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Daily Mail
a day ago
- Daily Mail
Fallen TV cooking show host breaks his silence about sex charge shock - despite his lawyer telling him not to speak as he makes a furtive dash to see cops
Former Ready Steady Cook! host Peter Everett has broken his silence as he reported for bail at a police station following his shock arrest on underage sex charges. The fallen TV show star initially attempted to sneak past waiting media, opting to drive around the streets of Sydney 's eastern suburbs, only to return two hours later. But he opened up to Daily Mail Australia as he left Waverley Police Station after he was charged with child sex offences at his Toukley home on the NSW Central Coast. 'I am holding up as well as possible,' Everett, 66, told Daily Mail Australia. 'My solicitor has advised me not to speak, but I am pleading not guilty.' He was granted bail with strict conditions that include reporting twice a week. He has been charged with sexually touching a 16-year-old boy without consent and appeared in Sydney's Parramatta Local Court over the weekend. On Monday police sought an Apprehended Violence Order against Everett on behalf of a third party identified only as 'MD'. The matter will be heard at Wyong Local Court on Thursday. Mandatory interim conditions, including bans on assaulting, threatening, stalking, harassing or intimidating the alleged victim, remain in place. Officers from the Tuggerah Lakes Police District had begun investigating the alleged incident the day before Everett's arrest. 'Following extensive inquiries, police arrested a 66-year-old man at a home at Toukley,' a statement from NSW Police read. 'The man was taken to Wyong Police Station where he was charged with sexually touching another person without consent.' Everett spent Saturday night in a cell before his bail hearing at Parramatta Local Court on Sunday. He may only return to his home to collect his belongings with a police escort, and is forbidden from contacting his alleged victim or any witnesses. He pleaded not guilty to the charge and denied any wrongdoing when approached by waiting media outside. Everett was best known for hosting the Channel 10 daytime cooking show Ready Steady Cook for five years from 2006. He was unceremoniously sacked from the show over the phone in 2011. In 2022, Everett revealed he was selling off his possessions just 'to survive' after a tough few years during the Covid-19 pandemic. Everett, who regularly appears at food festivals across the country, told 4BC Afternoons host Rob McKnight he'd 'lost his livelihood' because of the lockdowns. 'There's been a lot of sales on my behalf. I'm selling anything - not down to the garage sale yet - but I've been selling off a lot of things,' Everett said. 'It really hasn't been an easy time. It hasn't. The entertainment industry, a lot of my friends, far less fortunate than I, have had it really, really bad.' After he was dumped from the show in 2011, he said he was 'disappointed' to have been fired over the phone just before heading overseas on holiday. Rory Callaghan, the CEO of Southern Star Productions (now Endemol Australia), which produced the series, later defended the decision to sack Everett. Callaghan told TV Tonight: 'It was me who called him and said, 'Don't bother coming back from Bali.' It was a hard production with him so it was time to move on.' Speaking to in 2019, Everett added: '[Callaghan] was saying that I think I'm greater than the show. I think it meant I thought I was so indispensable and that they couldn't do the show without me.' In 2023, Everett unleashed on Channel 10 producers for failing to invite him back for the 2024 reboot. Everett told New Idea magazine that he was devastated and could barely sleep after learning that chef Miguel Maestre was hosting the program. 'I was like a three-year-old for a couple of days, who constantly asks, 'Why, why, why?'' he said. 'They didn't approach me for some reason. Who knows why? It's a shame.'
News.com.au
a day ago
- Business
- News.com.au
‘Monster amount': 29-year-old Aussie reveals problem with HECS debt
A young Australian woman has claimed that indexation 'is the same as interest' after expressing her annoyance that she still has a 'monster' HECS-HELP debt. Sarah Jane, 29, works a corporate job in Sydney, lives on The Central Coast, and creates social media content on the side. At the moment, she has been exploring sharing financial content with her followers. She recently created a TikTok video revealing how she spent $1600 during a particularly expensive week, with that clip amassing over 100,000 views. Speaking to Ms Jane said she started creating money content because she enjoys watching it herself. There is also a still fair amount of mystery around how other people spend their money, but whenever she speaks with her friends, everyone expresses feeling poor and wonders how other people their age are budgeting. 'We've never made more money and never been poorer,' she said. In Ms Jane's case, while she declined to get into the specifics surrounding her income, she said her HECS-HELP debt, which is currently around $30,000, is something that plagues her. 'I'm the most risk adverse person financially. I don't have a credit card, or a car loan and I don't have any personal debt,' she said. 'HECS was sold to us as teenagers as this interest free loan but indexation is the same as interest.' Higher education loans in Australia don't charge interest, but they are subject to indexation based on inflation. In 2023, millions of Australians saw their loans increase by a whopping 7.1 per cent — the biggest jump seen in 30 years. In June 2024, the indexation rate was 4.7 per cent. HECS-HELP loans are now indexed in line with either the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or the Wage Price Index (WPI), depending on which figure is smaller, with this change backdated to June 1, 2023. On June 1, 2025, a 3.2 per cent indexation was applied to all student loan debts. However, last week, the Labor government introduced a bill to parliament. If passed, it will see student loan debts slashed by 20 per cent for approximately three million graduates. Ms Jane was 24 when she completed her bachelor's degree majoring in media. It took her longer than average to finish because she paused her degree to travel. She's now shocked that, even with five years of full-time work under her belt, she is still paying it off. 