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West Australian
6 days ago
- Business
- West Australian
PGA returns after administration to continue to fight against 'costly' government interventions
Pastoralists and Graziers Association of WA president Tony Seabrook says the 118-year-old organisation is 'back in full force' to protect its community which has been 'shunned' by both State and Federal governments. The farmer advocacy group fell into administration in January after a $1m-plus claim from the Australian Taxation Office for a long-running debt. Administrator RSM probed the 'the organisation's financial irregularities' and referred the matter to WA Police, rocking the industry in the lead-up to the State and Federal elections. But the association moved back into its office in West Perth in early March and Mr Seabrook said the association was ready to put the 'difficult period' behind it and continue to prioritise its members. 'None of the members within the association were in any way involved in anything that has happened,' he said. 'There's an ongoing police investigation and we're awaiting to see what they dig up. Until then, we will continue to advocate for the needs of our members. 'We exist to service our members to the very best of our ability and also the broader agricultural industry.' Mr Seabrook said it was a time of great turmoil for farmers. 'We're doing what we do to protect our members and our community at a time where we have a State Government and a Federal Government that doesn't really seem to care very much about agriculture,' he said. 'Our main focus has always been to service and protect our members against the ignorance and stupidity of government and bureaucracy. 'We provide a very worthwhile service to all of our members because we want to look after them.' The industry is currently being rocked by several State and Federal government interventions, including electronic sheep and goat identification, tax on unrealised gains, new firearms regulations — and the subsequent issues with the new online portal — and the live sheep export ban. Mr Seabrook is among many WA farmers who have decreased their flock in the wake of the live sheep export ban, decreasing his flock from 3000 to 150 head in recent months due to sky-high operational costs. Mr Seabrook said the PGA would continue to advocate against these interventions which are 'costing' regional communities. 'The phased transition to mandatory electronic identification for sheep and goats by July 1, 2026 is another nail in the coffin for farmers,' he said. 'While the tax on unrealised gains is unfair and unreasonable, and fails to acknowledge the impact on rural farming families.'
NZ Herald
06-05-2025
- Business
- NZ Herald
Horse racing: New Zealand Bloodstock moves to boost centenary yearling sales
To facilitate that, New Zealand Bloodstock will increase the numbers of horses sold on the first three days of the sales next year, starting on Sunday, January 25 and Monday, January 26 for Book 1 horses while 290 horses will be offered in Book 2 on Tuesday, January 27 before many of the overseas trainers return home. Book 1 of the yearling sales usually sees around 220 horses a day catalogued, meaning that after withdrawals around 200 yearlings would be offered each day. That meant around 660 total horses could be catalogued in Book 1 to be sold over those three peak days, Sunday to Tuesday. New Zealand Bloodstock (NZB) will boost those numbers for next season by cataloguing 290 lots per day for Book 1 on Sunday and Monday with another 290 for Book 2 on the Tuesday. Crucially, all 871 yearlings catalogued for those three days can be on the salegrounds at the same time, enabling buyers who may usually miss Book 2 yearlings to inspect them as well. 'We want to get as many of those top horses in front of as many overseas buyers as we can,' says NZB managing director Andrew Seabrook. That will make for some long days but big books and longer sales days are becoming more common right around the Australian sales industry, with Karaka the best-placed to cater for it because of its extensive hospitality offering. The Karaka salegrounds are also a vast, green and inviting space whereas the major overseas salegrounds aren't as comfortable for those settling in for a 10-hour day. While the plans to put the 870 yearlings, minus withdrawals, in front of as many top-end buyers as possible should please vendors, it will still leave yearlings to be sold and they will be catered for with the new Summer Sale for 200-plus yearlings on the Thursday. That will have more of a Book 3 feel it and while it will be targeted by those looking for value horses, Seabrook says it will come with added incentives. 'We will increase the hospitality from what would normally be available at that stage of the week and that specific sale will have some attractive sales terms and $200,000 worth of Karaka Millions bonuses for horses bought there,' says Seabrook. 'The 100-year anniversary is truly an exciting occasion. We are thrilled to be celebrating such a milestone on behalf of the wider industry and are looking forward to producing one of the best catalogues seen in New Zealand.' SUPERSTAR FOR SALE One of New Zealand's star mares is being offered for sale as a breeding proposition this week. Group 1 winner Bonny Lass goes up for sale on NZB's Gavelhouse Plus online platform, with bidding opening on Wednesday night and closing next Thursday. The winner of eight races and nearly $800,000 in stakes, Bonny Lass is one of only two mares in the modern history of New Zealand racing to win at Group race level every season from 2 years old to her 6-year-old season. Her sale continues the recent trend of elite race mares being sold at the end of their careers, one that has become far more pronounced in the age of syndication as it is unfeasible for syndicates to breed from them. Michael Guerin wrote his first nationally published racing articles while still in school and started writing about horse racing and the gambling industry for the Herald as a 20-year-old in 1990. He became the Herald 's Racing Editor in 1995 and covers the world's biggest horse racing carnivals.
