Driver fined $349 over âchocolate barâ Aussie driver Scott Phillips was slapped with a fine for allegedly using his phone while driving â but he claims thereâs more to the story.
News by Belinda Palmada 4th May 2021 7:24 PM A man has been accused of using his mobile phone while driving - however, he insists his device was actually mounted on a holder. Scott Phillips received a notice in the mail and looked at the photo detection cameras captured. He noticed his phone was in its dock on the dashboard. The photo indicates there is something else in the driver s hand. Scott claims he either was holding sunglasses or eating a chocolate bar.
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But now to a familiar theme in the tabloids and the push to cancel an Australian icon because the name is offensive, aimed this time at Australia’s favourite party treat:
Fairy bread is the latest snack to come under the cancel culture spotlight, with a new change.org campaign . declaring that the term fairy has been used to belittle and oppress others .
- News.com.au, 16 April, 2021
From now on, the Change.org campaign suggests, we should all be calling it ‘party bread’, as the New Zealand Herald reported, “for the sake of countless marginalised Australians”.
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BRENTON RAGLESS: They don’t do it for the accolades or praise but for 25 years extraordinary Australian mums have been celebrated with their own special award. Now, the Barnardos Mother of the Year is coming to an end, cancelled because the charity says it doesn’t reflect modern families.
- Nine News (Adelaide), 8 February, 2021
Hello, I’m Paul Barry, welcome to Media Watch.
And that news saw the mother of all media storms last week, as the popular charity ditched its quarter-century recognition of Australia’s mums, with the story broken by Barnardos’ own ambassador, 2GB’s Ben Fordham, who dropped the exclusive on his show at crack of dawn last Monday: