On news.com.au today, the search for the missing Belgian backpacker will amp up today in Byron Bay and the father of two men accused of bashing a Victorian police officer has been denied bail for allegedly intimidating the officer on Facebook.
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A no parking sign placed outside a fishing supplies shop in Queensland has drawn outrage from locals.
The sign was tied to a pole outside of the Hornibrook Bait and Tackle store in Clontarf, north of Brisbane, over the weekend.
It read: "Unless you're supporting this local business, please don't park here!"
The sign was placed there during the area's annual KiteFest to stop parking being taken up by people who weren't customers.
"Hornibrook Bait and Tackle would like to extend our sincerest thanks to anyone on the page who happened to be a Kitefest attendee and saw this sign out the front of the shop and parked elsewhere.
Your consideration is greatly appreciated," the store's owner, Tony Lincoln, wrote on a community Facebook page.
"To those who eventually took up all our customer carparks & parked us in all day, if you were one of the ones without small children with you, please know that I could not have been more sincere & that I meant every word I said during our conversations."
However, some residents weren't impressed by the sign, accusing Mr Lincoln of having no right to stop people parking on the street.
"Just wondering how legal your signs were, as you clearly don't own the street," one person wrote.
Another said: "Okay but you don't own the park so your sign is pointless."
Mr Lincoln replied saying he didn't put up the sign, the council did, but some people still weren't impressed.
There were a few locals that came to Mr Lincoln's defense, saying the signs were there to try and protect small businesses.
A man has been arrested and charged after he was caught with outstanding warrants related to fraud offences.
It is alleged the 44-year-old has been scamming people out of money by claiming to sell electrical goods.
He would allegedly take their deposit and then cease all contact.
The man was arrested at a motel on Crawford St in Queanbeyan at 1pm yesterday.
During the arrest, police allegedly located methylamphetamine and an amount of cash in his possession.
He was charged with the the three warrants along with goods in custody, possessing a prohibited drug and obtaining benefit by deception.
He was refused bail and it set to appear in Queanbeyan Local Court today.
Thousands of patients at a Sydney GP clinic may need to be re-vaccinated after some of the shot were found to be incorrectly stored or expired.
On Wednesday, NSW Health warned vaccines administered by doctors Darrel and Brinda Weinman at their Burwood practice since 2010 may not have been effective.
This includes shots for measles, mumps, rubella, meningococcal, pneumococcal and other adult vaccines.
Sydney Local Health District’s Dr Leena Gupta said patients are being advised to see a new GP about the need for revaccination.
“The actual ineffective vaccines won’t do them any harm but they do need to be revaccinated,” she told AAP.
Authorities aren’t concerned about those who were immunised against the flu, mainly because it is given every year, or travel vaccines – which weren’t stored at the practice.
About 3000 patients have already been contacted but inconsistent record-keeping at the practice has made it difficult for authorities to identify patients and obtain contact details.
The father of two men accused of bashing a high-ranking Victorian policeman has been denied bail for allegedly intimidating the same officer on Facebook.
Jared Pihlgren, 49, represented himself in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday night, charged with offences including using a carriage service to menace Assistant Commissioner Chris O’Neill.
His sons, 20-year-old Jay Stephens and 18-year-old Isaiah, allegedly assaulted Mr O’Neill near Melbourne’s Heyington train station on Saturday.
They have been charged with intentionally and recklessly causing serious injury.
After Pihlgren found out his sons were in custody, he allegedly wrote “I’d piss on you Chris O’Neill ya maggot dog,” on Facebook, police told the court.
Pihlgren is also accused of taking a photo of police while in court for an unrelated matter in February, and posting it to Facebook.
It is illegal to record court proceedings.
Police opposed Pihlgren’s bid for bail, saying he posed an unacceptable risk, including of reoffending.
“The accused has made it very clear that he has a strong hatred for police,” informant Angie Le Sueur told the court.
“The type of wording the accused is using could incite other people to carry out threats against Victoria Police or Chris O’Neill.”
Magistrate Robert Kumar agreed with police and refused bail.
Pihlgren told the court “I wasn’t directing it (the Facebook post) at Chris O’Neill”.
“I was driven by … grief and some of the threats made towards myself and my sons.” He said people had threatened to behead his children after news of their alleged attack on Mr O’Neill broke.
“I responded poorly, I responded immediately and I regret my actions.” The 49-year-old is due back in court next Friday.
-AAP
The search for a Belgian backpacker missing in Byron Bay will intensify today, with abseilers and search dogs set to join in.
It has been 20 days since Theo Hayez, 18, was last seen leaving the Cheeky Monkeys bar at 11pm.
Police, State Emergency Service volunteers and members of the public have been searching for Theo for ten days but have so far found no sign of him.
Today, searchers will be joined by local abseiling team Brunswick Valley Volunteer Rescue Association, sniffer dogs, divers and drones.
The abseiling team will focus their efforts on Byron Bay’s cliff tops. Search teams have been handing out photos of Theo’s phone – a purple Oppo device.
The last ‘ping’ from Theo’s phone was recorded on June 1 in the area around the Cape Byron Lighthouse.
Theo’s distraught father Laurent made an emotional plea for help on Monday, begging encrypted chat service WhatsApp to grant police access to his son’s final known conversations.
The company has provided what information they can but it is understood they are unable to access the content of the messages.
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