Devastated WA mum renews calls for rock fishers to wear mandatory life jackets
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Tori McCloy and Geoffrey Bignell were swept into the ocean while rock fishing at Bald Head, WA.
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The mother of a young woman swept into the ocean on Western Australia s south coast says it is time the state introduced mandatory life jackets for rock fishers.
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Rachel McCloy s daughter Tori was swept off rocks near Albany in 2019 along with her fiance Geoffrey Bignell
Ms McCloy says mandatory life jackets should be in place for all rock fishers in WA
Rugby League by Peter Badel, Travis Meyn 4th Mar 2021 5:30 AM
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Subscriber only Kevin Walters Broncos have been rocked by another integrity-unit probe on the eve of the season with the NRL investigating a pub dispute involving assistant coach John Cartwright and club legend Chris Johns. The Courier-Mail can reveal the NRL integrity unit have launched a probe into allegations Cartwright and Johns clashed at a Broncos coaches break-up party before Christmas. ARL Commission boss Peter V landys and NRL CEO Andrew Abdo are fed-up with off-field scandals and will not tolerate even the most minor incident giving rugby league a black eye as they look to clean up the sport s image.
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What Mike Sneesby must do to succeed at Nine
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Mike Sneesby is inheriting a business firing on (almost) all cylinders. But if the incoming Nine Entertainment chief is to succeed at the top of what is now the nationâs largest media company, he will need to overcome some significant strategic challenges.
The tensions on Nineâs board between directors from the former Fairfax Media and those from Nineâs legacy television business exposed in this masthead over the past week have obscured the reality that the 2018 merger between the two companies has been a resounding success.