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The Bombay high court (HC) on Wednesday directed Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik to file an affidavit to the effect that he had verified the information pertaining to Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director Sameer Wankhede and his family, before publishing it on his Twitter handle, even as it said that Wankhede is an officer and his actions can be scrutinised by any member of the public.

A single judge vacation bench of Justice Madhav Jamdar is hearing a defamation suit filed by Dnyandev Wankhede, Sameer Wankhedes father, who has sought damages of 1.25 crores and an order restraining the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader from making any false or incorrect statements against the Wankhede family that would defame or harm their reputation.

You are a public officer....you just need to prove that the tweets (posted by Malik) are prima facie false....Your son is not only an individual, but a public officer and can be examined by any member of public, the judge told Arshad Shaikh, Dnyandevs advocate.

However, the court also asked Maliks lawyer Atul Damle whether his client had verified the information posted by him on his social media account. Is it not your duty to verify the documents before posting? Have you verified the authenticity of the documents as a responsible citizen and spokesperson of a national party?

The bench gave time till November 12 for Damle to file an additional affidavit in that regard.

Wankhedes father has sought an ad-interim injunction order against Malik from making further remarks or statements in media. He has also asked that Malik delete pertinent articles, posts and comments from digital and electronic media. Shaikh on Wednesday sought time to file an additional affidavit to show how the tweets were false and defamatory.

The court is mindful of what relief to give. I am not going to pass a gag order. But he is also a citizen of India, he has come for damages through this suit. I also have to ensure that whatever has been uploaded was verified or not, Justice Jamdar said on Wednesday.

In the past month, Malik has made a series of allegations against Wankhede who conducted a raid on a cruise ship on October 2, following which Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khans son, Aryan (23) was arrested. Wankhede had also arrested Maliks son-in-law, Sameer Khan, in January, in a case that Malik claims in a false one. Malik has called the cruise ship raid fake and accused Wankhede and others of plotting to kidnap Aryan with the aim of extorting money. Last month, Malik also accused Wankhede of forging a caste certificate to get a position in the Indian Revenue Service, and said that the Wankhedes were Muslim.

Dnyandev and Wankhede have refuted all claims made by Malik.

Malik told the HC on Tuesday that Dnyandevs defamation suit was an attempt to cover up his sons illegal activities and an attempt to curtail Maliks freedom of expression.

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Sue and Lloyd Clarke, the parents of domestic and family violence victim, the late HannahClarke, are the 2022 Queensland Australian of the Year award recipients.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk congratulated the Clarkes at a ceremony in Brisbane tonight, ahead of the national Australia Day awards in January.

In the other categories:

The Premier said all four awards acknowledge outstanding endeavours to improve our communities, our state, our nation and the world.

The awards again encourage all of us that a brighter future is always achievable with hard work, devotion and compassion, she said.

All nominees in each of the four categories deserve our gratitude and admiration.

The four category recipients will now represent Queensland at the national awards in the new year.

Queensland Australian of the Year

The deaths of Hannah Clarke and her three children in February 2020 shook us with deep grief, the Premier said.

For Hannahs parents Sue and Lloyd it was a devastating, lifechanging event and the start of a movement for change Small Steps 4 Hannah to educate the community and halt the cycle of domestic violence.

Their important work that has led to the Clarkes being honoured with the 2022 Queensland Australian of the Year award.

The Premier said the experiences of Sue and Lloyd and others like them strengthened the resolve of the Queensland Government to establish the Womens Safety and Justice Taskforce.

They have also strongly advocated on the issue of coercive control.

Queensland Senior Australian of the Year

The Queensland Senior Australian of the Year recipient Dr Colin Dillons award recognises his strength, courage and resilience as a respected Elder of the Kumbumerri peoples of the Yugambeh Nation and Australias first Indigenous police officer.

Dr Dillon was the first serving police officer to voluntarily step forward and provide crucial first-hand evidence before the Fitzgerald Inquiry into Police Corruption in 1987.

