World Cup-winning hooker Naka Drotske is said to be in a stable condition after the former South Africa international was shot three times during an attempted robbery in Pretoria on Thursday.
Local media reported that the former Cheetahs player and coach had lost almost a third of his blood in the incident, was in intensive care at the city's Montana Hospital, but was out of immediate danger. Stable condition: Naka Drotske was shot in a tussle with one of three assailants.Credit:Stuart Walmsley "From what we hear he is stable and they think it is OK," Cheetahs Rugby CEO Harold Verster told the Sport24 online publication. Drotske's family and former Springbok team mate, prop Os du Randt, had been socialising on a smallholding on the outskirts of Pretoria when three armed men attempted to rob them, according to reports. https://www.watoday.com.au/sport/rugby-union/former-springbok-naka-drotske-shot-during-robbery-20181130-p50jjf.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed
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6. Stealth Sniper looks one of the better chances on the night and theres plenty to like about the form around his last effort at Randwick. He led and looked the winner before being cut down by Napoleon Solo which then beat older horses at Rosehill last weekend. He should get control on the speed again and it should take a big performance to run him down.
Dangers: 10. Welsh Legend sat up on the speed and was no match for the winner but stuck on to run third here two weeks ago in a similar race. Shell probably look to offset the barrier by sitting handy again and shes in the mix. 4. Ocean Dash is one at double figure odds who looks an improver. Beaten just over three lengths, and checked late, in the same race as Stealth Sniper at Randwick then didnt look happy in the heavy at Kembla but still ran on. Nicely drawn and no surprise to see him feature. 5. Rock Zone has improved with each run this time in and didnt give up the fight at Hawkesbury last start when narrowly beaten. Probably needs a few things to go his way but is an each-way hope. How to play it: Stealth Sniper WIN; Trifecta 6/4,5,10/4,5,10. Race 3 7:15PM 2019 MEMBERSHIP HANDICAP (1900 METRES) 12. Nautibernie appeals as a good each-way chance back onto a track with some decent give in it. Beaten favourite at Hawkesbury over a mile then back 50m and only warmed up late behind Naia on the Kensington track. Shes racing as though she wants further and note her only win so far was at 1900m on a heavy track. Kerrin McEvoy is an interesting booking too. Good chance. Dangers: 7. Tunero took off before the home turn to pressure the leader and didnt have any sprint left when just missing a place in a similar event here two weeks ago. McEvoy was on board that day. Hes been around the mark this time in, could use a win and is sure to run well. 1. Fantastic Man was the beneficiary of Tuneros mid-race move as he stalked them before arriving in time to win that race. Racing consistently and if were on a soft 6 or thereabouts hes a threat again. 8. Via Veneto ran well first-up at Kembla then too far back in an on-pace dominated race at Hawkesbury and worked home as well as she could. Placed on a heavy track over this course in June and should be close to a peak. How to play it: Nautibernie E/W. Race 4 7.45PM THE AGENCY REAL ESTATE HANDICAP (1250 METRES) Looks a dead set two-horse and happy to back up on 4. Pierina despite having her chance when runner-up here two weeks ago. She had no luck first-up then trailed the heavily backed Poetic Charmer and didnt give up the chase but hed had too easy a lead. Drawn to get the run of the race again and will be hard to beat. Dangers: 1. Southern Lad has been hampered by wide barriers in his two runs since a first-up win where he had all the favours. Back a notch in class on his last run beaten less than two lengths by Sweet Deal and with blinkers on he may settle a bit closer. Logical danger. 8. Pembroke Castle has been very disappointing in three runs since he should have won here back in September. He was gelded prior to his run two starts ago and last time he battled on OK against some smart three-year-olds in a strong form race. Needs to put in but with barrier one and Hugh Bowman theyre throwing everything at him to find his best. 3. Lets Party Marty has been sound in two runs back and held his ground second-up at Randwick in a race won by a tearaway leader. Every chance to be in the finish of this. How to play it: Pierina WIN; Quinella 1 and 4. Race 5 8.15PM #THERACES HANDICAP (1550 METRES) 6. Waruna was one of those good things beaten in a similar race two weeks ago where she was caught up in traffic at a vital stage and flashed home to just miss in third. No harder here, drawn out again, and with the chance to build momentum with a clear run at them shes entitled to repay those who took the short price last time. Dangers: 4. See The Master resumed in the same race and wasnt disgraced in running fifth, though he had his chance. Can only be fitter for the run, where he gets to from the wide alley Im not sure but if he does have that improvement in him then hes in the finish. 