Updated July 21, 2018 22:47:32
![]() Geelong has edged the Melbourne Demons in an enthralling contest thanks to a winning goal after the siren, following the Sydney Swans' seismic shock loss to the lowly Gold Coast Suns. Earlier, there were wins for Essendon over Fremantle and Collingwood over North Melbourne, while Adelaide did just about enough to hold off the Brisbane Lions. Quick navigation Geelong beats Melbourne at the death in an epic ![]() Zach Tuohy has booted a goal after the siren to hand Geelong a scintillating two-point AFL comeback victory over Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Tuohy's cool set shot from 35m out capped off a stunning Tom Hawkins-inspired resurgence for the Cats, who overcame a 29-point deficit to post a 16.4 (100) to 14.14 (98) win on Saturday night. Hawkins played the game of his life, booting four of his equal career-high seven majors in a dominant final term to put the Cats back on track for an AFL finals berth. The 198cm spearhead was simply unstoppable in the final term, capitalising on supply from a Geelong midfield that dominated the centre clearances when the game was on the line. Patrick Dangerfield (28 disposals, two goals), Tim Kelly (32 touches) and Gary Ablett (31) played huge roles in the Cats' comeback, while Tom Stewart was rock-solid down back. The win lifts Geelong to seventh on the AFL ladder, trailing the sixth-placed Demons on percentage. Melbourne appeared to be home safe when Tom McDonald's crumbing goal early in the final term extended its lead to 29 points. External Link:Geelong v Melbourne summary But the Cats turned the tables, Hawkins' seventh major cutting the deficit to two points before Tuohy sealed the deal after the siren. Clayton Oliver was typically brilliant for Melbourne, gathering 11 of his game-high 40 disposals in the third term as the visitors piled on five goals either side of three-quarter time. Brownlow Medal contender Max Gawn took the points in a fiercely-contested ruck battle with Rhys Stanley but enraged Geelong fans after appearing to milk contact from a Stewart bump behind the play. Gawn dropped to the ground, was paid a free kick and kicked truly late in the third quarter but was booed relentlessly for the remainder of the game. Dangerfield also courted controversy during the first half. The Brownlow Medallist nominated himself as the ruckman at a stoppage but was infringed against by an oblivious Angus Brayshaw. External Link:Geelong v Melbourne stats A gobsmacked Gawn and Bernie Vince remonstrated with the umpire but the free kick stood and Dangerfield kicked his second major. James Harmes held Cats skipper Joel Selwood to just eight first-half disposals in a hard tag and was sent to Dangerfield in the second half but the class of Geelong's onballers proved too much for the Demons to overcome. Sydney suffers boilover as Suns come back from the dead ![]() Gold Coast has produced the upset of the AFL season, shocking Sydney by 24 points to snap an 11-game losing streak. The Swans' top-four hopes were dealt an almighty blow at the SCG, when John Longmire's former right-hand man Stuart Dew successfully plotted the downfall of his old employer. "I can't believe it, to be honest," Suns co-captain Steven May told Fox Footy after the final siren. Gold Coast was minus co-captain Tom Lynch and prime movers David Swallow and Jack Martin, but produced fierce pressure to record its first win over Sydney. External Link:Sydney v Gold Coast summary Gold Coast, who hadn't belted out its song since April 22, withstood a final-quarter comeback to triumph 12.16 (88) to 8.16 (64). Their ninth meeting with the Swans was widely expected to be a percentage-booster for the hosts, who were buoyed by the return of skipper Josh Kennedy. Instead, Sydney's percentage dipped to 114.2, meaning it went down the ladder and handed fourth spot to Port Adelaide. Swans superstar Lance Franklin was held goalless by Rory Thompson, while Aaron Young booted four majors for the Suns. Gold Coast dominated the second and third quarters, kicking eight goals to zip. Sean Lemmens registered a behind early in the fourth quarter, lifting the Suns' lead to 21 points. Quick goals from Sydney's Tom Papley and Luke Parker ignited the crowd of 32,565, but Franklin's radar was off and he missed two shots in two minutes. External Link:Sydney v Gold Coast stats Dew had every reason to feel nervous after watching his charges snatch defeat from the jaws of victory against St Kilda in round 13. But Young's fourth goal settled the visitors then Lachie Weller nailed the sealer five minutes later. The game was remarkable not least for how the first quarter played out. Gold Coast missed six shots before Touk Miller finally slotted their first goal in the 23rd minute, at which point the Swans had five goals and all the momentum. Fumbles and terrible turnovers from Sydney helped the Suns claim a six-point lead at halftime. Swans ruckman Callum Sinclair demanded better at a halftime huddle and Longmire no doubt had some harsh words in the rooms, but it failed to spark the hosts. Brisbane falls agonisingly short against Crows ![]() Adelaide has burst Brisbane's bubble as Hugh Greenwood stepped up for the Crows in an entertaining clash at the Gabba. A former professional basketballer, Greenwood kicked a career-high four goals and hit the post twice in the 13.15 (93) to 13.10 (88) win. The victory stopped the upbeat Lions' three-game streak and kept the Crows in the race for the eight. Matt Crouch (40 disposals) and Rory Laird (29) were in everything for the Crows while Josh Jenkins (two goals) was a constant forward-line threat. At the opposite end, Eric Hipwood was well held but Cameron Rayner again showed his class with two majors. The buzz was back in Brisbane after a trio of triumphs and the Lions delivered early when Josh Walker and Rayner took back-to-back mark-of-the-year contenders. Rayner capped the sequence with a goal to delight the 20,475 fans. External Link:Brisbane v Adelaide summary But that bit of razzle dazzle ironically also marked the beginning of the Crows' resurgence. Perhaps guilty of overexcitement, the hosts flagged and Greenwood pounced to improve the Crows to 9-8 this season. The small forward kicked three goals in as many minutes either side of quarter time to wrestle control of the contest. Brisbane rallied behind the efficient Alex Witherden (31 touches, 12 marks) and Nick Robertson's hard running at the back, with Daniel McStay snapping a run of four-straight Crows goals to end the half. But Greenwood popped up again in the third quarter to keep the Lions at bay before Eddie Betts soared for a special mark of his own. His goal followed a string of costly Brisbane misses as the Crows built a 22-point buffer at the final break. External Link:Brisbane v Adelaide stats Brisbane stayed in it with goals to Jake Barrett and Jarrod Berry and when Oscar McInerney kicked his second the gap was just 10 with three minutes to play. Daniel Rich then narrowly missed from 60m before the Crows whittled down the clock only for Lewis Taylor to goal after the siren. Adelaide will sweat on the health of Tom Doedee (concussion) and Lachlan Murphy (nose). Both left the ground following heavy knocks and didn't return, leaving Adelaide down on troops for a bulk of the second half. Essendon keeps climbing with seesawing win over Dockers ![]() Essendon has kept its slim hopes of an AFL finals berth alive while almost certainly ending Fremantle's with an ugly 29-point win in their AFL clash. The Bombers remain in touch with the top eight but didn't look deserving of a play-off berth for much of the Docklands match they escaped with a 13.21 (99) to 11.4 (70) victory. The lead changed hands nine times before the Bombers banked their ninth win of the season, with Orazio Fantasia finishing with five goals. The first half was one to forget even for the Essendon faithful. They dominated Fremantle everywhere except on the scoreboard, managing only four goals from 32 inside 50s while kicking 11 behinds. With in-form ruckman Sean Darcy a late withdrawal with a groin injury, the Dockers held an eight-point lead booting 7.1 (43) from their 17 inside 50s. External Link:Essendon v Fremantle summary The Bombers' cause wasn't helped when they lost their main target inside 50, Shaun McKernan, early in the second quarter. McKernan clutched at his hamstring after a high leap and had to be assisted from the field by two trainers and looks set for a lengthy stint on the sidelines. Essendon started the second half in better form, with goals to David Zaharakis and Fantasia. But they couldn't shake the tenacious Dockers, who again regained the lead through veteran David Mundy. External Link:Essendon v Fremantle stats The Bombers took a six point lead into the final term and after three behinds, Mitch Brown found the target to open up their biggest lead of the match at 10 points. It looked as if they had the running but Fremantle forward Cam McCarthy kicked true to keep his team in the hunt. Goals to Devon Smith and David Myers then gave Essendon some breathing space before Fantasia deservedly iced the win. Collingwood trounces Kangaroos at the 'G ![]() Collingwood has consolidated its top-four credentials and dented North Melbourne's AFL finals hopes with a 66-point belting at the MCG. The Magpies superbly overcame the late withdrawal of key defender Darcy Moore to dominate the Kangaroos on Saturday, 20.10 (130) to 9.10 (64). Collingwood now has 12 wins with five rounds left, confirming its first finals berth since 2013. But it's a question of how deep it can go into September, given it started this round in third spot. By contrast, North are now a game outside the eight. External Link:Collingwood v North Melbourne summary The Pies were potentially vulnerable on Saturday, given their seven-game winning streak ended with last Sunday's loss to West Coast. Then, as the teams ran out, it emerged that Moore was ruled out with hamstring soreness a week after he had returned from a hamstring injury. New forward Brody Mihocek kicked two goals in the opening eight minutes, immediately dispelling any notion that Collingwood might be in trouble. As North sprayed three behinds, the Magpies slammed through six goals straight to take control. Collingwood started with 7.2, its best first quarter of the season and the second-highest term overall this year from the Pies. Trailing by 29 points at quarter time and then 41 early in the second, the Kangaroos rallied and worked back into the game. But as North closed to 27 points, Collingwood killed off the match with three quick goals before halftime for a 45-point lead at the main break. Mihocek finished with four goals and Jordan De Goey continued his hot form with four goals as well. External Link:Collingwood v North Melbourne stats Taylor Adams and Scott Pendlebury starred in the midfield, while Will Hoskin-Elliott (three goals) was also dangerous in attack. On a bleak day for the Roos, Majak Daw kicked three goals, while Shaun Higgins and Ben Cunnington were solid in the midfield. North defender Marley Williams will come under video scrutiny for a crude spoil on Jaidyn Stephenson. Fellow Kangaroos backman Scott Thompson also had a dirty day, forced off the ground twice with cuts to his head. AAP AFL ladder External Link:AFL 2018 ladder Topics:australian-football-league,sport,australia,melbourne-3000,vic,geelong-3220,nsw,qld,brisbane-4000,carrara-4211,sydney-2000,adelaide-5000,sa First posted July 21, 2018 13:24:41 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-21/afl-saturday-scorecentre/10006906
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![]() China's decision to stop being the world's garbage dump has prompted a Gold Coast recycler to invest in technology that turns unwanted car tyres into bricks to be used for paving, retaining walls and house foundations. ![]() Adrian Fuller, who owns Adrian's Metal Recyclers at Molendinar, said they scrapped 1,200 to 1,500 cars a month but times were getting tougher now China had restricted imports of recyclable material. "The days of buying material from the public and putting it into a container and sending it overseas are all done and dusted," he said. China's National Sword policy, introduced this year, means it will no longer accept foreign recycling waste unless it was almost completely uncontaminated. Mr Fuller's core business is recycling metal from end-of-life cars, but he said it costs him $3.30 to dump each old tyre. "The Government and the council have noticed that tyres are going to be a problem and we've come up with a solution," he said. One solution is to shred tyres and turn them into existing products such as playground equipment and gym matting. Mr Fuller said he would be the first in Australia to convert finely crumbed rubber into fire retardant bricks, pavers, fence panels and sound barriers, having just secured the patent from Canadian company Eco-Flex. "We can take people's waste that people don't want that's a problem, and we're going to make it into materials that people can use," he said. Waste industry welcomes plan Waste Management Association of Australia chief executive Gayle Sloan said she welcomed the innovation. "We recognise as the waste industry that what we're actually dealing with is resources and these companies that are prepared to invest in technology to turn that back into other products is just terrific," she said. "We know if we recycle we create 9.2 jobs for every 10,000 tonnes that we recycle, compared with 2.8 jobs if we simply landfill." Mr Fuller said he planned to start production by the end of the year and, if successful, it could be expanded to recycle large quantities of end-of-life tyres. ![]() John Randel, who runs A1 Rubber, Australia's largest rubber up-cycler, said new technology had to be cost effective. "I would advise them that the product they wish to manufacture must utilise the natural characteristics of recycled rubber that being flexibility, non-slip and impact attenuation for it to be successful," Mr Randel said. "What we have found is that if your product doesn't utilise those natural characteristics of the product there is always a cheaper alternative." But Mr Fuller said he was confident of finding a market for the products and his aim would be to help reduce Australia's mounting stockpiles of used tyres. "There are instances where people are renting big blocks of land all over Australia and just taking over a million tyres, or 500,000 tyres, and just storing them there and just walking away from the lease," he said. Ms Sloane said greater consumer awareness about the benefits of buying recycled rubber products would help the waste management industry. "We're actually seeing greater demand for recycled plastics as a result of the awareness about this issue," she said. ![]() First posted July 04, 2018 17:09:54 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-04/old-tyres-could-find-new-life-as-recycled-building-products/9940524 Palm Beach homeowner Logan Hurford and his family are living next to an apartment development7/22/2018 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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Michael and Carissa Holland share a love of anatomy and preparing donated bodies for educational purposes. Supplied: Griffith University Topics:science,medical-sciences,anatomy,marriage,university-and-further-education,southport-4215,kingaroy-4610 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-20/anatomy-couple-michael-carissa-holland/10018898 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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Michael and Carissa Holland share a love of anatomy and preparing donated bodies for educational purposes. Supplied: Griffith University Topics:science,medical-sciences,anatomy,marriage,university-and-further-education,southport-4215,kingaroy-4610 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-20/anatomy-couple-michael-carissa-holland/10018898 Posted July 19, 2018 06:21:11
Whale researchers are concerned recreational boaties on Queensland's Gold Coast are crowding humpback mothers and their newborn calves, breaching state regulations for watching marine mammals. Griffith University researcher, Olaf Meynecke, counted eight boats surrounding a mother as she lifted her newborn calf out of the water on Sunday, despite rules stipulating no more than three boats could be present at a time. "Unfortunately with the [large] number of boats comes a lot of stress for the animal [as] they are aware of where the boats are," Dr Meynecke said. "It was a newborn calf, less than a week old probably only two or three days old." Dr Meynecke filmed the tender moment with a drone. "It was unique to witness something like this and also to see the bonding between the mother and the calf," he said. ![]() Anthony Ardern is the owner of Whales in Paradise, which runs whale watching tours off the Gold Coast, and said boaters' disregard for whale watching regulations was worsening. "We are seeing a lot of weekend warriors going out [whale watching]," Mr Ardern said. "Obviously when you've got beautiful weather and school holidays, every man and his dog is out there. "It is quite frustrating more so for the whales' safety and it's our livelihood out there as well." A spokesperson from the Queensland Department of Environment and Science (DES) said no-one had been fined for encroaching on whales in Queensland this year, but the Department was investigating incidents involving a number of jetski riders on the Gold Coast. "DES received two complaints in relation to this matter on June 11 and 12, 2018." "As it is currently under investigation, DES cannot provide any further information in relation to the incident at this time," a statement issued to the ABC said. Those caught encroaching on whales face a $652.75 on-the-spot fine. ![]() Whale experts are predicting 30,000 humpbacks will migrate along Australia's east coast this season. Traditional calving grounds are further north in the isolated waters of the southern Great Barrier Reef, but Dr Meynecke said he was seeing more females calving off the Gold Coast and had even heard of some mothers giving birth off Victoria. He said one theory for this change in behaviour was that due to the large number of pregnant whales, mothers were choosing other areas to give birth where there were less whales. "We have more whales so the chances of them avoiding more crowded [birthing] areas and giving birth elsewhere are a lot higher than they used to be," Dr Meynecke said. "Another theory is that there is actually less food supply in the Antarctic waters and that the animals are trying to reduce the migration which would greatly help them to save energy." Calls for tighter whale protections Mr Ardern said the Gold Coast offered the migrating mammals a protected bay, but the area was also a playground for recreational boaties. "The highest number of recreational boats [are] registered in Queensland on the Gold Coast and south-east Queensland," he said. "Obviously with great weather like this everyone is heading out in droves." Dr Meynecke said he understood boaties wanted to watch the whales, but he was worried about the pressure it was putting on the mammals and the risk associated with boats encroaching on humpbacks. He said a 15 knot (28 kilometres per hour) speed limit should be placed on boats entering and exiting the Southport Seaway to reduce the risk of accidents. "It's a risk for the humans, for people, drivers, and also a risk for the animals as well," he said. Topics:mammals---whales,southport-4215 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-19/boaties-spark-concern-for-whales-on-gold-coast/10004884 Updated July 18, 2018 11:49:27
![]() People could spend their afterlife as part of an underwater cemetery memorial dive site on Queensland's Gold Coast, with the council floating the idea of building a submerged resting place for burial urns in the city's Broadwater. External Link:Twitter Neptune Memorial Reef The idea is based on the Neptune Memorial Reef in Florida in the United States and it is hoped the ocean-bed cemetery would attract diving tourism. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate told Channel 7 that people's ashes could be mixed with environmentally-friendly materials to create a dive precinct. "Major cities in Australia and the world are running out of spaces to bury people," he said. "In time to come, if people want to dive, say hello, they can do so and have a bit of fun with it." He said the precinct could be positioned about 2 nautical miles off the spit, near a proposed underwater dive pyramid. "I've spoken to a lot of people they said we're a coastal city, 60 kilometres of coast so many people during the day, they go 'Gee I wish I was in the ocean'," he said. "This way you can have your wish granted forever." ![]() Gold Coast Councillor Dawn Crichlow has backed the idea. "Water's very peaceful look how many people scatter ashes on the Broadwater or in the ocean people love that," Cr Crichlow said. However she suggested it could be placed in the more protected Broadwater, around Wavebreak Island. "You could use it as a dive site as well everybody would be happy," she said. Diver says site needs to be in right place to avoid silt Diver Sally Gregory welcomed the idea of an underwater memorial attraction and said she would even be interested in becoming a permanent part of it. Ms Gregory has been exploring the deeps of the Gold Coast waters for 40 years and is currently doing her PhD on women in diving at Southern Cross University. "I was going to get cremated and have my ashes scattered at Cook Island and turned into turtle poo," Ms Gregory said. "To be able to be part of a fabulous underwater sculpture of a mermaid or horse or a seahorse or even a cuttlefish, that'd make me happy too." However, Ms Gregory said it needed to be unique and in the right place to avoid silt. "A dive site that's dirty all the time and is prone to big currents is not going to attract a lot of divers," she said. "It also has to have structures that are really interesting, exotic and that divers would want to have their photos taken with." She said it would need to be incorporated into a larger dive precinct to ensure repeat visits. "Not sure as a dive site standalone it would be a world-class diving attraction they'd [divers would] come and look at it once, but we want to get them coming back again and again," Ms Gregory said. ![]() First posted July 18, 2018 09:57:03 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-18/underwater-cemetery-idea-floated-council-gold-coast-qld/10006824 A new initiative to stop shoppers squeezing avocados to test the fruit's ripeness has resulted in a halving of bruised fruit and higher avocado sales.
Research conducted earlier this year had found 97 per cent of customers gave avocados a squeeze to test ripeness before buying, which was leading to brown marks on the flesh once the fruit was cut open. To improve quality and ensure customer satisfaction, the avocado industry, through levies paid to Horticulture Innovation Australia, employed a marketing firm to come up with other ways consumers could determine whether avocados were ripe at the point of sale. Rural Newsletter Rural news in your inbox? Subscribe for the national headlines of the day. Produce Marketing Australia chief executive John Baker was tasked with the challenge and said making sure ripe fruit was always available in supermarkets was the first step. "The second was to then segregate the fruit on display according to the stages of ripeness," he said. Shelves were colour-coded according to whether the fruit was ripe or not, and the strategy was completed by signage telling customers which fruit to buy according to when they wanted to eat it. "For the ripe fruit it's 'buy now, eat now' and for the not-so-ripe fruit it's 'buy now, eat later'," Mr Baker said. Squeeze-stopping measures trialled in supermarkets While all the major supermarkets, including Coles, Woolworths, IGA, Costco and Aldi were consulted, the scheme was trialled in independent supermarkets throughout regional New South Wales, regional Queensland and Sydney in the first half of the year. ![]() Until now, avocados of varying ripeness have been bundled together on supermarket shelves. (ABC Rural: Renee Cluff) ![]() Until now, avocados of varying ripeness have been bundled together on supermarket shelves. ABC Rural: Renee Cluff Mr Baker said the system was cost-effective and could be implemented by each store independently. "We trialled it remotely without any contact other than over the phone and sending the tools to these stores," he said. "This system for retailers can be implemented for around $50 that's the display pads and the customised header cards." An online retail training program was also developed to teach store staff best practices for ordering, receiving and storing avocados, as well as educating them on the ripening process. Trials bear fruit The trials resulted in a 60 per cent reduction in bruising. "That's because there's a lot less squeezing and people were choosing fruit that wasn't being bruised multiple times before someone actually selected it," Mr Baker said. "You're never going to eliminate people squeezing avocados I think it's one of those lifelong habits but it's certainly created a significant reduction in squeezing." ![]() Avocados continue to ripen off the tree, but it can be difficult to tell when they are ready to eat. (ABC Rural: Renee Cluff) ![]() Avocados continue to ripen off the tree, but it can be difficult to tell when they are ready to eat. ABC Rural: Renee Cluff The other, more unexpected result, was a 30 per cent increase in the amount of fruit sold. Mr Baker is adamant that low avocado prices, as a result of record production during the trial period, did not skew the results. "We trialled it when consumers were paying $5, $6 and up to $7 a fruit in January and February and into March as well as at this time now when you can buy two avocados for $5 when they're on special," he said. "Regardless, there was a 30 per cent increase in sales in that early period when the price was really high and the same increase now." Hopes for nationwide rollout The system is now being promoted to all grocery retailers and has already been adopted by Independent Grocers Australia (IGA), which is supplying 600 stores with the signs and shelving boxes. Mr Baker said while the uptake was slower among the major supermarkets, some had already adapted some of the measures. "Coles see the merits and what they've got is their own header cards to explain to their customers the different ripeness stages for avocados," he said. "Retailers have said to us, if something's going to give them a 30 per cent increase in sales, they're more than keen to do that." http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-07-18/trial-stopping-avo-squeeze-successful-boosts-sales/10006632 |
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