The Premier said since his induction into the Queensland Police Service in 1965, Dr Dillon has been a strong advocate against racial discrimination and police corruption.

In 1992, he was awarded the Australian Police Medal and in 2013 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to the First Nations community, adding to his long list of achievements, she said.

Queensland Young Australian of the Year

Queensland Young of Australian of the Year recipient and psychiatry registrar DrTahneeBridson is awarded for her efforts to reduce the stigma around mental health within the medical profession.

Dr Bridson founded Hand-n-Hand Peer Support in response to the growing emotional and mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among health professionals, such as stress, anxiety and depression.

A small social media peer support group has grown into a movement across Australia and New Zealand, the Premier said.

Queensland Local Hero

Queenslands Local Hero award acknowledges the vital work of multicultural community leader and social entrepreneur Saba Abraham to translate of COVID-19 public health messages into several languages for communities across the State.

Ms Abraham also dedicates her time to promoting multiculturalism and running her not-for-profit restaurant and catering business, Muooz.

Thats has provided more than 200 refugee women in Queensland with vocational training and job opportunities, the Premier said.

The Premier thanked all nominees for the 2022 Queensland Australian of the Year Awards for their hard work serving their communities.

Many are quiet achievers who work without recognition, but tonight we celebrate their efforts and dedication to their causes.

Congratulations to the five outstanding Queenslanders who will go on to represent our State at the national awards ceremony on the eve of Australia Day 2022.

For more information on the Australian of the Year Awards visit http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au

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Media contact: Chris OBrien 0419 774 004

Profiles Queensland Australian of the Year Recipients

Queensland Australian of the Year Sue and Lloyd Clarke

Founder of Small Steps 4 Hannah

Despite deep grief, Sue and Lloyd Clarke have shown extraordinary dedication to educating Australia on the dangers of coercive control and domestic violence. After the murder of their daughter Hannah and three grandchildren, Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey, they vowed to put a stop to domestic and family violence.

Through their foundation, Small Steps 4 Hannah, Sue and Lloyd are committed to ensuring their tragedy isnt experienced by another family.

They empower victims to speak up, guide family members to be aware of those who may be in an unsafe environment, and create safe environments for those who need them most.

Sue and Lloyd have also supported the Queensland Governments Womens Safety and Justice Taskforce to transform the way Queenslanders, and Australians in general, understand family and domestic violence, while giving previously ignored victims a voice in court.

Queensland Senior Australian of the Year Dr Colin Dillon AM APM

Australias first Indigenous police officer

When Dr Colin Dillon AM APM entered the Queensland Police Force in 1965, he became Australias first Indigenous police officer. This was two years before the 1967 referendum introducing the counting of Aboriginal people in the nations census, and a decade before ratification of the Racial Discrimination Act.

In 1987, Colin showed courage as the first serving police officer to voluntarily step forward and give first-hand knowledge under oath before the Fitzgerald Inquiry into Police Corruption. His evidence was instrumental in sending many corrupt officers, including the police commissioner, and several politicians to prison.

Colin has been awarded the Australian Police Medal and received an honorary doctorate from the Queensland University of Technology. In 2013, Colin was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to the Indigenous community.

After retiring from the police force, Colin served as Chairman of Indigenous radio station, 98.9FM, and as a Director of the Queensland Heart Foundation. Currently, hes a community member on the Parole Board of Queensland.

Queensland Young Australian of the Year Dr Tahnee Bridson

Founder of Hand-n-Hand Peer Support

Following the suicide of a well-known doctor in 2016, Dr Tahnee Bridson learned that many of her friends and colleagues were also suffering in silence too scared to speak up out of shame, fear and stigma. It was then she decided her future would be dedicated to mental health.

With the encouragement of some high-profile health leaders, Tahnee founded Hand-n-Hand Peer Support in March 2020, to assist healthcare workers who were experiencing wellbeing or mental health difficulties.

What began as a small WhatsApp group chat became a collective of more than 2,000 healthcare workers on social media. The Black Dog Institute included Hand-n-Hand as an official partner.