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Fan favourite Walkers crips flavour set to make nationwide comeback
A beloved crisp flavour is set to return to shelves across the UK following sky-high demand from consumers. Shoppers will be able to pick up Walkers Worcester Sauce crisps again as soon as next week, after the flavour was discontinued indefinitely in 2022. The news comes after the snack giant launched a limited edition run of the flavour in its home town, Worcester. Fans of the umami sauce were able to pick up a packet from one off-licence only, as the city celebrated its iconic product. One superfan, Katie Barnes from Kent said on the day: 'Today's my 28th birthday and what better way to celebrate than with the taste of my favourite crisps. I've been waiting years for this moment, as I used to constantly go on about the Worcester Sauce flavour. I took a day off work and travelled over 150 miles to secure the goods - it's the best birthday present ever!!' But those who couldn't make the journey expressed their dismay at missing out. On Instagram, user @tripleeatsfood exclaimed 'NATION WIDE RELEASE NEEDED RIGHT NOW!!!,' while @krissie.p74 said: 'Bring them back everywhere. Best crisps ever.'* Walkers has now paid heed to calls, relaunching the flavour in retailers across the UK from Monday 17 March. Worcestershire Sauce was created by pharmacists John Wheeley Lea and William Henry Perrins, who combined vinegar, anchovies, garlic and other ingredients to create the original version of the sauce that would go on to take the world by storm. To this day, it is still produced in the Midland Road factory that the pair built, and distributed in the US, Canada and beyond. The brand's collaborations with Walkers had been a mainstay on British shelves for many years, but shoppers began noticing a gradual decline in its availability. Following intense questioning on social media, the crisp brand's Twitter / X account said: 'Hi, we're sorry but Worcester Sauce flavour is no longer part of our range.' Dismay ensued as many expressed their disappointment at the loss of their favourite flavour. One social media user said: 'Errrrr what?!!! Walkers have discontinued making the Worcester Sauce flavour crisps. This is a crime!' Even money expert Martin Lewis weighed in on the debate, taking a characteristically pragmatic approach and recommending fans instead try the Worcestershire Sauce offering from Seabrook crisps. Other brands that sell crisps in the iconic flavour include Tayto, M&S own brand, and even Walkers' own French Fries spin-off. Sharing the news of the relaunch, a release from Walkers said: 'On reflection, maybe we shouldn't have just limited the sale of Walkers Worcester Sauce flavoured crisps to only one store in Worcester. 'So, we've decided that your favourite Walkers Worcester Sauce flavour crisps will land on shelves at retailers all over the UK from Monday 17th March onwards. 'We're working hard to make them available for everyone to enjoy the beloved flavour - which is now even more Worcestershire-y with Lea & Perrins' iconic sauce.
The Independent
11-03-2025
- Business
- The Independent
Fan favourite Walkers crips flavour set to make nationwide comeback
A beloved crisp flavour is set to return to shelves across the UK following sky-high demand from consumers. Shoppers will be able to pick up Walkers Worcester Sauce crisps again as soon as next week, after the flavour was discontinued indefinitely in 2022. The news comes after the snack giant launched a limited edition run of the flavour in its home town, Worcester. Fans of the umami sauce were able to pick up a packet from one off-licence only, as the city celebrated its iconic product. One superfan, Katie Barnes from Kent said on the day: 'Today's my 28th birthday and what better way to celebrate than with the taste of my favourite crisps. I've been waiting years for this moment, as I used to constantly go on about the Worcester Sauce flavour. I took a day off work and travelled over 150 miles to secure the goods - it's the best birthday present ever!!' But those who couldn't make the journey expressed their dismay at missing out. On Instagram, user @tripleeatsfood exclaimed 'NATION WIDE RELEASE NEEDED RIGHT NOW!!!,' while @krissie.p74 said: 'Bring them back everywhere. Best crisps ever.'* Walkers has now paid heed to calls, relaunching the flavour in retailers across the UK from Monday 17 March. Worcestershire Sauce was created by pharmacists John Wheeley Lea and William Henry Perrins, who combined vinegar, anchovies, garlic and other ingredients to create the original version of the sauce that would go on to take the world by storm. To this day, it is still produced in the Midland Road factory that the pair built, and distributed in the US, Canada and beyond. The brand's collaborations with Walkers had been a mainstay on British shelves for many years, but shoppers began noticing a gradual decline in its availability. Following intense questioning on social media, the crisp brand's Twitter / X account said: 'Hi, we're sorry but Worcester Sauce flavour is no longer part of our range.' Dismay ensued as many expressed their disappointment at the loss of their favourite flavour. One social media user said: 'Errrrr what?!!! Walkers have discontinued making the Worcester Sauce flavour crisps. This is a crime!' Even money expert Martin Lewis weighed in on the debate, taking a characteristically pragmatic approach and recommending fans instead try the Worcestershire Sauce offering from Seabrook crisps. Other brands that sell crisps in the iconic flavour include Tayto, M&S own brand, and even Walkers' own French Fries spin-off. Sharing the news of the relaunch, a release from Walkers said: 'On reflection, maybe we shouldn't have just limited the sale of Walkers Worcester Sauce flavoured crisps to only one store in Worcester. 'So, we've decided that your favourite Walkers Worcester Sauce flavour crisps will land on shelves at retailers all over the UK from Monday 17th March onwards. 'We're working hard to make them available for everyone to enjoy the beloved flavour - which is now even more Worcestershire-y with Lea & Perrins' iconic sauce.
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Yahoo
Brooklyn man nabbed in fatal hit-and-run was free on bail for fleeing earlier crash
The 28-year-old Brooklyn man arrested Feb. 26 for a deadly hit-and-run more than a year ago had been out on $20,000 bail for crashing into a police car while fleeing the NYPD with a loaded gun stashed in his trunk, the Daily News has learned. It took cops over a year to nab Christopher Seabrook, the heartless driver they say abandoned his wrecked SUV in Bushwick after crashing into a Toyota sedan in January 2024, seriously injuring three of the men inside and killing Hayden Wallace. 'All accidents are useless but this one was even more useless because [Seabrook] had so many other offenses,' said Wallace's aunt, Kippy Perkins. 'I just wish [Seabrook] wouldn't have been out. 'I wish he wouldn't have been on the road.' Wallace had just moved to New York City and was settling in before the deadly crash.. He had landed a job as a gate agent for American Airlines at Kennedy Airport, traveled frequently and was riding in the Toyota with three new friends the night of the crash. Wallace's mother came from Texas late last month to finally face her son's accused killer during his arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Supreme Court. 'I just felt that I wanted to see who killed my son,' Audri Cannon said of her heartrending 24-hour visit to the city. 'I want him to see what he did to me by robbing me of my son.' Seabrook is facing 23 charges for the crash at Stockholm St. and Irving Ave., including manslaughter, leaving the scene of a fatal accident, not having a license, possessing an open container of alcohol and speeding. The impact of the Bushwick crash sent the Toyota careening into three parked vehicles. Seabrook and his passenger abandoned the Kia and ran off, according to cops. It wasn't his first run in with the law. Early on March 27, 2022, Seabrook was arguing with a man and brandishing a gun on 30th Ave. and Steinway St. in Astoria, according to a criminal complaint. A startled bystander flagged down a cop car and police approached Seabrook, who fled in a red Ford, leading cops on a chase as he blew through multiple red lights and other motorists swerved out of his way, prosecutors say. Seabrook slammed into a police car 15 minutes later about one-and-a-half miles away on Ditmars Blvd. near 23rd St., prosecutors say. He ditched his damaged Ford and ran off but was arrested that day, according to court papers. Police searched Seabrook's abandoned vehicle and found a loaded 9 mm Smith & Wesson pistol, a fake Pennsylvania driver's license and three phony credit cards, according to prosecutors. Eight months after the Bushwick crash, as the police investigation into the deadly accident continued and Seabrook was awaiting trial for the Astoria case, he popped up driving a U-Haul stolen from New York in Carlisle, Penn. when he was stopped by a state trooper on Aug. 24, authorities say. While telling the trooper he didn't know who rented the U-Haul and didn't know where he was headed, Seabrook suddenly ran away, according to court papers. Once captured and placed in the back of the trooper's car, Seabrook maneuvered his cuffed hands in front of him, reached into the front of the vehicle, opened the window and then reached out the window to open the car door from the outside. 'Seabrook then closed the door and remained in the vehicle due to another trooper approaching him,' the complaint says. Seabrook was being held on $49,000 bail in Pennsylvania when he was extradited to Queens on Feb. 21 to face trial there. Five days later he was finally charged in the Jan. 8, 2024, Brooklyn crash that killed Wallace. Cannon, who praised the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office and NYPD detectives for the work they have done on the case, is focused on getting justice and making sure her son is remembered. 'Justice is all I have and I think they're working really hard for it,' said the heartbroken mom. 'I even did a labor of love and made a photo journal and sent it to the Assistant District Attorney. I said 'You're defending my son but you don't know who he is…I did a journal from birth til death.' Despite having a job, a place to live and a routine he enjoyed, Wallace was still looking for his place in New York City's LGBTQ community. On the night he was killed, he seemed to be finding it. 'He had texted [his best friend] that night saying, 'I'm having such a good time and I met some new people,'' his aunt said after the crash. 'He hadn't met that many people in the gay community so he was super excited. And he said he had a great night.' 'He was just such an amazing person, Hayden was,' Perkins said last week. 'Everybody misses him. He made every family event complete. We really really miss him.' A police source said Seabrook was finally linked to the fatal Brooklyn hit-and-run with the inadvertent help of his child. The Kia he abandoned was purchased fraudulently in Pennsylvania so there was no registered user for the vehicle. But when a search warrant allowed cops to scour inside the car, a child's school ID was found. The NYPD were able to connect the child with Seabrook through a database that contains information from police responses to domestic violence calls, the source said. Seabrook's brother told The News he was shocked that the suspect, a father of two, was being charged with causing Wallace's death. 'My brother is a good and kind man,' said Nicholas Seabrook, 27, at the home they share with their mother in East New York. 'He's a good father and family man.' Christopher Seabrook makes music under the name Crippy Gleece, his brother said. 'My brother has done book bag and coat and shoe drives,' said the brother. 'He's known and loved in the community.' 'I was crying when I heard he was charged with manslaughter. That's not him,' he added. 'It's crazy.' 'My client's pled not guilty and when the case eventually goes to trial I feel confident that he will prevail,' lawyer Joseph Amsel, who is representing Seabrook in the Queens case, told the Daily News. The lawyer representing Seabrook in the fatal hit-and-run case did not return a phone call seeking comment. Seabrook is being held without bail on Rikers Island. Wallace's mother is now deciding how she wants to mark her son's legacy. 'I'm working on how Hayden should be remembered. I asked his best friend, 'If Hayden had a lot of money what would he do with it? [The friend] said AIDS research. He was very passionate about politics and about the gay community.' Cannon, although devastated and missing her son every day, has stopped trying to look for answers. 'I never ask why anymore.' With John Annese
