A few of this week's goodies

Friday's SMH

Friday's Age

Friday's Age

Rugby League caller arrested while on the job, and no! it wasn't that Ray or the other Ray

Startling news!
More action off the ground than on the ground.

A rugby league commentator was arrested in northern NSW this afternoon during the call of the game. NCV is not at liberty to mention reasons for the NRL caller's arrest but it does get coverage here.

The local newspaper's online report on this event concluded with  (all names have been redacted), "Ironically after ABCD's arrest, local solicitor XYZ stepped up to take ABCD's spot on the commentary team for the remainder of the game."

Credits: 

1. My mate Jacko for so promptly bringing this item to my attention

2. The local newspaper's online report's text and images

Brian says what many others are thinking

A contributor to the letters section of  Grafton's Daily Examiner, which is distributed primarily throughout the Clarence Valley, has highlighted an issue in Yamba.

However, its relevance has much wider application.

Thanks Brian, for putting this unacceptable driving misbehaviour out there for others and, hopefully those to whom he writes about, to read and in the case of the latter,hopefully remedying their ways.

Credits:

Firstly, and most importantly, Brian A. Simpson

Also, The Daily Examiner

NT News sets yet another new low level

Wednesday's NT News provided yet another example of the depths to which it's prepared to go to ensure it maintains it position at the bottom of the bottom of the gutter of Oz newspaper reporting.

Its pages 1 and 2 coverage had to be seen to be believed. Perhaps the paper is doing its best to get another mention on ABC TV's Media Watch.

NCV won't upset any apple carts or scare any horses by providing a blow-by-blow coverage of the item in question. Most of it's not for for human consumption.

Below are snaps of those pages.

Yet again, I'm indebted to my mate Elwyn for a heads up.

Credit (not so sure that's the right term to use, given the nature of it) to NT News

And the answer is ...

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson

Most of yesterday's information was obtained from  Jason Steger's "If Boris Johnson fails in his bid to become British PM, he has a fall-back plan", which appeared in Spectrum (The Sydney Morning Herald, June 29-30). Thanks Jason!

Who is this person?

He/she

 * was born in New York

 * delivered the keynote address at a Melbourne Writers Festival

 * has written fiction

 * has written biography

 * has written about history

 * has been known to shoot 'self in the foot

 * has been a big city's mayor

 * says writing romantic fiction could be on his/her agenda

 * hopes to get a big promotion in the very near future

* is not backward in coming forward

* was given Alexander or Alexandra as his/her first given name

* might use the pen name Rosie M. Banks for future books
 

Think you know?

The answer will be revealed tomorrow.

Credits:
1. Thanks to my mate Elwyn for giving a heads up on this.
2. The source for the information contained in this quiz will be provided tomorrow.

Well, wouldn't you know it!

Yesterday the Reserve Bank of Australia cut the cash rate from 1.25% to 1%. However, the Commonwealth Bank, The National Australia Bank and Westpac announced they will not be passing on the full benefit of the interest cut rate to all of their home loan customers. Meanwhile, ANZ Bank said it will pass on the cut in full.

Let's go back to June when the RBA cut the cash rate from 1.5% to 1.25%. The Commonwealth Bank, the National Bank and Westpac passed on the full cut but the ANZ Bank didn't.

Who's having a lend of who?

This observer reckons the Big Four are having a lend of us all.