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A man has been arrested over an alleged carjacking on the Central Coast after police found a large knife and the driver's personal possessions on him. Login or signup to continue reading Around 4.30pm on Saturday, December 28, a 27-year-old man was driving a white Mazda BT50 on Budgewoi Road, Budgewoi, when he noticed a blue Toyota Corolla allegedly following him. After pulling over, two men got out of the Corolla with one allegedly carrying a large knife and threatening the 27-year-old driver before driving off in his Mazada. NSW police arrested a 21-year-old man on Gomul Street, Noraville, after finding the car abandoned on Elizabeth Drive, Noraville. Police said they found a large Bowie-style knife in the front of the man's pants along with the driver's wallet and personal cards. The 21-year-old was taken to Wyong Police Station, where he was charged with robbery, armed with an offensive weapon, and driving a motor vehicle during a disqualification period, second offence. He was refused bail to appear before Parramatta Local Court today, Sunday, December 29. Inquiries are ongoing. Police urge anyone with information about this incident to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au . Journalist at the Newcastle Herald. Email me at jessica.belzycki@austcommunitymedia.com.au Journalist at the Newcastle Herald. Email me at jessica.belzycki@austcommunitymedia.com.au DAILY Today's top stories curated by our news team. Also includes evening update. WEEKDAYS Grab a quick bite of today's latest news from around the region and the nation. WEEKLY The latest news, results & expert analysis. WEEKDAYS Catch up on the news of the day and unwind with great reading for your evening. WEEKLY Get the editor's insights: what's happening & why it matters. WEEKLY Love footy? We've got all the action covered. WEEKLY Every Saturday and Tuesday, explore destinations deals, tips & travel writing to transport you around the globe. WEEKLY Get the latest property and development news here. WEEKLY Going out or staying in? Find out what's on. WEEKDAYS Sharp. Close to the ground. Digging deep. Your weekday morning newsletter on national affairs, politics and more. WEEKLY Follow the Newcastle Knights in the NRL? Don't miss your weekly Knights update. TWICE WEEKLY Your essential national news digest: all the big issues on Wednesday and great reading every Saturday. WEEKLY Get news, reviews and expert insights every Thursday from CarExpert, ACM's exclusive motoring partner. TWICE WEEKLY Get real, Australia! Let the ACM network's editors and journalists bring you news and views from all over. AS IT HAPPENS Be the first to know when news breaks. DAILY Your digital replica of Today's Paper. Ready to read from 5am! DAILY Test your skills with interactive crosswords, sudoku & trivia. Fresh daily!The standard Lorem Ipsum passage, used since the 1500s "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum." Section 1.10.32 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum", written by Cicero in 45 BC "Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur?" Thanks for your interest in Kalkine Media's content! To continue reading, please log in to your account or create your free account with us.
McCormick & Co. Inc. stock falls Wednesday, underperforms marketIf like me you spent decades growing your eyebrows back after overzealously plucking in the ’90s, or listening to your mother’s warnings that you’d end up with a bladder chill or an unwanted pregnancy (or possibly both) from venturing out in hipster jeans, then you too might be bemused to see these trends return. But if younger generations want to revive unflattering bubble skirts and mullets, who are we to stop them? However, we can all agree certain things should be consigned to the history books forever — namely smoking and sexually transmitted diseases. Sadly, both are making a comeback, due in no small part to a current lack of public health campaigns about the dangers of smoking and unsafe sex leading to complacency among young people. But while STDS never have been and never will be cool, smoking is receiving something of an image boost through popular culture and social media. Advertising of tobacco products has been banned for more than three decades but the tobacco industry, which is worth more than $14 billion in Australia and almost $1.5 trillion globally, continues to protect its bottom line and its reach is pervasive. Jay Hanna According to nonprofit health organisation Truth Initiative, streaming TV shows can triple a young person’s odds of starting to vape or smoke. It points out that four of this year’s Emmy-nominated animated shows, including The Simpsons, contained tobacco imagery, while nine out of 10 of the year’s Best Picture Oscar nominees featured smoking, up from seven out of 10 films the year before. While watching Jamie-Lee Curtis take a frantic drag of her fag while mentally unravelling in The Bear won’t encourage anyone to light up, seeing the show’s main star Jeremy Allen White smoking, on and off set, might. Likewise promotional posters for the 2023 thriller Saltburn — featuring topless stars Jacob Elordi and Barry Keoghan — could have been a modern day Marlboro Man advertising campaign. The music industry is not immune either. The album most listened to in 2024, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, references smoking in four songs, while in the music video for Die With a Smile, Lady Gaga sings with a cigarette dangling from her mouth. And Charli XCX, whose album Brat was arguably the most culturally impactful and critically acclaimed release of the year, summed up the ethos behind it as: “a pack of cigs, a Bic lighter and a strappy white top with no bra”. While we all know smoking is dangerous, somehow it has never looked uncool, which is why limiting exposure is important. “I’ve never smoked or vaped but damn a cigarette would look so good with some of my outfits,” a millennial male colleague told me. Another confessed she’d been re-watching Mad Men and had to admit the stars looked incredibly chic as they puffed their way to early graves. Jay Hanna I have never been a smoker but I have also seen first-hand the devastating impact it can have from watching my grandmother struggle to overcome her addiction before it eventually killed her, following a short battle with lung cancer, at 68. I am also of a generation that was bombarded with public health messaging about smoking with horrifying images of cancerous mouths and other body parts forever burnt upon our collective retinas. Smoking, which increases the risk of 16 types of cancer — not to mention stroke, heart disease and diabetes — remains the leading cause of preventable death and disease in Australia. Meanwhile vaping, which can cause poisoning and lung disease, is currently more popular among young people, with the number of secondary students who have vaped more than doubling since 2017. Jonine Jancey, Director at Curtin University’s Centre for Evidence Impact and Research in Public Health, said vaping could “support the re-normalisation of smoking”, pointing to research from the Australian National University which indicated that non-smokers who vape are three times more likely to take up smoking as those who have never vaped. One 20-year-old smoker told me she started vaping at 17 before moving on to cigarettes. “Smoking is much cooler than vaping,” she said, adding that her favourite singers Chappell Roan and Dua Lipa both smoke. “But I will quit when I am older.” Professor Jancey said while she welcomes the Federal Government’s introduction of a national anti-vaping program in schools, a multi-faceted approach is needed, including restricting exposure. “Education is great, but we need to stop the exposure and access to these harmful products,” she said. “Our research shows vaping is widely promoted to young people on social media. These social media companies must ensure the health of their users is prioritised over commercial interests.” Perhaps part of the strategy could involve bombarding social media and streaming shows with images of Gen Xers smoking, because we all know how quickly things become uncool when embraced by older generations. Like when Xers absconded to Instagram the minute Boomer relations started “poking” us on Facebook. After all, if anyone was going to post old photos of us in hipster jeans, it would be them.
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