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"What has to happen?" Kyle Sandilands' controversial take after knife attacks

<p>Kyle Sandilands has shared his controversial opinion on arming security guards in the wake of two violent stabbing attacks in Sydney. </p> <p>On Saturday, six people were killed at the hands of Joel Cauchi who went on a stabbing rampage through Bondi Junction Westfield, while on Monday night, a teenage boy stabbed a bishop and a priest during a church service in western Sydney. </p> <p>One of Joel Cauchi's victims was Faraz Tahir, a security guard at the shopping centre, while another guard was injured during the rampage. </p> <p>In the days after the eastern suburbs tragedy, Kyle, who has a <a href="https://oversixty.com.au/health/caring/kyle-sandilands-family-member-among-first-victims-stabbed-in-bondi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">connection</a> to one of the people injured during Cauchi's attack, launched into a tirade live on-air, calling for security guards to be given firearms. </p> <p>"I saw the [NSW] premier [Chris Minns] last night on TV saying firearms for security guards are not on the agenda. And I was like, 'Well, what has to happen before a security guard can actually secure the place for us?'" Sandilands raged. </p> <p>"Every shopping centre and every school should have armed security guards, trained specialists, not just some guy getting a little firearms licence. I mean, proper trained."</p> <p>Most retail security staff in NSW are unarmed, with batons classified as prohibited weapons that require special licensing and training. </p> <p>"There's people that work at Westfield, for example, women that work in shops that have told their husbands, 'I ain't never going back to Westfield. I'm never going back to work again'," Sandilands continued, adding that those retail workers are "traumatised forever" following Saturday's stabbings. </p> <p>Sandilands' opinions have been echoed by fellow controversial broadcaster Ray Hadley, who on Monday demanded on his 2GB Sydney radio show that security guards be armed across the state.</p> <p>"For years I've been arguing that all security guards in the state in hospitals and shopping centres should be better equipped," he said. </p> <p>"And these poor security guards, unarmed, unable to do what they should do - protecting the people that they are there to protect."</p> <p><em>Image credits: KIISFM</em></p>

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Grandfather left shocked after police fine him for carrying a pocket knife

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wayne ‘Cowboy’ McLennan, a 75-year-old grandfather from Chinchilla, Queensland, was leaving his local pub after grabbing a beer last month when he was stopped by police, breathalysed, and charged for wearing a pocket knife in public, something he’s done since he was 14 years old.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">McLennan told <a href="https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/aussie-grandfather-bushman-fined-over-carrying-pocket-knife-public/1d4492b7-8d17-4b23-a01e-de7578d2a72f">A Current Affair</a>, "I just said I'd head home now, get me four cans in a bag and just walked down the steps and the police pulled in behind … as I was walking down the steps ... she said 'I'm going to bretho (breathalyse) you', I said 'ok'.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He blew sightly over the alcohol limit, so the officer took him to the local police station, just 100m down the main road. There, he blew under the limit, so he thought he was free to go, but the officer surprised him. "While I was there she said 'but I am going to charge you for wearing a pocket knife in public'. I said 'what? ... I didn't know you weren't allowed to wear one ... I've been wearing one since I was 14-years-old'. She said 'that's it, that's the law'.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The law in question is Section 51 of Queensland's Weapons Act, which states that a person must not physically possess a knife in a public place or school unless the person has a reasonable excuse.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img style="width: 500px; height: 280.6122448979592px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7844270/https___prodstatic9net-1.png" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/7f35af9627464c8b8646e616ea5f1f35" /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">McLennan, a bushman who’s worked on the land his entire life, doesn’t go anywhere without his pocket knife. "Well if I got to go and put a bale of hay out, I use it to cut the string and then open a bag of horse feed, use it to open the top," he explained to reporter Pippa Bradshaw.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He had no idea such a law existed, or that he was unintentionally violating it every time he went out in public with his pocket knife attached to his belt. After being charged by police, he faced court and was fined $100 by a magistrate.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">News of his run-in with the law quickly spread around Chinchilla. "That's why people keep ringing me and talking to me about it, they didn't know whether it was true or false," McLennan said. Many locals have expressed their support, pointing out how common it is for people in the area to carry pocket knives. As a result of this encounter with the law, however, Cowboy now plans to leave his pocket knife at home in the future.</span></p>

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Coles shopper's frightening discovery on free promo knife

<p>A Coles customer has spoken of her concern after an unsettling incident with a knife she collected during the supermarket's recent promotion.</p> <p>Late last year, Coles gave shoppers the opportunity to collect premium MasterChef knives for free every time they shopped in store or online.</p> <p>Now, Rosie from Victoria has taken to social media to reveal how her steak knife developed a large crack in the blade.</p> <p>Speaking to 7News, a spokesperson for Coles said the supermarket is currently investigating the incident with its supplier.</p> <p>A photo posted by the customer shows that the knife has nearly snapped in two.</p> <p>“So what’s up with the @masterchefau knife doing this?” Rosie asked on Coles’ official Twitter page.</p> <p>“Did no more than slice a steak or two and the odd chop, plus a trip or two in the dishie.</p> <p>“Known fault? Anyone else have the same? Glad it didn’t fly off into someone.”</p> <p>Rosie said she was "genuinely concerned" the issue may happen to another Coles shopper with the knives.</p> <p>A<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.coles.com.au/" target="_blank">Coles</a><span> </span>spokesperson apologised for the incident, and said the supermarket was looking into the issue.</p> <p>“We’re sorry to see this has happened. We have contacted the customer and will be investigating the matter with our supplier,” the spokesperson said.</p> <p>To help ensure our customers get the best use from their MasterChef knives, we have provided safety and care instructions online at<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="http://coles.com.au/howtocareknives" target="_blank">www.coles.com.au/howtocareknives</a>.”</p>

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“Then I saw the knife”: Dramatic moment hero security guard knew he had to act

<p><span>A security guard who put himself on the line by ramming into a FIFO worker who was in a stabbing rampage has spoken out about the incident for the first time.</span><br /><br /><span>MCS security guard Clifford Hagart said he tried to restrain Ashley Fildes, 34, who held a knife which he used to attack a policewoman at the South Hedland shopping centre in Western Australia on May 1.</span><br /><br /><span>The FIFO worker stabbed five people inside the local shopping centre as well as a man at a nearby motel.</span><br /><br /><span>He also injured another in a car at a McDonald's car park before being shot dead by police.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7836187/clifford.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/2476ff4a09224b80971ec362284a9aa4" /><em>Clifford Hagart and Ashley Fildes.</em></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /><span>CCTV footage displays Mr Hagart bravely running head on at Fildes trying to stop his attacker and bring him down.</span><br /><br /><span>Mr Hagart said he realised the incident was serious when he saw Fildes trying to stab a female police officer. The action prompted him to react and try to stop the knife-wielder.</span><br /><br /><span>“Then I saw the knife, I realised it was something more serious this time,” Mr Hagart explained to The West Australian.</span><br /><br /><span>“I thought I saw him stab the female police officer — luckily he missed — but it was at that point I knew I had to try and restrain him.”</span><br /><br /><span>Fildes knocked Mr Hagart down, but then the security guard heard gunshots - which is when WA police officers fatally shot Fildes.</span><br /><br /><span>WA Premier Mark McGowan and WA Police commissioner Chris Dawson have both commended Mr Hagart for his bravery.</span><br /><br /><span>Mr Hagart firmly believes however that stopping Fildes was a “community effort” and that more people should be recognised.</span><br /><br /><span>Truck driver Konrad Frost, 39, whose throat was slit by Fildes during the attack has also been regarded as a hero.</span><br /><br /><span>Mr Frost said he remembers Fildes approaching Kimberley Abbott and her 14-month-old daughter moments after being stabbed in the neck while shopping.</span><br /><br /><span>In an effort to distract Fildes from hurting the mother, Mr Frost yelled after him.</span><br /><br /><span>“I remember him swinging at me again but he missed, and that's when I just started yelling at him,” Mr Frost told 9News.</span><br /><br /><span>“Yeah, she was the hero...she protected her, even while she was being attacked.”</span><br /><br /><span>Mr Frost was flown to Royal Perth Hospital for emergency surgery where he was placed in a coma, and it was the most damaging wound Fildes gave to any of his victims.</span><br /><br /><span>The injury was so deep that it took him more than two weeks to start talking and eating again.</span><br /><br /><span>Hours before the violent rampage, a distraught relative admitted that Fildes had been in an altercation with his boss..</span><br /><br /><span>According to family, he had been suffering from a “deep depression” and a failed marriage.</span><br /><br /><span>Following the dispute, a colleague drove Fildes from the worksite and dropped him at the Lodge Motel where he had been staying.</span><br /><br /><span>From there, violence ensued.</span><br /><br /><span>He chased motel staff and other guests with the knife before stabbing his first victim.</span><br /><br /><span>He then moved to a McDonald's car park at the shopping centre where he stabbed a man in a car, before continuing through the mall to Kmart.</span><br /><br /><span>Dramatic footage showed Fildes walking through the centre brandishing the large kitchen knife.</span><br /><br /><span>The attack ended when Fildes was shot dead by police.</span><br /><br /><span>The police union say it was a “textbook” shooting.</span><br /><br /><span>Major crime detectives are investigating whether Fildes experienced a psychotic episode.</span><br /><br /><span>Fildes' parents said they would not hold any grudges against the police who shot him dead.</span><br /><br /><span>A relative told The West Australian that Fildes was a “beautiful, beautiful soul” and the violent rampage was out-of-character.</span><br /><br /><span>“He's just not that kind of person. He's just mellow and lovely. I know he had a lot of trauma in his life. The last few years have been really tough for him, but he's not a violent person,” she said.</span><br /><br /><span>“There is just no way on this earth that Ashley could do something like this. He doesn't hurt people — he helps people.</span><br /><br /><span>“He was deeply depressed but never ever in my wildest dreams would I ever think he would hurt another human being.”</span></p>

