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A motorcyclist has died following a two-vehicle crash in Raymond Terrace.
Emergency services were called to Links Drive, following reports of a two vehicle crash involving a motorcyclist and a truck just after three o'clock on Friday afternoon..
On arrival, NSW Ambulance paramedics assisted the rider of the motorcycle, a 20-year-old man, however, he died at the scene.
The driver of the truck and only occupant, a 45-year-old man, was uninjured and taken to Maitland Hospital for mandatory testing.
Officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District attended and established a crime scene.
As inquiries into the incident continue, police are urging anyone with dashcam footage or information to come forward and contact Raymond Terrace police on (02) 4983 7599.
A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.
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Apple has disclosed serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs that could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of these devices.
Apple released two security reports about the issue on Wednesday, although they did not receive wide attention outside of tech publications.
Apple's explanation of the vulnerability means a hacker could get "full admin access" to the device.
That would allow intruders to impersonate the device's owner and subsequently run any software in their name, said Rachel Tobac, CEO of SocialProof Security.
Security experts have advised users to update affected devices: the iPhone6S and later models; several models of the iPad, including the fifth generation and later, all iPad Pro models and the iPad Air 2; and Mac computers running MacOS Monterey. The flaw also affects some iPod models.
Apple did not say in the reports how, where or by whom the vulnerabilities were discovered. In all cases, it cited an anonymous researcher.
Commercial spyware companies such as Israel's NSO Group are known for identifying and taking advantage of such flaws, exploiting them in malware that surreptitiously infects targets' smartphones, siphons their contents and surveils the targets in real time.
NSO Group has been blacklisted by the US Commerce Department. Its spyware is known to have been used in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America against journalists, dissidents and human rights activists.
Security researcher Will Strafach said he had seen no technical analysis of the vulnerabilities that Apple has just patched.
The company has previously acknowledged similarly serious flaws and, in what Strafach estimated to be perhaps a dozen occasions, has noted it was aware of reports that such security holes had being exploited.
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Australians are being urged to ‘Show their Hearts’ and help fight child sexual abuse for Bravehearts Day on Friday 9 September 2022.
Bravehearts Day, presented by Bravehearts Foundation, aims to unite Australians against this insidious crime, and raise awareness and funds to educate, empower and protect our kids from child sexual abuse.
The annual campaign - rebranded from White Balloon Day amid growing concern about the environmental impact of balloons - is now in its 26th year. Although it has adopted a new name, the essence of the day remains.
"With approximately 1 in 5 children experiencing child sexual abuse or exploitation, we need communities across Australia to band together and show their heart this Bravehearts Day to protect kids," Bravehearts CEO, Alison Geale said.
"Over the past couple of years, COVID-19 lockdowns have exposed children to more risk than ever – particularly as they isolated with predators who are either family members or known to the family, which is the case in up to 90% of child sexual abuse cases.
"By wearing a purple heart and registering to host a fundraising event or donating, Australians can help us create a world where people, communities and systems all work together to protect children from sexual abuse – an atrocious crime no child should suffer."
With the aim to raise more than $250,000 this year, Australians can support Bravehearts Day by registering now for their complimentary Bravehearts Day Supporter Pack, wearing a purple heart and donating. All donations, big or small, will go towards the prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse.
Over the past 25 years, the funds raised through White Balloon Day, now Bravehearts Day, have helped to educate more than 1.5 million children across Australia about personal safety with Bravehearts Ditto’s Keep Safe Adventure Program, as well as counselling services for children and families impacted by child sexual abuse.
How to participate in Bravehearts Day
Register your involvement: Sign up for your FREE Bravehearts Day Supporter Pack! Includes poster, temporary tattoo, coin collection box, and bumper sticker.
Fundraise or donate: Fundraise online, host an event or activity, or simply donate! Check out our fundraising tips and tools to get inspired!
Show your heart: On Friday 9 September, Show Your Heart on social media by posting a pic and encouraging friends and family to donate to the cause! #ShowYourHeart #BraveheartsDay22
For more information visit www.braveheartsday.com.au
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The walls inside the Dubbo Men's Shed are lined with a clutter of tools, boxes of screws and paint tins, stained with drips of colour.
A sign on the door of the NSW group says: "Don't use machinery unless you know how!" The shed's members, mostly retirees, meet here amongst the sawdust every week to tinker and talk.
The workbench, however, is pristine, with a carefully sanded wooden box sitting on top of a white sheet.
A bit bigger than a shoebox, it is a casket for a baby.
John Gibson was moved to make a coffin after hearing from a family friend, who paid $1000 for her baby's casket at a funeral home.
"She was a single mother, and I just couldn't help her out at the time," Gibson, a former dementia worker, tells AAP.
Some of the shed's members know the lingering grief after the death of a baby and hope to make more caskets for low-income families.
"(A friend) had a loss 40 years ago and she still celebrates his birthday. He only lasted two days.
"It affects people very strongly."
Men's Sheds have been bringing men together to work on community-focused projects across regional and rural Australia since the 1990s.
There are about 1270 around the nation, or more sheds than McDonald's restaurants, as Australian Men's Shed Association executive officer David Helmers likes to point out.
The "shedders'" projects are known for their country quirk, like coffins made by a Tasmanian chapter; picnic tables for a bushfire-ravaged community in Victoria's Gippsland; and a war memorial sculpted from 600 metres of bird wire on Queensland's Bribie Island.
But their creations are not the point, Helmers says.
The sheds aim to prevent men from sinking into social isolation, a "health by stealth" strategy.
"Our motto is 'men don't talk face-to-face, they talk shoulder-to-shoulder'.
"Isolation is one of the key contributors to poor health in men. It's a trigger point that can lead to substance abuse and depression.
"We get a dozen blokes together, put them in a room with an old lawnmower, some tools and tell them to fix it.
"You come back in an hour's time and the lawnmower won't be fixed, but they will have made friends."
The Australian Men's Shed model has been embraced overseas, particularly in the UK. A recent study found members report improved perspectives on their health and better recoveries from illness.
One man told the Glasgow Caledonian University researchers he was drinking heavily before finding the comfort of a shed.
"If the Men's Shed wasn't here, I wouldn't be here to tell the story. I'd have drunk myself to death," he said, according to the study published in the BMC Public Health journal last year.
Others said they learnt about strokes and heart attack risks from shed members, while one man was able to talk openly about his depression.
"(Men) don't want to show their weakness. I've started talking to people who've been through depression, or know where I'm coming from."
In Australia, the mental health organisation Beyond Blue has long backed the movement, which is partly funded by the state and federal governments.
Gibson says the shoulder-to-shoulder mantra plays out in the Dubbo shed and extends to the community.
Locals are enthusiastic about the casket project, helping people talk about an often unspeakable subject.
A women's group will sew pillows and linings, businesses have donated money, and the shed will ensure local funeral homes' trade is not affected if the project takes off.
Gibson says the best work happens at the shed's "smoko" breaks.
"Some men are quite open about their problems, but some aren't, some will try to hide it.
"But we always seem to have a way of getting it out."
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