“Particularly in Victoria, it’s largely unregulated,” he said.
Munro said caps would encourage owners to seek greater financial security in the long-term rental market.
In NSW, 180-day caps over the course of a year have been introduced across many coastal and regional centers and much of Sydney.
However, Byron Shire Council this year moved to introduce a 90-day maximum on non-hosted short-stay accommodation over a year.
The Accommodation Association, which represents caravan parks, regional motels and hotel chains, is also pushing for the short-stay sector to meet similar safety standards to commercial operators, including large hotels.
This would include hardwired smoke detection systems, fire hose reels every 20 meters and fire rated doors.
The Byron Shire Council has limited the number of days properties can be listed on Airbnb to increase long-term housing. Credit:stock
Munro said some councils, including Brisbane, were also seeking to introduce higher rates for short-stay providers in recognition of their commercial purpose. I have encouraged the Victorian government to consider similar measures.
Victorian Tourism Industry Council chief executive Felicia Mariani said the state government needed to assert greater control over the short-stay sector, which included imposing caps.
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“The lack of regulation in this space has led to this crisis we’ve now seen with a proliferation of short-stay across regional Victoria,” she said.
Mariani said the shortage of affordable rental properties was damaging the social fabric of regional areas because many people working in hospitality, education and health were unable to live in their communities because rental homes were unavailable or too expensive.
Rents have soared by up to 20 per cent in some regional towns over the past year, Domain data revealed.
A spokeswoman for the state government said it had already brought in laws regulating the short-stay sector and cracking down on unruly behaviour.
She said a review of existing laws would investigate whether further adjustments were needed.
This year Noosa Council introduced registration fees and tougher new local laws to regulate short-stay letting that would require owners to gain approval before renting out their homes.
Queensland University human geography associate professor Thomas Sigler said Airbnb-style arrangements may be reducing the number of long-term rental properties in tourism towns such as Lorne and Portsea.
He said there were just over 60,500 short-stay listings in Victoria in 2021, compared to about 85,500 in 2019.
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However, Sigler said the number of nights offered had increased despite the drop in properties listed for short-stay accommodation. “Fewer properties are getting used more often,” he said.
Sigler said there was limited evidence to suggest short-stay platforms were eroding housing affordability more broadly across Victoria.
“There are many reasons that housing affordability has diminished, but it’s mainly to do with demand exceeding supply.”
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Devil Immortal‘spay to win mechanics have been controversial since the game launched back in June. Now they’ve also apparently broken the game for at least one YouTuber who reportedly spent over $100,000 on beefing up his Barbarian character. The player’s win rate is seemingly so good the game won’t even match him against other players, torpedoing his prospects of competing in the latest Rite of Exile end game event.
over the weekend, Devil Immortal YouTuber jtisallbusiness asked viewers if he should try to refund his $100,000 account as a result of the issue. He claimed that he spent so much money immediately following the game’s release that he was able to easily overpower almost every opponent in the game’s PVP Battlegrounds mode. As a result, he had hundreds of wins and only a few losses, pumping up his MMR (match-making rank) so high it became impossible to queue with anyone else.
“I would say it’s probably around, somewhere around 48 to 72 hours somewhere in between that of only trying to queue for a Battleground and never being able to get one,” he said.
Jtisallbusiness contacted Blizzard about the issue almost a month ago, and said he was eventually told the problem would be addressed in a couple weeks. Now, however, his clan of him OneTimes is competing in the Rite of Exile to defend its Immortals title against other players as part of Devil Immortals elaborate end game. The only problem is Jtisallbusiness can’t join them. Part of the questline requires participating in a standard Battlegrounds PVP match, but because of his matchmaking limbo he was unable to qualify.
“So basically I’m stuck as the clan leader in the Immortals clan not being able to queue us up for Rite of Exile at all,” he said. “I can’t do anything about it.” Adding to his frustration from him is the fact that he’s trying to make money off Devil Immortal as a streamer and content maker, an effort now seemingly stymied by his early spending spree (other videos are devoted to showing off his collection).
For many other players in the community, however, it’s a chef’s kiss moment for everything they hate about the game’s monetization. “Congratulations, you just ‘won’ in a p2w game,” reads one of the top comments on his YouTube video discussing the issue. “Can’t complain about that, you got what you paid for.” Others shared similar sentiments, and the video itself was downvoted thousands of times.
Players on Reddit, where links to it were being passed around, were equally unmoved. “I know it’s his money from him and people can do whatever they want with theirs but come the fuck on man. 100k?! On Devil Immortal?!” wrote one person. “When someone’s Devil character is worth close to my entire mortgage,” wrote another.
Blizzard and jtisallbusiness didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. It’s also not yet clear how the situation will affect the rest of his clan, which includes players he said have each poured thousands of dollars of their own into the game. Once the Rite of Exile is completed, the top 30 challengers are pitted against a single Immortal who is transformed into a raid boss. One thing seems certain: It will not be Jtisallbusiness.
