20:54 EDT, 5 July 2021
A musician who plays the electric guitar half-naked in his driveway every weekend has been arrested dramatically in his underwear.
Savas Caruso is known in Adelaide s northern suburbs for blaring his original rock ballads through speakers out the front of his suburban Salisbury Downs home every Sunday afternoon.
The 32-year-old, whose stage name is Subblet Hammer, says members of his beloved community are in awe of his musical prowess and usually shower him with accolades after each 45-minute show.
But on June 13, the self-dubbed rock star rebel was arrested in nothing but underwear and Converse sneakers in the middle of a show for allegedly failing to comply with a noise complaint by frustrated neighbours.
The former director of a resources company which failed to fulfil environment obligations and was refused exploration permits by the State Government has lost a bid to have the refusal overturned.
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Subscriber only A former Linc Energy executive had his stay application dismissed at the Planning and Environment Court of Queensland in Brisbane on Monday, March 15. Linc Energy was partly responsible for one of Queensland s worst environmental disasters during an experimental coal seam gas project on the Western Downs at Hopeland 30km from Chinchilla between 2007 and 2013. Court documents reveal former Linc Energy founder Peter Bond filed for a stay (which means to stop certain requirements), of an Environmental Protection Order made against him. The Environmental Protection Act states an EPO is a legal tool issued by the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, to a person or company to undertake specific actions within specific time frames to remedy a risk or prevent further harm.
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AN IPSWICH resident fed up with the foul odours in his suburb coming from nearby dumps has applied to the council and the state government for a reduction in his rates due to the impact on his family’s quality of life.
The retired miner believes the disgusting smells are just the “canary in the coal mine” ahead of something much worse.
Paul Hurley has owned his block of land in Ripley since 1979. He and wife Jenny have lived at the house since 2009 after about three decades living and working in central Queensland. William Inonda, Azadeh Nia and Sarah Rowe Odour Abatement Taskforce at Swanbank Lake. The taskforce has cost $2.5 million since it was set up in the middle of 2018.