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Tragic news after camper missing for 12 days

<p>Human remains believed to be that of missing camper Jessica Louise Stephens have been found by Northern Territory Police. </p> <p>The 35-year-old went camping at Kakadu National Park almost two weeks ago, and was reported missing by her mother on October 18. </p> <p>On Saturday afternoon police released a statement saying that they have recovered the remains on Nourlangie Rock, near where Stephens was believed to be travelling. </p> <p>Police also confirmed that the remains were located within the original search area. </p> <p>In an earlier statement, NT police reported that they found Stephen's belongings “a considerable distance from the walking track in harsh terrain”. </p> <p>It was reported that her vehicle was found <span style="font-family: abcsans, -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">in a car park near Nourlangie Rock. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: abcsans, -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Acting </span><span style="font-family: abcsans, -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;">Senior Sergeant Steven </span><span style="font-family: abcsans, -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;">Langdon said that the search and rescue operation for Stephens, which commenced on the 24th of October, had covered around </span><span style="font-family: abcsans, -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;">140 square kilometres of the national park. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: abcsans, -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;">Search efforts had been hampered by extreme heat, with temperatures reaching up to 48 degrees Celcius. <br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: abcsans, -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;">Police have reported that they are in contact with Stephens' family and are preparing a report for the Coroner. </span></p> <p><em><span style="font-family: abcsans, -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;">Image:  ABC News/ </span></em><span style="font-family: abcsans, -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;"><em>Karon Evans/ Getty</em></span></p>

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Tributes for Melbourne millionaire who passed away at just 48

<p>Melbourne rich-lister and property tycoon Jonathan Hallinan has passed away, aged 48, after a lengthy battle with cancer.</p> <p>Tributes are pouring in for the entrepreneur who left a lasting mark on the industry as well as on the hearts of Melbourne’s elite.</p> <p>The founder and managing director of BPM Corporation had hoped to be part of a cancer drug trial, but was given the bad news just days before he passed at Royal Melbourne Hospital on March 23, his wife Mikka said.</p> <p>Hallinan had been battling with bone marrow cancer for two years after a bone marrow transplant in 2021.</p> <p>Mikka shared the news of his death, confirming he died as a “crazy thunderstorm” passed over Melbourne.</p> <p>“Three days ago, his doctor broke it to him that with a bacterial bug, chest infection, fevers of 39C+ and overall unwellness from the level of his disease in his body, he wouldn’t be making the drug trial he was aiming for,” she said.</p> <p>“There was such a crazy thunderstorm yesterday morning in Melbourne. The darkest thunder and lightning, out of nowhere and as fast as it arrived, it left a clear sky behind.</p> <p>“If you saw it, know it was the sky announcing to the heavens that Jonathan Hallinan was coming. Jonnie passed in the storm yesterday morning. In his own words, Jonnie said he was going home.”</p> <p>In December 2022, Hallinan wrote of his “latest setback”.</p> <p>“Recovery is taking absolutely all the strength I’ve got left, and I have nothing to give anyone else,” he wrote.</p> <p>“It is important for me to preserve all remaining energy for myself and my family.”</p> <p>Hallinan, who came in at 199 in Australia’s Richest 250 in 2019, with a reported net worth of $650 million, had only two days to share “beautiful goodbyes with his close family, kids and I,” Mikka said.</p> <p>Hallinan had two sons and a daughter, Estelle, who emphasised his lengthy hard-fought battle with cancer, taking to Instagram to share an emotional tribute “I already miss you so much, Dad. I know how hard you fought these past few years, and I’m so proud of you. I will always love you so much.</p> <p>Tributes flowed from fellow industry players and Melbourne’s elite.</p> <p>“Deeply saddened by this news,” <em>Wog Boys</em> actor and comedian Nick Giannopoulos wrote.</p> <p>“Jonathon was a fighter and incredibly brave — he fought it until he could not fight it anymore. A real gentleman. A good bloke. A very generous man who loved and adored his family and close friends. Rest in peace, Jonathon,” he said.</p> <p>Fellow property developer Diana Cassar wrote, “With you gone, our industry, and the world as a whole, have lost one of the most remarkable minds, an unstoppable achiever and one of the most creative leaders I’ve happened to meet on my way here in Melbourne.”</p> <p>“I will never forget that beautiful smile and charisma that would light up a room. The most kind and generous soul,” Vogue writer Emmaleine Savio said.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CqKZvb4vWAI/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CqKZvb4vWAI/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Mikka Hallinan (@mikkahendra)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p> Actress Natassia Halabi shared an emotional tribute, writing, “We’re going to miss him beyond words. So beautiful being witness to his relationship with you and his kids. His legacy will forever live on with you guys.”</p> <p>“So privileged to have been your friend. Thanks for the wonderful memories that will last a lifetime. I will never forget you and how much you meant to me, my good mate.” Hallinan’s friend Carl Charambous wrote.</p> <p>Reality TV personality from season three of <em>The Bachelor</em>, Sam Wood wrote in reference to Hallinan’s passing during the intense thunderstorm.</p> <p>“Oh I felt it. Both the storm and the impact. What an incredible man,” he said.</p> <p><em>Image credit: Instagram</em></p>

