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The Advertiser
31-05-2025
- Politics
- The Advertiser
Clausen questions lord mayor over 'help session' for independent probe submissions
LORD mayor Ross Kerridge found himself in the hot seat at this week's council meeting over a session his campaign supporters held to help Novocastrians make submissions to an independent probe into the City of Newcastle. More than 840 submissions were made to the Davidson Business Advisory review into the council's policies, processes and procedures. Labor Cr Declan Clausen peppered independent Cr Kerridge with questions about the "appropriateness" of the Our Newcastle submission-writing session held by a group of people he described as having "conspiratorial views" about the administration of the council. "That workshop specifically required or requested that participants send copies of their submissions to you in addition to submitting them to the Davidson review. Can you give us an idea about the volume of the submissions and how many of those might have come from Sydney?" Cr Clausen said. "Having now considered the findings of the Davidson review, do you wish to comment on the appropriateness of that, given that it appears that a group of people had conspiratorial views, frankly, about the administration of council, that conspiracy theorists largely, based on the advice that we've been provided and how many of those claims were rebuked, worked together to create submissions believing some malfeasance in council, do you want to provide some comment on that?" Our Newcastle is a grassroots group that was formally formed after the 2024 City of Newcastle local government elections and supported Cr Kerridge in his campaign. The full 36-page review report was released late last week. Cr Kerridge said he did not attend the help session on January 23 and was not involved in its organisation. "I wasn't there, but certainly I know the Our Newcastle group offered to help people put in submissions," he said. "Some of the people putting in submissions were not particularly technologically literate and just wanted assistance in doing that. "I don't think there was anything illegitimate about the submissions." An email written under the Our Newcastle letterhead invited recipients to drop in if they would like help with their submission or to chat through their ideas. The letter requested recipients tell Our Newcastle when they had made a submission. "No need to share any details - we're just trying to keep track of how many submissions are going in where we can," the letter said. "This is a real chance to help shape how our council works - they're looking at everything from general governance to major projects." Council papers revealed that the majority of more than 800 submissions to the review, some 70 per cent, were made from suburbs in Sydney. That 70 per cent figure did not appear in the Davidson report. Despite having access to a figure that was not made public in the report, the council and Davidson have repeatedly failed to answer questions from the Newcastle Herald about it. Just this week, the Herald sent follow-up questions to the council asking how it got access to the 70 per cent figure, why it felt it was important to highlight it in a report to councillors, what steps, if any, the council took to verify the information and whether it is the result of an IP address issue or submitters entered Sydney postcodes. Questions about key themes present in the Sydney-based submissions also went unanswered. Instead, a City of Newcastle spokeswoman said the council placed no restriction on the identity or location of any person wishing to make a submission. "Davidson has previously stated that when individuals made multiple submissions, it did not occur excessively," she said. "Those that did make multiple submissions made additional submissions on multiple (separate) topics." Of the 800 submissions received, 548 were made by individuals. LORD mayor Ross Kerridge found himself in the hot seat at this week's council meeting over a session his campaign supporters held to help Novocastrians make submissions to an independent probe into the City of Newcastle. More than 840 submissions were made to the Davidson Business Advisory review into the council's policies, processes and procedures. Labor Cr Declan Clausen peppered independent Cr Kerridge with questions about the "appropriateness" of the Our Newcastle submission-writing session held by a group of people he described as having "conspiratorial views" about the administration of the council. "That workshop specifically required or requested that participants send copies of their submissions to you in addition to submitting them to the Davidson review. Can you give us an idea about the volume of the submissions and how many of those might have come from Sydney?" Cr Clausen said. "Having now considered the findings of the Davidson review, do you wish to comment on the appropriateness of that, given that it appears that a group of people had conspiratorial views, frankly, about the administration of council, that conspiracy theorists largely, based on the advice that we've been provided and how many of those claims were rebuked, worked together to create submissions believing some malfeasance in council, do you want to provide some comment on that?" Our Newcastle is a grassroots group that was formally formed after the 2024 City of Newcastle local government elections and supported Cr Kerridge in his campaign. The full 36-page review report was released late last week. Cr Kerridge said he did not attend the help session on January 23 and was not involved in its organisation. "I wasn't there, but certainly I know the Our Newcastle group offered to help