A teenage boy has been bitten by a shark at a Southern California beach.
Fox 5 San Diego reports the attack occurred around 7am on Saturday at Beacon's Beach in Encinitas, north of San Diego. Witness Chad Hammel tells the TV station the victim was lobster diving. Hammel says he heard screaming and then realised the boy was yelling, "I got bit!" Hammel was also lobster diving with a group, and they pulled the boy onto a kayak and headed to shore as the shark followed. The group applied pressure to the wounds while beachgoers called paramedics, who put the victim in a helicopter. A message seeking official information was left at a phone number for an Encinitas public information officer. AP https://www.watoday.com.au/world/north-america/teen-attacked-by-shark-at-california-beach-20180930-p506vw.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed
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Collingwood fans who were hoping some classic Melbourne wet weather might put off their West Australian opponents on the MCG today might be disappointedby the sunshine this morning.
Initial forecasts for wet, miserable conditions earlier in the week have dissipated, with senior Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Dean Stewart saying today the odds of rain during the grand final were now very slim. Fans line the streets during the AFL grand final parade. Photo: AAP At the MCG theres a chance there could be a light sprinkle there this morning, theres even less of a chance this afternoon, he said. "Theres a good chance well get through the game with dry conditions and partly cloudy skies." But it has been a damp night for some in Victoria, with 11 millimetres falling in Berwick and 8 millimetres in Ferny Creek since 9am Friday. https://www.watoday.com.au/national/victoria/is-it-going-to-rain-during-the-afl-grand-final-20180929-p506sm.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed GOOD CITIZENS (Mistletone/Inertia)
Good Citizens, the fourth record from Melbourne's Cash Savage, sees the musician in a volatile mood. "These are dark times!" she hollers on the anarchic Collapse, her sermonising style bolstered by a raucous performance from the Last Drinks. The band plays in the great Australian tradition of dark, blues-inflected punk, epitomised by the Drones and the Bad Seeds, primed for the pub as much as the concert hall. Album opener and highlight Better Than That has a Springsteen-like momentum, pushed along by a cavernous kick-drum sound and taut, muscular guitar. Elsewhere lurching strings and raspy, singalong hooks ratchet up these tinderbox songs, charged with defiance and despair. Recorded in the wake of this year's marriage debate (Savage wed partner Amy Middleton in a shotgun ceremony in 2015), much of the album's anger is aimed at a neoliberal elite that sees fit to regulate queer relationships and the "good citizens" whose complacency enables the charade. "Get f---ed if you think I'm gonna be one of them," Savage scowls on the glowering title track. The battle for decency may have been lost, but Savage still finds redemption in fighting it. ANNIE TOLLER [embedded content] ROCK Suede THE BLUE HOUR (Warner) They enter with everything on 11: pizzicato strings, spiky electric guitar arpeggios and a deep, doomy choir suggest the apocalypse will be along any moment now. And that's just the opening 60 seconds. Sure, Suede were never shy and retiring types, unwittingly creating Britpop in the early 1990s with their mind-meld of glam and indie rock, on songs that played out as bedsit passion plays fuelled by the fervent yelp of frontman Brett Anderson. But these days he is inspired by his young son rather than hedonism and lust. That said, it is the dark side of childhood that fuels their eighth album, which features interludes about dead birds and a search party for a missing kid. They swing from the rafters on the towering Life Is Golden and Don't Be Afraid If Nobody Loves You, in which Anderson navigates the tricky territory of passing on words of wisdom to his offspring, telling him their bond will transcend his death and reassuring him that we all feel unwanted at times, but that's just normal. If those titles have a strong whiff of Morrissey about them, then that's no coincidence, as Suede twist the drama, and bombast switches to the right. BARRY DIVOLA CLASSICAL Stuart Skelton SHINING KNIGHT (ABC) As this debut recital recording demonstrates, Australian tenor Stuart Skelton is at the height of his powers, firmly established among the world's finest heldentenors, and a great Wagner exponent. His artistry blazes as he traces Wagner's development in five extracts, from the early Rienzi via Lohengrin and Die Walkure to the final work, Parsifal, singing with outstanding sensitivity. He has every attribute: beauty, power, accuracy, control, delicacy, clarity, tonal