Tahnees work for Hand-n-Hand is done on a volunteer basis, in addition to her full-time job as a doctor. Shes also training to become a psychiatrist.

By introducing peer support to healthcare settings, Hand-n-Hand has the potential to change the culture of workplaces all around the country.

Queensland Australias Local Hero Ms Saba Abraham

Community leader, Founder and Manager of social enterprise Muooz Restaurant and Catering

Since arriving in Australia as a refugee from Eritrea, Saba Abraham has dedicated her time to supporting other refugees, uplifting her community, and building multiculturalism in Australia.

During the COVID-19 outbreak, Ms Abraham has played a vital role in preventing its spread in Queensland as the Chairperson of the Brisbane Community Leaders Gathering. The group of leaders from culturally and linguistically diverse communities ensured public health messages were translated into other languages so that all people could receive detailed and timely information.

In addition, Ms Abraham is the founder and Manager of Muooz Restaurant in Brisbanes West End. Since 2003, the not-for-profit social enterprise restaurant and catering business has provided employment and training opportunities for women who have arrived as refugees.

Ms Abrahams caring, compassionate and loving leadership has earned her the title Mama Saba, an honorary expression that recognises everything she does for her community.

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The stakes rose this week with the release of a UN report that says the world is on track for a rise of 2.7 degree Celsius in average global temperature above pre-industrial levels over this century. The planet has already warmed by about one degree Celsius. In 2015, leaders agreed to limit that rise to 1.5 degrees.

But COP26 also brings together scientists, political activists and others to plot innovative strategies they hope can pressure both political and business leaders to show more progress in both these areas.

There are many reasons why climate progress is difficult.

Reducing emissions will demand economic sacrifices that no one is eager to make. To meet the targets agreed to in the Paris Climate Accord in 2015, all countries need to reduce carbon emissions to net zero, putting no more carbon into the atmosphere than they cut, by 2050. That requires an historic financial investment in new forms of energy that reduce or eliminate carbon emissions.

It's not easy to agree on how burdens should be shared. "Why should we make big sacrifices," ask emerging powers China and India? "The industrial revolutions in America and Europe created these problems. Why should we stunt our growth to clean up your mess?" "True enough," Europeans and Americans respond, "but you're both emitting so much carbon these days that we can't solve the problem without you."

Poorer countries ask, "What about us? We didn't create or exacerbate this problem, but rising sea levels and dangerously erratic weather patterns threaten our future. Who's going to pay for that?"

The climate change challenge is global, but the politics that limit solutions remain mainly national, and politicians tend to prioritize the need to boost growth and win elections over long-term, global commitments.

As a result, summit promises must be taken with a mountain of salt. These annual summits began in the early 1990s, but there was no major agreement until the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, and that deal fell apart after the US Senate refused to ratify the treaty.

Soaring economic growth in China and India have multiplied the carbon emissions pumped into the atmosphere.

In 2015, the Paris Climate Accord brought new pledges for emissions reductions to reach the net-zero target, but newly elected US president Donald Trump immediately withdrew the US from the commitments it made in that agreement. Though Biden pledges that America and its climate ambitions are back, no one knows what will happen after the next US election.

In addition, world leaders pledge only to meet specified targets. They don't have to explain exactly how they'll hit them. And they know that future leaders will be seated at the table when the bill arrives for payment. Their pledges are referred to as legally binding, but no one can force powerful polluting nations to honor their commitments.

So, why should we care about COP26? There will be no single historic breakthrough at this gathering, for all the reasons above. But the global scientific consensus is that climate change cannot be ignored, and progress matters, even if promises are only partly kept. These are annual meetings (the pandemic postponed the 2020 gathering until now) and any step in the right direction is far better than no progress at all.

COP26 is especially important because negotiators will be working to hash out details for the so-called Paris Rulebook, a new set of rules on how progress is reported and how carbon markets can be created that allow the buying and selling of emissions reductions among countries.

Over the two weeks of this summit, we'll write in more detail about what is and isn't happening, and we'll assess the conference's final statement to judge just how many incremental steps forward have actually been taken.

