Steggall ends budget week with Olympian Blue Mountains effort
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Zali Steggall is no slouch. The independent MP for Warringah and slayer of former prime minister
Tony Abbott took on the daunting UTA100 ultra-marathon trail race through the Blue Mountains over the weekend.
The 100-kilometre track through the mountain range had a combined elevation gain of 4460 metres through the Golden Stairs, Leura Forest and Wentworth Falls.
Zali Steggall and Andrew Leigh.
Credit:John Shakespeare
Steggall started the event at 6.30am on Saturday and finished at 3.24am on Sunday, completing the last 40 kilometres in the dark, including the infamous Furber Steps, a 15-kilometre stretch involving 956 steps. It was mission accomplished in 20 hours and three minutes.
Elite Sydney schoolâs apology after email blunder implicates high-profile family
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Hell hath no fury like an army of rich parents and it seems one of Sydneyâs most prestigious private boysâ schools has a lot of explaining to do.
Last week, parents at Cranbrook junior school were issued a health alert that a pupil had contracted impetigo, a highly contagious bacterial infection.
In a community-wide email seen by Emerald City, a junior school nurse urged families to reduce the chance of infection by keeping their childrenâs fingernails trimmed and to seek medical advice if children showed any symptoms.
Booze prices are set to tumble around Australia as alcohol producers are handed a tax cut to boost the hospitality sector s recovery.
Australian drinkers have long endured some of the most expensive pints in the world, with Perth ranking second only to Oslo, due to enormous taxes.
But on Saturday the federal government announced tax cuts of up to $250,000 a year for liquor producers hit by coronavirus.
The move will come into effect from July 1, and will be unveiled when the federal budget is handed down later this month.
Booze prices are set to tumble around Australia as alcohol producers are handed a tax cut to boost the hospitality sector s recovery