11. CEst Davinchi justified his odds-on quote when he finally broke through here to weeks ago. While that was a maiden and not one of great depth hes a horse on the up and should enjoy a nice run. No surprise to see him thereabouts. 2. Fuel enjoys the sting out of the track and is at his best when he can lead as he did in winning at Rosehill three starts back. Boxed on fairly behind Turnberry at Rosehill last time and if he finds the lead he could give some cheek. How to play it: Waruna WIN; Trifecta 6/2,4,11/2,4,11. Race 6 - 8:45PM CANTERBURY PARK FOODIES MARKET SPRINT (1100 METRES) If were dealing with a soft 6 or better at this stage of the meeting 10. Tell Me should go very close to posting back-to-back Canterbury wins. She hasnt raced for a month since she cantered in with a maiden over this course. Shes failed in a couple of heavy track runs but shown shes handy on top of the ground. Drawn to get the run of the race and have her chance. Dangers: 5. Connemara is a complete unknown on rain affected ground but if we are on a 6 or better then that shouldnt be an excuse. Unbeaten after two starts in easier company, shes trialled up well and is the obvious danger. 1. All Too Free settled back and rounded them up in an easy win at Hawkesbury last start and that could well be her go. Likely shell drift back from the wide gate and be hitting the line strongly again. 2. Cant Find Snippy was runner-up in a Highway on a soft track before not measuring up to a Saturday benchmark race three weeks ago. Better suited here and from the inside shell either lead or be right up there. Each-way. How to play it: Tell Me WIN; Quinella 5 and 10. Race 7 - 9:15PM KIA EVENING STAR (1100 METRES) 1. Handfast has landed in a suitable race for the first time in a while. Raced out of his class all preparation in the winter and performed respectably against horses like Noire, Philosophy, Jungle Edge and Kaonic. First-up last prep he led and set up a track record time running fourth at Randwick behind Anatola. Given a very nice quiet trial and if he has any luck in running hell go well at odds. Dangers: 12. Star Crossed failed in three starts last time in and was spelled. His two trials back, particularly the latest, have been sound and he has been competitive in this sort of race in the past. Inside alley suits being an on pacer and he should feature. 3. Mr Tickets is yet to win first-up but hes been runner-up in three of four fresh efforts. Raced honestly last time in and was placed here on a heavy track first-up. May find this a touch short but no surprise to see him run a handy race. 13. See The Show is one of those horses that goes about unnoticed and he went a bit too hard in front when weakening out of it at Randwick last time, though not beaten far. Nice effort fresh and while drawn wide hell go forward. Each-way hopes. How to play it: Handfast E/W. Loading Race 8 - 9:45PM AUSTRALIAN TURF CLUB HANDICAP (1100 METRES) 8. Legislation would be the most interesting runner on the night and its his first as a gelding. Beat Fiesta and ran a couple of nice other races as an early two-year-old before the wheels fell off. While hes drawn a sticky gate theres been plenty to like about his two trials and the form around his latest one where he split Irithea and Seasons has proven strong. Will need a bit of luck but a chance to show what hes made of. Dangers: 6. Legerity finds himself with Clare Cunningham after a couple of confidence boosting country wins last summer. Hes trialled up quite well and its no small effort to beat Alassio in a trial as he did a couple of weeks ago. Will be on the pace from a nice gate and is a definite chance. 10. Lifesaver hit the line when it was all over two starts back at Randwick then at the same track in a Highway was a drifter and boxed on fairly midfield. Freshened up again and on his best efforts hes capable of figuring in the finish. 1. Bombarding has a wide gate to overcome but he might be able to land outside the leader with a fast getaway. Two runs back have been even and hes freshened up well it seems with a strong trial win a week ago. Has a show. How to play it: Legislation E/W. Supplied by Racing NSW. Most Viewed in Sport Loading https://www.watoday.com.au/sport/racing/race-by-race-tips-and-preview-for-friday-s-canterbury-night-meeting-20181129-p50j8j.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed Fines for unregistered vehicles jumped almost 45 per cent in the two years since Queensland registration stickers were peeled off for good.