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This is what really happens when you go under the knife

<p>We’ve all seen the TV dramas – <a href="http://abc.go.com/shows/greys-anatomy">Grey’s Anatomy</a>, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108757/">ER</a>, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m8wd">Casualty</a>, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mhd6">Holby City</a> – and most of us like to think we have a pretty good idea of what happens in an operating theatre. The doctors and nurses will be clad in blue scrubs, <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/music-surgery_n_6310842">operatic music will be playing</a>, with intermittent calls of “scalpel” or “swabs”, right?</p> <p>For those readers, who’ve ever had an operation – whether it was <a href="https://theconversation.com/seven-body-organs-you-can-live-without-84984">planned or an emergency</a> – things in the real world probably felt very different to those familiar TV drama medical emergency scenes. In part, this is because <a href="https://theconversation.com/greys-anatomy-is-unrealistic-but-it-might-make-junior-doctors-more-compassionate-92040">TV programmes often portray the staff</a> who work on the wards also working in the operating theatre – but this isn’t the case.</p> <p>In fact, it’s not just doctors and nurses that make up part of the team involved in an operation, there is also a group of professionals, known as <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/allied-health-professionals/roles-allied-health-professions/operating-department-practitioner">operating department practitioners</a> (ODPs), who are trained specifically to look after you when you’re under the bright lights of the operating theatre.</p> <h2>What happens when I arrive?</h2> <p>Having an operation can be highly stressful. You might have been told not to eat before. It all feels a bit unknown, and you aren’t exactly sure what will happen. But the staff at the hospital are on hand to try and make things easy for you.</p> <p>As you are arrive on the ward, a whole team of staff are busy preparing for your surgery. You’ll be asked to confirm who you are and what you’re being admitted for. You will also be asked to change into a very fetching hospital gown. Someone will also sit down and talk you through what’s happening and check you have not eaten – this is so you don’t vomit <a href="https://theconversation.com/science-lesson-how-anesthetics-work-and-why-xenons-perfect-83744">during your anaesthetic</a>.</p> <h2>Who looks after me?</h2> <p>The team looking after you has three sub teams working as one. They are the anaesthetic team, the surgical team and the post anaesthetic team. These teams work like cogs and your care and treatment is seamless. As a minimum, this would mean you would have nine health professionals caring for you at any one time.</p> <p>Your operating team on the day will have doctors – who are the anaesthetist, and the surgeon – but the rest of the team could be made up nurses, ODPs and healthcare assistants. ODPs are generally a graduate professional and they train through university in partnership with the hospital operating theatres.</p> <h2>When do I have the anaesthetic?</h2> <p>When the team is ready and it’s time for your surgery, you have your anaesthetic. This will be delivered by an anaesthetist, but there always has to be trained assistance – normally an ODP.</p> <p>On arrival in the <a href="https://theconversation.com/scientists-find-way-to-predict-who-is-likely-to-wake-up-during-surgery-53217">anaesthetic room</a>, it is the ODP that greets you with a big smile and often a cheesy joke. After all, they have minutes to get to know you and for you to trust them with your life. They will attach you to the monitoring equipment and measure your baseline pulse and blood pressure readings.