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Sunrise weatherman Sam Mac wide-eyed as pregnant partner signs him up for prenatal zoom class

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Post date August 4, 2022
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Sunrise weatherman Sam Mac has shared live updates from a prenatal class his pregnant partner signed him up for.

Mac appeared wide-eyed in the clip and said he would “skip dinner” after the two-and-a-half-hour zoom class.

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Mac and his partner Rebecca James announced in April that they were expecting their first child, due in September.

To make sure Mac was prepared for the upcoming birth, James enrolled him in a class, which he participated in on Wednesday.

“Big thanks to Bec for signing me up for this 2.5 hr pre natal zoom today,” he captioned the TikTok.

Later sharing the video on Instagram, he wrote, “Thank you darling @rebeccajames_stylist.”

Mac recorded himself listening to the session with “midwife Penny,” who gave instructions including, “little push, big push, little push, big push.”

Other comments heard from Penny included, “to stitch you up,” “the cervix is right up near your bum,” and “mucus plug can come out.”

“That will ripen the cervix like a piece of fruit. It’s done with a hook that’s about 30cm long it looks like a crochet hook,” the midwife added.

“Might skip dinner tonight,” Mac wrote on the video.

Commenting on the video posted on Instagram, James responded, “How amazing is midwife Penny though?”

Also to react were many of Mac’s Channel 7 colleagues.

“Fun times ahead!” news reader Sally Bowrey wrote.

“It’s the mucus plug for me,” The Morning Show host Kylie Gillies added.

Meanwhile, other fans also reacted.

“This is probably the best pregnancy dad I’ve seen online,” one wrote.

“No one will ever convince me to go through pregnancy ever,” a second said.

Another commenter added: “Mate, I didn’t even do one. You’ll be right. Winging live crosses will hold you in good stead.”

#DaddyMac

Mac and James announced they were expecting a baby in April

“Wow! Mini Mac coming soon & Bec just ca n’t wipe the joy off her face de ella, ”Mac wrote to Instagram, followed by #DaddyMac.

James added: “Well this escalated. See you in September baby Mac”.

The couple also posted vision of the moment they shared the news with family and friends, as seen in the video below.

Sam Mac and Rebecca James announce they’re expecting their first child.

The video featured Mac’s parents and James’ brother, snowboarder Scotty James.

The baby is due in September.

relationship building

Mac and James made their relationship ‘”Instagram official” early in 2021, the weatherman sending fans into a frenzy when he shared a cozy photo.

In a lengthy caption, the Seven star revealed he met “Bec” after being “introduced on Instagram last year” by a mutual friend.

“Bec lives in Melb, and I’m in Syd, so the Victorian border restrictions meant it was illegal for us to meet in person,” he explained.

“Here’s where it gets cool. We very quickly struck up a great friendship. Insta chats, phone calls, Friday zoom drinks, we spoke every single day for almost six months!”

Mac said it was “surreal” to finally meet James in person for a romantic dinner when border restrictions eased.

“By this stage I felt like I knew everything about her… except if she was interested in being more than friends,” he wrote.

“We knew each other so well, but also not at all.

“It’s not entirely relevant to the story but I want the fact that she was 24 minutes late to be on the record,” he joked.

The breakfast TV star added: “Eventually, over a few Harry Potter marathons & a glass or two of Zonzo, we discovered we were both feeling exactly the same.”

“We were just so cautious about ruining the friendship.”

In October, the couple announced they had purchased their first home together.

“’We bought a bloody house! In Sydney! Already drinking our way through the pain as we calculate the stamp duty #Pray4Us,” Sam captioned a photo on Instagram.

Sam Mac says Sunrise team pressing him to marry pregnant girlfriend.

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Perth venues Gangemi’s Fine Wines & Food and the Comedy Lounge awarded City of Perth redevelopment grant

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Post date August 4, 2022
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Two Perth businesses are sprucing up their shopfronts with help from the City of Perth.

West Perth’s Gangemi’s Fine Wines & Food and the Comedy Lounge on Murray Street are two of several Perth businesses which have been awarded City of Perth business improvement grants this financial year.

Gangemi’s owners Edward Johnson and Tobias Goyder-Ewan told Perth Now this week the $20,000 grant would go towards a major redevelopment of the well-known corner bottle shop and liquor store on Hay Street.

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The duo said they believed their business was the first metropolitan standalone liquor store to trade in Perth, having been open since 1911.

Co-owners Tobias Goyder-Ewan and Edward Johnson, Gangemi's Fine Wines. — Co-owners Tobias Goyder-Ewan and Edward Johnson, Gangemi’s Fine Wines. Credit: Andrew Richie/Perth Now

The historic establishment will receive an interior facelift to turn it into an 80-person small bar with indoor dining, an alfresco area and European style charcuterie food on offer. Drinks will be served until 10pm.

The business will also build a coffee window which will be open from 7am.

“We have been liquor retail and wine retail and we’re going to be wine retail and liquor retail-focused with the addition of being able to sit down and have a glass of wine on top, and it extends that ‘try before you buy ‘ethos,” Mr Johnson said.

“We are changing it from just retail to being an on and off premise consumption and a place for the community.”

Artist impression of the new bar at Gangemi's Fine Wines & Food during the evening. — Artist impression of the new bar at Gangemi’s Fine Wines & Food during the evening. Credit: Gangemi’s Fine Wines and Food

Mr Johnson said the grant would go towards paying for the “base build”, including the construction of toilets, amenities and access for people with a disability.

Re-development of the site is set to start as soon as next week, with the duo aiming to not close the store during construction and have the additions ready by October.

“You can have a chat to us, you can have a sit down, we can talk about the wine if people are interested in that,” Mr Johnson said.

“Or they can just have a place to hang out, eat some bread and cheese and have a glass of wine.”

In the CBD, the Comedy Lounge exterior and laneway is set for a facelift.

“Overall we expect the exterior improvements to increase Comedy Lounge’s public awareness and organic traffic,” business development and marketing director Jack McAllister said.

“It’s amazing how many people are unaware Perth has its very own purpose-built comedy club, so hopefully this will help get the word out there.”

Jack McAllister (event organiser) Sunday Singles at the Comedy Lounge will be launching as a weekly Sunday event for Perth singles. Andrew Richie Credit: Andrew Richie/Community News

The team behind the establishment are researching the possibility of installing 3D projectors which would display the venue’s line-ups and a promotional video.

Mr McAllister said designs were being drafted for the new laneway street art, which would include a portrait of the greatest comedians of all time.

“We’re in a great location where we get a lot of daily traffic passing the venue,” he said.

“It’s one aspect of advertising that we haven’t utilized yet — we want to be noticed as people pass our venue.

“First impressions count and at the moment the look of the building and laneway does not match the quality of entertainment we’re providing.

“The upgrades will help convey to customers that it’s a high-quality establishment with world-class live entertainment.”

Mr McAllister said the $12,950 grant would go towards the works but the upgrade would cost “significantly more”.

“The last few years for businesses have been a rollercoaster, so it’s good to know the government is showing its support,” he said.

“We haven’t made any significant or noticeable upgrades for about three years now, so we are well overdue for a makeover.

“All our recent major upgrades have been interior, which has been money well spent, but it’s time we improve the outside.”

Visitors to the Comedy Lounge should start seeing the laneway improvements finalized over the next few weeks.

The two establishments were part of 21 businesses to receive grants.

City staff had recommended only nine out of 25 applications for grants be approved, taking the total grants allocation to $157,050.

But councilors approved grants to all applications that scored over 60 per cent in the city’s assessment. This move, suggested by Cr Brent Fleeton, saw 12 of the 16 businesses that had been recommended for rejection to receive a grant after all.

Amberjacks in Elizabeth Quay was one of the 16 businesses whose application was recommended to be knocked back but will now receive $16,421 to create a raised alfresco decking area with umbrellas and added weather cover.

The Heritage Wine Bar will also now receive a $20,000 grant to install a suspended alfresco area between the bar and the Brookfield Place podium to close a void and increase capacity.

The council also agreed to allocate an extra $194,911.57 to its grant program to accommodate the move, which city community development general manager Kylie Johnson said was “not supported”.

“Council approved the annual budget on July 12 which included the $150,000 allocation for the business improvement grant program,” she said.

“Any amendments that are made will be impacting on potential future programs.”

Cr Fleeton said councilors set the $150,000 budget for the grants program this financial year before finding out the city had a $3 million better starting position.

“We have the funds; now is the right time to make this investment on behalf of ratepayers because the city needs it,” he said.

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Swan Draft is being brewed in WA again after years of being made interstate

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Post date August 3, 2022
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Swan Draft is back being made in WA.

Nine years after parent company Lion shifted production to South Australia, kegs of the popular lager known colloquially as Swanny D are being brewed at Little Creatures in Fremantle to avoid pandemic-related supply chain disruptions.

Swan Draft was brewed in WA from 1857 until 2013 when production shifted to the West End Brewery in Adelaide.

Brewing then shifted to Tooheys in Sydney when West End rolled out its last kegs in June last year.

While some Swan Draft pouring at Perth pubs is still brewed in NSW, Lion has embarked on a recruitment drive with the aim of bringing all WA keg production to Little Creatures.