The Newman governmentchange came into effect in October 2014 and meant the labels were no longer needed to be displayed by vehicles under 4.5 tonnes, saving the state government $3.5 million a year in postage and printing costs. The Transport Minister believes police technology and more registered vehicles on the roads were behind the spike.Credit:Shutterstock In the year before the change, October 2013 to September 2014, 46,694 infringement notices were issued for unregistered vehicles. However, 51,586 infringement notices were handed out in the year after the change and 67,349 notices were issued between October 2015 and September 2016 - a spike of almost 45 per cent compared with the year before the stickers were axed. https://www.watoday.com.au/national/queensland/fines-for-unregistered-vehicles-jump-45-per-cent-after-stickers-dumped-20181121-p50hbh.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed Paris:Protesters angered by higher fuel taxes blocked access to three oil depots in France and sporadic unrest erupted in the overseas territory of Reunion, in a third day of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron's economic reforms.
A protester talks to a driver as French drivers block a traffic circle near an oil depot in Vern-sur-Seiche, western France.Credit:AP Up to 20,000 protesters clad in fluorescent high-visibility jackets blocked highways across France with burning barricades and convoys of slow-moving trucks, as the government showed no sign of backtracking on a further fuel tax hike on January 1. French oil and gas giant Total said it operated two of the three affected depots on mainland France, one in Vern, near the north-westcity of Rennes, and the other in Fos-sur-Mer in the south. A fourth depot was blocked on Reunion Island, a former French colony that lies between Mauritius and Madagascar. https://www.watoday.com.au/world/europe/french-yellow-vests-block-fuel-depots-cause-mayhem-at-home-and-overseas-20181120-p50h4v.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed Cleanaway Waste Management shares rose 6.3 per cent to $1.86. A Credit Suisse report titled The age of plastic: at a tipping point, said the waste management sector, especially Cleanaway, would benefit from a national waste strategy with the Federal government set to release a national waste policy by year's end.
Stock watchG8 Education UBS believes G8 Education is beginning to recover following a tough year for the child care service provider. In the past 12 months, the company's share price had more than halved, before lifting in the past four weeks. The broker said while supply was likely to be tight for the company through 2019, its recent trading suggests its "self-help" initiatives are gaining traction. G8 downgraded its earnings guidance in its most recent trading update but analyst Tim Plumbe said there were positive signs and underlying trading had improved. He noted like for like occupancy growth was tracking ahead of the previous corresponding period and wage pressures appeared to have stabilised. UBS upgraded its price target on G8 Education from $2.55 to $3.20 and retained its 'buy' rating on the company. What moved the marketUS oil output The United States' Energy Information Administration said it expects oil output in all the major US shale basins to lift by December. The Permian, Bakken, Eagle Ford, Niobrara, Anadarko and Applachia basis are all expected to increase capacity. Those basins (along with Haynesville) have been responsible for nearly all the growth in US oil output since the end of December 2015. The Energy Information Administration is expecting production will lift 16.5 per cent to 10.9 million barrels a day this year before rising a further 10.6 per cent next year. There are also a backlog of oil wells yet to be completed, with the number continuing to rise. Iron ore Iron ore prices lifted on Friday, rebounding from a poor week on demand hopes as China's steel production restrictions eased. China's steel products cuts during the mid-November to mid-March heating season are likely to be less severe due to the fact there are still mills operating at high capacity utilisation rates in China's north. The exact restrictions on sintering and steel production are still unclear however. The market is also shifting towards lower grade iron ores due to lower steel prices weighing steel mill margins. China has been heavily favouring higher grade ores in the past few months due to environmental concerns. US dollar The US dollar could be boosted this week on the back of concerns over the future of a trade deal between China and the US. At the weekend's APEC summit, there was some heightened tension between US Vice President Mike Pence and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Investors had been more optimistic at the start of the weekend after US President Donald Trump said China was keen to reach a trade deal even though there were four of five key components missing in China's latest response to US demands. The US dollar has performed well this year during period of heightened trade tensions as investors look for a safe haven New Zealand GDP Capital Economics is forecasting New Zealand's GDP growth will slow in the next two years as net migration begins to fall. Net migration has been a key driver of GDP growth for the country in the past few years. "Policy changes and a narrowing between the relative attractiveness of Australia and New Zealand will contribute to a slowdown in net migration to New Zealand," said economist Ben Udy. "Easing net migration will cause growth in consumption and dwellings investment to decline and is one of the key reasons why we see GDP growth slowing from 2.7 per cent this year to 2 per cent by 2020." William is a UTS journalism graduate and has worked at The Sydney Morning Herald. He now covers markets at the AFR and keeps a close eye on IPOs. https://www.watoday.com.au/business/financial-stocks-weigh-asx-as-royal-commission-continues-20181119-h1821g.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed Changzhou: The Hockeyroos have secured their second-straight win at the Champions Trophy in China, defeating Olympic champions Great Britain 2-0 in Changzhou.
Jodie Kenny on the ball against Great Britain in Changzhou.Credit:Hockey Australia Early goals to Brooke Peris and Kalindi Commerford put world No.3 Australia in a solid position at half-time. Goalkeeper Rachael Lynch was excellent in Sunday night's second half. Peris opened the scoring for Australia in the ninth minute, despite poor weather, when she deflected a shot from Greta Hayes past British goalkeeper Amy Tennant. Commerford, celebrating her 24th birthday, scored in the dying seconds of the first half, sneaking the ball past Tennant. https://www.watoday.com.au/sport/hockeyroos-beat-olympic-champions-great-britain-in-champions-trophy-20181118-p50gtw.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed That was never the intention, Longstaff explains, when the Cambridge-educated philosopherand former lawyer started the project in the late 1980s. But at that stage, they weren't in a position to turn away business, which would in turn make them unique among similar bodies across the world.
The only thing that really matters is how close are you to the thing you want to be. Simon Longstaff Since then, they have held the mirror up to finance bodies and the military and complex corporations. Longstaff says the patterns can be eerily similar from one to the next, with cricket's review, for example, having some "uncanny parallels" to those uncovered by peeking behind the cupboards of the banking and finance industry. Longstaff heads a team that deals with vast swathes of data from multiple streams whenever they undertake a major review. It's tricky work but, at its simplest point, can be explained by exposing the gap (or lack thereof) between how an organisation perceives itself and whether that turns out to be a reality. There is never any benchmarking between similar organisations. The only thing that really matters is how close are you to the thing you want to be. The reason why that is so important is that when the gaps open up, and people look at those gaps, they perceive it as hypocrisy," Longstaff says. Can the organisation say what it stands for and is it willing to determine the extent to what it claims and what it does are in alignment. Loading The trick to it all is that there must be a genuine desire for change and reform, no matter how ugly the results. Some sports that have had Longstaff reviews have done little to implement the recommended reforms, while others have virtually buried the final report altogether. "I wonder, sometimes, what the appetite for the truth is in society in general. But my view is it is better to be on top of things than have them blow up at an inappropriatetime. "These organisations are fictional being populated by real humans. All of the emotional things humans react to come to bear. If anybody asks me, my advice is that its much better to face up to the reality. We do that ourselves at The Ethics Centre." What has changed significantly for The Ethics Centre is the idea that their work be made public. In 2017, the Australian Olympic Committee threw open the books in the wake of its cultural review. Aside from the initial shock, Longstaff said, the AOC turned out to be a model patient. We were stunned by the decision of the AOC. We had never had that happen before, let alone having the whole review published but to have all of its recommendations and be implemented. "The Olympic Committee have set a really high standard for the world of sport. They just got on with addressing the issues." But being open to public scrutiny has its own pitfalls. With cricket's review (mostly) laid bare, some critics questioned the accuracy given a lower response rate from players. Longstaff said that provided insights in itself and was just one part of a vast amount of information the Centre obtained and digested. "You might miss out on one part but you have a huge amount of data coming in from other parts. Obviously with any survey, the higher the response rate the better. And that often tells you information in itself. "Its a very sensible question; what is it about a particular set [of questions] somebody, when given the opportunity, decides not to respond? That in itself has got a huge amount of information in it you can try to make sense of." The Ethics Centre can turn its hand to other matters, for the moment, until another sporting body finds itself in the midst of a cultural crisis. In the current climate, Longstaff should keep the phone handy. Sports reporter https://www.watoday.com.au/sport/cutting-through-the-spin-the-brutal-reality-of-an-ethics-centre-review-20181116-p50glt.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed "I'm a cranky old thing, if someone has written something I think has potential that they've been too lazy to check back, I'll be quite blunt about it."