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Lady Louise Windsor has surprising new job

<p dir="ltr">Lady Louise Windsor, one of Queen Elizabeth’s numerous grandchildren, has joined the thousands of young people in a tradition as old as time itself: getting a summer job.</p> <p dir="ltr">Though she might be a royal, the 18-year-old’s new job is quite ordinary, with reports that she is earning £6.83 ($AU 11.68 or $NZ 13.03) at a garden centre.</p> <p dir="ltr">According to <em>The Sun</em>, Lady Louise was spotted by a shopper, pruning and potting plants, as well as greeting customers and serving them behind the till.</p> <p dir="ltr">The shopper described the daughter of Prince Edward and Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, as “modest”, “sweet” and “polite”.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I couldn’t believe it was Lady Louise – I had to look twice,” the shopper told the newspaper.</p> <p dir="ltr">“She is a really modest and sweet young woman who is polite and attentive to customers. She seemed to be loving the job.</p> <p dir="ltr">“You’d never imagine the Queen’s granddaughter would take on a role working behind a till.”</p> <p dir="ltr">It’s believed Lady Louise is working at the garden centre several days a week, with the news coming after a Buckingham Palace spokesperson confirmed she would be studying English at the University of St Andrew’s after finishing her A-levels in June.</p> <p dir="ltr">Though she is 16th in line for the throne, Lady Louise and her brother, James, don’t use an HRH title, nor are they expected to carry out duties when they’re older.</p> <p dir="ltr">As unexpected as the royal’s job appears, it seems to have delighted fans of the monarchy, with one fan telling <em>The Sun</em>: “It’s not every day you buy begonias off a royal.”</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-40e9b517-7fff-cd84-bd70-3ee69a7e173c"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: Getty Images</em></p>

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Lisa Wilkinson calls out “inappropriate” experience

<p>Lisa Wilkinson has been left embarrassed after the metal underwire in her bra and zip on her jeans prompted a public pat-down.</p> <p><em>The Project</em> host was travelling and went through the mandatory security check which showed the metal underwire and zip.</p> <p>This prompted an “inappropriate” public pat-down which she has called out on Twitter and asked for it to be “fixed”.</p> <p>“At Brisbane Airport &amp; Adelaide Airport the scan showed up the underwire in my bra &amp; zip on my jeans &amp; I had to have a full pat-down in both areas,” she tweeted.</p> <p>“Embarrassing, uncomfortable, inappropriate &amp; should be fixed.”</p> <p>Her tweet came just hours after ABC journalist Louise Milligan was forced to take off her suit jacket all while just wearing a camisole underneath.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">These new full-body scan machines are a real issue <a href="https://twitter.com/Milliganreports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Milliganreports</a>. At <a href="https://twitter.com/BrisbaneAirport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BrisbaneAirport</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/AdelaideAirport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AdelaideAirport</a> the scan showed up the underwire in my bra &amp; zip on my jeans &amp; I had to have a full pat-down in both areas. Embarrassing, uncomfortable, inappropriate &amp; should be fixed. <a href="https://t.co/sw1niYp5ud">https://t.co/sw1niYp5ud</a></p> <p>— Lisa Wilkinson (@Lisa_Wilkinson) <a href="https://twitter.com/Lisa_Wilkinson/status/1537403427247951872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p>“I’m at Sydney Airport and new full-body security screening was made to take off fitted business jacket (only had little camisole underneath),” she tweeted.</p> <p>“Have never had this happen anywhere. Man in front, in big bulky jumper, not made to change. It was embarrassing, uncomfortable, creepy.</p> <p>“I mentioned to lovely Qantas staff and they were incensed and said they have had multiple women complaining of similar security heavy-handedness this week.</p> <p>“They said a woman was crying after being forced to remove her T-shirt. They’ve complained to airport managers.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">I’m <a href="https://twitter.com/SydneyAirport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SydneyAirport</a> &amp; at new full-body security screening was made to take off fitted business jacket (only had little camisole underneath). Have never had this happen anywhere. Man in front, in big bulky jumper, not made to change. It was embarrassing, uncomfortable, creepy 1/</p> <p>— Louise Milligan (@Milliganreports) <a href="https://twitter.com/Milliganreports/status/1537377568323936257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p>Milligan responded to Wilkinson’s tweet questioning what was the point of the new technology if it wasn’t doing the job.</p> <p>“That’s gross. And also, surely the whole point of these machines is they are supposed to be more efficient?”</p> <p>Sydney Airport also responded to Milligan’s shocking experience, apologising and saying the incidents will be followed up with their security contractors.</p> <p>“Louise, we are really sorry this happened and are urgently following it up with our security contractor. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. If you have further details, please send us a DM,” they wrote.</p> <p>“Thank you for replying. They were rude and, frankly, sexist. I felt humiliated. And yes, I will DM,” she responded.</p> <p><em>Image: Instagram</em></p>

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The Queen moved to tears in emotional Jubilee moment

<p>In an emotional display, Queen Elizabeth has been moved to tears at a Platinum Jubilee celebration. </p> <p>In the finale at Her Majesty's Official Platinum Jubilee Celebration <em>A Gallop Through History</em>, the Queen's granddaughter Lady Louise drove Prince Philip's carriage through the performance. </p> <p>The Queen, along with her companion for the night Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, were both seen wiping away tears at the heartwarming family display. </p> <p>Lady Louise shared her grandfather's love of carriage driving and following his death in 2021, he left her his carriage and two horses.</p> <p>Carriage driving was one of Prince Philip's favourite past-times, with the late royal often racing carriages near Norfolk and represented Britain at several world and European championships.</p> <p>At the age of 91 he had a carriage made to his specifications, using dark green materials, aluminium and steel. This is the beloved carriage he left to Lady Louise and that she drove during the celebration.</p> <p>Since her grandfather's death, Lady Louise has been seen driving the carriage in Windsor and participating in events including the British Indoor Carriage Driving Championships in April.</p> <p>The Commonwealth and the four nations of the United Kingdom were be celebrated, while there were military and equestrian displays from around the world including Azerbaijan, India, Oman, France, Norway, Switzerland, and Trinidad and Tobago.</p> <p>Over 500 horses and 1,000 performers took part in the event which will be broadcast on ITV in the UK and the Seven Network on May 20th in Australia.</p> <p><em>Image credits: Getty Images</em></p>

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Queen Elizabeth watches Lady Louise carry on Prince Philip’s passion

<p><span>The Queen watched on as her granddaughter partook in a tribute related to her late husband, Prince Philip.</span><br /><br /><span>The royal was able to see Lady Louise Windsor, who is the daughter of Prince Edward and Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, use her grandfather’s carriage for a special event.</span><br /><br /><span>The 17-year-old is likely to have inherited the carriage from Prince Philip after his death, as it was included in the list of the Duke’s funeral procession on April 17.</span><br /><br /><span>It had been designed by the royal eight years ago, with Lady Louise finding a closeness to her grandad for their love of carriage riding.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7842227/daily-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/d65a1c1240064225b8d23a55721fbb40" /><br /><br /><span>The Countess of Wessex told <em>BBC Radio 5</em> back in June, that Lady Louise and her beloved pop had a real connection.</span><br /><br /><span>"He was so pleased when she took the sport up because I took it up - I was at the beginning of my carriage driving career and I fell pregnant with Louise so I had to hang up the reins," she revealed.</span><br /><br /><span>"So I was really delighted when she decided that she wanted to have a go and my father-in-law was always so good at encouraging.</span><br /><br /><span>"He was really encouraging of Louise and when she not only said can I have a go, but then showed a flair for it, he was just brilliant with her."</span><br /><br /><span>The Dukes would often take his team of fell ponies to ride around Windsor Great Park.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7842228/daily-2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/7ea494b195de4eab8d95587e3b6303f8" /><br /><br /><span>"They used to chat away about it and he would always turn up if she was competing in the Great Park, he'd always turn up to watch her training days."</span><br /><br /><span>The Royal Windsor Horse Show is the largest outdoor horse show in the UK and takes place annually.</span><br /><br /><span>Queen Elizabeth was pictured driving herself to the event on its first day, right after she got back from her Scotland trip.</span><br /><br /><span>Her Majesty was adorned in sunglasses and a green headscarf, patterned with images of various dog breeds, while she sat in the Royal Box.</span><br /><br /><span>She was seated near Prince Edward and his son Viscount Severn, 13.</span><br /><br /><span>The Royal Windsor Horse Show was first staged in 1943 to help raise funds for the war effort.</span></p> <p><em>Images: Getty</em></p>

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“Do they want me got rid of?”: Anti-lockdown panellists confronted by furious audience member

<p><span>Two controversial anti-lockdown critics have been slashed by an audience member on the ABC’s <em>Q&amp;A</em>, asking them how they could “live with themselves” after their comments during the pandemic last year.</span><br /><br /><span>Cessnock woman Louise Ihlein took aim at UNSW economist Gigi Foster and The Australian’s economics editor Adam Creighton on Thursday night’s show, who have both argued that lockdowns do more harm than good.</span><br /><br /><span>Ms Ihlein said the pair had suggested “when people get to 60 their life is pretty much done” and that the “first time I clapped eyes” on Ms Foster “I burst into tears”.</span><br /><br /><span>“It was awful,” she said.</span><br /><br /><span>“I was so upset and I wrote so many angry emails to the ABC. And then I have seen Adam a couple of times last year on <em>The Drum</em> and on Twitter saying similar stuff, about the fact that his dad was 65 and he would be OK to be done. That’s disgraceful. It was just disgraceful. People aren’t worth anything. We’re not a commodity, people, we’re not.</span><br /><br /><span>“I want to know how they live with themselves? And considering that I’ve just turned 60 and I’ve got an illness I’m not going to get better from, I want to know, do they want me got rid of?</span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">How can society support the sick and disabled to live their best lives? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/QandA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#QandA</a> <a href="https://t.co/QQewkiXazb">pic.twitter.com/QQewkiXazb</a></p> — QandA (@QandA) <a href="https://twitter.com/QandA/status/1375030189176942595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <p><br /><span>“I hope as they travel through life they never have to be thought of as the other. And I want to know how they propose we give sick and disabled people a better life, a good life?”</span><br /><br /><span>“All we’ve been arguing was for what was the consensus view of science at the end of 2019, which is you take a rational approach to a pandemic and you don’t shut everything down and don’t force people to do things and don’t drag them screaming from cars at the border, you don’t shut the borders and don’t close hospitals to all other patients for months on end, you don’t end travel.</span><br /><br /><span>“All these things are so extreme, suspensions of our liberty for long periods of time. I’m no extreme libertarian at all. But this is extraordinary what’s happened in the past year. We’ve been arguing, let’s have a sense of proportion here.</span><br /><br /><span>“I personally think the world has lost its mind a bit over COVID. We’re all going to die of something. There are risks every day we have to deal with. We normally deal with them as a society. Three million people every year die of respiratory disease. Millions die of cigarettes around the world and we don’t ban them.”</span><br /><br /><span>Ms Foster responded by saying it had been a “very interesting year”, and that she had been “defamed on Twitter” after her last <em>Q&amp;A</em> appearance.</span><br /><br /><span>“As a social scientist who studies groups and societies and what makes us tick, this was an amazing opportunity for me to see people in action completely spellbound on a particular thing that can hurt people, which is COVID, and forgetting about everything else that matters in a normal time,” she said.</span><br /><br /><span>“And I was prepared to call it out and I’m proud that I did because there were very few voices in Australia who were telling a sensible, sane story despite the hysteria gripping the world.”</span><br /><br /><span>Ms Foster stressed she would “never say COVID is not a dangerous disease, absolutely it is”.</span><br /><br /><span>“I never said after 60 somebody’s life is not worth living, I would never say that,” she explained.</span><br /><br /><span>“My arguments have always been, from the beginning to the end, we need to do what’s best for human welfare as a whole. Human welfare is not determined solely by whether people are suffering and dying from COVID.</span><br /><br /><span>“It is determined by how mentally healthy they are — which they’re not when they’re shut up inside, unable to see their family and friends — how well the economy is doing, because that predicts how much the government can spend on things like hospitals and schools and infrastructure. It has to do with suicide of our young people who have been locked out of schools and jobs, it has to do with people who go bankrupt and have more house problems and all the crowded out healthcare that didn’t happen because we were so pathologically focused on COVID.</span><br /><br /><span>“So my story of the world of what’s happened this year is that the world went mad. I continue to say something sensible and I’ll be proud to have served Australia in that way.”</span><br /><br /><span>Host Hamish Macdonald began to ask a question about COVID deaths, however Ms Foster interjected and said she wanted to talk about total deaths overall.</span><br /><br /><span>“I want to ask about COVID deaths,” Macdonald said.</span><br /><br /><span>“Why?” Ms Foster hit back.</span><br /><br /><span>“Do you know how many people die in Australia from something else? Every day we lose 300, 400 people. In total from COVID we have lost fewer than 1000. And for that we have gone hundreds of billions of dollars into debt.</span><br /><br /><span>“We have now amazing crazy numbers on GDP. We have gone back 2.6 per cent last year and normally we go forward 4-5 per cent. That brings us further back on the trajectory of growth. GDP is not a perfect number but it’s something we can compare. We have compromised our future.”</span><br /><br /><span>But author Bruce Pascoe also argued that “trajectories of ever-increasing growth” were unsustainable.</span><br /><br /><span>“Can the world sustain that? Are we always going to assume our wealth will get greater, production will get greater?” he said.</span><br /><br /><span>“What about the poor old earth? She can’t sustain this and we assume with our ever-increasing industrialisation, and our ever-increasing population, which no one wants to talk about, that we can just keep on going at this escalating rate. And we can’t. And we have to address it.”</span><br /><br /><span>Pascoe, who is the author of Dark Emu, a book that explores the history of Aboriginal agriculture, said Australian political history was “120,000 years old at a minimum”.</span><br /><br /><span>“We have probably got the oldest village on earth in this country, which meant we invented society and that society for 120,000 years was largely egalitarian,” he said.</span><br /><br /><span>“I think this is a triumph and I think we need to refer to it more and more frequently and stop looking at the cycle of news as if this is the world. It is not the world. The world is in our hearts and it’s what we believe and what we do which are the main things.”</span><br /><br /><span>ABC journalist Stan Grant chimed in, saying the world’s response to the pandemic, including shutting down at the expense of economies, had “revealed both our strengths and our vulnerability”.</span><br /><br /><span>“The strengths we thought we had, our interconnectedness, our global economy, the ability to hop on a plane and in 10 hours be somewhere else on the other side of the world, revealed our fragility that we share this place in such close proximity,” he said.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7840470/abc-q-a-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/1dbf3db5a3554a87b7e76cd1ffcc2a40" /></p> <p><em>Stan Grant. Image: Twitter</em><br /><br /><span>Grant also revealed that he shared the same concerns that Ms Foster and Creighton’s had about liberty.</span><br /><br /><span>“What did concern me — and I think we need to think long and hard about this — is that in an emergency, when we do surrender freedom, it takes a long time, if ever, to get it back,” he said.</span><br /><br /><span>“Look at 9/11 after the attacks on the World Trade Centre. There is a reason that The Plague was written. Because the virus of coronavirus or the plague may also carry a virus of tyranny.</span><br /><br /><span>“And at a time when democracy is in retreat … when authoritarianism in the shape of China in particular is on the rise and resurgent around the world, these things of freedom, these things that bind us to each other, these things that we are meant to hold dear, sacrificed and surrendered are hard to get back.”</span><br /><br /><span>Sam Mostyn, president of Chief Executive Women, retaliated by saying that lockdown was beneficial “because during that period we learnt a lot about ourselves”.</span><br /><br /><span>“We all slowed down,” she said.</span><br /><br /><span>“I accept the mental health issues that we have to pay for now. I accept we had to change as a society. You talked about an economy stopping. A lot of people rethought what it meant to be part of the Australian society.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7840471/abc-q-a.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/164269eb339c4db9b5a3a26c61ab7544" /></p> <p><em>Sam Mostyn. Image: Twitter</em><br /><br /><span>“They started to talk about neighbourhood again, and what mattered to us in our relationships with our families. How care (can be) at the centre of an economy instead of the kinds of things we got so obsessed with.”</span><br /><br /><span>Creighton shot back, saying those were privileged people “on fixed salaries, good salaries”, and not the hundreds of thousands who lost their jobs.</span><br /><br /><span>“They got JobKeeper as well, and a huge amount of government (support),” Ms Mostyn responded.</span><br /><br /><span>“That’s insulting,” Creighton replied.</span></p>

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Christian Porter seeking damages from ABC and Louise Milligan

<p>Attorney-General Christian Porter has launched a major defamation action against the ABC and journalist Louise Milligan.</p> <p>The proceedings have accused the ABC of publishing an online article that allegedly portrayed him as the perpetrator the “brutal” rape of a woman, that resulted in her taking her life.</p> <p>The article published a letter that had been sent to Prime Minister Scott Morrison containing a historical allegation that a woman was raped by a serving Cabinet minister.</p> <p>While Mr Porter has denied the allegations, and the article did not name the Attorney-General as the perpetrator, his lawyers have argued that it was easy to identify him as the accused.</p> <p>Mr Porter is currently on medical leave and seeking damages for the article that was published on February 26 article under the headline “Scott Morrison, senators and AFP told of historical rape allegation against Cabinet Minister”.</p> <p>ABC journalist Louise Milligan was the one who broke the historical story and is also named as a party to the lawsuit.</p> <p><img style="width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7840285/christian-porter-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/cfa58577601d4a97a2a34db9984c75c0" /></p> <p>Mr Porter is being defended by a number of high-profile lawyer including Sydney barristers Bret Walker, SC, and Sue Chrysanthou, SC, and solicitor Rebekah Giles.</p> <p>“Over the last few weeks, the Attorney-General has been subjected to trial by media without regard to the presumption of innocence or the rules of evidence and without any proper disclosure of the material said to support the untrue allegations,” Ms Giles said in a statement on Monday.</p> <p>“The trial by media should now end with the commencement of these proceedings.”</p> <p>Ms Giles said “the claims made by the ABC and Ms Milligan will be determined in a court in a procedurally fair process”.</p> <p>It is understood that Mr Porter will give evidence in the proceedings.</p> <p>She foreshadowed that Mr Porter would give evidence in the proceedings.</p> <p>Ms Chrysanthou and Ms Giles have acted successfully for a series of high-profile defamation plaintiffs, many of them women, including Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young against former Liberal Democratic Party senator David Leyonhjelm.</p> <p>Two weeks ago, Mr Porter came forward as the Cabinet minister that was referenced in the letter that made the historical allegation.</p> <p>"I can say categorically that what has been put in various forms and allegations simply did not happen," he said.</p> <p>An ABC spokesperson said: “The ABC will be defending the action.”</p>

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Queen's favourite grandchild revealed – and it's not who you think it is

<p>A majority of grandparents will never admit it, but they have a favourite grandchild. It’s often a point of joking and ribbing amongst the grandchildren who’s the favourite, and it appears that this also extends to the royal family.</p> <p>The Queen is reported to have favourite grandchildren, and no, it’s not who you think it is.</p> <p>If you were thinking Prince Harry or Prince William, they might’ve captured the hearts of the world, but the heart of their grandmother remains elusive.</p> <p>An insider source has told<span> </span><em><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/9853409/queen-favourite-grandkid-lady-louise-windsor-prince-william-harry/" target="_blank">The Sun</a></em><span> </span>that the royal grandmother has been getting very close with her grandchildren over the summer.</p> <p>In particular, she has been spending a lot of time with the children of her youngest son Edward, who are 16-year-old Lady Louise Windsor and 11-year-old James.</p> <p>Louise and the Queen have been bonding over Louise’s love of drawing, which is said to be a love of the late Queen mother.</p> <p>"Louise loves drawing and sketching and was very patiently trying to get Charlotte to do pictures of rabbits and deer," the insider said.</p> <p>"Because of her obvious artistic skill, the Queen allowed Louise to look through some of the collection of Queen Victoria's Highlands sketches which are kept at Balmoral but are rarely dug out these days."</p> <p>Her Majesty has eight grandchildren in total. Scroll through the gallery to see her spending time with each of them.</p>

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Sad news: Celebrity chef and Australian icon Margaret Fulton passes away at 94

<p>Australian cookbook writer Margaret Fulton has passed away at 94.</p> <p>The beloved author’s cookbooks became a fixture in kitchens all across the country and she is considered Australia’s first major celebrity chef.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B0SSvHhgSWq/" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B0SSvHhgSWq/" target="_blank">Early this morning our family lost our most treasured, inspirational and loving mother and grandmother, Margaret Fulton. Our hearts are too broken to respond to your messages right now, but we’re deeply grateful for your love and support. Xx</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/kategibbs/" target="_blank"> KATE GIBBS</a> (@kategibbs) on Jul 23, 2019 at 9:18pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Margaret’s granddaughter Kate Gibbs said the family is mourning their loss.</p> <p>“The family of Margaret Fulton are today mourning the loss of their loving, inspirational and treasured mother, grandmother and great-grandmother this morning,” she told <em>Delicious</em>.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BxbBo4jgUKB/" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BxbBo4jgUKB/" target="_blank">A post shared by Margaret Fulton (@margaret_fulton)</a> on May 13, 2019 at 5:08pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“They will release a statement in due course. Respect for their privacy at this time would be greatly appreciated.”</p> <p>Fulton became a household name for the 1968 <em>The Margaret Fulton Cookbook</em> for her introduction of unusual flavours into the Australian kitchen with touches of Italian, Greek, Spanish and Chinese cuisine.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BooIhbpA-T5/" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BooIhbpA-T5/" target="_blank">A post shared by Margaret Fulton (@margaret_fulton)</a> on Oct 7, 2018 at 2:36am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Her wildly popular cooking techniques earned her the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1983 – through her delicate instructions and exquisite recipes, she fed millions of people all across the country.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/pgRhGOG40W/" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/pgRhGOG40W/" target="_blank">A post shared by Margaret Fulton (@margaret_fulton)</a> on Jun 21, 2014 at 4:22am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“I think Australians responded to this enormous excitement that I was feeling about food and they were feeling it too," Fulton said <a href="http://www.australianbiography.gov.au/subjects/fulton/" target="_self">in a 1997 television interview</a>.</p>

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Sarah Ferguson reunites with Prince Andrew at Royal Ascot – and shares royal secret

<p>Sarah Ferguson has added a colourful flair to royal life – from her outfit choices to her relationship rollercoaster with Prince Andrew, 59.</p> <p>It would be easy to assume the royal could tell a few juicy stories about her life as a member of one of the world’s most well-known and documented families.</p> <p>However, one secret the Duchess of York is ready to tell has little to do with her and instead is an in-depth look into one of the royal family’s most heart-wrenching tragedies.</p> <p>Almost two centuries since the death of the Queen’s great-great-great grandmother Princess Louise – mother to Queen Victoria’s husband Prince Albert – a history of the royal’s sad and troubled life has been documented by Fergie.</p> <p>The Princess was separated from her two young sons and banished to a German hamlet where she would never be allowed to see her children again.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7828019/princess-louise-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/0223f29a543140f4b6f2a3dbc79d360a" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Princess Louise</em></p> <p style="text-align: center;">In an exclusive interview with <em><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2019062374448/sarah-ferguson-exclusive-interview-hello-documentary/" target="_blank">Hello</a>!</em>, Sarah revealed she has made a documentary in Germany with the aim of uncovering Princess Louise’s footsteps through historical archives, and a visit to her tomb.</p> <p>"She was discarded by her husband – Ernst I, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld – and sent to St Wendel," Sarah said.</p> <p>"Whatever she had done to upset Ernst – who it seems was tired and bored of her and wanted to divorce – to have to leave her two boys and never see them again was, for me, beyond words.</p> <p>"I wanted to know what Louise had done so terribly wrong that she should be taken from her children on that dank, rainy 26 August day – Albert's fifth birthday – put in a carriage, discarded and written out of history."</p> <p>During filming, the 59-year-old was hit with emotions, as her own mother, Susan Barrantes, left her family when she was just a young girl.</p> <p>"I just don't know what it would be like for me to not be with my girls. I really couldn't fathom it," the Duchess said, who is mother to Princess Beatrice, 30, and Princess Eugenie, 29.</p> <p>"One of the best things I've done with my life is that my daughters and I are like a tripod. The girls are very supportive of me and I am very supportive of what they do.</p> <p>"The key is to always be there, but never to wrap them in cotton wool. We work in unity and [ex-husband Prince] Andrew and I are focused on being good parents together.</p> <p>“We are bigger than friends. We learn from each other, support each other and understand it's about communication, compromise and compassion."</p>

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Boost your immune system naturally this winter

<p><em><strong>Louise Hallinan is the international award-winning author of Smart Brain Healthy Brain and a Natural Health Practitioner. She founded the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.smartbrainhealthcentre.com.au/" target="_blank">Smart Brain Health Centre</a></span> in Sydney which specialises in mood and memory problems.</strong></em></p> <p>Winter is here which for many people can mean getting a cold or flu again this year. If this is you, then you don’t have to put up with getting sick again this winter. The best way to avoid getting colds and flu this season is to boost your immune system naturally.</p> <p>Eating the right foods and supplementing with the vitamins, minerals and nutrients is the natural way to boost your immune system this winter to make sure that you can avoid the coughs, colds and flu this season.</p> <p>There are quite a few vitamin and minerals that will help to support our immune system, but I have found that vitamin C, zinc, garlic and vitamin D are some of the best and most effective.</p> <p><strong>Vitamin C</strong></p> <p>Vitamin C is really a powerhouse when it comes to boosting your immune system. It is a water-soluble vitamin and the dosage taken for Vitamin C powder that would be beneficial is 1,500mg daily.  A deficiency in vitamin C has been related to an increase in the frequency and length of time you have the cold.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Food sources of Vitamin C </span></p> <p>It is important to obtain vitamin C from the foods you eat.  Some suggestions are: Berries, citrus fruits and green vegetables. Asparagus, avocados, broccoli, brussels sprouts, capsicums, grapefruit, lemons, oranges, pineapple, kiwifruit, strawberries, papayas, spinach, kale, onions, parsley, green peas, tomatoes, red chilli and radishes.</p> <p><strong>Zinc</strong></p> <p>Zinc is an important mineral needed to boost your immune system. Zinc is needed in small amounts every day in order to maintain health and perform important functions each day. Zinc benefits the body in many ways, helps with hormone production, growth and repair, improves immunity and helps with digestion. Zinc acts as an anti-inflammatory agent therefore zinc may have significant therapeutic benefits for several common chronic diseases.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Food sources of Zinc</span></p> <p>We can obtain zinc from foods such as pumpkin seeds, cashews, chickpeas, mushrooms, grass fed beef, lamb, chicken and spinach.</p> <p><strong>Garlic</strong></p> <p>Garlic has anti-microbial, anti-viral and anti-fungal properties that can really help to prevent and relieve the common cold and other infections.  The compound found in garlic, Allicin, is highly effective at killing countless micro-organisms responsible for some of the most common and rarest infections including the common cold.</p> <p>Make sure that you include garlic in your diet, either raw or cooked.  Another way of obtaining the beneficial effect of raw garlic (as cooking reduces some its health promoting compounds) is to supplement with Kyolic aged garlic extract.</p> <p><strong>Vitamin D</strong></p> <p>Our modern lifestyle does not always allow for lots of time outdoors and as a result we don’t get the levels of Vitamin D that are required to keep our immune system strong.</p> <p>Vitamin D enhances our immune system. Our immune cells contain receptors for Vitamin D and it has been shown that it seems to prevent prolonged or excessive inflammatory responses. </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Two types of Vitamin D</span></p> <p>It is important to know that there are two types of Vitamin D – Vitamin D2 and Vitamin D3.  Vitamin D2 is the synthetic form of Vitamin D and is not suitable as a supplement.</p> <p>Vitamin D3 is the form of vitamin D that occurs naturally in the human body and is also nine times more effective than vitamin D2.</p> <p>The dosage of Vitamin D3 supplement is 1,000 IU daily.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Food sources of Vitamin D </span></p> <p>We can also obtain vitamin D from foods such as cod liver oil, butter, egg yolk, oatmeal, salmon, sardines, sweet potatoes and tuna.</p>

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