Justin Hemmes' construction boss has agreed to pay the Sydney hospitality tsar's Merivale group almost $230,000 in the wake of allegations he authorised false invoices to be paid into his bank account.

In civil proceedings on Thursday, NSW Supreme Court Justice Michael Pembroke finalised the settlement deal by making consent orders that Joel Cheeseman, 30, pay $229,811 – the same amount police claim he fleeced from the bar and restaurant empire by authorising false invoices.

The judge did not make any findings as to whether Mr Cheeseman was liable, and Mr Cheeseman made no admissions. It is understood Mr Cheeseman's legal costs to defend the case would have exceeded the amount claimed.

Merivale obtained a freezing order against Mr Cheeseman earlier this month, requiring him not to remove from Australia, transfer or diminish the value of any of his assets up to the value of $300,000.

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He was also subpoenaed to provide statements and other documentation relating to three bank accounts, and any other accounts held in his name or where he is a signatory, and all documentation showing the transfer of money in and out of those accounts, over a period between August 2015 and May 2019.

But the freezing order was lifted on Thursday after Mr Cheeseman agreed to the pay the sum, as well as interest of more than $15,000 and legal costs.

Meanwhile, Mr Cheeseman is due to face the Downing Centre Local Court next week on a charge of dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage or causing disadvantage by deception.

Police allege that, between August 2017 and October 2018, he authorised fake invoices to be paid by Merivale into his bank account on five separate occasions. He has not yet entered a plea.

The criminal charges require intention and other elements to be proven, and the standard of proof is higher than for a civil claim.

According to Mr Cheeseman's LinkedIn profile – which appears to have been recently removed – he has worked for the sprawling pub group since May 2015, initially as a group facilities manager before moving into the construction project manager role, in which he claims to "currently oversee and manage all construction for Merivale".

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Dating has never been more confusing. People make specific plans to meet up and then cut off all contact and block you. (That's called "cloaking.") Others might ghost and then attempt to come back from the dead. (Also known as zombie-ing.) Having a word for confusing dating behavior can make it a little easier to bear – it allows you to describe what happened and commiserate with others who've experienced something similar.

After confabbing with colleagues, friends and a one-and-done Tinder date I'm somehow Facebook friends with, here's our attempt to make sense of the frustrating things you might experience while looking for love in 2019. (Most of these have happened to me or someone I know.) Yes, we're trying to make "textual chemistry" happen.

Career-zoned (verb)

When someone rejects you romantically but wants to connect professionally. Natural hazard of living in Washington, D.C., where some daters would rather be LinkedIn than HookingUp. Example: At the young Republican mixer, I thought he was hitting on me. But turns out he just wanted to know if I could introduce him to Kellyanne Conway. I'm tired of getting career-zoned, so I sent him George Conway's email instead.

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Textual chemistry (noun)

On text, your connection is off-the-charts hot. In person, it barely registers. Example: My Bumble match and I were messaging till 3 a.m., sparring about the Oxford comma, but once we met up, the vibe was so awkward. It was nothing more than textual chemistry.

Soul-mining (verb)

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When someone tries to cram three months of emotional intimacy into your first three hours together. May seem exciting in the moment, but is usually followed by never seeing each other again. Think of it as an emotional one-night stand, or Before Sunrise reenactment without the sequels. Example: I thought it was sweet my Tinder date wanted to do the 36 questions to fall in love, but once she ghosted, I realized she was just soul-mining me.

Heart-bargain (verb or noun)

The law student or lawyer who tries to reason their way into or out of an emotional decision, such as a marriage proposal or a breakup. Example: I said we should move in together, but he heart-bargained me down to a weekend vacation.

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Owl (noun)

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That person who texts only when you're asleep – not in a booty call kind of way, but because they spend their days in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility or they just want to seem inaccessible. Problem is: If you can't find a time to text when you're both awake, how will you ever meet up? Example: Who-who could be texting me at this hour? Oh right – it's my owl.

Instabait (verb or noun)

Uploading Instagram stories to prod a FOMO-prone crush to get in touch. May work in the short-term, but effects are likely to disappear quickly. Example: I hadn't heard from Anna in days! So I Instabaited her with pics from that hot new bar we'd talked about checking out, she DMed me, "We should totally go." We never went.