Fiona Inglis is celebrating 25 years as a literary agent this year. Credit:Dominic Lorrimer As one of the most powerful agents in Australian publishing, Inglis' job is to ensure her clients find the right publisher, negotiate the best deal, and then hover over the publishing process to make sure everything possible is done to get the books into readers' hands. For this, the agency receives a 15 per cent commission on advances and royalties. Her authors adore her, publishers respect her and, even if you have been on the receiving end of one of those no-nonsense rejection emails, Inglis is a hard person to dislike. Warm and self-effacing, no topic is off limits the day we meet, not the death of her husband three years ago, not her two sons, Will and Harry, the loves of her life, or the challenges she faces juggling single parenthood with the publishing business. Lucio's is a three-block walk from the Curtis Brown office. Already seated at a well-lit window table, surrounded by works by Lucio's regulars Garry Shead, Tim Storrier and John Olsen, Inglis is sipping sparkling mineral water, on first-name terms with the maitre'd,and the menu. The receipt from lunch at Lucio's. Only a few weeks before she had come to the famous Paddington restaurant to celebrate the publication of Moriarty's eighth book, Nine Perfect Strangers.As an agent, she will only ever sign up a book she believes in and never without meeting the author first. Some clients need their hands held, but Moriarty is not one of them. The twohave been together from the beginning, from local library talks through to the red carpet premiere of Big Little Lies in Los Angeles, where Inglis says she wore a second-hand dress and ducked out the back to avoid the cameras. "I saw Liane's first book in 2003," Inglis enthuses. "She's a natural, she's absolutely a natural. She was writing about three sisters, I was one of three girls, and I just thought, 'this speaks to me', even though she was writing about triplets." Inglis got the same feeling recently reading the debut book of Tasmanian writer Meg Bignell. Ninety per cent of Inglis' client list is repeat business but she couldn't resist this book. "Have you heard of Up Lit? It's very new. Theres enough doom and gloom in the world, we now crave something to make us laugh. This is very much in that vein." The "agent bit" of her business, what Inglis describes as the fun stuff, has taken something of a back seat since Inglis' husband John Wills died of oesophagealcancer, leaving her sole carer of their two sons. This being my first lunch at Lucio's, Inglis selects a plate of lightly fried zucchini flowers filled with a mild blue cheese, served with a salad of raw zucchini, walnuts and balsamic, and advises me to wait to hear the specials, praises the pasta and opts for blue-eyed trevally. "I've got to cook dinner anyway for my kids and if I eat meat it fills me up," she says. Initially, Inglis passes on wine, protesting she was still recovering from a weekend celebration at the Winxmarquee at Moonee Valley, then relents, and sips slowly from a glass of rose. A regular haunt of Sydney's arty folk, the walls of Lucio's are lined with paintings by its famous regulars.Credit:Christopher Pearce She shows me a picture of Will and her at schoolcamp in Kangaroo Valley. "We had to do a parent hike. We were both carrying 15 kilograms packs and I'm 57 and it was bloody hard, I didn't actually carry the pack all the way, I was in bed by 7.30pm." The zucchini flowers arrive, light and tasty as Inglis had predicted, with an extra serving for the photographer who had insisted his own paper brown bag wrapped sandwich would do just fine. Inglis celebrates 25 years as a literary agent this year, having joined Curtis Brown in 1993, and in that time has watched the emergence of Amazon, and the ebook, mergers of international publishing houses that have left fewer places to pitch books, and the recent rush of book-to-screen adaptions offering new royalty streams to a lucky few. She has witnessed considerable market contraction although smaller publishing houses have sprung up and flourished; more adaptable and flexible than the huge multinationals. One of the first manuscripts Inglis signed was 1998, the prequel of the