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Breast and Cervical Cancer Project (BCCP) Eligibility Expanded

New state budget provision takes effect expanding access to treatments for breast and cervical cancers.

COLUMBUS The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) is announcing a recent expansion in eligibility for the Breast and Cervical Cancer Project (BCCP) which allows BCCP to cover treatments for women diagnosed with breast and cervical cancer.

If found early, nearly all breast and cervical cancers can be treated successfully. BCCP helps eligible women receive lifesaving screenings and treatment, said Bruce Vanderhoff, MD, MBA, director of the Ohio Department of Health. With the support of the Ohio General Assembly and Governor Mike DeWine, more women now have access to treatment options for breast and cervical cancers.

Ohio now offers treatment for a woman who meets all the following conditions, in addition to those Ohioans who are already eligible by diagnosis through BCCP:

The woman is younger than 65 years of age.

The Ohio Department of Health BCCP will be the access point for these women and will assist them with applying for BCCP Medicaid for treatment coverage. Partners, including BCCP enrollment agencies, will assist with enrollment and managing new treatment clients. Eligibility will be determined through BCCP in cooperation with the Ohio Department of Medicaid.

A woman should not be denied access to life-saving treatment simply because she walked through the wrong door, said Molly Guthrie, senior director of public policy and advocacy at Susan G. Komen. Thanks to the leadership of Senator Gavarone and the Governors office, a breast cancer patients access to care will no longer be contingent on where she received her screening.

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is proud to have worked with lawmakers through the budget process to expand eligibility to this critical program, and thanks the Ohio Department of Health for its quick action to implement this expansion, said Leo Almeida, ACS CAN government relations director.

Women interested in BCCP can call 1-844-430-BCCP for more information.

This announcement coincides with Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual observance in the month of October, encouraging women to get screened for breast cancer.

About1in8womenwill develop breast cancer in their lifetime. The U.S. Preventative Service Task Forcerecommendsbiennialscreeningmammogramsfor women ages 50-74 years old, with earlier screening recommended for women with certain risk factors.

The Ohio Department of Healths Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System collects data and statistics, and works with the Comprehensive Cancer Control Program to reduce the burden of cancer for Ohioans. Learn more ontheComprehensiveCancerControlProgramwebsite.

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YouTubers Austin and Catherine McBroom of The ACE Family with their house (Getty, YouTube via The ACE Family)

A lender has foreclosed on the massive Woodland Hills home of YouTubers Austin and Catherine McBroom.

Rumors have swirled for months that the couple, who broke through as celebrity influencers by showcasing a lavish lifestyle on their ACE Family YouTube channel, are in dire financial straits, according to Business Insider.

A October 19 foreclosure auction for the property ended with no bids, returning it to lender 5 Arch Funding Corporation.

The McBrooms currently have around 19 million subscribers to the ACE Family YouTube channel, where they regularly feature their home in videos.

They bought the 12,000-square-foot home for $10.1 million in 2019, a year after it was built. The property was designed as two separate homes and later combined.

The McBrooms were served with a notice of default issued by a debt collection company in May, giving them 90 days to pay back $8.7 million owed to their lender.

In August, a notice of trustees sale was sent, notifying them that the property would be auctioned with a starting price of $9.3 million. A buyer would have had to pay for the home with cash.

The McBrooms and their three children remain in residence at the property. 5 Arch Funding Corporation must file and win an eviction lawsuit to legally compel them to leave the property.

The McBrooms are involved in a handful of lawsuits as well. Austin McBroom was sued by media company LiveXLive for $100 million for allegedly failing to fulfill contracts related to McBrooms social media star boxing event Social Gloves: Battle of the Platforms.

A company of his, Ace Hat Collection, has also petitioned two construction firms to release mechanics liens, which are usually filed over unpaid construction work. One petition was denied.

Catherine McBroom, meanwhile, has been sued by TBL Cosmetics in regard to business dealings over McBrooms cosmetics company 1212 Gateway.

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