Faux beau (noun)

That guy who acts like a boyfriend, all as a ruse to just continue his string of hookups. Example: He introduced me to his friends and his parents, even brought me to a work dinner – and then said he wasn't ready for a relationship. What a faux beau!

Popsicle (verb or noun)

When your instinct is to play it the opposite of cool, but you try (just this once!) to play hard to get. Like the frozen dessert, your chill does not come naturally and may appear only seasonally. Since you are not at all skilled at this game, you act so chill that the object of your affection deems you uninterested and moves on. Example: I'm really into Sam, but I popsicled too hard. He got a brain freeze and stopped texting back.

Social-squatter (noun)

Someone who breaks up with you but wants to keep seeing your friends platonically. Understandable because your friends are awesome, but totally unacceptable. Example: Aaron dumped me, but then tried to get my besties to join his bocce team?! What a social-squatter.

Ted (noun)

That person who doesn't realize the type of grand gestures that look like devotion on screen – like when Ben Stiller's character in There's Something About Mary goes to extreme lengths to track down his high school crush years later – are actually super-creepy when performed in real life. Example: I broke up with Dan, and then he showed up at the airport, where he professed his love through a flash mob and everyone watching started chanting "Take him back! Take him back!" I got on that plane, alone and safe.

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I used to think rallies worked. I used to believe that the power of large volumes of people could sway the mood of the wider population and break through to politicians and other people of importance. But on Friday I have begun to doubt this, a lot.

I will be upfront with you and state that I believe man-made climate change is happening and the future of the world as we know it is in jeopardy. We will soon be unable to look our children in the eyes and tell them it will be OK unless we act fast and act big. I sign online petitions, I annoy politicians, I have changed many of my own individual practices and that of those I have influence on, namely my workplace. When I was younger I even attended a couple of rallies – I tend to be too far away to make any these days and to be honest, after Friday, I doubt I would bother.

Walking through Melbourne CBD and looking at the faces of the drivers, public transport users and pedestrians caught up in the climate protest, I have begun to think that this traditional form of mass protest may have run its course. In the age of social media and very busy lives, such disruption to passers-by may actually be detrimental to the cause and serve to tick people off more than engage them with the issue of protest.

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The disruption relegates the protesters immediately into the left-wing nutter category who have less than nothing to do and whose message isn’t worth listening to. Even though, in this case, I think it absolutely is.

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I witnessed a number of bystanders sigh in exasperation, many horns honking and lots of angry u-turns by motorists, who then drove off angry. So instead of feeling grateful or interested that protesters were taking time out of their own busy lives to bring this to Parliament’s doorstep, many stalked off fuming. And this is the last thing that needs to be happening with those of the population left who still need to be convinced.

We have tried to communicate with those "climate deniers" and "climate undecided" with protest and facts, but so far these are not working. The federal election vote was unequivocally the largest smack round the philosophical earhole we could have taken, so clearly the way in which we have been attempting to appeal to power has not been working. We need to change our approach.

Surely, between us and the tech-savvy young people who are battling bravely with this cause we can come up with a way of protesting that doesn’t irritate and alienate, but rather inspires thought, engagement and ultimately, change. So far I haven’t come up with anything that is either legal or financially achievable, but there has to be something.

So, fist bump to the people staging a "die-in" today, no apologies to those inconvenienced by the truth, but I think it’s imperative we try something different. Our planet is depending on it.

Nicola Philp is a regular columnist based in Apollo Bay.

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“Will we ever sleep again? What have we done wrong?”

These are the questions infant and child sleep consultant Chantal Cohen hears regularly from exhausted parents.

Sleep deprivation is a universal experience for new parents. Anyone who has been active in tending to the needs of a newborn will recognise the all-consuming fog that seems to tinge your every waking moment (and there are so many waking moments) when you are so sleep deprived that you search for your glasses while wearing them.

And for many parents, particularly those whose baby’s wakefulness lasts beyond the first six months, the effects of never getting enough sleep can seep into every aspect of their life, affecting their health, work, friendships, marriage, relationships with older children, and their self-esteem.