colour and shading, plus vocal acting and emotional intensity. He is also deeply satisfying in the plangent Wesendonck Lieder, orchestrated by Felix Mottl, which Wagner composed for his muse (and possibly mistress) Mathilde Wesendonck, using five of her poems. These are rarely sung by tenors, and Skelton makes one wonder why. He concludes with three songs by Charles Griffes and one by Samuel Barber, both of whom were influenced by Wagner. Asher Fisch, who conducted the 2004 Adelaide Ring Cycle (in which the then-novice Skelton sang Siegmund), is an ideal accompanist alert, imaginative and responsive and the WA Symphony Orchestra sounds remarkably fine, with shimmering strings and crystalline woodwind. BARNEY ZWARTZ BRAZILIAN Stefano Bollani QUE BOM (Alobar/Planet) More than most idioms Brazilian music has a way of sucking non-Brazilian musicians into its rhythmic, harmonic, melodic and textural vortices aided by the dominant mood being irrepressible optimism. Once it gets under their skin they tend to be lost causes. When it comes to the prime purveyors of optimism and effervescence in contemporary music, Exhibit A would surely be the brilliant Italian jazz pianist Stefano Bollani, whose love affair with Brazilian music has already included his enchanting duo with the bandolim player Hamilton de Holanda (who guests here). He recorded Que Bom in Rio with an all-Brazilian line-up, penning most of the compositions himself, including such gems as Certe Giornate Al Mare, on which he perfectly marries his gift for diaphanous beauty with his parallel flair for vivacity. He has also become a lyricist (in both Italian and Portuguese), setting La Nebbia a Napoli (sung by Caetano Veloso) just against his own piano and the elegiac cello of Jacques Morelenbaum. More often the instrumentation involves two breezy percussionists, drums, bass and that piano of his that can sing with such a light heart you sometimes wonder if the whimsy does not mask a deeper sadness. JOHN SHAND WORLD Alba Griot Ensemble THE DARKNESS BETWEEN THE LEAVES (Riverboat) At its best "world music" can be about the confluence produced when Western musicians and non-Western musicians meet and find new, interesting, unusual and fascinating sounds. Here is a near-perfect example. Take two Scottish folk guitarists, Mark Mulholland (who has been living in Mali since 2014) and Craig Ward (who has played with a Belgium-based progressive jazz band); add Belgian double bassist, Hannes d'Hoine and Mali ngoni player, Yacouba Sissoko; throw in kora playing from the great Toumani Diabate and Fela Kuti's Nigerian Afrobeat drummer, Tony Allen, and, yes, you really do have world music. The result is an unusual combination of 1960s-style folk (sweet, mellifluous, non-confrontational vocals) with the ambience of jazz and the gorgeous jangling counterpoint of ngoni and kora. On tracks like Shadow Queen and Blurred Visions the sensuous interweaving of kora, guitars and balafon has echoes of Pentangle, as the music hovers between laid-back jazz and folk. And the title track, with lyrics like "the dappled shadows of the darkness between the leaves" is pure hippie romanticism with a dash of magically intricate kora. Oh, yes, and Long Way Home and Labyrinth would not be out of place on a Donovan album. BRUCE ELDER https://www.watoday.com.au/entertainment/music/music-reviews-suede-stefano-bollani-cash-savage-erica-brhaman-and-more-20180924-h15sbc.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed The latest illustrations from artist Andrew Dyson
Skip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer Advertisement 30 Images 27 September 2018 9:19am1/30 No 3rd chamber. 2/30 Politicians. Hard to trust. 3/30 The ties that bind.Photo: Andrew Dyson 4/30 Strawberry outrage. Advertisement 5/30 Who's the boss? 6/30 Stepping-up. 7/30 Aged care in private hands. 8/30 India's economic edge. 9/30 Red faced. 10/30 Morrison's leap of faith. 11/30 Premium job. 12/30 Generational economics. 13/30 Immigrants aiming high. 14/30 Anonymous op-ed from the White House. Advertisement 15/30 A question of evidence. 16/30 Papped in New York. 17/30 Banks behaving badly. 18/30 Our new best mate. 19/30 Beg pardon. 20/30 Double standards in Canberra. 21/30 Can't complain. 22/30 Keeping a tab on oil prices. 23/30 Taking a stand on Beijing. 24/30 Dyson's view Advertisement 25/30 What goes around ... 26/30 Beware the chair. 27/30 Podcast. 28/30 Drought relief is not the answer. 29/30 Dangerous waters. 30/30 The Big Stick. https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/federal/the-latest-illustrations-from-artist-andrew-dyson-20090819-epqv.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed The owners of a decommissionedpower station in Anglesea will try to blow up the structureagain next month after a previous attempt failed to raze the massive building.
