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Police concerned for missing Canberra man Peter Morris last seen in Namadgi Visitor Centre3/15/2018 Updated March 15, 2018 22:30:37
![]() Police are concerned for the welfare of a Canberra man who went missing at the Namadgi Visitor Centre early yesterday afternoon. Peter Morris was last seen asking rangers about the best birdwatching spots at the Tharwa park about 1:00pm. While the 56-year-old was a regular birdwatcher, search coordinator Senior Constable Paul Yates said he was unfamiliar with the area. ACT Policing's Station Sergeant Greg O'Ryan said Mr Morris drove there alone and his car remained locked inside the park's gates. "As far as we are aware he hasn't returned," Mr O'Ryan said. "We are not sure what supplies he had on him." Station Sergeant O'Ryan said Mr Morris' family alerted authorities last night and were "obviously concerned". "We know there are lots of bushwalkers, other birdwatchers, people who utilise this area; if anyone has any information that may assist us or indeed if he may have tried to get a lift home overnight because he wasn't able to get his car out of the carpark here [please contact us]." The ACT State Emergency Service search coordinator Senior Constable Paul Yates said the search, which started at 8:30am today, had been extensive and "fairly full-on". "We are searching areas to the south of the Namadgi Visitor Centre areas known as Tharwa Sandwash to our East and trails to our south and we're being assisted by the [NSW] Rural Fire Service. "The terrain is quite hilly and mountainous to the east." He said more than 30 emergency workers were working against the clock to keep searching. "He's not suffering from any medical conditions that would have any effect on his wellbeing," Senior Constable Yates said. "The weather is still very dry and will be cool at night, but those conditions are favourable for the search." Police describe Mr Morris as Caucasian, about 180 centimetres tall, solidly built, with dark blond hair. They say he was last seen wearing dark-coloured track pants with brown hiking boots and may be carrying binoculars. Topics:missing-person,act,australia,canberra-2600 First posted March 15, 2018 17:45:39 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-15/police-concerned-for-missing-man-peter-morris/9552952 This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced.
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![]() The number of homeless people in Australia jumped by more than 14,000 or 14 per cent in the five years to 2016, according to census data which also reveals a "significant" increase in older women on the streets and a growing group living in overcrowded accommodation. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said 116,000 people were homeless on census night in 2016, representing 50 homeless people per 10,000. The facts on homelessness:Tonight 116,427 will be homelessThat's a 14 per cent increase in homelessness over 5 yearsEvery day, 250 people are turned away from crisis centres across the country Homelessness increased in NSW, VIC and QLD There was a slight decline in the NT Homeless people include those sleeping on the streets, in cars, at crisis centres and in overcrowded accommodation. Paul Jelfs from the ABS said the number of women over 65 who had become homeless in the five years to the 2016 census was significant. "This is probably related to things like domestic violence, social relationship breakdowns and economic status, where they just don't have enough money to support themselves, or sufficient superannuation," he said. The statistics also showed people aged between 20 to 30 made up a quarter of all homeless. "There's some really significant overcrowding in that space," Dr Jelfs said. About 8,200 people across the country will be sleeping on the streets tonight, Dr Jelfs said, not including those in crisis accommodation or sleeping in cars or elsewhere. The figures were no surprise to Jenny Smith, the chair of Homelessness Australia. "[What] these figures tell us is what we know; homelessness is getting worse in Australia," she said. The 'invisible homeless' The ABS said the number of people staying in overcrowded places had seen one of the biggest increases. The 2016 figure was up from 2011 by about 10,000, taking the number of people in overcrowded accommodation to 51,000. "We're seeing severe overcrowding in homes where we would need to see an extra four bedrooms in a house to accommodate everyone properly," Dr Jelfs said. ![]() Ms Smith said people in overcrowded accommodation were the "invisible homeless". "We can see [homelessness] all around us with the rough sleeping that we see in all our cities and towns and, while it has grown, it's only 7 per cent of the problem," she said. "These figures tell us that more people are sleeping on couches, have uncertain tenure in housing centres and are quadrupled up in severe overcrowded houses." She said more needed to be done to increase affordable social housing. "The costs of renting, paying the bills and putting food on the table just don't add up," Ms Smith said. VincentCare Victoria chief executive John Blewonski called for a national strategy to address homelessness. "We've seen a range of responses by state and local governments but the reality is we need a joined-up strategy," he said. "We need that led by the Federal Government stepping up to the plate and really responding to a national strategy that can get the sort of stock on the ground that we need to house the people we've been talking about today," he said. "We're certainly aware of crisis people living in housing crisis, the rough sleepers we see on the streets but the significant numbers that stand behind those numbers are people who are in need of long-term, safe accommodation which can only be addressed through a national housing strategy." Living in car 'embarrassing' John Koutsintas is one of Australia's many homeless. He sleeps in his car and uses the Ozanam Community Centre in North Melbourne regularly so he can have a shower and eat a sandwich made by volunteers. "It's frustrating. It gets cold, it gets hot. I can't move the car so I get parking tickets. It's embarrassing," he said. ![]() His car has been his home since his relationship broke down almost a year ago, and he is waiting to get into public housing. "I'm at the top of the list and it's still a two-year wait," he said. "I can't really get a job because I don't have clothes and I have to come here just to have a shower." He said he had been a car detailer for 25 years and he hoped he would be able to get work once he had a fixed address and a roof over his head. Topics:homelessness,community-and-society,melbourne-3000,vic,australia First posted March 14, 2018 18:34:09 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-14/homelessness-in-australia-jumps-14pc-over-five-year-period/9547786 Posted October 18, 2017 07:03:05
![]() Thousands of Australians have been chosen to carry the Queen's baton on the final stages of its journey to the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Olympians including Dawn Fraser, Grant Hackett and Sally Pearson are among the Australian bearers chosen. The baton is due to arrive in Brisbane on Christmas Eve. By then it will have travelled 230,000 kilometres across Africa, the Caribbean, the Americas and Europe since it left Buckingham Palace in March. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said it would be the experience of a lifetime. "The baton bearers recognise the achievements and aspirations of Australians from all walks of life," she said. "From ambitious 10-year-olds to humble volunteers and well-known Australians from a variety of fields." One of the baton bearers who will have plenty of home-town support is coward-punch victim Sam Ford. External Link:Twitter: Here it is #GoldCoast! He was punched from behind in Coolangatta in 2009 and was left with an acquired brain injury. Mr Ford has had to learn to walk and talk again. Exercise therapist Genny Strides said she was thrilled Mr Ford would take part in the baton relay. "Sam is the most deserving and he is someone who just continually wants more mobility and independence," she said. "Just to be there in front of his country showing what he has and what he has worked for, it is just unbelievable." Mr Ford is continually breaking his personal record for walking 500m on a treadmill. "Sam has a big goal of walking and that has been his goal from day one and now we have a bit more of a timeline to work towards," Ms Strides said. ![]() Ten-year-old Cairns girl and BMX champion Portia Eden will take part in the relay in the far north. The year five student is currently the world number three rider in her age group, and was the world champion last year. "Lots of special people have carried that baton before me and I just feel so honoured and excited it's definitely up there with my world title," Portia said. The champion rider first climbed on a BMX when she was two years old, but is currently nursing two broken arms after a recent crash. "[I'm] very excited to be able to tell my friends and everyone else," she said. "My mum is very proud and I was about to cry because it's such an honour to carry that baton." ![]() http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-18/queens-baton-bearers-named-gold-coast-commonwealth-games/9058944?source=rss Posted October 18, 2017 07:03:05
![]() Thousands of Australians have been chosen to carry the Queen's baton on the final stages of its journey to the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Olympians including Dawn Fraser, Grant Hackett and Sally Pearson are among the Australian bearers chosen. The baton is due to arrive in Brisbane on Christmas Eve. By then it will have travelled 230,000 kilometres across Africa, the Caribbean, the Americas and Europe since it left Buckingham Palace in March. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said it would be the experience of a lifetime. "The baton bearers recognise the achievements and aspirations of Australians from all walks of life," she said. "From ambitious 10-year-olds to humble volunteers and well-known Australians from a variety of fields." One of the baton bearers who will have plenty of home-town support is coward-punch victim Sam Ford. External Link:Twitter: Here it is #GoldCoast! He was punched from behind in Coolangatta in 2009 and was left with an acquired brain injury. Mr Ford has had to learn to walk and talk again. Exercise therapist Genny Strides said she was thrilled Mr Ford would take part in the baton relay. "Sam is the most deserving and he is someone who just continually wants more mobility and independence," she said. "Just to be there in front of his country showing what he has and what he has worked for, it is just unbelievable." Mr Ford is continually breaking his personal record for walking 500m on a treadmill. "Sam has a big goal of walking and that has been his goal from day one and now we have a bit more of a timeline to work towards," Ms Strides said. ![]() Ten-year-old Cairns girl and BMX champion Portia Eden will take part in the relay in the far north. The year five student is currently the world number three rider in her age group, and was the world champion last year. "Lots of special people have carried that baton before me and I just feel so honoured and excited it's definitely up there with my world title," Portia said. The champion rider first climbed on a BMX when she was two years old, but is currently nursing two broken arms after a recent crash. "[I'm] very excited to be able to tell my friends and everyone else," she said. "My mum is very proud and I was about to cry because it's such an honour to carry that baton." ![]() http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-18/queens-baton-bearers-named-gold-coast-commonwealth-games/9058944?source=rss One Belt One Road: China lists $400m Gold Coast theme park as 'key project' of global initiative3/12/2018 Updated March 05, 2018 20:33:17
![]() China's Ministry of Culture has listed a Chinese developer's planned Gold Coast theme park as a "key cultural trade and investment project" that is linked to the country's ambitious Belt and Road investment plan. Key points:Chinese theme park giant Songcheng behind Australian Legends World planThe tourism and real estate project will host Chinese and Australian cultural showsSongcheng spokesman said China would not influence park's operations Australia is not part of the divisive trillion-dollar One Belt One Road investment initiative, but analysts have since told the ABC individual investment projects in Australia are still allowed to sign up and be part of it regardless. "The Australian Government may not want to not sign up to the initiative as a program but there's nothing to stop particular projects in Australia signing up on their own account," China expert John Fitzgerald from Swinburne University said. The proposed Australian Legend World at Nerang, to be developed by Chinese theme park giant Songcheng at a cost of more than $400 million, will be the company's first overseas theme park. In a notice posted on the ministry's website late last week, the planned theme park was listed at number 11 among 40 other government projects around the world, affiliated with One Belt One Road, assessed as top priorities for the ministry. "Local culture bureaus are required to conduct guidance and supervise the implementation of the projects on the list," it said. "[They will also] follow up the development and accelerate toward the development of the cultural trades in the One Belt One Road Initiative." Australian Legend World which, until the statement, had only been billed as an "entertainment park" is set to host a variety of Australian and Chinese cultural and historical performances. It is unclear what relation the park will play in being "key" to the Chinese initiative's global trade routes or investment ambitions neither the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade nor the Chinese Ministry of Culture were available for comment at the time of writing. Roland Evans, managing director of the Canford Property Group and Songcheng's spokesman in Australia, said the listing did not mean China's Ministry of Culture would be able to influence how the project operated. "I don't believe it does, but [the ministry] will keep obviously a close eye that it mirrors what the constraints of the One Road One Belt system is." He said both Chinese and Australian consultants had thus far been engaged in the creation of the shows that would be performed at the theme park. New Chinese investment rules no issue ![]() The plans for the park also include housing for up to 2,000 residents, including a high-rise development it will also feature one of the world's largest indoor ski fields. While an illustration of the proposed park released a couple years ago showed plans for a controversial fibreglass version of Uluru, Mr Evans said that feature had since been dropped from the project. The listing of projects under the One Belt One Road initiative comes despite China's efforts to scale back on overseas real estate investments. China announced new corporate investment guidelines last year that restricted real estate deals, as well as "irrational" investments in foreign entertainment companies. Mr Evans said the park's listing as part of the Belt and Road initiative is a sign from the Chinese Government that the proposal abides by its new investment rules. "The Songcheng entertainment park has a fundamental cultural experience, and therefore the [Ministry of Culture] has decreed that this investment is allowed," he said. Professor Fitzgerald added that companies may be looking to One Belt One Road initiative as "a form of insurance". "This listing suggests Chinese firms are looking to [One Belt One Road] listing as a form of insurance for projects at risk of Chinese government cancellation, or for projects that may not be financially viable without Beijing's endorsement," he said. 'We're delighted' to be on list: Gold Coast Mayor ![]() Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate welcomed China's decision to list the project. "We're delighted the Chinese Government has included this project on their Belt and Road list," Mr Tate said in a statement. "Our city's relationship with China is built on trust as well as Council's ability to minimise red tape, while still ensuring all environmental and development guidelines are adhered to. "I look forward to seeing this theme park development progress as it will bring significant financial and social benefits for our city." The project has courted controversy in the local community more than 300 objections to the planned theme park have been lodged with the Gold Coast City Council, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported last month. Many locals critical of the project cited environmental concerns as well as the increased population density the high-rise accommodation would bring to the area. The council is set to vote on whether the proposal will go ahead later this year. ![]() First posted March 05, 2018 20:21:14 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-05/china-lists-planned-gold-coast-theme-park-as-a-key-project/9508904?source=rss Posted February 21, 2018 14:06:50
![]() Authorities and residents in the northern NSW Tweed region are worried wild dogs could take a small child, if programs to control their numbers are not ramped up. Senior biosecurity officer with the North Coast Local Land Service Tony Heffernan said the dogs were becoming more brazen as they got used to being around people. ![]() "I worry about that, I have been on properties where they have had small pet dogs taken on the edge of the backyard and houses, where there have been young children there as well," senior biosecurity officer Tony Heffernan said. Glenda Bowkett agists cattle near Murwillumbah and lives in the fast-growing urban area on the Tweed coast where they also regularly see wild dogs. "The neighbour across the road came down the other afternoon and my daughter was home and she said there was a wild dog sitting at the end of our road and she was very intimidated by it," Ms Bowkett said. "I've had calves killed. "So it is only a matter of time, I feel, before a person is attacked; it's not just the domestic animals being attacked at the moment." The Kingscliff resident said she could hear wild dogs howling at night. "Actually it is really quite eerie when you hear it, and you will hear one dog on one ridge, and you'll hear a dog on the other ridge respond. It is a common sound now to hear at night," Ms Bowkett said. Dingo hybrid dogs ![]() The dogs are a hybrid breed of dingo and domestic dog, developed over decades of living on the fringes of New South Wales North Coast communities. "DNA testing has shown there is dingo in some of these dogs," Mr Heffernan said. "They are raising their pups, and they are raising more pups. "It comes from the way they have evolved over the last 30 years, where they have nearly become a distinctive breed of dog that is out there." Mr Heffernan said the dogs killed for sport when they were raising their young. "I had a guy give me a call a year or two ago who lost 20 out of 20 sheep over two nights and there wasn't very much of them eaten they were just killed for sport, strewn around the paddock," he said. Control measures There are three main options to control wild dogs: baiting, trapping and shooting, each with rules and restrictions. Mr Heffernan said it was harder to implement control measures in the urban fringe because of strict rules around baiting buffer zones. The fear was that someone's pet dog could eat a 1080 bait by accident. "The dogs are doing what dogs do and we as people, we're a bit smarter than that, we've got to band together, pull together as a community with this problem," he said. Mr Heffernan said landholders needed to start coordinating dog baiting and trapping programs with their neighbours, as trapping would not work unless it was done across multiple properties. "Dogs have territory they roam around in, so there is no point in just trying to get rid of that problem on one particular property," he said. "It would be lovely to think there is a golden answer out there to eradicate the problem, but unfortunately I think those days are gone." Mr Heffernan said the North Coast Local Land Service offered training for baiting programs. Topics:animals-and-nature,beef-cattle,animal-attacks,animals,animal-welfare,animal-behaviour,tweed-heads-2485,tweed-heads-south-2486,tweed-heads-west-2485,murwillumbah-2484,currumbin-4223,currumbin-valley-4223 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-21/wild-dogs-threaten-nsw-tweed-urban-fringe/9469970?source=rss Updated November 09, 2017 10:25:32
![]() Alan Escombe, bass guitarist of the 1960s band The Shake Spears, rubbed shoulders with some of the biggest names in rock and roll. In the months before he died at his home in Mullumbimby NSW, he recorded over 200 voice memos. When his son Luke Escombe pressed play, he discovered his father had documented his rock and roll adventures and confessions. "With dad's voice as my guide, I witnessed the Beatles live in concert in 1964 and hung out in a recording studio with the Rolling Stones," he said. "I dropped acid on a beach in Surfers Paradise and shared a festival stage with a bunch of young kids called The Bee Gees. "I sniffed the smoke of the Paris riots and was locked in a dressing room with Pink Floyd. "Then, in the final voice memo, I shared my Dad's excitement as a chance meeting in the late 1970s led to him making a bigger mark on the future of rock and roll than he could ever have imagined." ![]() Alan Escombe's story begins in a town called Bulawayo, in a nation no longer on the world map Rhodesia. Audio: Episode 1 Rock and Roll Dad: the boy from Bulawayo(ABC News) He fell in love with music learning guitar with Lingason, the family's gardener. "He owned a very old, beaten-up acoustic guitar and when a string snapped he'd use pliers and knot the string together again," Alan Escombe said in his voice memos. "But Lingason could play guitar beautifully." In 1964, 16-year-old Alan Escombe set sail on a boat for London with a guitar, 60 pounds and a dream of making it big in rock and roll. Within a week of arriving he saw the Beatles in a live concert. "I was in seventh heaven," he said. "It was just the greatest thing I'd ever heard." ![]() In Alan Escombe's first months in London, becoming part of the British rock and roll scene was nothing but a remote dream. Audio: Episode 2 Rock and roll dad: Beatles and Bushbabies (ABC News) He was broke and packing boxes at a windscreen wiper factory. Then he answered an advertisement for a bass guitarist in The Shake Spears, a Belgium-based pop band trying their luck in London. "Within weeks of Dad joining, The Shake Spears went into Advision studios in London to record a single called This Is The End," Luke Escombe said. This Is The End hit the charts and the band received invitations to perform in dance halls like the London Astoria, with the who's who of the British music scene. Audio: This Is The End by The Shake Spears(ABC News) Success was within their grasp until a dispute between the band's UK and Belgium managers resulted in This Is The End being withdrawn from the shops. "This Is The End is possibly one of the rarest record in the world," Alan Escombe said. "Only about 1,000 records were released." On their return to Belgium, The Shake Spears got an offer hard to refuse: a lucrative contract at a hotel on the other side of the world. ![]() "As we drove up along the main road in Surfers we looked across at two stunning-looking girls both wearing gold lame mini-bikinis," said Alan Escombe. Audio: Episode 3 Rock and Roll Dad: welcome to Surfers Paradise(ABC News) Frank Delfos, the Australian agent, explained the concept of the Gold Coast's meter maids. "'They feed the meter and put a card on the windscreen saying, 'welcome to Surfers Paradise, we've helped you out by paying your expired meter, have a happy holiday.' "How hospitable could one be?" The Shake Spears were the resident band at the Skyline Lounge, a dance hall in the Chevron Hotel, Surfers Paradise. "Right from the start they were a big hit with the crowd and their reputation spread," said Luke Escombe. The Shake Spears were also part of the line-up for one of Australia's earliest music festivals. Headlining were the Easybeats and Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, but there was one band that would go on to eclipse them all. "The opening act was three very young kids", said Alan Escombe. "Who should it turn out to be but the Bee Gees. "Even though the kids' voices hadn't broken yet, their harmonies just knocked us out. "They were actually plugging away at a new single they were releasing which was called Spicks and Specks. "Spicks and Specks went to number one in Australia." ![]() Despite their successful run in Australia, The Shake Spears felt they had a better chance of success in Europe. Audio: Episode 4 Rock and Roll Dad: riots and revolution(ABC News) Back in Belgium the band's musical ambitions were inspired by the sound of the young American guitarist Jimi Hendrix. The Shake Spears released a new single in 1967 and within weeks the B-side had become the "disc rouge" the red hot single on Parisian radio. The single was shaping up to be the big hit The Shake Spears had been waiting for and Alan Escombe flew to Paris to promote it. "The next morning, hung over after a night of free-flowing champagne, Dad opened the French windows of his hotel room on Rue St Michel, and witnessed history unfolding," said Luke Escombe. It was May 1968 and the start of Paris Riots, a violent conflict between students, workers and the military that continued for nearly a month. The rebellion had a huge impact on the success of The Shake Spears and their single. "Radio stations all closed down any light music, and definitely no pop music because that was young people's music", said Alan Escombe. "Well, that killed our record." Riot and revolution followed The Shake Spears around Europe that year. They had just finished playing a support slot for Pink Floyd in Brussels when a battle broke out between the French and Flemish students. Both bands were locked in the dressing room until the riot police arrived. Then Escombe was offered the chance of a lifetime to be the bass guitarist for Jimi Hendrix. The next day Jimi Hendrix was arrested and jailed in Canada for possession of heroin. By the time Hendrix was released, the offer was off the table. ![]() The band was fragmenting as members left. Audio: Road to Wisdom by Fynn McCool, 1970(ABC News) In London Alan Escombe and the remaining Shake Spears recruited a new singer and guitarist and reformed as Fynn McCool, with a dream of joining the new progressive rock scene inspired by bands like The Who. "The story of Fynn McCool is the story of so many good bands that no-one's ever heard of," Luke Escombe said. "They were signed to RCA, a major record label in the UK, produced a self-titled album, which is now very rare because it was released without the group's consent before the mix was finished." In 1972 Fynn McCool split up. Alan Escombe hung up his guitar and got a job at a fine arts shipping company. Then fate took a very unexpected twist. ![]() In 1978 Alan became one of the founding directors of Rock-it Cargo, the world's greatest rock and roll freight company. Audio: Episode 5 Rock and Roll Dad: making it big in rock and roll behind the scenes(ABC News) "Dad worked on some of the biggest tours of all time, by the biggest names in music history: Paul McCartney, the Stones, Springsteen, U2, Pink Floyd, Queen, you name it," Luke Escombe said. "He was part of the team behind Live Aid and, although he never returned to Rhodesia, he helped stage Paul Simon's Graceland concert there. "It was a beautiful gift to the country where he first fell in love with rock and roll. "Dad never made it big onstage, but backstage he was a giant." Follow Rock and Roll Dad on Facebook. Watch Rock and Roll Dad on iView Topics:music,music-industry,mullumbimby-2482,surfers-paradise-4217,zimbabwe,belgium,united-kingdom First posted November 09, 2017 09:58:18 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-09/rock-and-roll-dad-alan-escombe-history-in-rock-and-roll/8547030?source=rss Updated February 02, 2018 16:15:15
![]() Australia's Commonwealth Games best and brightest will be decked out in boat shoes, blazers, and scarves when they welcome the world to the Gold Coast in April. Organisers have unveiled RM Williams designed "green, gold and grey" uniforms for the Opening ceremony. The "fun and fresh" look is said to be a nod to the host city. ![]() Indigenous artist Jenna Lee created the design that runs through the uniforms. She told the crowd at the uniform launch her art was designed around a theme of unity. "It's so humbling to share culture in this way sharing culture and artwork in a way that my elders and ancestors couldn't is telling of how far we've come," she said. Australian swimmer Brittany Elmslie said she loved the uniforms. "[They're] very Gold Coast, casual but smart as well," she said. She was asked whether the uniform was an improvement on the Glasgow Commonwealth Games outfits, which were mocked at the time. "I was in Glasgow, I didn't think they were too bad. I think we rocked them regardless you don't really have a choice," she said. "We get the job done whatever they dress us in." Asked to explain the uniform's rolled-up chinos, triathlete Matt Hauser had a simple response for the media. "It's 2018." The Good, the bad, and the ugly How does the Gold Coast design compare to games gone by? When Aussie athletes went to the Rio Olympics in 2016 they went sockless and donned mint green candy-stripe blazers. ![]() For the 2014 Glasgow games the blazer was ditched in favour of a green-and-gold zip-up jacket, with grey chinos and sneakers. ![]() In 2012 London-bound athletes channelled cricketers with the "heritage design" of white shirts, pants and skirts with a dark green jacket. ![]() Corporate grey suits and ties were combined with bright colourful shirts in 2010 for the Delhi Commonwealth Games. ![]() In 2008, Australian athletes meant business in Beijing, and looked it, with corporate pin-striped suits complete with ties for the men and scarves for the women. ![]() Varying shades of brown, tan, and green dominated the Australian design when Manchester hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2002. ![]() Way back in 1984, the Australian Olympic team took a bit of the local flora and fauna with them to Los Angeles with koala and kookaburra prints and a gum leaf belt. ![]() First posted February 02, 2018 14:16:45 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-02/gold-coast-commonwealth-games-uniforms-unveiled/9387708?source=rss |
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