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The effect of sleep deprivation can be far-reaching, but for some, it leads to serious and persistent drops in mood, and can be a trigger for postnatal depression and anxiety (PNDA).

More than one in seven mothers and up to one in 10 fathers experience postnatal depression and/or anxiety, and sleep can be a major factor in its development and maintenance. In fact, studies have shown that new mothers with poor sleep quality are more than three times as likely to suffer depression.

It makes sense: if you’re not getting enough sleep, your reserves to deal with one of the most challenging and transformative periods of life are depleted. We all know that when we are really tired we become more irritable, cranky, and emotionally fragile and we also know the flattening of our mood that comes with exhaustion; so is it any wonder that for some people, particularly those with a predisposition, these feelings reach clinical level?

Running counselling sessions and parents groups at family care centre Tresillian, social worker Margaret Booker sees many parents who struggle with low mood and mood disorders triggered by exhaustion.

“It’s universal to feel tired, to feel exhausted, to not be getting enough sleep when there is a baby in the house,” she says. "And that exhaustion can be a pathway to the mood disorders.”

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Child sleep consultant Chantal Cohen, who spends her days (and nights!) helping families get more sleep, agrees, saying she finds a large proportion of her clients are experiencing PNDA.

Many feel pressured to “make” their baby sleep, and the feelings of failure they experience when they won’t absolutely trashes their confidence. Exhaustion just makes those feelings worse.

According to Cohen, many parents who are chronically exhausted find they can’t sleep even when they have the opportunity because they are “primed to be ‘on’ all the time”.

“Increased cortisol and adrenaline are coursing through your body and you’re just lying there, awake, ready to jump at the baby’s first sound. It makes you sick and it makes you anxious.”

The evidence agrees. A 2015 review of research found that women who experience insomnia and sleep disturbance are more likely to become depressed, and women who are depressed are more likely to experience insomnia. This is supported by research from the Black Dog Institute, who found insomnia is both a risk factor and a symptom of depression. It leads to a cycle of feeling low because you’re not sleeping and not sleeping because you’re feeling low.

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Cohen says that, when her clients experience success in helping their child to sleep better, they report feeling much happier, have far more energy, and feel more connected to their baby.

This is also supported by research. A study of 80 mothers and their infants in Adelaide in 2012 found that, following explicit instruction about sleep and settling techniques, not only did the number of night wakings decrease, but there was a corresponding decrease maternal stress, anxiety, and depression.

However, if you’re experiencing clinical postnatal depression and/or anxiety, simply regaining sleep alone is unlikely to be a miracle cure. Parents who suspect they or their partner may be experiencing PNDA should enlist the help of their GP and/or call the PANDA helpline (1300 726 306) who can direct them to the right services.

But what about when you just can’t seem to get your baby to sleep no matter what you try, and it’s really affecting your mood?

“Parents know that if they could just get their baby to sleep they’d feel better. But they can’t get more sleep. So they have to learn to manage their mood psychologically," says Booker. Acceptance, she says, is the key.

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“We have to accept the reality that we’re just not getting sufficient sleep because otherwise we just struggle against the wrong thing, which will just make us feel worse … we need to minimise the sequelae of not getting enough sleep rather than agonise over it. We trick ourselves into thinking we don’t really care about sleep and that we can cope without it.”

Booker teaches her group therapy clients cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness, and how to integrate self-care in daily life, but she says that one of the most important things is the sharing your experiences with others who can relate and support you. She believes in the power of women making deep connections and understanding each other to help each other to cope.

“Getting mothers together to get that mutual support is so important," she says “When they can really connect with other women, they’re going to be fine.”

Booker encourages parents seeking guidance about their baby’s sleep to call Tresillian’s helpline to speak to a qualified baby health nurse (1300 272 736), speak to their GP or Early Childhood Health Centre, or book into one of Tresillian’s courses and workshops.

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Anthony Albanese has called on Labor to reconnect with aspirational Australians who rejected the party at the federal election, declaring that voters have "conflict fatigue" over political arguments that pit one part of the community against the other.

Mr Albanese, who is set to become Labor leader within days, said the party needed to end some of the "us and them" rhetoric that shaped its failed election campaign.

"People are looking for solutions rather than arguments, and they’re looking for what unites the community rather than what divides it," he said.

"I think we have to emphasise that. That doesn't mean that we shy away from the issue of inequality. It means, though, that we need to do that in a way that acknowledges the fact that the business community and the private sector create jobs for people."

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Shattered by the election loss to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, senior Labor figures have thrown open a debate on every major policy, including a rethink on franking credits, negative gearing and whether to propose a market mechanism to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The policy review will follow the formal deadline of 10am on Monday for caucus members to stand for the leadership, although Mr Albanese is widely expected to gain the position unchallenged after finance spokesman Jim Chalmers withdrew from the contest on Thursday.

Acknowledging the way suburban and regional voters turned away from Labor last Saturday, Mr Albanese said many Australians wanted a stronger message from Labor about economic growth.

"You need to treat people with respect. I think one of the issues that we had was being seen to be talking about the sharing of wealth when we also needed to talk about the creation of wealth," he said.

"One of the things about the suburbs is the issue of aspiration. People do aspire to improve their living standards, their wages, and they do want more opportunities for their kids."

Mr Albanese, a senior member of Labor's left faction and the deputy prime minister during Kevin Rudd's second period as prime minister, said he was a "proud supporter" of the unions but believed working with business was critical to success.

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"People have got conflict fatigue," he said in an interview. "They see politicians yelling at each other, they see a lot of conflict, and what they want is for people to come up with practical solutions that improve their lives.

"They want things that improve their living standards and improve their quality of life.

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"And we need to listen to those people and engage with them."

Mr Albanese made no criticism of former leader Bill Shorten but set out his approach to the leadership in the wake of Labor's shock election loss, leaving it with a likely 67 seats compared to the Coalition's 78.

The race is now on for the position of Labor deputy leader, with a three-way contest in the party's  right faction threatening to split its Queensland and Victorian branches after Mr Chalmers, Clare O'Neil and Richard Marles said they would consider replacing high-profile Sydney MP Tanya Plibersek.

In a sharp shift away from the Shorten era, Labor is now also canvassing a new climate change stance that calls for action to reduce emissions but drops a market-based solution to reach the target.

Labor's environment spokesman, Tony Burke, said the science had been compromised by the mechanism and it was now time to consider a direct-action model, as advocated by the Coalition, to avoid an "unthinkable" 15 years without action.

Labor's policy would force businesses that exceeded their emissions cap to buy credits from other businesses through a market-based scheme.

"The principle that we base targets depending on the science, we must not shift on," Mr Burke told the ABC. "If there is going to be any room for compromise, the compromise has to be in what the method is."

Mr Albanese told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age that the key decision was about outcomes on climate change rather than the mechanism but that the first decision was for the government to propose a better policy after its disunity over the National Energy Guarantee.

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"We need to take action on climate change, we need to listen to the science, but we need to do it in a way so that the transition in the economy is in the interests of working people and job creation," he said.

Labor is also grappling with its position on the $158 billion in income tax cuts the Coalition took to the election. The government is looking to ram the cuts through Parliament as soon as it returns to deliver a $1000 boost for many workers, but is refusing to split its seven-year package. The full package will also see tax cuts of up to $11,000 delivered to workers earning more than $200,000 a year by 2024.

Mr Albanese said Labor was prepared to support only the first stage of the package for low- and middle-income earners – potentially delaying tax relief for workers beyond the end of this financial year.

He said the government should not try to legislate changes that would come into effect years after the new Parliament.

"If the government plays politics with this by trying to introduce policies that have an effect on future parliaments, then I think that's hubris on behalf of the government," he said.

Labor MPs are furious at the impact of the party's franking credit policy and the confused message on the Adani coal mine in Queensland, which they say cost them the crucial northern seat of Herbert.

"We equivocated and sent all the wrong messages, not only to coal miners but working class people right across the country," Labor's agriculture spokesman, Joel Fitzgibbon, said.

Outgoing Labor senator Doug Cameron warned Mr Albanese not to abandon the "class warfare" that had characterised Mr Shorten's time as leader.

"The Labor left must not be diverted from critical analysis of inequality, climate change and the power and privilege of the big end of town," he said.

Mr Albanese and shadow treasurer Chris Bowen, have also urged the party to speak more to people of faith, who "no longer feel that progressive politics cares about them".

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It’s a somewhat sad reflection on sport that Minjee Lee might hit No.1 in the world before she so much as turns a head in the street at home. Call her the Invisible Champion of Australia.

She can’t even pick up an Australian sponsor. The top-ranked golfer in this country is at No.2 on the world rankings, and she plays plastered in the corporate logos of a string of overseas companies, right down to the Hana on her cap, endorsing the big Korean bank.

The Koreans have not been shy about celebrating her heritage as the daughter of two immigrants, Soonam and Clara Lee, who moved to Perth from South Korea a couple of decades ago and had two children – Minjee and brother Min Woo, now 20 and also a rising professional golfer.

Is it the media's lack of interest in women's golf? The fact that she plays overseas? Or is it the awful notion that people don't realise that she's an Australian, despite being born in Perth and representing her country at various levels right up to the 2016 Olympic Games?

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Lee declined the fairly common Asian notion of anglicising her first name for western consumption, saying it reflected her heritage.

“My grandpa gave me that name, so we decided to keep it,” she said this week. “It comes back to my roots. I’m Australian, but my parentage is Korean, so it’s nice to have some part of that, even through my name.’’

Whatever the reasons for her lack of exposure here, Perth's Lee, just 22, is getting better all the time. If she wins this weekend in Virginia, or next week at the US Women's Open in Charleston, she will become the first Australian woman to reach No.1 in the world.

Not even the great Karrie Webb was officially No.1 (although this is a moot point, since the rankings only started in 2006, after Webb’s most dominant period in the game).

Lee has been in the top 10 for the last year after a stellar 2018 when she won once and logged an astonishing 13 top-10s on the LPGA Tour, and she vaulted to No.2 after winning in Los Angeles recently.

Not inclined to whinge about lack of support from home, she just gets on with the job with her jaunty walk and her bright clothes and easy smile.

“If you think about it, all the successful Australian players, I don’t think any of them have Australian sponsors,” she said. “I guess it’s pretty poor in that sense.’’

Lee became the first woman to win the Greg Norman Medal as Australia’s top golfer last year, continuing the upward curve. Hailing from Royal Fremantle Golf Club, she had won the state title at just 10, the United States junior in 2013 and was No.1 on the world amateur rankings by the time she won the 2014 Vic Open at 17, beating the pros.

As a professional she has already won five times on the LPGA Tour, but when she was left off a comprehensive list of Australia’s top sports women last year, her coach Ritchie Smith was gobsmacked. “It really gives me the ‘irrits’,’’ said Smith, who has coached Lee since she was 12. “This is a truly international sport, not cricket or footy.”

Lee’s ball-striking is pure; a flusher, they call her. She’s not long by comparison with some of the other superstars – Sung Hyun Park of South Korea and Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand, for instance – but she’s getting longer, adding 10 metres to her driving distance this year alone.

Smith recalls this being an issue when he first saw her in Perth at 12. “We’re talking about a little girl and she’s operating against a much higher level and trying to compete with these kids and beating them, but swinging quite inefficiently in order to do so. We took quite a while to fix that.’’

Lee’s mother was a teaching professional at the driving range near the family home in Winthrop, in Perth’s southern suburbs, and her father was a single-figure player, too. Her brother took an immediate shine to the game, but she took her time coming around.

“I was learning how to play piano, I was in the school choir. I don’t think anybody knew that, but I was doing lots of things, even dancing. Golf was just another one of the things that I did when I was younger.”

Clara Lee gave her Post-It notes so that she could set her goals, sticking them on her desk at home, and her parents moved her in year 11 (from MLC College to Corpus Christi) so that she was closer to Royal Fremantle for her long practice sessions. “Driven,” is how Smith describes her.

Her mother still travels with her most of the time when they are not in Perth or the home Lee bought in Dallas, Texas, as a base. “Clara’s influence is massive,” said Smith. “Clara puts the structure in place and the stability and the support.’’

Lee likes having her mother around. “Obviously you’re going to butt heads at some point in your life, but I guess we’ve had a good run so far. I mean I could probably do all the things that she does, but it’s just nice to have the company.’’

At the golf course, she is a solitary figure with a remarkable work ethic, known to lift as much weight in the gym as the young male players when she entered the elite amateur programs. She's unlike Min Woo, who is gregarious, and also her greatest fan. "We describe it as: ‘I’m a squiggly line, and she’s a very straight line, trying to get to a destination'," he said.

While Webb has been a mentor, she likes to practise by herself most of the time. “She doesn’t need anyone pissing in her pocket,’’ said Smith. “She’s going to do it by herself, and she’s going to do it to the best of her ability.’’

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No.1 in the world? It has a nice ring to it, not that she’s holding her breath.

“I feel like I don’t get caught up in anything, really,” she said. “For all my career I’ve never been the type to do that or to think about the rankings too much. I’m always working around my game; not around the end result.

"If you’re working on your game and improving that, it will come. It’s a process that you have to go through for that to happen.’’

Chris Waller knows what works when it comes to the Brisbane carnival and, rather than chasing the black type available up north on Saturday, JJ Atkins favourite Reloaded and Queensland Derby top pick Nobu will be at Randwick.

Reloaded, a smart winner on debut on Anzac day, is following the path two of Waller’s Atkins winners Press Statement and The Autumn Sun took to Brisbane by staying in Sydney a fortnight out and running over 1400 metres.

“When you have done it before like we have with Press Statement and The Autumn Sun, it gives you that confidence,’’ Waller said. “You seem to follow trends as a trainer, as I am sure most coaches would when preparing for grand finals and things like that.

“I see Saturday’s race as a better stepping stone rather than throwing a horse into the Sires' Produce [up in Queensland].

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“I think if he was third up it is a different story. By then he would have had a run at Randwick, run over 1400m and his ability over a mile will get him out of trouble.

“You need ability plus race awareness to win a 1400m race so that is the reason [we are staying in Sydney].”

Waller will certainly know where his team stands for Queensland's biggest day of racing and beyond after Saturday with Nobu looking to back up a 4-1/4 length demolition job over 1800m stepping up to 2000m

Kolding, which is unbeaten since being gelded, is pressing his Queensland Guineas hopes, while Noire starts her path to next month’s Tatts Tiara.

Nobu has already been through a New Zealand Derby preparation and it is the reason Waller opted to keep him in the Sydney stable.

“He’s a good horse and his win the other day was good,” Waller said.

“We’ve kept him back in Sydney because he had a trip to New Zealand so we kept everything as easy as we could before heading up to the Gold Coast on Sunday and he’s a genuine Queensland Derby horse.

“He’ll be hard to beat and he’s got a bit of weight but he won with so much in hand the other day so I wouldn’t expect it to be too much of a problem.”

Waller is excited about Kolding, which has become a racehorse since the operation. He has wins at 1300m and 1250m and steps out in distance two weeks from the Guineas.

“I don’t know (where the ceiling is). I hope I haven’t gone up in distance too quick. It’s 1500m,” Waller said.

“His sectional times were good last start and we’d like to take him to the Queensland Guineas. That’s the reason why we’ve stepped him up in trip.

“I don’t want to turn all our horses into milers but he looks like a genuine Queensland Guineas horse and Epsom horse.”

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Finally, Noire has topweight as she returns from a freshen-up following her third in the Emancipation Stakes in March. She is already a group 2 winner and has only been a couple of lengths away in group 1 company.

Waller has long held her in high regard and decided to target Brisbane after a frustrating autumn.

“It was just the barrier draws [in the autumn] and the big weight she had in the Coolmore that didn't help,” he said “This is her type of race.

“We’re obviously trying to get her to Queensland for the Tatt’s Tiara as well.”

Samsung has announced that its Galaxy S10 5G smartphone will go on sale next Tuesday, May 28, making it the first 5G smartphone available in Australia.