'I thought my HECS was not going to be a concern in my life. I'll get a bachelor's degree and I'll work in my industry and pay it off,' she explained. 'It is still $30,000 or something.' Living with that debt hanging over her head means it is a 'bigger piece' of her life than she would like. 'I'm paying off a monster amount of HECS debt,' she said. The 29-year-old said the cost of living crisis has made her notice things like her student debt. 'As someone that gets paid monthly, it feels like it evaporates. The cost of everything has gone up dramatically,' she said. 'I commute from The Central Coast to Sydney and it is $20 just on transport. I bring my lunch and breakfast to work every single day and it still adds up to $40 a day between transport and buying yourself one or two coffees.' Ms Jane said she feels like it is so easy to spend more than you want to as it 'snowballs' and everything costs so much money these days. The young worker claimed that she's a complete type-A personality, with a spreadsheet where she tracks her ingoings and outgoings. However, being diligent often isn't enough. For instance, Ms Jane was 'massively shocked' when she spent $1600 in a single week, as she often only spends $350 a week. The $1600 spend was also a week where she had a few social occasions collide, including her best friend's birthday. 'It was the perfect storm and a one-off week,' she said. What she's most proud of, though, is that she has a firm understanding of her finances, even if she's sometimes stunned by the cost of living. 'I used to find finance really intimidating, I found it really scary and it used to make me massively anxious,' she said. 'The more you understand it the less confronting it is.'
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Gallo to shut California winery
US-headquartered Gallo is planning to close its Courtside Cellars winery in Saint Louis Obispo County, California. A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice filed by the Barefoot winemaker confirmed the closure of the site. The move is expected to impact 47 employees. The site on Mission Street, San Miguel, will close permanently on 8 September, according to the official WARN filing. Just Drinks has contacted the company for additional details on the winery closure in California and what wines were produced at the facility. The winemaker bought the Courtside Cellars site in 2012. The facility was a 34 acres at the time and had the capacity to crush 60,000 tons of grapes The move was intended to support the company's continued growth in California's Central Coast. Gallo had also purchased 300 acres of vineyards in Monterey County earlier that year. Last year, the group sold another California site, the Wild Horse winery, to Continental Wine Collection. The deal included the 'real estate and equipment', but not the brand, the group said at the time. A month later, Gallo also sold two wineries based in Washington state in 2024 to local peer Ackley Brands. The US wine giant offloaded Columbia Winery and Hogue Cellars for an undisclosed sum. Seattle-based Ackley Brands agreed to buy the facilities, stock and equipment of both wineries. A Gallo spokesperson said at the time: 'As a company, Gallo continually evaluates our operating models. We have made the business decision to sell both properties, as well as the related brands, Columbia Winery and Hogue Cellars, to Ackley Brands, a family-owned company based in Seattle.' 'This will allow a local Pacific Northwest wine group with a growing portfolio to move forward with building brand equity and customer relationships on a local, regionalised basis.' "Gallo to shut California winery" was originally created and published by Just Drinks, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Sign in to access your portfolio
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
Real estate agent turns on his industry to blast 'fake' tactics being used to fool buyers and drive up prices
A real estate agent has hit out at the 'fake' tactics used by some industry colleagues, which has led to Aussies having a less than flattering perception of the sector. Jordan Bulmer, 30, is a sales agent at McGrath in Terrigal, on the NSW Central Coast, and he's set on exposing some of the hated tactics used by his colleagues. First and foremost, the agent took to TikTok to address the 'fake offer' strategy. He blasted the trick as being increasingly used by some in the industry to drive up the price of a property. Mr Bulmer said he's 'not into this' as he hit out at those who use this tactic. 'The minute a person makes an offer there is suddenly another offer on the table, I don't know why agents do this,' he said. 'If someone comes to me and says, 'Has there been an offer on the property?' and there hasn't, I say, 'No, there hasn't'. I haven't found the right person, there doesn't have to be an offer on every property.' Mr Bulmer said he would then discuss with his client the options if they were interested in buying the property. He stated he would want to find a price where 'everybody's happy' and warned other agents against 'fake offers'. The agent was flooded with comments from Aussies who have subjected to this underhand tactic. One commented: 'We had an agent try that scam so we told the particular agent great sell it to them. 'Then for the next couple of days they kept calling saying come on let's make the sale. We them blocked their number.' 'I had this,' another agreed. 'I made an offer. Was told there was a better offer. Kept being 'Outbid'. That was the first time I got scammed by an agent. 'Funnily enough, after about a week after I realised what was going on and pulled out. I got a call asking if I was still interested at my last offer amount. Nope.' Someone else wrote: 'I put an offer in the agent said there are two other buyers so I kept upping the offer and they kept pushing till I said I'm out. 'They ring back the next day saying the other buyers have dropped out so do you want the property. Yeah nah I'll pass thanks.' Mr Bulmer said there's 'no need' for agents to use 'fake' tactics when selling a property. 'I don't understand why some agents do some of the things that frustrate the living daylights out of people. I just don't get it,' he told 'Like as if real estate agents, after all this time, can't tell that people know that they're playing games. It blows my mind sometimes. 'I find that just such a silly thing to do, but it seems to happen so much.' Mr Bulmer said he's trying show his clients they can trust him by being transparent and hopes to proof that not all real estate agents use underhand tactics to make a sale. Fellow real estate agent and auctioneer Tom Panos agreed that fake tactics are unnecessary and only serve to damage perceptions of the industry. He pointed out the tactic of 'catfish homes' in which real estate agents post edited images of properties on their website listings to make them look better than they do in person. 'A real estate agent has an ethical responsibility to get the best price for the vendor (seller) who is their client and pays them. So it really is buyer beware,' he said. Another tactic he said was to door-knock a street where there is an auction set to take place and invite the neighbours to stop by on auction day, thus building an illusion that the property is more hotly contested. Similarly, when buyers register to bid on auction day they might give them bidding numbers that are higher than the actual bidders. 'So instead of one, two, three they might say 10, 11, 12,' he said. He encouraged buyers to undertake their own research before agreeing to purchase a property by looking at comparable prices on property sites like Corelogic and consulting with building inspectors who can check for defects. 'People often more research planning a holiday or buying a car than they do buying a property.'
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Daily Mail
Fresh legal blow for axed Ready Steady Cook host - after he was hit by bombshell child sex charges
Police have applied for a restraining order against fallen former Ready Steady Cook host Peter Everett after he was charged with child sex offences. The 66-year-old was charged with sexually touching a 16-year-old boy without consent and appeared in Sydney 's Parramatta Local Court over the weekend. Now police are seeking an Apprehended Violence Order against Everett on behalf of a third party identified only as 'MD'. The matter will be heard at Wyong Local Court on the NSW Central Coast on Thursday. Mandatory interim conditions, including bans on assaulting, threatening, stalking, harassing or intimidating the alleged victim, remain in place. The Australian TV host was arrested at a Central Coast home in Toukley on Saturday. Officers from the Tuggerah Lakes Police District began investigating the alleged incident the day before Everett's arrest. 'Following extensive inquiries, police arrested a 66-year-old man at a home at Toukley,' a statement from NSW Police read. The Australian TV host was arrested at a home in Toukley on the NSW Central Coast on Saturday 'The man was taken to Wyong Police Station where he was charged with sexually touching another person without consent.' Everett spent Saturday night in a cell before his bail hearing at Parramatta Local Court on Sunday. He was granted bail with strict conditions that include reporting twice a week to Waverley Police Station in Sydney's eastern suburbs. He may only return to his home to collect his belongings with a police escort, and is forbidden from contacting his alleged victim or any witnesses. He pleaded not guilty to the charge and denied any wrongdoing when approached by waiting media outside. Everett was best known for hosting the Channel 10 daytime cooking show Ready Steady Cook for five years from 2006. He was unceremoniously sacked from the show over the phone in 2011. In 2022, Everett revealed he was selling off his possessions just 'to survive' after a tough few years during the Covid-19 pandemic. Everett, who regularly appears at food festivals across the country, told 4BC Afternoons host Rob McKnight he'd 'lost his livelihood' because of the lockdowns. 'There's been a lot of sales on my behalf. I'm selling anything - not down to the garage sale yet - but I've been selling off a lot of things,' Everett said. 'It really hasn't been an easy time. It hasn't. The entertainment industry, a lot of my friends, far less fortunate than I, have had it really, really bad.' After he was dumped from the show in 2011, he said he was 'disappointed' to have been fired over the phone just before heading overseas on holiday. Rory Callaghan, the CEO of Southern Star Productions (now Endemol Australia), which produced the series, later defended the decision to sack Everett. Callaghan told TV Tonight: 'It was me who called him and said, "Don't bother coming back from Bali." It was a hard production with him so it was time to move on.' Speaking to in 2019, Everett added: '[Callaghan] was saying that I think I'm greater than the show. I think it meant I thought I was so indispensable and that they couldn't do the show without me.' In 2023, Everett unleashed on Channel 10 producers for failing to invite him back for the 2024 reboot. Everett told New Idea magazine that he was devastated and could barely sleep after learning that chef Miguel Maestre was hosting the program. 'I was like a three-year-old for a couple of days, who constantly asks, "Why, why, why?", he said. 'They didn't approach me for some reason. Who knows why? It's a shame.'