Alcoa has confirmed the second demolition attempt would be made in the first week of October using controlled explosives and subject to weather conditions. The power station in 1968. Photo: Wolfgang Sievers The company has appointed Industrial Demolition Services to plan the explosion with a subcontractor also hired to oversee the use of explosives. The activity may be audible in Anglesea for approximately 10 seconds and is expected to sound similar to the first demolition, like claps of thunder, a statement from Alcoa to the Anglesea community said. The explosion is expected to generate localised dust but it will only proceed if the wind is blowing away from the Angleseatownship. https://www.watoday.com.au/national/victoria/claps-of-thunder-alcoa-hoping-fresh-blast-will-level-anglesea-plant-20180926-p5061z.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed More than 60 firefighters are battling a blaze at a nut processing factory in Campbellfield.
Crews were called to the Barry Road factory this afternoon. The building contains gas cylinders, which could exacerbate the fire, according to the MFB. The factory fire in Campbellfield. Photo: Channel 7 Ten people were inside the two-storey factory when the fire started about 2pm, but managed to escape unharmed. A watch and act warning has been issued for the area, urging nearby residents to stay indoors. https://www.watoday.com.au/national/victoria/people-told-to-stay-indoors-shut-windows-due-to-nut-factory-fire-20180925-p505ws.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed 9/23/2018 0 Comments September 23rd, 2018Detectives are investigatingfour armed robberies across Perth overnight, some of which may be linked.
Regional Investigations Unit detectives are probing the robberies, which took place in Thornlie, Darch, Ledaand Winthrop. Police are seeking witnesses to the robberies in Perth overnight. Photo: Justin McManus The first robbery happenedabout 7.30pm when a man with his face covered entered a store on Somerville Boulevard in Winthrop. He made threats towards the staff member and a struggle erupted, resulting in the man leaving the store empty handed. At about 8.30pm, a man also with his face covered entered a service station on Feilman Drive, Leda with a weapon. He made threats towards the staff member and went behind the counter where he took cash from the till. https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/detectives-investigate-four-armed-robberies-across-perth-overnight-20180924-p505pi.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed "These are the names that don't get spoken," Senator Steele-John said, after reading his list of 34 names.
Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John became the first senator to serve with a disability after he replaced Scott Ludlum. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen "These are the human beings, these are the loved ones, the mothers, the fathers, the sons, the partners who need justice, who demand justice, whose lives were worth living, in whose memory I tonight wear a white flower and whose passing fills me with an iron-clad determination. "I will not stop, I will not rest, until they find the justice that is desperately owed them," he said as he wept visibly. Loading Senator Steele-John is Australia's first senator to serve with a disability. He replaced Greens Senator Scott Ludlam who was disqualifiedfor holding dual citizenship. In his first speech to Parliament in November last year, Senator Steele-John vowed to use his role to be a "tireless champion for a fundamental change in the way that society thinks about people with a disability". "We must now recognise that disability is not created as the result of various medical impairments, but is, in fact, created by society's collective failure to adapt to, embrace and celebrate the varying levels of ability which we all have," he said. He and other disability advocates are calling for the royal commission into aged care be extended to examine the treatment of the estimated 6000 young Australians with disabilities who are left in aged care because of a lack of suitable facilities. Loading Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the royal commission would take into account disabled people living in aged care homes but stressed that it would not be the priority. "It will be dealing with young people living with disabilities in residential aged care," the Prime Minister told reporters in Canberra. "It is a very focused inquiry, it's important that we keep the focus of the inquiries. If they become an inquiry into everything, they become too broad. I want to ensure that this inquiry remains very focused so it can give us some very clear direction." Latika Bourke is a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age based in London. She has previously worked for Fairfax Media, the ABC and 2UE in Canberra. Latika won the Walkley Award for Young Australian Journalist of the Year in 2010. https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/federal/senator-weeps-as-he-uses-parliamentary-privilege-to-air-death-list-20180918-p504kv.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed But less than a month after the announcements began, Solar Victoria has begun to receive complaints from householders targeted by suspicious-sounding cold calls.