The device will be exclusive to Telstra at launch, and in addition to compatibility with next gen mobile networks it features a larger screen, more cameras and a bigger battery than the existing Galaxy S10+. Australians who have already bought that phone through Telstra will be able to upgrade to the S10 5G at no extra cost.

Samsung has not announced pricing for the S10 5G, but is expected to do so shortly before the device hits store shelves. In the US the phone starts at $US1299 ($1888).

"This is the most anticipated device Samsung has ever launched in Australia as it combines additions to our amazing Galaxy range but also opens the door to the opportunities that 5G experiences will bring people in future", said Samsung Australia's VP of IT and Mobile, Garry McGregor, in a release.

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“With this upcoming launch, we are delivering on years of collaboration with Telstra to help break new ground in device and network performance.”

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The Galaxy S10 5G is bigger, thicker and heavier than the S10+, weighing in at 198g. It features a 6.7-inch curved OLED screen and four rear-facing cameras — a telephoto 12MP, wide 12MP, ultra-wide 16MP and 3D depth — as a 10MP shooter and 3D depth camera on the front. It comes with either 256GB or 512GB of storage, has Dolby Atmos stereo speakers and a 4500mAh battery that can be charged faster than the S10+ thanks to Power Delivery 3.0.

The phone was originally announced in February, alongside the flexible Galaxy Fold which was recently delayed indefinitely after faults were reported with its screen and hinge mechanism.

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Today Telstra also announced the availability of its first 5G mobile hotspot device, the HTC 5G Hub, which will also launch on Tuesday.

Compatibility with 5G will give phones and devices access to unprecedented download speeds when connected to a next gen network, and in the future will allow for high bandwidth, low latency applications like game streaming. But currently Telstra's 5G network is only operational in very specific areas of the capital city CBDs (excluding Darwin) as well as the Gold Coast, Launceston and Toowoomba. When 5G is not available, devices will fall back to 4G.

The telco said that, starting on June 30, it will debut new plans that take 5G into account. For 12 months from that date all Telstra customers with a 5G-compatible device will be able to access 5G speeds, but after that you'll need to have one of the two most expensive plans or pay an additional fee ($15 per month) for access.

Telstra said that anybody who buy a 5G device before June 30, including those that trade up for free from a Galaxy S10+, will get 5G access at no additional cost for the life of their plan.

You can see a map of what Telstra’s coverage is expected to look like at June 30 here.

Detectives have released security camera footage showing slain Brisbane man Jason Guise on the day he disappeared before his body was found in a sewage tank this month.

The CCTV vision captured Mr Guise, 45, at a Wynnum service station on the afternoon of April 21, the day he was last seen, and later walking through the Woolworths Wynnum Central car park on Florence Street just after 6.30pm that day.

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He was last seen on Charlotte Street in Wynnum on April 21 when he visited a Rosie's food truck about 7pm and spoke to friends there. He was later reported missing by his sister after not contacting family or friends since.

Investigators suspect his body was in the tank at the Wynnum pump plant for days before it was found by council maintenance workers about after noon on May 8 at the Granada Street facility.

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Detective Inspector Owen Elloy said police conducted "exhaustive investigations" into Facebook posts from the victim and they were still part of ongoing inquiries.

In the social media posts, Mr Guise claimed his possessions were stolen or sold while he was in jail and he had attacked those he believed were responsible.

"I can't stop thinking about all my stuff that got sold – my car, bikes, TV, clothes, pictures of my kids," one post read.

In a later post, Mr Guise appeared to have used violence when questioning people about his missing possessions.

"It's funny when you catch someone you [have] been looking for and they s— themselves," he said.

"Funny how a punch in the face and all of [a] sudden they remember things. They tell you the truth.

"So you lying grubs, I now know the truth, you can't hide now, you know who I mean use [sic] two."

Inspector Elloy said the Wynnum community was "fantastic" in supplying police with footage from their homes and businesses, including the latest batch of vision released on Friday.

"Service stations and the like, they have fairly good quality electronic equipment and we can rely fairly heavily on it for the identification of different persons," he said.

Inspector Elloy said police were not able to narrow down when Mr Guise died and could not discuss a possible cause of death, but a dozen detectives, including the homicide squad, were involved in the case.

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"Difficult is a good word, it is a protracted, convoluted investigation … we’re running a homicide crew here with our detectives and they’re certainly earning their money," he said.

"It’s very difficult in these types of cases to secure any type of evidence regarding the timing of demise."

Officers initially identified the body as that of Mr Guise through tattoos and told his family of their suspicions.

Four trucks were needed to empty the four-by-six-metre tank and retrieve the body.

Investigators appealed for anyone who saw Mr Guise to come forward and hoped the release of extra footage on Friday would jog potential witnesses' memories.

"I dare say there is somewhere out there who has some footage that could be useful to us," Inspector Elloy said.

"On the information we have, Mr Guise went to The Benevolent Society on Charlotte Street and picked up some groceries on the night of the 21st and took them back to his Wynnum address."

Inspector Elloy said it was "an understatement" to say it was a grim crime scene and the maintenance crew, who check the tank every 10-14 days, were "certainly shocked" by the discovery.

Police continue to appeal for witnesses and dashcam vision from Wynnum on April 21, particularly around Charlotte Street.

Detectives were also interested in hearing from anyone who saw suspicious activity near the Wynnum sewage facility between April 21 and May 8.

Anyone with information should contact Policelink on 13 14 44 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

While parcel postage may not seem like a popular late-night activity, in the race to win e-commerce businesses in the on-demand economy, timing is everything.

"It’s all about convenience and it’s all about choice. We've been testing our drop-off locations and have seen amazing traction with the 24/7 ones at BP," Sendle founder James Chin Moody says.

The delivery challenger raised a fresh $20 million in January to "set our sights bigger" and now Sendle wants to have more parcel drop-off sites than Australia Post's post office network by 2020.

"We are all about choice in a market where there hadn't been any choice before," Chin Moody says.

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The company has been targeting new business customers through the expansion of delivery sites which it has expanded in a partnership with logistics company Hubbed.

The startup says it now has 600 places across Australia where business customers can drop orders at all hours of the day and night for delivery.

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Sendle says it will have 1,000 sites active in a few months' time. It still has thousands more sites to rollout before it beats Australia Post, though: the national post carrier has 4,356 post offices, according to its 2018 annual report.

Australia Post also has more than 350 parcel lockers available 24/7 and in 2018 highlighted a $1.2 billion investment in its post office network, which helps deliver 1.3 million parcels a day.

An Australia Post spokesperson said its business customers received services like flexible returns and parcel pickups in metro areas for up to 50 parcels at a time.

"We continue to invest in new innovative ways to help our customers access their deliveries faster, including through our fulfilment start-up service Fulfilio," the spokesperson said.

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Fulfilio is another option aimed at processing parcel orders as fast as possible, allowing businesses to sign up to have their stock stored in warehouses connected to Australia Post.

While Sendle seeks to grow its drop-off network by thousands, other on-demand drop off options are also turning their minds to out-of-hours. Officeworks offers its Mailman drop-off service for business clients, while CouriersPlease says it has 750 delivery points across Australia, including 24/7 options at 7-Eleven stores.

Chin Moody says Sendle's competitive advantage is clear: while many larger businesses may use traditional parcel delivery, smaller operators want national flat postage rates and delivery points open when they want them, as close by as possible.

"Parcel delivery is becoming a key differentiator."

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Vikki Guerreiro has avoided using traditional post in favour of challengers like Sendle because of the appeal of not having to wait to organise parcel delivery.

"It was something that was just simple where I could do it at my own convenience…and just having it all ready to just pop down to the local newsagency," she says.

The co-founder of Portuguese products business The Canned Company has small order volumes at the moment, with the company turning over around $20,000.

At this stage taking orders to a single drop-off point suits the business best given it's easier to drop parcels than spending money waiting for courier pickups.

"If we do bigger amounts, it’s obviously going to change a few things," Guerreiro says.

For smaller parcel volumes, challengers are providing a more affordable deal than the traditional options, she believes.

"We factor in price a lot, because it takes it away from the [margin] on actual goods."

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