</p> <p>You will need a cannula (a plastic tube) inserting into a vein, so the anaesthetist can give you the drugs. This is the point where you may be asked to start counting back slowly from ten – you won’t even get to seven.</p> <h2>What happens during surgery?</h2> <p>While the anaesthetic team continue to look after you, the surgical team carry out your operation. The surgeon will have at least one assistant – I have known more than ten people to be part of this team for major head and neck cancer surgery. The first assistant and other assistants scrub up with the surgeon and help with the surgery.</p> <p>Adding to this team there is a scrub practitioner and their role is to provide the swabs, needles and equipment to the surgeon and the assistants. They are the ones who also count everything to make sure you don’t leave the operating theatre with any unwanted extras.</p> <h2>When can I go home?</h2> <p>Once your <a href="https://theconversation.com/will-you-feel-better-after-surgery-now-you-can-find-out-using-this-online-tool-72758">surgery is complete</a> your wounds will be dressed by the surgical team. Your anaesthetic will be reversed and you will be taken to the post anaesthetic care unit – which used to be called recovery. Here you will be looked after until you are ready to be discharged back to the ward. Here, you wounds will be inspected, and whoever’s looking after you will make sure your <a href="https://theconversation.com/anthill-19-pain-87538">pain is under control</a> and you are not feeling sick.</p> <p>Once you are awake and comfy, you will be taken back to the ward where your relatives may be waiting and you should be able to have something to eat and drink. Depending on your surgery and who you have at home to look after you, you may even be allowed to go home the same day.<img style="border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; margin: 0 !important; max-height: 1px !important; max-width: 1px !important; min-height: 1px !important; min-width: 1px !important; opacity: 0 !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0 !important; text-shadow: none !important;" src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/95719/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1" /><!-- End of code. If you don't see any code above, please get new code from the Advanced tab after you click the republish button. The page counter does not collect any personal data. 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One last twist of the knife from former MasterChef’s Matt Preston

<p>Matt Preston managed to sneak in a subtle dig towards his former network while appearing on<span> </span><em>The Project</em><span> </span>last night.</p> <p>Promoting his new cookbook,<span> </span><em>More</em>, the former<span> </span><em>MasterChef</em><span> </span>judge was asked about his iconic “disgustingly delicious” line in season two, where he dropped a contestant’s plate of food on the ground to dramatise his glowing critique of Arron Harvie’s dish.</p> <p>Since the event took place, many have deemed it as unforgettable.</p> <p>Preston joked, saying since that episode, he’s never used the term “disgustingly delicious” again, to which Tommy Little asked if the scene was shot in one take, and how many plates were smashed in the process.</p> <p>The food critic, who recently moved from Channel 10 to Channel 7 earlier this year after his<span> </span><em>MasterChef</em><span> </span>contract wasn’t renewed amid a rumoured pay dispute, gave a smirk before delivering a scathing burn.</p> <p>“It’s Channel 10. One plate.”</p> <p>His cheeky response sent the studio audience and panel in fits of laughter, with Peter Helliar joking: “He’s going swinging on the way out, isn’t he?” while Tommy Little added that he was “going over to plate central”.</p> <p>Preston then added: “No … I’m referencing (the network being) fiscally responsible,” before the conversation moved on.</p>

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Have you been using a knife and fork wrong?

<p>With the festive season rapidly approaching it would be a good time to start perfecting your table etiquette.</p> <p>Surprisingly, new British research has discovered that 40 per cent of people don’t know how to correctly use a knife and fork.</p> <p>Etiquette expert, Jo Bryant, specialises in table manners and shares the correct ways to hold a knife and fork, when it’s appropriate to use one utensil over another, and finding your way around an elaborate dinner setting.</p> <p>“When it comes to good table manners and etiquette, it is easy to feel daunted. Whether we are trying new cuisines, curbing bad habits, remembering the basics or managing tricky situations, it can seem like there is a lot to get right,” Jo explained.</p> <p>“However, the aim of good table etiquette is simply the essence of good manners: to behave with consideration, thought and respect towards fellow diners – as you would expect them to behave towards you.”</p> <p>Jo revealed the correct way to hold your knife, which involves the index finger resting along the top of the handle. Forks should be held with the tines pointing downwards with your index finger on the handle. Gripping your cutlery with your hands around the centre shows very bad table manners.</p> <p>Jo shared insight into when to ditch your knife explaining, “You should not cut up your food, then put down your knife and fork, or just a fork.”</p> <p>The only occasion it is acceptable to eat with a fork is when eating a meal that only requires a single utensil, such as spaghetti.</p> <p>“In this case, the fork should be held with the tines facing upwards, similar to a spoon,” she continued.</p> <p>If you feel overwhelmed when it comes to elaborate table settings with different sets of cutlery fear no more. Jo revealed the ins and outs of how to work your way around the table.</p> <p>The first rule of thumb is that cutlery is used from the outside inwards, entre cutlery is placed on the outside of the table setting while the main utensils are on the inside next to the plate.</p> <p>If soup is being served as a starter, then the spoon is placed to the right and outside of the main course knife.</p> <p>Dessert cutlery is usually positioned across the top of the place setting, with the bowl of the spoon pointing to the left and the tines of the fork to the right. This rule is broken in extremely formal circumstances, like a banquet with the Queen, where pudding spoons and forks are placed innermost to the knives and forks.</p> <p>Side plates go to the left of the forks, usually with a butter knife and napkin.</p> <p>Wine and water glasses go to the top right of the setting.</p>

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Knife-wielding crab threatens owner as she flees

<p>A pet crab has been filmed waving a knife at her owner while fleeing her home.</p> <p>It is unclear how the crabby crustacean called Catarina acquired the knife, but the footage shows the owners trying to remove the knife from the crab’s claw several times only to have the crab raise the knife in a seemingly threatening manner.</p> <p>If we were this crab’s owner, we would be sleeping with one eye open! </p> <p><strong>Related links: </strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/family-pets/2016/01/photos-of-animals-hitchhiking/">Hilarious photos of animals hitchhiking</a></em></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/family-pets/2016/01/animals-who-love-warm/">In pictures: 12 animals who love warmth more than anything</a></em></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/family-pets/2015/10/why-dogs-so-happy-to-see-you/">The science behind dogs being so happy to see you</a></em></strong></span></p>

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Genius trick to sharpen knives without sharpener

<p>Finding your kitchen knives going blunt but don’t have a knife sharpener? That’s no problem with this nifty trick. Using only a standard ceramic mug, here’s how you quickly and easily sharpen your knife. Watch the video above to see how it works in action, and remember, if you’re trying this at home, be careful.</p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/home-garden/2016/01/natural-ways-to-get-rid-of-cockroaches/"><strong>8 natural ways to get rid of cockroaches</strong></a></em></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/home-garden/2016/01/expert-summer-gardening-tips/"><strong>Expert tips for a thriving garden this summer</strong></a></em></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/home-garden/2016/01/household-uses-for-vaseline/"><strong>Clever uses for Vaseline around the house</strong></a></em></span></p>

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