Oliver Gildart, who will finish the season at the Roosters, was handed a big challenge — playing in the halves for the first time in his career after a 20-minute crash-course — and remarkably he didn’t look out of place at all .
Meanwhile, a gun fullback could help solve some of the Storm’s injury woes and there’s a 194cm, 95kg beast with footwork to boot that is yet to be picked up by an NRL club.
Read on for the latest Reserve Grade Wrap.
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Oliver Gildart lined up at five-eighth for the Magpies on Saturday and although they were defeated 36-24 by Mounties, he proved his worth as a versatile backline player, before sealing a loan move to the Roosters this week.
Gildart is primarily a center but has had a taste of fullback in the New South Wales Cup and now the halves.
The 25-year-old proved to be one of the Magpies’ most important players and his willingness to take on the line saw him set up two tries, get a linebreak, a linebreak assist, four tackle busts and 158 running meters.
Gildart told Fox League the last time he played in the halves was when he was 11-years old so he got a quick refresher in Friday’s captain’s run.
”I got a 20-minute session yesterday at captain’s run so I was a bit clunky but you get your hands a lot more on the ball so I enjoyed that side of the game… I’ve got a lot to learn in this position that’s for sure,” he said.
Parramatta’s Nathan Brown continues to put pressure on coach Brad Arthur with another standout performance in reserve grade. The 29-year-old NRL veteran set up a try, got a linebreak assist, two tackle busts and ran for 206 metres. He also made 32 tackles with two misses in the Eels’ one-point loss to the Panthers.
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Dane Aukafolau’s performance would have caught the attention of NRL clubs in Mounties’ win over the Magpies.
At 194cm and 95kg, he cuts an imposing figure while playing in the second row but after a history in the centres, Aukafolau has the footwork to catch his opposition off guard.
Aukafolau stunned with a try, a try assist, a linebreak, two linebreak assists and seven tackle busts as well as 17 tackles with two misses.
Mounties are made up of majority part-time players like Aukafolau and he couldn’t be proud of their efforts this season.
“Being one of the senior players I needed to step up so I just try and do what I can,” he told Fox League.
“These boys, day-in, day-out, their efforts are unreal. It’s good to see part-time footballers bringing that contest up to the level of these (full time) guys. It shows a lot.”
Dane Aukafolau was a standout for Mounties. Credit: Knock on Effect NSW Cup Instagram.Source: Instagram
Still on Mountains, Tim Simona wound back the clock to show he still has what it takes to play first grade.
Simona scored a double, got four linebreaks, three tackle busts and 169 running meters in the centres.
Penrith escaped with a one-point win in which the craftiness of hooker Soni Luke was on show. The 26-year-old, who got an NRL debut earlier this season, scored a try, set up two more, got a linebreak, four linebreak assists, six tackle busts and 112 running meters.
A couple of Panthers forwards were equally impressive and dominated on both sides of the ball.
The soon-to-be Eel J’maine Hopgood showed his future club what they can look forward to, with a try, two linebreaks, nine tackle busts, four offloads and 214 running meters, while also making 41 tackles with just two misses.
Meanwhile, the highly-regarded Lindsay Smith finished with 227 running meters, five tackle busts and 38 tackles with two misses.
There wasn’t a lot to smile about for Dragons fans over the weekend, but their reserve grade side bagged an important 30-18 win over the Raiders to keep their final hopes alive.
Michael Molo starred in the win, notching up a try assist, a linebreak assist, three tackle busts and 167 meters while also making 34 tackles with just one miss. Meanwhile, jackson ford finished with 141 running meters and a season-high 10 tackle busts.
Competition leaders, Newtown, seem to be getting better and better each week and with a fairly simple run home they are the favorites to claim the minor premiership.
half-back Braydon Trindall starred in their 42-18 win over the Rabbitohs on Saturday, having a hand in FIVE tries (one try and four assists). He also got four linebreak assists, three tackle busts and ran for 82 metres. Trindall also had a perfect day on the boot, slotting seven goals from seven attempts but on the flip side, he did miss five tackles.
Mawene Hiroti had a day out in the centres, scoring a try, setting up two more and getting two linebreaks, a linebreak assist and five tackle busts to go with his 185 running metres.
There were some good performers for the Bunnies though with five-eighth Jack Campagnolo, who guided Wynnum Manly to the Queensland Cup grand final last year, setting up two tries, as well as getting a linebreak assist and five tackle busts. And workhorse lock james hasson notched up 128 running meters and made 23 tackles with zero misses — he was the only Rabbitoh to not miss a tackle.
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The Storm’s Nick Meaney has been cleared of a serious shoulder injury but has to pass concussion protocols to play in Friday’s Titans clash.
Craig Bellamy has already conceded his backline stocks are running very low, but a fullback at one of the Storm’s Queensland Cup feeder sides has put his hand up over recent weeks to come into consideration.
Brisbane Tigers’ Tony Pellow stunned in their 32-18 win over Ipswich with two try assists, two linebreak assists and 221 running metres.
It was only two weeks ago that 25-year-old Pellow came up with a clutch play in the final four minutes to steal his side a four-point win over Souths Logan. Pellow received the ball from a scrum 10 meters out from his own line, found a gap, palmed off a Magpie, ran 70 meters and then put a cross-field grubber in for Jayden Nikorima to score.
Pellow, a St Johns Dubbo junior, joined the Tigers this season from the Dragons and spent eight weeks training with the Storm during pre-season.
Tony Pellow has been in red-hot form for the Brisbane Tigers. Credit: Margie_13InstagramSource: Instagram
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Out-of-favor Wests Tigers hooker JJacob Liddle played lock for the Magpies over the weekend. Coach Wayne Lambkin had limited options and had to pick a couple of players out of position to fill gaps. Liddle, who is reportedly set to sign with the Dragons, finished with 93 running meters, two tackle busts and 35 tackles, but had six misses.
rising star Kade Dykes didn’t feature in Newtown’s big win because he was 18th man for NRL. With Will Kennedy out for the next six weeks, it’s assumed Locky Miller will step into the No.1 jersey but don’t be surprised to see Dykes get his NRL debut at fullback. Coach Craig Fitzgibbon will have a headache of the good kind when deciding who fills in for Kennedy.
An Australian Aboriginal language only spoken by a handful of people in the Northern Territory has become the inspiration for a new artificial intelligence system, potentially helping people better communicate with machines.
Key points:
The AI system aims to help humans and robots to better communicate
Researchers developed it drawing on some features of the Aboriginal language, Jingulu
It’s considered an endangered language, with only several elderly speakers remaining
Jingulu is considered an endangered language that’s traditionally spoken in the Northern Territory’s Barkly region.
A study, recently published in the academic journal Frontiers in Physics, suggests it has special characteristics that can easily be translated into commands for artificial Intelligence (AI) swarm systems.
“Maybe one of the most powerful things with Jingulu [is] that it gives us the simplicity and flexibility which we can apply in lots of different applications,” lead researcher at University of New South Wales Canberra, Hussein Abbass, said.
AI swarm systems are used in machines to help them to collaborate with humans and undertake complex tasks than humans command them to do.
Experts say Australian law is not up-to-date to sufficiently regulate the rising use of artificial intelligence. (Chris Yang: Unsplash)
Dr Abbass said he stumbled on the Jingulu language by accident, while developing a new communication system.
“When I started looking at the abstract, it didn’t take much time to click in my mind about how suitable it is, for the work I do on artificial intelligence and human AI teaming,” he said.
Language easily translatable into AI commands
Dr Abbass said it was normal for AI researchers to draw on different forms of communication for their work, including other human languages, body language and even music.
However, he said the Jingulu language was especially well-suited to AI because it had only three verbs — ‘go’, come’ and ‘do’ — which meant it could be easily translated into commands.
“The specific AI model that we are working on relies on the very simple concepts of attraction and repulsion, in physics …. and underneath this very simple concept fits the mathematics of our AI,” he said.
“We can apply the ‘go’ and ‘come’ to the attraction and repulsion concepts, in the mathematical model that we have, and the ‘do’, to when there’s no movement in a space.
“The structure of Jingulu matches extremely nicely to the mathematics, and that’s what made it really fascinating, for what we do.”
“I have not encountered another language that has all of these advantages simultaneously, and in alignment with AI.”
Jingulu is a language traditionally spoken in the Northern Territory’s Barkly region.
‘Unique’ elements of language beneficial for AI
Study co-author and University of Canberra professor in linguistics Eleni Petraki said Jingulu’s flexible sentence structure was also an advantage.
“[In most languages] words appear in a specific order …. in Jingulu however you can split those elements,” she said.
With only several, elderly fluent speakers remaining, Jingulu is considered an endangered language, according to Rachel Nordlinger, a linguistics professor at the University of Melbourne and director of the Research Unit for Indigenous Language.
She said while there were related Aboriginal languages with similar features, Jingulu had some unique characteristics.
“What’s different about Jingulu is that other languages might have small numbers of verbs, but there might be 20 of them or 30 of them, whereas Jingulu has only three,” she said.
“The structure’s similar, but it’s different in having such a small number of verbs, that combine with other words.”
AI system has ‘almost infinite’ applications
The new artificial intelligence system created with Jingulu in mind, JSwarm, was initially developed to help farmers herd sheep, as a language which would allow an app used by farmers to communicate with unmanned aerial vehicles performing the task.
It has not yet been implemented, with its developers still working to secure funding.
However Dr Abbass said the system could potentially be used beyond agriculture in the future, including in areas such as medicine to defence.
“[There are] almost an infinite number of applications,” he said.
Like most Australian Indigenous languages, Jingulu is considered endangered.
Sign of growing interest in Indigenous languages
Dr Abbass said the AI system was the first instance he was aware of in which an Australian Indigenous language had been used “at the interface of human and AI communication”.
“You never know where good ideas will come from, and without keeping our minds open, we won’t be able to innovate,” he said.
Dr Nordlinger said researchers’ use of Jingulu to develop the system was an example of the growing level of interest in Indigenous languages in Australia, both from Indigenous communities themselves and the wider Australian public.
“People are becoming more aware of how fascinating these languages are, but also how endangered they are, and therefore how precious they are,” she said.
“I think [this study] is a sign of the growing interest for sure, and it can be a real positive.
“It can only be a good thing to have more attention and more appreciation of these languages.”
The winning lottery ticket in the recent Mega Millions jackpot is worth $1.337 billion, but because of an Illinois law, the identity of who bought it might never be revealed. In most states, anonymity isn’t an option.
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The winning lottery ticket in the recent Mega Millions jackpot is worth $1.337 billion, but because of an Illinois law, the identity of who bought it might never be revealed. In most states, anonymity isn’t an option.
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Whoever recently won the $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot won’t ever have to reveal their identity. The Illinois Lottery says that winners of prizes over $250,000 can request that their name and hometown be kept confidential.
That isn’t the case in many states, but a growing number of state legislators have sought to grant anonymity to lottery winners and offer them a sense of privacy and security.
“It’s actually been a little trend in the industry over the past, every four or five years, to look at doing anonymity — for legislatures to go in and change the way the lotteries operate and put in the anonymity clauses,” Gregg Edgar, executive director of the Arizona Lottery, told NPR.
In Arizona, lottery winners used to have just 90 days of secured anonymity before that person’s information became public record. Now, the organization’s website says “winners of $100,000 or greater may elect to keep their name permanently confidential.”
Why do few states grant anonymity?
The North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries, a nonprofit trade association, says players cannot remain anonymous in most jurisdictions.
“State and provincial lawmakers want the public to know that the lottery is honestly run and so require that at a minimum the name of the winner and their city of residence be made,” its website reads. “This way the public can be reassured that the prize really was paid out to a real person.”
Edgar said he has a fiduciary responsibility to Arizona’s budget to be transparent about how the organization earns and spends the money.
“For a lot of us, we look at it as — this is public funds, this is public [money]we need to make sure that we’re transparent and that people can see that there are winners that come through,” he said. But, he added, that transparency has to be balanced against protecting the safety of winners.
Edgar expects that pushes to protect the anonymity of lottery winners will continue in other states across the country as jackpots continue to grow.
States have their own public records laws
Vermont is among the majority of states that don’t grant anonymity.
“While the Lottery does routinely honor requests from winners not to post their personal information on social media, any person can still request to obtain a copy of, or to inspect, records produced or acquired by the Lottery in the course of its business under the Vermont Public Records Act,” said Wendy Knight, commissioner of the state’s liquor and lottery department, in a statement to NPR.
“Any player who is concerned about privacy and security issues related to claiming a prize may want to obtain professional services through an accountant, attorney, tax adviser and/or other consultant to assess and strategize about their available options and decide what makes the most sense for them,” Knight added.
Lawmakers who have pushed for the anonymity of lottery winners have cited privacy and safety concerns. A 2021 law in Missouri now makes it a crime to reveal a lottery winner’s identity.
Supporters of the legislation wanted to protect winners from threats or harassment when others found out about their prize, according to an earlier report from the Associated Press.
For information on anonymity where you live, check your state lottery’s website.
Property prices may be dropping but that doesn’t mean that wannabe home owners are suddenly celebrating.
Key points:
The Reserve Bank is set to hike the cash rate again today
Banks are already winding back mortgage limits as interest rates and inflation rise
Mortgage brokers say a ‘feedback loop’ is emerging in the property market
Lenders are simultaneously winding back how many people can borrow for mortgages as they factor in higher interest rate repayments and cost of living pressures.
Corey Chamberlain and his partner were just told by their mortgage broker that their borrowing capacity with a smaller lender has dropped by more than 20 per cent.
That’s compared with a national property price drop of just 2 per cent in the last three months.
The couple with a young child were first approved for a mortgage of around $975,000 in late 2021, and then again when they went back for pre-approval earlier this year.
That’s when Australia’s official cash rate was still at 0.1 per cent.
Since May, the Reserve Bank has been raising the cash rate to tackle emerging inflation that’s hitting the Australian economy.
Today, the RBA is expected to hike the cash rate again to take it to 1.85 per cent.
Banks are passing the higher cash rate onto borrowers in the form of lending rates, which is impacting the head repayments on people’s loans.
In October, the regulator APRA also told the banks to raise the minimum interest rate buffer on loans from 2.5 per cent to 3 per cent.
Despite the new lending environment, the Chamberlains weren’t expecting their estimated loan amount to drop down from $975,000 to below $750,000 when they went back to their broker last month.
The couple’s deposit hasn’t changed since late 2021 and Mr Chamberlain actually received a slight pay raise recently.
“(Our broker) was pretty open with us about saying it was all down to interest rates,” Mr Chamberlain said.
“One hundred per cent, it’s down to the interest rates.”
The couple sold their house in the New South Wales regional city Newcastle at the end of last year, after Mr Chamberlain’s job was transferred three hours drive south to Wollongong.
They’ve been renting there all year as they’ve struggled to buy a new house on their original approved limit of $975,000.
“It’s just the constant battle of everything’s overpriced and everything that’s in the price bracket needs work done,” Mr Chamberlain said.
The couple were hoping to buy a house with enough bedrooms so that they can expand their young family further. Now their loan amount is reduced, they feel even more dismayed.
“There’s just nothing in our area that we can afford now,” Mr Chamberlain said.
“Maybe a little shack.”
They’re now considering going to a different lender to see if they can get more money, or they’ll consider holding off buying a bit longer to see if property prices in their area go down.
Corey Chamberlain and his partner are trying to buy a new property in Wollongong. (Supplied: Corey Chamberlain)
Rising interest rates are the main factor being credited for the property market’s recent downturn.
CoreLogic’s latest housing price data this week showed that property values nationally have gone down 2 per cent in three months.
That’s the fastest rate of decline since the 2008 global financial crisis.
“Clearly, higher interest rates are eroding borrowing capacity,” CoreLogic’s Tim Lawless told ABC News.
Prices nationally would need to drop by 28 per cent to take the market back to where it was before the pre-pandemic boom.
Currently, CoreLogic is forecasting a drop of 12 to 15 per cent at a maximum by sometime next year.
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Mortgage broker Bruce Carr describes the current property market situation as a “feedback loop” where it is not necessarily easier for people to buy a home as their borrowing capacity diminishes.
“You get the feedback loop on the way up, and you get the feedback loop on the way down,” mortgage broker Bruce Carr told ABC News.
“And that’s where the clashing boom and bust cycles come from.”
He hasn’t had any clients have their borrowing capacity wound back yet but he’s expecting this to start happening soon.
Using borrowing calculators, Mr Carr estimates that his clients are now able to borrow 11 per cent less today than they could one year ago.
He believes this is not just because banks are factoring in higher interest rates, but also because a rising cost of living is being factored into people’s household budgets and therefore their ability to repay mortgages.
Annual inflation is currently at a 21-year high of 6.1 per cent in Australia.
“We all know that inflation is feeding into this,” Mr Carr said.
In a statement, APRA acknowledged that borrowing capacity is dropping.
“The recent reduction in borrowing capacity has largely been driven by the increase in official interest rates,” a spokesperson told ABC News.
“All else constant, an increase in interest rates will mean that the maximum amount that households can borrow against their income will decline.
In a statement, the Australian Banking Association said many factors were being taken into account by lenders.
“Every new borrower is assessed on a case-by-case basis due to a wide range of factors including total amount of loan, total amount of deposit, the loan to value ratio or LVR, whether a borrower is an owner-occupier or investor , and an assessment of a borrower’s revenue and expenditure,” an ABA spokesperson said.
“Banks make their own commercial decisions but ultimately competition is strong between banks, and borrowers should regularly review their arrangements and shop around for the best deal.”
There’s no time to admire the densely beautiful world of ‘Stray’ if you want a speedrun world … [+] record.
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I had a great time with stray, so much so that I stuck it out long enough to earn the catinum…sorry, platinum trophy. The last trophy I snapped up was for finishing the game in under two hours on my second run. I’ll admit, I was sweating things a bit toward the end, but I finished with around 15 minutes to spare.
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There are no such concerns for players who have been studiously plotting the best routes through stray, though. Some speedrunners are already able to complete the game in under an hour. As spotted by GamesRadara French runner named Erims now holds the record of 54:21 on PC (they have the PS5 record too at a significantly longer 1:12:18).
That zippy time includes the length of various unskippable cutscenes. However, Erims does take advantage of some glitches, including wall clips and near-instant dialogue skips. The glitchless records, according to speedrun.com, stand at 1:19:06 on PC, 1:23:21 on PS5 and 1:39:33 on PS4. With a few optimizations, I think that PS4 record is prime for the taking.
I’m both impressed by the ways players are able to break a game that hasn’t even been out for two weeks and how they’re able to find optimal routes through the entire thing. The glitchless runs are certainly putting my speedrun time to shame.
Rugby league great Phil Gould has questioned the length of suspensions across the NRL, saying the game does not need to be without its best players for extended periods.
Gould’s comments come off the back of Panthers star Nathan Cleary being handed a five-match suspension for a dangerous tackle on Parramatta’s Dylan Brown at the weekend.
Cleary was handed a grade-three charge, which normally draws a four-match ban, but had another match added on due to a prior incident.
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Gould called Cleary’s tackle an “error of judgement” and said a lengthy ban was not necessary for the Penrith No.7 to realize he’d made a mistake.
“I think the suspensions are too long overall with most offences,” he told Nine’s 100% Footy.
Penrith Panthers star Nathan Cleary will miss the next five weeks through suspension due to his tackle (Getty)
“I don’t think we need good players out of the game for six weeks to remind them that that’s not what you do.
“That’s just an error of judgement. I know this Penrith tackling technique very well, he’s probably thinking his other two players would support that player a little better than they did. They pulled away from it and he found himself in an awkward position.
“Does Nathan Cleary need six weeks away from the game to learn his lesson that’s the wrong tackle to make? He knew it six seconds after he did it that it was wrong.