people put in submissions," he said. "Some of the people putting in submissions were not particularly technologically literate and just wanted assistance in doing that. "I don't think there was anything illegitimate about the submissions." An email written under the Our Newcastle letterhead invited recipients to drop in if they would like help with their submission or to chat through their ideas. The letter requested recipients tell Our Newcastle when they had made a submission. "No need to share any details - we're just trying to keep track of how many submissions are going in where we can," the letter said. "This is a real chance to help shape how our council works - they're looking at everything from general governance to major projects." Council papers revealed that the majority of more than 800 submissions to the review, some 70 per cent, were made from suburbs in Sydney. That 70 per cent figure did not appear in the Davidson report. Despite having access to a figure that was not made public in the report, the council and Davidson have repeatedly failed to answer questions from the Newcastle Herald about it. Just this week, the Herald sent follow-up questions to the council asking how it got access to the 70 per cent figure, why it felt it was important to highlight it in a report to councillors, what steps, if any, the council took to verify the information and whether it is the result of an IP address issue or submitters entered Sydney postcodes. Questions about key themes present in the Sydney-based submissions also went unanswered. Instead, a City of Newcastle spokeswoman said the council placed no restriction on the identity or location of any person wishing to make a submission. "Davidson has previously stated that when individuals made multiple submissions, it did not occur excessively," she said. "Those that did make multiple submissions made additional submissions on multiple (separate) topics." Of the 800 submissions received, 548 were made by individuals. LORD mayor Ross Kerridge found himself in the hot seat at this week's council meeting over a session his campaign supporters held to help Novocastrians make submissions to an independent probe into the City of Newcastle. More than 840 submissions were made to the Davidson Business Advisory review into the council's policies, processes and procedures. Labor Cr Declan Clausen peppered independent Cr Kerridge with questions about the "appropriateness" of the Our Newcastle submission-writing session held by a group of people he described as having "conspiratorial views" about the administration of the council. "That workshop specifically required or requested that participants send copies of their submissions to you in addition to submitting them to the Davidson review. Can you give us an idea about the volume of the submissions and how many of those might have come from Sydney?" Cr Clausen said. "Having now considered the findings of the Davidson review, do you wish to comment on the appropriateness of that, given that it appears that a group of people had conspiratorial views, frankly, about the administration of council, that conspiracy theorists largely, based on the advice that we've been provided and how many of those claims were rebuked, worked together to create submissions believing some malfeasance in council, do you want to provide some comment on that?" Our Newcastle is a grassroots group that was formally formed after the 2024 City of Newcastle local government elections and supported Cr Kerridge in his campaign. The full 36-page review report was released late last week. Cr Kerridge said he did not attend the help session on January 23 and was not involved in its organisation. "I wasn't there, but certainly I know the Our Newcastle group offered to help people put in submissions," he said. "Some of the people putting in submissions were not particularly technologically literate and just wanted assistance in doing that. "I don't think there was anything illegitimate about the submissions." An email written under the Our Newcastle letterhead invited recipients to drop in if they would like help with their submission or to chat through their ideas. The letter requested recipients tell Our Newcastle when they had made a submission. "No need to share any details - we're just trying to keep track of how many submissions are going in where we can," the letter said. "This is a real chance to help shape how our council works - they're looking at everything from general governance to major projects." Council papers revealed that the majority of more than 800 submissions to the review, some 70 per cent, were made from suburbs in Sydney. That 70 per cent figure did not appear in the Davidson report. Despite having access to a figure that was not made public in the report, the council and Davidson have repeatedly failed to answer questions from the Newcastle Herald about it. Just this week, the Herald sent follow-up questions to the council asking how it got access to the 70 per cent figure, why it felt it was important to highlight it in a report to councillors, what steps, if any, the council took to verify the information and whether it is the result of an IP address issue or submitters entered Sydney postcodes. Questions about key themes present in the Sydney-based submissions also went unanswered. Instead, a City of Newcastle spokeswoman said the council placed no restriction on the identity or location of any person wishing to make a submission. "Davidson has previously stated that when individuals made multiple submissions, it did not occur excessively," she said. "Those that did make multiple submissions made additional submissions on multiple (separate) topics." Of the 800 submissions received, 548 were made by individuals. LORD mayor Ross Kerridge found himself in the hot seat at this week's council meeting over a session his campaign supporters held to help Novocastrians make submissions to an independent probe into the City of Newcastle. More than 840 submissions were made to the Davidson Business Advisory review into the council's policies, processes and procedures. Labor Cr Declan Clausen peppered independent Cr Kerridge with questions about the "appropriateness" of the Our Newcastle submission-writing session held by a group of people he described as having "conspiratorial views" about the administration of the council. "That workshop specifically required or requested that participants send copies of their submissions to you in addition to submitting them to the Davidson review. Can you give us an idea about the volume of the submissions and how many of those might have come from Sydney?" Cr Clausen said. "Having now considered the findings of the Davidson review, do you wish to comment on the appropriateness of that, given that it appears that a group of people had conspiratorial views, frankly, about the administration of council, that conspiracy theorists largely, based on the advice that we've been provided and how many of those claims were rebuked, worked together to create submissions believing some malfeasance in council, do you want to provide some comment on that?" Our Newcastle is a grassroots group that was formally formed after the 2024 City of Newcastle local government elections and supported Cr Kerridge in his campaign. The full 36-page review report was released late last week. Cr Kerridge said he did not attend the help session on January 23 and was not involved in its organisation. "I wasn't there, but certainly I know the Our Newcastle group offered to help people put in submissions," he said. "Some of the people putting in submissions were not particularly technologically literate and just wanted assistance in doing that. "I don't think there was anything illegitimate about the submissions." An email written under the Our Newcastle letterhead invited recipients to drop in if they would like help with their submission or to chat through their ideas. The letter requested recipients tell Our Newcastle when they had made a submission. "No need to share any details - we're just trying to keep track of how many submissions are going in where we can," the letter said. "This is a real chance to help shape how our council works - they're looking at everything from general governance to major projects." Council papers revealed that the majority of more than 800 submissions to the review, some 70 per cent, were made from suburbs in Sydney. That 70 per cent figure did not appear in the Davidson report. Despite having access to a figure that was not made public in the report, the council and Davidson have repeatedly failed to answer questions from the Newcastle Herald about it. Just this week, the Herald sent follow-up questions to the council asking how it got access to the 70 per cent figure, why it felt it was important to highlight it in a report to councillors, what steps, if any, the council took to verify the information and whether it is the result of an IP address issue or submitters entered Sydney postcodes. Questions about key themes present in the Sydney-based submissions also went unanswered. Instead, a City of Newcastle spokeswoman said the council placed no restriction on the identity or location of any person wishing to make a submission. "Davidson has previously stated that when individuals made multiple submissions, it did not occur excessively," she said. "Those that did make multiple submissions made additional submissions on multiple (separate) topics." Of the 800 submissions received, 548 were made by individuals.
Business Mayor
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Business Mayor
Magna Carta wasn't the first document to state that the king is not above the law
Your report claims that the Magna Carta was the first document to put in writing that the king is not above the law (Harvard's unofficial copy of Magna Carta is actually an original, experts say, 15 May). I was struck that millennia before, another iconic document commanded the exact principle. Deuteronomy 17:18-20 proclaims: 'When he is sitting upon his royal throne, he shall write a copy of this law upon a scroll from the one that is in the custody of the Levitical priests. 'It shall remain with him and he shall read it as long as he lives, so that he may learn to fear the LORD, his God, and to observe carefully all the words of this law and these statutes, so that he does not exalt himself over his kindred or turn aside from this commandment to the right or to the left, and so that he and his descendants may reign long in Israel.' Though the Magna Carta is a landmark work of jurisprudence, in this regard its authors drew from the most foundational of all documents. Rabbi Ian Silverman Margate, New Jersey, US READ SOURCE
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Zion Oil & Gas Announces Gas to Surface Onshore in Israel During Initial Flowback
Targeted perforation zone and stimulation operations are successful. DALLAS and CAESAREA, Israel, May 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. (OTC: ZNOG) announces that initial flowback operations from its Megiddo-Jezreel #1 (MJ-01) well re-entry have resulted in gas reaching the surface onshore in Israel. Perforation and stimulation operations were successfully completed, with gas observed at surface during early flowback. The well is currently in the stimulation fluid recovery and cleaning phase. Zion is sourcing additional equipment for that to continue flowback testing and conduct volumetric analysis to evaluate reservoir characteristics. These efforts are part of Zion's ongoing plan to assess the well's production potential. About Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. Zion Oil & Gas, a U.S. public company traded on OTCQB: ZNOG, is dedicated to exploring for oil and gas onshore in Israel under its Megiddo Valleys License 434 which covers approximately 75,000 acres. For more information, visit "But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever, your renown endures through all will arise and have compassion on Zion,for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has her stones are dear to your servants;her very dust moves them to nations will fear the name of the LORD,all the kings of the earth will revere your the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his will respond to the prayer of the destitute;he will not despise their this be written for a future generation,that a people not yet created may praise the LORD"Psalm 102:12-18 Contact:Andrew SummeyVP, Marketing and Investor RelationsZion Oil & Gas, Inc. (OTC: ZNOG)12655 North Central Expressway, Suite 1000, Dallas, TX 75243Telephone: 888-891-9466Email: info@ FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: Statements in this communication that are not historical fact, including, but not limited to, statements regarding Zion's operations or any disruptions thereto and the results therefrom, including timely testing and completion; timely availability, shipment, and receipt of necessary equipment and rig crews; Zion's ability to discover and produce oil and/or gas in commercial quantities; Zion's ability to continue as a going concern; operational risks in ongoing exploration efforts including timely resolution of supply and operational disruptions; regulatory approvals, including necessary and timely work visas for crews, needed for exploration within our license and the rig's operation; the effect of the uncertainties and potential delays associated with wars and skirmishes between Israel, Hamas, and other organizations and/or countries, and liquidity for shareholders on the OTC market are forward-looking statements as defined in the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that are subject to significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other unpredictable factors, many of which are described in Zion's periodic reports filed with the SEC and are beyond Zion's control. These risks could cause Zion's actual performance to differ materially from the results predicted by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those described in Item 1A in Zion's Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is expressly incorporated herein by reference, and other factors as may periodically be described in Zion's filings with the SEC. Zion can give no assurance that the expectations reflected in these statements will prove to be correct and assumes no responsibility to update these statements. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. Sign in to access your portfolio
Times
02-05-2025
- General
- Times
Births, marriages and deaths: May 2, 2025
I WILL bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in 16.7-9 (AV)Bible verses are provided by the Bible Society EVELYN'Now we are six' Happy birthday to our darling Evelyn. All our love. The Dutnall family. The engagement is announced between Luca, elder son of Mr and Mrs Cassra Schahbasi Carraro of Cheam, Surrey, and Lucinda, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Mills, of Farthinghoe, Northamptonshire. MR R. A. K. MORTON AND MS S. J. DELAMOTHEThe
The South African
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The South African
Prayer warrior: Anele Mdoda's husband blesses lobola cows (video)
Bonelela Buzza James's prayer for Anele Mdoda's lobola cows left some praising his religion on Instagram. A few weeks ago, the two made headlines with their traditional wedding as pictures went viral on Instagram. It was a special and significant day for the two families, but they did not show much about the lobola cows and money. But one thing is certain: the cows were delivered to Anele's family, which she confirmed in her latest post. 'Get the cows, then get back to business', Anele said. Choosing from a big herd, Buzza selected the cows he wanted to distribute to different destinations. Among them, he also chose those for the lobola, and he blessed them by praying. 'Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs.' he started praying. 'Know that the LORD is God. He made us, and we are His; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name,' he continued. 'For the LORD is so good, and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations', he finished as the cow took off. After the selection process and prayer, the shepherds guided the cows past the yard with women allulating. Click here to watch Anele's husband praying for the cows. Besides delivering and blessing the lobola cows, most fans loved what Anele Mdoda showed in prayer. @Twnz Boutique 'I like how he even blessed the cattle before shame. Hayi usisi ufumene umyeni shame umona pants i. Jealous down❤️❤️❤️' @Seapei Ramela 'When people do things on God's timing, it just looks right ❤️' @Lungiswa Zondeka🇬🇧🇿🇦 'A man who is God fearing is the real flex… Congratulations to you, Jehovah. Be the centre of everything 🙌❤️' @Babalwa MaBhayi Mbuku 'Yabona the Jesus in you brother…haaay😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼' DO YOU THINK ANELE AND BUZZA WILL BE SOUTH AFRICA'S POWER COUPLE? Let us know by leaving a comment below, or send a WhatsApp to 060 011 021 1. Subscribe to The South African website's newsletters and follow us on WhatsApp, Facebook, X and Bluesky for the latest news.