Lion WA sales director Jamie Ryan said the local brewing team had undertaken a rigorous emulation process to ensure consistency of taste across the national output.

“Swan Draft kegs are now proudly being brewed locally here in WA for the first time since 2013,” he said.

Mr Ryan added that the homecoming was “a big win in terms of freshness for our loyal WA Swan Draft customers and drinkers”.

Karl Bullers, owner of the National Hotel in Fremantle, said Swan Draft was very popular among drinkers at the busy pub.

“It’s a clear sales leader, head and shoulders above any other tap beer that we do,” he said.

“It’s popular with all different segments from your hardened drinkers that swear by Swan and have been drinking it all their lives, from back in the day where there was very little choice in what they could drink, to students and hipsters.”

The publican, who also owns the Old Courthouse in Fremantle, said pouring locally brewed Swan Draft felt good.

“There was quite an outcry back when they shifted the production — I remember it well,” Mr Bullers said.

“It’s a local product, so it’s great that it’s being brewed back here again.

“It ticks all the boxes for keeping it local and reducing its carbon footprint as well.

“It’s great to be pouring it from just up the road (at Little Creatures) — they could run a pipe from the brewery.”

National Hotel owner Karl Bullers joked that the pub’s Swan Draft kegs could be “the freshest in the world” now that the beer is being brewed locally at Little Creatures in Fremantle. Credit: Jackson Flindell/The West Australian

Mr Bullers joked that the National Hotel’s kegs could be “the freshest in the world”.

Before leaving WA, Swan Draft was brewed at Swan’s facility in Canning Vale.

In 1990, New Zealand brewing company Lion Nathan, as it was then known, bought a 50 per cent stake in Swan owner Bond Brewing, before completing the takeover two years later.

Now a subsidiary of Japanese giant Kirin, Lion has no current plans to move production of packaged Swan Draft, nor other WA-born, Lion-owned beers Emu Export and Bitter, back west.

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Brad Pitt reveals the reason he wore a skirt during red carpet appearance for Bullet Train

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Post date August 3, 2022
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Brad Pitt said he wore a skirt to a Bullet Train screening because we’re all going to die.

The Fight Club actor, 58, gave the explanation when asked why he wore the knee-length outfit to the Berlin showing of his latest film.

He told Variety on Monday night, while wearing an all-green combination, about his recent quirky sartorial choices: “I don’t know! We’re all going to die, so let’s mess it up.”

It comes after he told GQ earlier this year: “I consider myself on my last leg. This last semester or trimester.

“What is this section gonna be? And how do I want to design that?”

BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 19: Brad Pitt attends the "Bullet Train" Red Carpet Screening at Zoo Palast on July 19, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Ben Kriemann/Getty Images for Sony Pictures) — Brad Pitt wearing THAT skirt. Credit: Ben Krieman/Getty Images for Sony Pictures

Pitt’s skirt was accompanied by a light brown cardigan and accessorized with a cluster of necklaces, along with sunglasses and black combat boots.

At the time, social media users have mixed reactions to the look.

“Who cares if Brad Pitt wore a skirt? A good iron was needed to the whole ensemble. Looks like I found a bag of clothes in the dumpster and put it on,” one user wrote.

Pitt joins the likes of other male celebrities to have rocked the traditionally female garment, including Harry Styles, Lil Nas X, Oscar Isaac, Pete Davidson, Russell Westbrook, Odell Beckham Jr and Jared Leto.

Meanwhile, his film Bullet Train has received average reviews so far with a score of 51 on Metacritic.

Chicago Sun Times gave it a glowing review and said: “Unlike so many of the cookie-cutter, wisecracking-assassin movies in recent memory, Bullet Train acknowledges its outlandishness from the beginning and yet also manages to connect so many dots in creative, gotcha fashion.”

Meanwhile, AV Club gave it a poor review, writer Rodd Gilchrist said, “ultimately, Bullet Train aims to be slick when it needs to be smart, and predictable when it should be provocative — effectively making all of the wrong stops at exactly the wrong time.”

Bullet Train hits Australian cinemas this Thursday.

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Cost of Living crisis: WA wholesaler New West Foods warns of ‘perfect storm’ with food, pub prices set to rise

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Post date August 3, 2022
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WA’s biggest independent food distributor has warned consumers to expect further hikes at their favorite pubs and restaurants – and eventually supermarkets – as supply chain pressures and skyrocketing input costs continue to drive up prices.

The price of vegetable oil supplied by New West Foods to hundreds of eateries across WA has almost doubled since August 2020, with eggs up 75 per cent over the same two-year period.

Salmon has jumped 50 per cent while cheese and bacon are both up around 35 per cent.

Even the humble frozen chip – a staple of takeaway menus everywhere – has climbed 25 per cent.

The scale of price rises over the past two years. Credit: The West Australian

The majority of those price rises have come in the last 12 months as myriad factors combined to create what New West Foods managing director Damon Venoutsos said was the “perfect storm” for food costs.

Mr Venoutsos described distribution businesses like his own as the “canary in the coal mine” for price increases because – unlike supermarkets and fast-food chains – they did not enter into long-term agreements with suppliers.

“Most of the time we get 30 days’ notice from our suppliers that prices are going up whereas your big retailers (such as Coles and Woolworths) and quick service restaurants (such as KFC) can lock in their prices for anything up to six months ,” he said.

“Often we’re using the exact same supplier so while I don’t know when (the supermarkets) are going to catch up, it’s inevitable they will have to.”

Mr Venoutsos said prices had increased “very quickly and very dramatically” in recent months and that practically no food type had been spared, although some – such as fish, meat and dairy – had been impacted worse than others.

The biggest riser – vegetable oil – is in short supply globally, with exports largely cut off from war-torn Ukraine which traditionally produces 50 per cent of the sunflower oil used around the world.

New West Foods clients include Optus Stadium, King Edward Memorial and Sir Charles Gairdner hospitals and hundreds of restaurants and cafes.

New West Foods managing director Damon Venoutsos has warned of more price hikes. Credit: simon santi/The West Australian

Mr Venoutos said takeaway-oriented restaurants such as fish and chip shops and pizzerias were among the hardest hit with practically all their staple ingredients surging in price.

Independent Food Distributors Australia chief executive Richard Forbes listed half a dozen reasons for the escalating costs including clogged ports globally, COVID lockdowns in China, a shortage of sea containers and spiraling domestic energy and transport prices.

Last month, Manjimup-based WA Chips – the State’s only local manufacturer – revealed its gas bill was up $400,000 (60 per cent) compared to the previous year.

Mr Forbes said additional costs were being incurred at every step of the production, distribution and storage supply chain.

“Anyone that refrigerates product in bulk – which would be practically all distributors – have seen those costs go from around $50,000 to $80,000,” he said.

Labor shortages were also a major issue, with Mr Forbes estimating there were 160,000 vacancies between the agriculture, transport, warehousing and hospitality sectors.

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New restrictions: Coles and Woolworths supermarkets egg shortage continues across country

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Post date August 3, 2022
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Egg lovers across the country may have to get used to seeing near-empty shelves, as Coles and Woolworths supermarkets continue to face shortages amid a decreased supply from farmers.

Over the course of the pandemic, Aussie customers have become accustomed to reduced supplies of essential food items, with eggs just the latest to be added to the list.

Coles has placed restrictions on eggs, with customers only allowed to buy no more than two cartons in one shop.

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A Coles spokesperson told 7NEWS.com.au it was continuing to monitor supply and work hard with suppliers to improve availability.

“(We) will keep customers updated on any changes,” the spokesperson said.

Woolworths stores do not currently have any restrictions in place, with eggs continuing to be delivered into stores on a regular basis despite the constrained supply.

A spokesperson attributed the shortage to a reduction in the output of locally produced eggs at a number of farms across the country.

“While we continue to deliver eggs to our stores regularly, customers may notice reduced availability at the moment and we thank them for their patience and understanding,” the spokesperson said.

“We’re in close contact with our suppliers and are working to increase the availability of eggs in stores as soon as possible.”

Australian Eggs managing director Rowan McMonnies said while some were pinning the blame on free-range eggs for the empty shelves, there is actually a host of contributing factors.

“Free-range production is more complex than other systems as there are more variables to manage, including seasonal weather conditions,” he said.

“Egg farmers are usually able to meet demand across the year through planning but COVID disruption has made this difficult.”

According to McMonnies, when lockdown ended last year, egg demand dropped significantly, which sent a signal to farmers that people did not want as many eggs.

However, demand has bounced back much faster than expected, and demand for eggs has increased over the past 12 months.

“Retail volumes are only down slightly on this time last year, which was at an elevated position due to the COVID lockdowns,” McMonnies said.

“Cafes and restaurants appear to have also bounced back faster than anticipated as diners have made up for lost time.”

McMonnies reassured customers that the egg industry was strong and that a range of production systems meant customers would continue to have a variety of choices.

“Egg farmers will respond to the current shortages to ensure demand will be met going forward.”

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Cost of Living crisis: WA wholesaler New West Foods warns of ‘perfect storm’ with food, pub prices set to rise

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Post date August 3, 2022
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