“They probably want to send a message to the rest of the competition, they want it to look like the star players don’t get special treatment.”
Gould was backed up by Broncos legend Darren Lockyer, who said “a month was probably appropriate.”
Cleary’s tackle on Parramatta five-eighth Dylan Brown was handed a grade three charge by the judiciary (Nine)
“Five weeks is a long time, it’s effectively six weeks, really, because you include the game that he was sent off early,” Lockyer told 100% Footy.
“We don’t want that tackle in the game… but with even with a month on the sidelines it would’ve put a lot of people on alert that they can’t do that.”
While the Panthers will be without their Origin halves pairing in Cleary and injured teammate Jarome Luai, Gould said the reigning premiers could still win all of their matches to end the season.
He also identified a silver lining in Cleary’s suspension for the Panthers, who sit comfortably atop the NRL ladder.
“As a coach… I can actually see the positive in that,” he said.
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“When you’re that far ahead in the minor premiership, all you’re doing every week is watching your team and hoping no one gets hurt.
“Now he’s (Panthers coach Ivan Cleary) got two players ready for week one of the finals, all the others have got to get there yet, they’ve got to get through five games and be uninjured or unsuspended.
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“Luai and Cleary will play in round one of the finals and I think that’s a bonus. While it’s not the ideal way to do it, I’d look at it as a positive that my two star halves are going to be there when the (finals) games are on.”
Lockyer also agreed that the bout of adversity leading into the finals campaign would hold the Panthers in good stead.
Gould thinks the Panthers can win all five matches while Cleary and Luai (R) are sidelined (Getty)
“I think they needed to have a bump in the road, they were going too good,” he said.
“After the Origin series, all the players that played for the Blues will be motivated to compensate for losing the Origin series. They needed to have a bit of a bad run just to refocus them.
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“The only risk is that the two players, even though they’re your star players, they might be a touch underdone in week one of the finals, but they should have enough points up their sleeves to get that second chance.”
The Panthers’ first task without their first-choice halves pairing will be on Saturday when they travel to GIO Stadium to take on the Canberra Raiders in a twilight clash.
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Commonwealth Games in pictures: Shayna Jack becomes emotional after winning first solo international swimming medal
Kyle Chalmers touched the wall, popped up his head to check the results, then stood up and brought his index finger to his lips.
The Australian had just won the men’s 100m freestyle, a Commonwealth Games gold six years in the making – his first at a major international event since becoming Olympic champion at Rio 2016.
And after a week of unfounded speculation and relentless questions about his private life, his time of 47.51 seconds symbolically silenced all the unwelcome attention.
“I thought about it before,” Chalmers told the Seven Network after the race, in which England’s Tom Dean and Scotland’s Duncan Scott won silver and bronze respectively.
“Normally I do a bit more powerful celebration after a win but that one was one that probably means more than giving a fist bump or flexing the muscles.
“It is special to win, but unfortunately I think it is hard to enjoy the moment when all that has happened has gone on. It makes it a challenging time.
“I am grateful that I was able to block it out enough to stand up and win tonight. I hope this is a learning point for everybody, and I hope nobody else has to go through what I have gone through.”
On a day when table-toppers Australia again added to their already-bulging Birmingham medal tally, with Emma McKeon, Kaylee McKeown, Matthew Levy (swimming), Matthew Glaetzer (track cycling), Georgia Godwin (gymnastics), Ellen Ryan (lawn bowls) ) and Tinka Easton (judo) among the gold medalists, Chalmers said he was uncharacteristically emotional before the race.
“This last 48 hours has been hell, it has been an emotional rollercoaster,” he said. “I appreciate all the support that I have had. I would not have been able to get through [without] Item.
“Yesterday there were points where I thought I would not continue on. That just lets the media win. For me, I had to stand up and do it, not for myself but for everybody at home, everybody going through similar things. I hope I can inspire and I will continue this conversation.”
Also at the pool, McKeown cruised to 200m backstroke victory to add to her 100m triumph, beating Kylie Masse and breaking the Canadian’s Commonwealth Games record in the process.
And Levy won gold in the men’s 50m freestyle S7 to bring down the curtain on an illustrious career featuring a string of Paralympic, world championship and Commonwealth Games gold medals.
“It is great to finish here and to back it up from four years ago,” Levy said. “I’ve had a very long career and it is great to continue that high standard throughout 20 years and I’m very proud of tonight and proud of my career.”
Meanwhile, Cody Simpson advanced to the men’s 100m butterfly final, qualifying fifth fastest with a third place in his semi-final.
“Pretty wild, pretty special,” Simpson said. “That was my goal, to make sure I got into the night. Just relieved that I am.”
At the velodrome, Glaetzer put two days of setbacks behind him to win the 1km time trial and equal Anna Meares’s Australian record of five Commonwealth Games cycling golds.
Meares said her former teammate’s performance in defending his four-lap title by edging Australian silver medalist Tom Cornish – a race he said was likely his last at a Commonwealth Games – made her emotional.
“When you consider he had a heavy fall in the keirin, then got relegated from the medals after winning the [sprint] bronze last night, and that he’s come back from thyroid cancer and his coach Gary West passed away from motor neurone disease, he’s had so many challenges,” Meares said.
In the gymnastics, Godwin won the individual vault to bring her haul to two gold medals and two silver, in a campaign that has almost single-handedly thrust gymnastics into the spotlight.
“I do my best to try and show that gymnastics is a safe sport and that everyone should feel safe doing gymnastics,” the 24-year-old said. “And we’re heading in the right direction, so that is really exciting to see.”
Lansing — Oakland County Circuit Judge James Cunningham issued a temporary restraining order Monday stopping 13 county prosecutors with abortion providers within their jurisdictions from enforcing the state’s abortion ban.
The order was issued in response to a request from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after the Court of Appeals ruled earlier Monday that county prosecutors were not blocked from enforcing the state’s long-dormant abortion ban by a preliminary injunction issued in the Court of Claims.
In his order, Cunningham said the order was “necessary to prevent the immediate and irreparable injury that will occur if defendants are allowed to prosecute abortion providers under (the 1931 law) without a full resolution of the merits of the pending cases challenging the statute. “
The judge scheduled a Zoom hearing on the matter for Wednesday.
Cunningham’s order came shortly after Whitmer made the request in her lawsuit against 13 county prosecutors with abortion clinics in their counties.
Whitmer sought the injunction just came hours after the Court of Appeals ruled an injunction in a separate Planned Parenthood of Michigan case challenging Michigan’s abortion ban did not extend to county prosecutors, just state officials such as the attorney general.
Several county prosecutors have said they would enforce the law if they brought a case that met the threshold set by the 1931 law. But Planned Parenthood, the plaintiff in that case, said prosecutors are barred from acting on Monday’s Court of Appeals decision during a 42-day appeal window.
Whitmer’s team said Monday’s order, regardless of when it takes effect, creates uncertainty across the state and merits immediate action from Oakland County Circuit Judge Jacob Cunningham.
“…healthcare providers in Michigan presently are forced to choose whether to continue offering healthcare services to women in this state or potentially face criminal prosecution, creating irreparable harm for women who need healthcare now,” Whitmer’s motion for a temporary restraining order said.
The Michigan Court of Appeals’ Monday ruling could allow county prosecutors to file criminal charges against doctors and health workers who provide abortion services under Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban. The 91-year-old law contains a narrow exception for abortion in cases when terminating a pregnancy is necessary to save the life of the mother.
Planned Parenthood of Michigan has argued the ruling doesn’t take effect for 42 days — the window for a potential appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court — and any prosecutor who attempts to enforce the law before that appeal period is expired should be held in contempt of to court order.
“Planned Parenthood of Michigan will continue to provide abortion services in accordance with the law,” a statement from the group said. “PPMI patients can keep their appointments and our doors remain open.”
But David Kallman, a lawyer for the two prosecutors in the case, pushed back on the group’s claim that an appeal period remained the effectiveness of the ruling. The wording of the order doesn’t just say prosecutors are free to enforce the law going forward; the order says county prosecutors were never blocked from enforcing the law in the first place, Kallman said.
While prosecutors differ county-by-county on whether they will enforce the 1931 law, hospitals and health care systems say they’re trying to keep up with the varying developments in Michigan courts and adjust their policies accordingly.
Implications for prosecutors, providers
In their Monday order, the appeals court judges said the Michigan Catholic Conference, Right to Life of Michigan and the two prosecutors lack standing to request Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher’s injunction in a suit filed by Planned Parenthood of Michigan be overturned and her case assumed by the higher court. Gleicher’s injunction has been in place since May, before the US Supreme Court overturned a half-century of abortion rights on June 24.
Jackson County Prosecutor Jerard Jarzynka and Kent County Prosecutor Christopher Becker, the panel ruled Monday, are not bound by the injunction because they are not parties to the case nor could they be because the Court of Claims order covered state actors only.
“The preliminary injunction does not apply to county prosecutors,” the three-judge panel wrote.
Kallman called the decision “a victorious defeat.”
“That’s exactly what we wanted,” he said of Jarzynka and Becker. “They were both very pleased with the result.”
“Neither of them has a pending case in front of them right now. If a case is brought to them and the elements are there, they will prosecute,” Kallman added.
Right to Life of Michigan and Michigan Catholic Conference, on the other hand, lack standing because “they have not suffered any injury as a result of it,” the Courts of Appeals judges ruled.
Becker in a Monday statement said he appreciated “the clarification” from the Court of Appeals.
“I cannot and will not ignore a validly passed law,” Becker said. “If a report is presented to this office, we will review it like we do any other report of possible criminal behavior.”
Likewise, Jarzynka said he was bound by the state’s “validly passed law on abortion.”
“If a police agency submits a police report for a possible violation of Michigan’s abortion statute, we will review it like we do for any other report for possible charging and it will depend on what evidence is submitted and can we provide a criminal charge beyond a reasonable doubt,” Jarzynka said.
Prosecutors in Cass, Charlevoix, Clinton, Hillsdale and Saginaw counties told The News on Monday they also would enforce the law if presented with findings meeting the criteria for a violation of the state’s abortion ban.
Implications of the ruling are being considered by health care systems with hospitals or clinics in counties where prosecutors have indicated they are willing to enforce the 1931 abortion ban.
“We are aware of the Michigan Court of Appeals’ decision. We’re reviewing the implications for our patients and providers,” Henry Ford Health, which has hospitals in Jackson and Macomb counties, said in a statement released Monday.
McLaren Health Care owns more than a dozen hospitals in Michigan including McLaren Macomb Hospital, as well as hospitals in Ohio and Indiana.
Ohio enacted a “heartbeat” law immediately following the US Supreme Court’s rollback of Roe v. Wade, and the Legislature there is considering a near-total ban. In Indiana, the GOP-controlled Senate passed a bill that would ban abortion at all stages with nearly no exceptions during a specially agreed session on Saturday.
“McLaren Health Care and our system hospitals are committed to providing the best care to our patients and communities we’re privileged to serve,” McLaren Health Care Chief Medical Officer Dr. Justin Klamerus said in a statement to The Detroit News on Monday. “This is a complex legal and ethical matter for our society, our patients and the medical community.
“We are working with our patients and providers to stay aware of the changing laws while also ensuring the care provided is within those laws,” Klamerus added. “We will continue to closely monitor legal proceedings occurring nationally and within state jurisdictions where we operate in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana.”
pending cases
The Monday order from Court of Appeals judges Stephen Borrello, Michael Kelly and Michael Gadola came after the groups requested the higher court exercise superintending control by taking jurisdiction of Gleicher’s case and vacating her injunction.
Gleicher issued her injunction in May in a suit brought by Planned Parenthood of Michigan against Attorney General Dana Nessel. She ruled Planned Parenthood was likely to succeed on the argument that there was a right to abortion in Michigan’s constitution that overrode the state abortion ban, a law that dates back to the 1840s.
The judge ordered Nessel, who declined to defend against the suit, to convey her order to county prosecutors.
But Jarzynka and Becker pushed back, arguing the injunction could not extend to them since they were county elected officials with their own authority independent from Nessel’s. Nessel has argued as much in the past as well.
“…under the totality of the circumstances, the core nature of a county prosecutor is that of a local, not a state official,” the panel wrote. “Because county prosecutors are local officials, jurisdiction of the Court of Claims does not extend to them.”
Kallman noted that, under the law, prosecutions of abortion-related crimes have a six-year statute of limitations. While some prosecutors might now be committing not to prosecute abortion, their successors could decide to do so.
Monday’s Appeals Court ruling came three days after Gleicher denied a motion from the GOP-led Michigan House and Senate to disqualify herself from the litigation because she has made donations to Planned Parenthood in the past.
Gleicher ruled Friday that recusing herself over “small contributions” to the abortion provider would be “simply unprecedented.”
At least seven Democratic county prosecutors said earlier this year they would not enforce the abortion ban within their jurisdictions. The prosecutors refusing to enforce include those representing Wayne, Oakland, Ingham, Washtenaw, Genesee, Marquette and Kalamazoo counties.
Other county prosecutors earlier this year said they hoped the Legislature would make amendments to the law since its last update was more than nine decades ago.
“It needs to be updated before they expect local prosecutors to take away people’s liberty based on that,” St. Clair County Prosecutor Mike Wendling said in May.
Apart from the filing seeking superintending control, the House and Senate have filed appeals in the Court of Appeals regarding Gleicher’s ruling. That appeal is still pending.
The same day Planned Parenthood of Michigan filed its case against the attorney general in April, Whitmer filed a separate suit against 13 county prosecutors in Oakland County Circuit Court seeking a similar ruling that found a right to abortion is already enshrined in the state constitution.
Whitmer also made several requests to the Michigan Supreme Court, asking the justices to rule on her case rather than allowing it to be decided and appealed in the lower courts first.
The state Supreme Court has not yet committed to taking up the case by bypassing lower courts, but the higher court did send several follow-up questions to Whitmer and has been allowing differing parties to weigh in via amicus briefs.
Whitmer’s filing for a temporary restraining order is one of the most significant filings in the Oakland County case in recent weeks. The Oakland County lawsuit has largely been the more sedated of the two suits while the Planned Parenthood preliminary injunction was believed to have blocked county prosecutors.
From the start, state officials had argued the Oakland County case would address the issue of county prosecutors more directly than the Planned Parenthood case. Nessel pointed out as much earlier this year.
Nessel has said she won’t enforce the state’s abortion ban, a position she said deprived the Planned Parenthood case of the case or controversy it needed to have jurisdiction. Prosecutors named in Whitmer’s suit on the other hand, Nessel argued, could create a case or controversy down the road should they attempt to enforce the law.
“Planned Parenthood would be better off if they were focusing on the governor’s case and filing an amicus on behalf of the governor and her actions,” Nessel said in May.