Vogel Prize-winning novel Praise by Andrew McGahan, who, sadly, has just delivered his last novel after announcing he has pancreatic cancer. "It's so sad," Inglis says. "He was the first person I ever edited. The first book I agented was 1998 and I feel like we are both mid-career. He is at the height of his powers and all this is going to be snatched away from him. On the other hand, what a legacy he will leave." While Inglis' husband John was felled by cancer, she insists the "C word" does not fill her with dread. "I don't know why. If you are frightened of death or you shy away from it, it is going to be much more difficult," she says. "Cancer is such an insidious thing especially when you don't know it's there and you are told it's stage four, in the case of Andrew and my husband." Her boys were nine and 11 at the time of the cancer diagnosis. John died "exactly three years and a week ago, on October 22", an anniversaryusually marked by Inglis and her boys with an indulgent outing to KFC. "His name was John but everyone knew him as Chook." Love had come late for them both. They met at a 2003 party celebrating an audacious management buyout of Curtis Brown by Inglis and three fellow agents. "By the time he got there I had my shoes off and I was smoking a cigar. We fell madly in love and we were pregnant within three months. I was 42, I'm a very lucky girl.He embraced parenthood with such gusto." Now a lone parent at a time in the world when masculine behaviour is under scrutiny Inglis says she aims to lead by example. "All I can do is show them that women can do anything that they put their mind to. I'd rather have more time to be a parent, I'd rather have more time to be an agent. I have to always tread a fine line between those two things and still get eight hours sleep." Moriarty remembers those hard times. "Sheshowed an incredible strength of character in the months after she lost her husband. She was still right there for her authors. I dont know how she did it, it seemed to me that she just got on with it, and I found that really inspiring." Inglis grew up on a farm near Wagga Wagga, "riding horses, mustering sheep and providing my Dad with cheap labour on the holidays". Her mother was a great reader and books were everywhere in the house. From theUniversity of Melbourne, Inglis went to work for a niche academic publisher, Routledge & Kegan Paul, and wrangled a job in the London head office, publisher of Rough Guides, staying for two years, before taking the backpacker route home through Afghanistan and Nepal. In Sydney she got a job in sales at Allen and Unwin, moving to the editorial department under Stephanie Dowrick, where she stayed for seven years, before replacing Nikki Christer as HarperCollin's editor of literature. Caught in the crossfire of a copyright case brought by Wendy Whiteley against HarperCollins publisher, Tom Thompson, she sat on a beach for three months before eventually replacing Margaret Connolly, who started her own business, at Curtis Brown. "I do wonder what would have happened if I had ended up with the boyfriend in the country," Inglis says. "If I look back I think I've not made conscious choices, I've ended up with what my gut told me. Doing the buyout was probably the most definite decision I made." Inglis passes on dessert, opting for peppermint tea. The pistachio creme brule with raspberry coulis seems too me to good to miss and we both sample the black sesame gelato on top. J.K. Rowling had manuscripts rejected multiple times, and she supposes there are commercial manuscripts she passed up where her editorial instinct might have failed her. But she can't name a single regret and like the "man who didn't sign the Beatles", it's all "swings and roundabouts". On the way out she personally tips the waiter. Is there any author on her wish list? "I really like Tim Winton but I also really like his agent." Linda Morris is an arts and books writer for The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.watoday.com.au/entertainment/books/going-with-gut-instinct-lunch-with-literary-agent-fiona-inglis-20181101-p50dde.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed Three hours later, he posted again, claiming that Mueller was not approved by the Senate.
In recent days, Trump had been relatively quiet about the investigation. He returned on Sunday from a trip to Paris to face criticism for his decision to skip a solemn visit to an American cemetery in France, part of events to mark 100 years since the end of WWI. When he returned to Washington, Trump stepped into closed-door sessions with his personal lawyers and worked on drafting written answers to questions from the Mueller team, which is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election and any possible ties to the Trump campaign. President Donald Trump has resumed his attacked on Robert Mueller.Credit:AP The President's legal team and aides have pleaded with him for months to avoid writing Twitter posts about Mueller. But by Thursday morning, the President returned to attacking the inquiry and Mueller. Though Trump briefly restrained himself from publicly attacking Mueller, the President had complained privately about what he believes to be Mueller's conflicts of interest, even as the Justice Department reviewed the accusations and found no issues. Loading Trump's lawyers believe that the special counsel investigation is winding down, and they finally agreed to answer written questions after months of back-and-forth with the Mueller team. Mueller has been asking to interview the President for nearly a year, and Trump's team has delayed responding. Mueller wants to ask the President questions about whether there was any obstruction of justice during the course of the investigation, which began late in the Obama administration. Mueller wants to ask the President about any possible coordination with Russia during the election campaign, as well. Trump's lawyers had been prepared to send responses to questions from Mueller by the middle of this week, but so far they have not. Mueller had agreed in September to allow Trump to respond to questions about ties between his campaign and Russia in writing and put off the issue of whether Trump would have to answer ones about whether he obstructed justice. Loading Trump's lawyers have long been concerned that the President would make a false statement in an interview with Mueller's investigators, which could be a felony. As the President has launched new attacks on Mueller, critics are arguing that the official Trump placed in the top slot of the Justice Department has his own conflicts of interest. Last week, Trump fired the Attorney-General Jeff Sessions, and replaced him with a loyalist, Matthew G. Whitaker, who has been publicly critical of the Mueller inquiry. New York Times https://www.watoday.com.au/world/north-america/mueller-team-has-gone-absolutely-nuts-trump-says-20181116-p50gd2.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed Bus route 624 Kew to Oakleigh: delays up to 10 minutes in both directionsBus route 200 City to Bullen: delays up to 10 minutes to BulleenV-Line trains on the Ballarat line may be delayed due to a level crossing fault near Ballan
Seven teens nabbed in Melbourne's north face more than 100 charges after raids in Melbourne's north. Two 17-year-olds, from Meadow Heights and Dallas, were each charged with 46 offences, including burglaries and vehicle thefts.A 15-year-old boy, also from Meadow Heights, was charged with 12 offences, including two counts of burglary and three counts of vehicletheft. The three teens were remanded to appear at a Childrens court today. A 19-year-old, from Roxburgh Park, was charged with five offences, including burglaries and vehicle thefts. He was bailed to appear at Broadmeadows Magistrates' court on February 20.An 18-year-old, from Campbellfield, was charged with three offences, including possessing counterfeit money and careless driving. He was bailed to appear at Broadmeadows Magistrates' Court on February 18.An 18-year-old, from Roxburgh Park, was charged with possessing cannabis.A 16-year-old, also Roxburgh Park, was released pending summons. Where has the warm weather gone? It's eight degrees now, but feels like an even colder 5.3. Oaks Day punters can rest assured they are not in for anything like the weather Melbourne gave us on Cup Day. We're heading for a partly cloudy day, with a top of 18 degrees. There is medium chance of showers in the southeast suburbs, but only a slight chance elsewhere, including Flemmington. South Gippsland Highway: Left-hand lane closed northbound just before The Dandenong Bypass due to crash. Emergency services on scene. Police have arrested seven teens over a spate of burglaries and vehicle thefts,seizing seven vehicles, jewellery, stolen tools, an imitation firearm, stolen registration plates and cannabis. Police allegethe more than 5 offences were committedsince October. The teen were arrested after warrants were executed at addresses in Meadow Heights, Campbellfield, Roxburgh Park and Dallas yesterday. Chloe Booker here - I'll be bringing you all the local transport, traffic and local news until 9am. Get in touch via email [email protected] or on Twitter @chloebooker if you've got anything interesting to share. Let me know if you have any public transport troubles so I can let other commuters know. https://www.watoday.com.au/national/victoria/melbourne-express-thursday-november-8-2018-20181108-p50enr.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed |