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‘Udderly devastated’: fibreglass cow stolen from Victorian enterprise
A lifesize fibreglass cow known as Betsy has been stolen from a enterprise in Truganina.
Victorian police are interesting for witnesses after the theft at 1:20am Saturday 27 April this 12 months.
They’ve been informed three unknown offenders attended the enterprise premises on Peterpaul Approach within the trailer of a Holden VE Commodore station wagon. Two of them exited the Holden in balaclavas and darkish clothes, and the third and a driver stayed within the automobile.
The pair lifted Betsy into the again of the trailer earlier than leaving the scene east alongside Schembri Drive, police mentioned
“Betsy’s homeowners are udderly devastated.”
Betsy is purple and white, life-sized, and estimated to be value $3,500. Police have launched a picture and CCTV footage of Betsy within the hope somebody is aware of of the statue’s whereabouts.
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Flood warnings from the NSW SES this morning embrace:
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Recommendation to evacuate Gloucester Caravan Park by 6am resulting from rising flood waters,
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Recommendation to evacuate Ferndale Caravan Park resulting from flood waters,
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Recommendation to evacuate components of Bulahdelah by 6am resulting from rising flood waters,
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Recommendation to evacuate components of Dungog resulting from main flooding, and
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Recommendation to evacuate components of Paterson resulting from main flooding.
There are extra particulars on the Hazardwatch site.
NSW points extreme climate warning for mid-north coast
The NSW SES issued a extreme climate warning early this morning for the mid-north coast, advising folks to remain indoors resulting from heavy rainfall, intense rainfall and damaging winds.
The warning covers:
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Port Macquarie
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Taree
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Kempsey
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Barrington Tops
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Wingham
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Yarrowitch
The SES mentioned 166mm of rain was recorded at Taree airport within the 6 hours to three:30am, 130mm at Port Macquarie, 97mm at Mount Barrington and 90.4mm at Careys Peak (Barrington Tops).
There have been 70km/h sustained winds at Norah Head at round 9:30 pm.
The Bureau of Meteorology says a coastal trough – at present positioned offshore from the southern mid north coast – is forecast to slowly observe northwards into Tuesday, with heavy, domestically intense rainfall and doable damaging winds anticipated over coastal and inland areas on the southern aspect of the trough. Damaging winds are prone to ease throughout Tuesday, whereas heavy, domestically intense rainfall could proceed into Wednesday.
The rain could result in harmful flash flooding and the damaging winds are anticipated to ease by the afternoon.
Residents are suggested to maneuver or keep indoors away from home windows, bringing youngsters and pets with them. The SES mentioned to rethink unneccessary journey and to have an emergency equipment and grab-and-go bag helpful in case of lack of energy.
Japanese companies ‘making the most of on-selling Australian LNG’, report claims
Japanese power companies could possibly be making upwards of $1 bn on-selling Australian liquefied pure gasoline to different international locations at a time when home shortfalls loom, Australian Related Press reviews.
Australia is the highest provider to Japan’s third-party commerce enterprise, a brand new evaluation suggests, making up roughly 40% of cargos with an estimated 600-800 petajoules on-sold by way of the middleman.
The findings from the Institute for Power Economics and Monetary Evaluation observe repeat warnings of home gasoline shortages in addition to a number of interventions into Australian power coverage debate by Japanese figures.
IEEFA Australia’s chief govt, Amandine Denis-Ryan, mentioned it was “fairly extraordinary” for Australia to be operating out of gasoline for home use – and contemplating importing it – whereas Japan resells “monumental volumes of our gasoline abroad for a revenue”.
The power analysts drew on shiptracking and contracts knowledge to grasp how a lot Australian LNG was being resold by way of Japan.
The upwards of 600PJ estimated yearly surpasses the 511PJ utilized by japanese Australian markets final 12 months.
Resales from each japanese and western Australia additionally eclipsed projected annual gasoline shortfalls in these areas. As well as, rising nations weren’t the highest prospects of repackaged Australian LNG – two-thirds of on-sold Australian product was going to Taiwan and South Korea.
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It’s an enormous day for anybody with a mortgage with an amazing majority of economists expecting the Reserve Bank to cut the cash rate by 1 / 4 level at its month-to-month financial coverage assembly. However the specialists don’t all agree that is the more than likely end result. We’ll have it as quickly because it occurs at 2.30pm.
Victoria’s well being system will receive an $11.1bn cash injection when the state finances is handed down this morning, with hospitals to obtain extra funding and pharmacists given better powers to prescribe drugs with out the necessity for a GP go to. We’ll have all the main points as quickly because it occurs.
Penny Wong, the overseas minister, will go to three Pacific island nations this week in her first standalone journey after Labor’s election win. Anthony Albanese, who’s close to the tip of his first journey abroad journey because the election, might be in Singapore.
Additionally in politics: we’ll convey you all the most recent from the counts within the few seats left uncalled – plus the tough Coalition negotiations.
And there’s some wild climate north of Sydney, with robust winds within the Hunter and evacuation warnings for cities there and on the mid-north coast. We’ll have extra particulars of that for you very quickly
