult of the Lamb – Gameplay, And Features

Cult of the Lamb is premised around a lamb rescued by a mysterious figure from being sacrificed. As you are indebted to them for saving your life, they take possession of your fragile body and, in exchange, gift you with unique supernatural abilities and task with starting a cult.

cult of the lamb gameplay lamb mysterious figure body possession starting a cult — In Cult of the Lamb, you must start a cult, gather followers and eliminate your enemies to become the true influential leader. (Picture: Return Digital)

Starting your cult from the ground up will require work, exploring new locations, and hordes of followers who will gladly proclaim your “gospel.” Some of the notable gameplay features players can expect during their playthrough of Cult of the Lamb includes the following:

Build your Flock: Gather or harvest materials needed to build new structures and furnishings which can be used during rituals and ceremonies in servitude to the gods and proclaim your gospel with inspirational words to instill the faith of your followers.

cult of the lamb gameplay features build your flock followers spreading word building structures performing rituals — Build your following by performing rituals and spreading your word to attract people to your cult. (Picture: Return Digital)

Destroy the non-believers: Those who deny or reject your word can be eliminated by fighting waves of enemies when exploring the expansive environments. Acquire their power and increase your cult’s preeminence by defeating rival cult leaders.

Spread your word: Teach your followers the cult’s ways and embark on missions while unraveling the mysteries of your world. In becoming the most powerful and influential cult leader, you must purify the lands from non-believers, expand your following and practice the teachings to assert dominance.

Cult of the Lamb – PC System Requirements

Becoming the most influential cult leader will require plenty of time and patience, but luckily for players, this game won’t demand high-performing PC specifications to run the game. Below, we’ve outlined the recommended and minimum system requirements to run Cult of the Lamb on PC:

Recommended PC Requirements

YOU: Windows 10 (64-bit)
processor: Intel Core i5-3470 or equivalent
Memory: 8GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 or AMD Radeon R9 380
Storage: 4 GB available space

Minimum PC Requirements

YOU: Windows 7 or later (64-bit)
processor: Intel Core i3-3240 or AMD FX-4300
Memory: 4GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 560 Ti or AMD Radeon HD 7750
Storage: 4 GB available space

For more related game content, check out our section dedicated to video game news, guides, features, leaksand more.

Featured image courtesy of Massive Monster / Return Digital.

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Michelle Jenneke, dance, women’s 100m hurdles final, heat results

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Post date August 5, 2022
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Michelle Jenneke jiggled, smiled, launched out of the blocks and blitzed her heat to cannon into the women’s 100m hurdles final at the Commonwealth Games on Friday.

The 29-year-old Australian favorite didn’t win her heat, instead collecting second in an all-conditions personal best of 12.63 (+2.4), but she was up against the rare-hot favorite for the title.

Unsurprisingly, Jenneke’s heat was won by Nigerian Tobi Amusan, who last month seized the world record and became the world champion.

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Michelle Jenneke advanced to the Commonwealth Games final of the women’s 100m hurdles in scorching fashion. (Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

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Manhunt in Broome as police investigate sexual assault on jogger

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A uniformed officer with police tape stretched across a path with bushes.

Detectives say members of the public intervened and attempted to detain the perpetrator of a violent sexual assault in WA’s north this morning.

The woman was jogging in Broome just after 5am on Friday when she was attacked by an as-yet unidentified man.

Police cordoned off the scene, a popular cycling and pedestrian track in Broome’s northern suburbs, shortly after the incident.

They spent the day canvassing houses and searching for the man.

Broome police officer Detective Senior Sergeant Brian Beck said the woman fought off the attacker, attracting the attention of nearby residents and members of the public.

“A few members of the public managed to locate the suspect, they’ve confronted him and they’ve tried to detain him, but he has managed to evade them,” he said.

“There wasn’t a physical confrontation, it was more verbal… we believe the suspect has threatened the bystanders or the people who were assisting.

“We’re working through our actions in order to try and identify whether this was a targeted approach, or something else.”

man in front of police station — Detective Senior Sergeant Brian Beck says the random nature of this morning’s attack is deeply concerning. (ABC Kimberley: Hinako Shiraishi)

The path is protected by dense bushland and isn’t visible from the main road, which runs parallel to it.

The man was walking in the opposite direction to the woman when police say he attacked and sexually assaulted her.

A police car parked outside a home on Friday morning. — Officers have been canvassing nearby streets and houses looking for any clues.(ABC Kimberley: Jessica Hayes)

The woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries, and St John Ambulance was called to take her to Broome Hospital.

“She has good family support; we’re supporting her very closely and our efforts are quite intense in terms of locating this suspect,” Senior Detective Sergeant Beck said.

The man is described as between 40 and 50 years old, 170-175cm in height with a medium to stocky build.

He has short sandy-colored hair and facial hair.

Two officers speak to residents outside a house in Broome. — Police speak to residents as they continue their investigations.(ABC Kimberley: Jessica Hayes)

The forensic team is also at the scene, and detectives from the Sex Assault Squad have been flown to Broome to help.

Senior Detective Sergeant Beck said police would deploy extra resources from Perth to assist with the investigation and search for the offender.

“Members of the public are obviously asked to be vigilant and mindful of their surroundings,” he said.

“Obviously there’s a person out there that we’re still trying to locate.”

The path where the woman was allegedly attacked is a popular bike and pedestrian walkway that cuts through the north of town and stretches south towards Broome port.

Anyone with information or who has CCTV, dash cam or mobile phone vision of the area between 4.30am and 6am on Friday has been asked to call Crime Stoppers or report the information online.

Police say there is no indication of a link between this morning’s incident and a sexual assault at a party on Cable Beach in May, which detectives are still investigating.

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