The agencys chief operating officer, Jonathan Leake, said fewer than 20 reports had been received, but issued a warning about the potential for shonky operators who "apart from ripping off people by selling dodgy products ... undermine the reputation of the good operators in the solar industry." More than 12,000 households have now registered their interest in the various subsidy schemes and Mr Leake warned would-be solar households that a cold-call from someone trying to sell solar products should be treated with extreme caution. "Scammers and inaccurate marketing can cost you money, lead to a dangerous installation or result in you missing out on your solar homes rebate, he said. Loading One local solar industry veteran, speaking on condition of anonymity, warned that generous subsidies would act as a magnet for "cowboys". Anytime the government gets involved in schemes, what they do is they obviously stimulate the industry with free money, the industry figure said. Thats what theyre doing by just throwing money at this, you get business opportunists, usually cowboys ... that jump on this with no idea about what theyre doing, no idea about the complexities of it, the costs of it, whats good or whats not good. Weve been through four times already, we call it the solar rollercoaster. The solar operator warned that vulnerable Victorians were most at risk. The first thing they do is make sales through telemarketers, normally based overseas, then start to hassle Victorians, and they normally target the vulnerable," the industry veteran said. They do whatever they can to make sales, then put the cheapest, nastiest equipment they can get their hands on on these peoples' roofs. "They dont care what happens next, because they are only in it for four or five years to make money, then they get out. The government has gone to some length to protect itself from criticism that it is setting up a repeat of the loft insulation debacle, the Rudd governments notorious home insulation scheme which was linked to the deaths of four young workers as inexperienced operators flocked to cash-in on the generous federal government subsidies. Mr Leake emphasised the protections built into the new solar schemes saying Solar Homes program was designed to minimise the opportunity for scammers by requiring customers to use installers registered with the Clean Energy Council and products approved by the CEC. Neither Solar Victoria or the government will ever cold-call or visit anyone to promote the Solar Homes program or sell products, he said. Noel Towell is State Political Editor for The Age Joe Hinchliffe reports breaking news for The Age. https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/victoria/cowboys-victorians-warned-as-solar-scammers-ride-into-town-20180917-p504bj.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed Wolves heap misery on Burnley
At Molineux, Wolves missed several chances in the first half before Raul Jimenez pounced in the 61st minute to break the deadlock with his second goal of the season. Loading Burnley pressed for a leveller, but lacked any real threat in attack, mustering just two tame shots on target in the entire match. Wolves continue to look at home in the top flight and sit in the top half of the table with eight points from five games, while Burnley, who finished seventh last season, have a solitary point. "I am very, very satisfied," Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo said. "If there is a 'but', we could be more clinical. But if we can continue to make this many chances, it makes me very proud." Wolves dominated for large swathes of the first half, but were kept at bay by Burnley keeper Joe Hart, who made three smart saves in quick succession at the end of the opening period. After the break, Jimenez should have opened the scoring from just inside the box, but blazed over with the goal at his mercy. He made amends soon after, however, darting to the near post to meet a low Matt Doherty cross before guiding the ball into the far corner. Wolves should have made the victory more comfortable, having fired 30 shots at Harts goal the most they have managed in a single match in Premier League history but had to make do with Jimenezs solitary strike. We took a bit of a battering, Hart said. Wolves were really on it. We have a lot more to come and a lot more to do. It is what it is so we need to look at ourselves in the mirror and keep going." Reuters https://www.watoday.com.au/sport/soccer/west-ham-too-good-for-everton-wolves-heap-misery-on-burnley-20180917-p5045k.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed |