New Zealand committee recommends suspension of Indigenous MPs
A New Zealand parliament committee on Wednesday (May 14) recommended three Indigenous lawmakers be temporarily suspended from parliament following the performance of a haka during the reading of a contentious bill last year.
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EXCLUSIVE Glamorous TV footy presenter Tiffany Salmond reveals the reason for huge career setback as she struggles to find work after making one simple move
NRL presenter Tiffany Salmond has revealed the reason why she has vanished from footy broadcasts this season, despite starting the season on camera in New Zealand. Salmond has previously worked for New Zealand media outlets RNZ and Sky, while also doing sideline coverage of Warriors NRL matches as a freelancer for Fox Sports and Triple M. She recently shared her horror experience of being the victim of a deepfake AI attack that circulated fake media claiming to be her carrying out explicit acts that never happened. Now viewers are asking why she is not present on NRL broadcasts, despite starting the season in her usual sideline post at Warriors games. Salmond appears to have made the mid-season move from Auckland to Sydney in April, with a post from four weeks ago that included the caption: 'Left the home advantage'. Her profile has also been updated to say 'Kiwi in Sydney'. Now, Salmond has posted an image at the iconic Bondi Icebergs Pool, the historic lap pool located at the south end of Bondi Beach overlooking the ocean. She uploaded the image with the caption: 'My first Sydney winter,' with a white heart emoji. 'Had to come back [to the pool] today.' She also posted an image enjoying the warm Australian sun in a bathing suit. After that, Salmond posted a News Corp snippet sharing the video of her deepfake attack and text that revealed she had moved to Australia but had yet to appear on a Fox League NRL broadcast. 'The ongoing support never goes unnoticed,' she posted. 'It's frustrating when politics gets in the way of doing the work you love. 'But to still feel this much demand and backing from so many is something I never take for granted. Thank you for continuing to stand with me while I keep building what's next.' Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, Salmond said was grateful for the large amount of viewers calling for her return to NRL coverage. 'Since my last on-air role, I've been incredibly grateful - and honestly humbled - by the ongoing public support and the way viewers have continued to call for my return,' she said. 'It's not something I take lightly, and I'm very aware of how rare that kind of genuine audience connection is in this industry. 'While I've always been proud of the work I've delivered, unfortunately, industry politics have played a role in limiting on-air opportunities, as is sometimes the case in this business. 'But I've stayed focused on building what's next, and there are some really exciting opportunities now opening up, particularly in entertainment, as well as in sport as I continue to expand my career here in Australia.' It comes after Salmond previously shared a follower's comment that read: 'It's all true we want Tiff back on the NRL coverage'. 'The comments on that video have meant so much,' she said in a video of herself walking down a Sydney street. 'Even knowing that a sideline role is pretty interchangeable and I barely had much screen time, to still be receiving this kind of support, all this time later, mid season, it's humbling. 'So, thank you. And I'm sure you will be seeing me back on your screens very soon, whatever capacity that may be in.' There has been a flood of support for Salmond on her Instagram account, where she has almost 40,000 followers. 'You are the best in the business. You don't just ask generic questions, cliches and you know what you're talking about and always seem to have a good relationship with whoever you interview. We need more like you reporting on the game,' one follower posted. 'I'm so glad I'm not the only one who's missed you on the NRL coverage,' another posted. 'The comments are because your great at what you do Tiff. Hope you come back soon,' another well-wisher commented.
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Woman accused of killing relatives with toxic mushrooms giving evidence at trial
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The Independent
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- The Independent
Bright green meteor zooms past Sydney as auroras dazzle across Australia
A bright green meteor was seen zooming past Sydney on Sunday as spectacular southern lights lit up the skies across most of Australia and New Zealand. A Sydney resident named Tom McCallister posted a video of the meteor, about the size of a basketball, traversing the city's skies. 'Absolutely magnificent meteor seen travelling east to west over Sydney this evening,' Mr McCallister captioned the video posted on Facebook. 'This was looking north at 17:57 local time.' Astrophysicist Brad Tucker, from the Australian National University, agreed that the object was indeed a meteor due to its unique blue-green colour, indicative of iron and nickel content. People across New Zealand and on Australia 's east coast were also treated to a dazzling display of southern lights on Sunday. Many skygazers later shared photos of aurora australis on social media. The space weather phenomenon is caused when bursts of charged particles released from the Sun – known as coronal mass ejections, or CMEs – interact with the Earth's magnetic field, creating what's called a geomagnetic storm. The lights are called aurora australis in the southern hemisphere and aurora borealis in the northern hemisphere. Pictures posted on social media showed the sky glowing in hues of pink, red and green, with slight traces of yellow. The colours come from different molecules in the atmosphere getting charged by the Earth's magnetic field. Oxygen gives off a fluorescent green hue while nitrogen molecules interacting with the magnetic field generate a blue, red or pink shade. Auroras are seen when a strong solar storm from the Sun hits the Earth. They are more clearly visible around polar regions since the magnetic field is the strongest there. Astronomers have predicted a strong geomagnetic storm on Sunday and Monday after a powerful CME was seen erupting from the Sun on Friday. The latest CME also caused aurora borealis across most of the continental US as far down south as Alabama. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the possibility of a severe geomagnetic storm remained 'in effect'. 'There are indications that the coronal mass ejection passage is weakening, but the solar wind conditions remain elevated, therefore additional periods of G3-G4 levels remain possible,' the NOAA said, using the designations for strong and severe category storms. 'However, we now anticipate that conditions should weaken enough by tomorrow evening, 2 June, that G1 storm levels are the most likely peak response.' The Sun is currently at the peak of its 11-year activity cycle.
