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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, SMH – January 22: Train that hit barrier at end of track at Richmond train station on January 22, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Christopher Pearce/Fairfax Media)When a train crashed to a halt at Richmond Station on Monday, there was one thing that stopped it in its tracks: a buffer stop.

The Waratah train hit the metal and concrete barrier at the end of platform 2 just before 10am, giving those on board injuries ranging from cuts and bruises to broken bones.

As it was designed to do, the buffer stop absorbed some of the impact of the crash and pushed the train slightly back, ensuring it remained on the track instead of derailing.

Sydney Trains chief executive Howard Collins said the train hit the buffer stop “pretty hard”, but it “worked effectively and restrained the train”.

Superintendent Paul Turner, the incident commander for NSW Ambulance, said: “Things could’ve been much, much worse.”

According to Transport for NSW, buffer stops are installed at the end of rail tracks to stop trains running off the end and crashing into “adjacent structures”.

The buffer stops are usually hydraulic, which helps to dissipate some of the energy of impact. Their aim is to safely stop an “overrunning train” while keeping damage to the train and injury to its passengers at a minimum.

Buffers, which can be made of wood or metal, are designed to withstand being hit by a range of fully loaded trains, including the Waratah trains, which weigh 562 tonnes when filled with people.

Design specifications by Transport for NSW detail that the buffers are designed for a train travelling at the highest possible speed, taking into account factors such as brake failure and how steep the track is at individual stations.

Buffer stops are attached to an “end impact wall”, which takes any leftover impact from the train.

The wall can withstand up to 5000 kilonewtons of force, while the buffer itself has a minimum braking capacity of 2500 kilonewton metres.

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Nick Kyrgios (right) and Matt Reid of Australia play Nicholas Monroe of the United States and John-Patrick Smith of Australia during round one of the men’s doubles on day four of the Australian Open tennis tournament, in Melbourne, January 18, 2018. (AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLYNick Kyrgios was set to play doubles ahead of the biggest match of his career, before the only person who could stop him stepped in – his playing partner Matt Reid.

The fact Kyrgios didn’t want to let his mate down and play their Australian Open second round match is a testament to his selfless attitude, according to Reid.

Despite cursing himself for his decision to play doubles in near-40-degree heat the day before his third-round win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Kyrgios wanted to play ahead of his showdown with world No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov.

Kyrgios and Reid were were scheduled to play Frenchmen Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin on Saturday, before the latter put his foot down.

“He’s always been a team player, that’s the best way to describe him and when we were talking about the doubles he was the one that wanted to play and I was shocked,” Reid said.

“I assumed we were going to pull out but said ‘let’s get ready for tomorrow’ and I was pumped, but then I got back to the house and started thinking maybe that’s not the best idea for him moving forward.

“I said ‘mate I don’t want to be the reason that could hold you back from winning a slam, you’ve done so much for me already and I’m sure we’ll get more chances through the year’.

“Even though he ended up losing it was pretty impressive that he was going to sacrifice his singles performance just to help me out.”

Reid said the Australian public are only just starting to see the Kyrgios he has known for years and described the 22-year-old as “loved” in the locker room.

“On the Davis Cup team he’s the first one everyone wants picked and the first and last on court at every training,” Reid said.

“Half the reason young Alex de Minaur is doing so well is because Nick has taken on a mentoring role with him.

“The media give him a hard time and it’s tough to see because you know he’s not that person, behind closed doors he’s a real team player and on tour everyone loves him.”

Kyrgios has described Reid as “part doubles partner, part coach, part training companion” but the man himself says first and foremost – they’re mates.

“People have thrown out different things but most importantly I’m his mate. Nick is one of those players who at this stage doesn’t really need a coach, so I just try to keep him in a good head space,” Reid said.

“He believes he can beat anyone and that’s half the battle with players, but Nick really has the talent to beat anyone and can potentially win slams.

“It’s just about getting him competing and giving his best each week and getting him to enjoy playing because when he’s in that frame of mind he can do some scary things on the court.”

The new year has revealed a more matured Kyrgios, which Reid believes began during an off-season training block with Lleyon Hewitt.

“It all started when he came to Melbourne and did three weeks of really hard training and and showed a lot more professionalism and maturity about his game,” Reid said.

“He’s doing the right things, he’s not perfect and he’s not going to do everything right every week or become a Roger Federer mentally, he knows that.

“He’s going to have times when he gets frustrated but he’s making a conscious effort to get better and that’s because he really wants to have a crack this year.”

Reid, 27, admits it’s tough seeing Kyrgios heavily scrutinised by the public on social media and said the Australian No.1 is only guilty of being a normal 22-year-old.

“He’s just a young bloke who loves a night out and having fun, he’s one of the boys who likes wants to go play basketball with his mates,” Reid said.

“Growing up as a tennis player you miss a lot of that because you’re always making sacrifices, so he’s just enjoying himself with his mates.

“Nick is a great bloke and everyone should see him as that instead of this tennis bad boy because he’s hasn’t really done anything bad in the grand scheme of things.”

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Jon Holland won’t be holding his breath waiting for a bowl in the Test series in South Africa. Then again, as recently as three weeks ago Holland declared he wouldn’t be holding his breath waiting for a phone call from the national selectors.

But that’s exactly what happened on Monday morning when chairman of selector Trevor Hohns rang the 30-year-old Victorian and told him he was one of two fresh faces in the 15-man Australian squad for the four-Test tour of South Africa. He will join WA paceman Jhye Richardson and the 13 men who played in the Ashes series.

“It was a bit of a shock, definitely,” Holland said. “Trevor rang me this morning and I wasn’t expecting the call to go to South Africa, so pleasantly surprised.

“To get another call-up and get the opportunity to tour with an Australian team is pretty exciting.”

The left-arm spinner, who played in two Tests in Sri Lanka in 2016, was essentially included as the understudy for established off-spinner Nathan Lyon. His recall was somewhat of a surprise given WA’s Ashton Agar was picked ahead of him in the squad for the fifth Ashes Test at the SCG earlier this month.

“I’m not sure why I wasn’t picked in the Sydney Test as the second spinner; maybe Ashton was going to be an all-rounder or something like that,” he said.

“‘I’m not sure what the selectors were thinking, but to get called up I’m not going to knock it back.”

Even though the only cricket Holland has played in 2018 is one Big Bash match for the Renegades a fortnight ago, Hohns said he deserved a recall.

“Jon was the second-leading wicket-taker in the Sheffield Shield last season and has performed well in the games he has played for Victoria this season,” Hohns said.

“We envisage the wickets we will see in South Africa will not warrant the need to play two spinners. Therefore, should Nathan not be able to play at any stage, we wanted to have the best specialist spinner available to us and based on current red-ball form Jon warrants that spot.”

Australia, which has not lost a Test series in South Africa since the 1960s, is highly unlikely to play two spinners in the expected seam-friendly conditions it encounters on tour, although Holland perked up when informed about the dry, turning wicket in the Proteas’ Test against India at Centurion last week.

“If there’s a drought that might increase my chances of getting a game, but we’ll just have to wait and see when we get over there,” he said with a chuckle.

To find an instance of Australia playing two spinners in South Africa, you need to look back to the Shane Warne-Tim May partnership in 1994.

“I’ve bowled a fair with Nathan, obviously in Sri Lanka we played together and on an Australia A tour to England we bowled together there as well,” he said.

Holland feared he had become a forgotten man in the selectors’ eyes since “not performing as well as I would have liked” during the tour of Sri Lanka 18 months ago (he took five wickets at 54.80).

He has been the leading domestic spinner for the past two seasons and took 11 wickets at 18.64 for Victoria in two shield matches before the Big Bash interlude.

But he recently confided to Fairfax Media that he was “pretty disappointed” to be overlooked for Agar and suspected the selectors had put a line through his name.

“I thought maybe my time was starting to get past me, but it hasn’t and I get another opportunity, so hopefully I can make the most of it,” he said.

Holland said his previous experiences with the national set-up had helped him learn different ways and lines to bowl, but conceded he had never been to South Africa and was unsure what to expect.

“I haven’t been on too many Test tours so I don’t really know what the best way to go about it is,” he said.

He hopes to play in some Renegades matches and some red-ball cricket with Victoria, which has shield matches starting on February 8 and 16.

Australia’s tour begins with a three-day warm-up match against a SA Invitational XI, starting on February 22. The first Test starts on March 1 in Durban.

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Devonport Mayor Steve Martin will be the Jacqui Lambie Network’s lead Senate candidate in Tasmania. Picture: Cordell Richardson. .The Turnbull government has officially backed a Tasmanian mayor to replace Jacqui Lambie in the Senate, potentially frustrating Pauline Hanson’s plan to seize a fourth seat for One Nation.

In a submission to the High Court released on Monday, government solicitor Stephen Donaghue argues there is no constitutional barrier to prevent Devonport mayor Steve Martin taking up the seat.

Mr Martin was second on Ms Lambie’s ticket at the 2016 election. Ms Lambie quit last month after getting caught up in the dual citizenship fiasco that claimed careers across Federal Parliament.

But question were instantly raised about Mr Martin’s own eligibility, with claims his role as a councillor and mayor could be considered “an office of profit under the crown” – also forbidden under section 44 of the constitution.

One Nation intervened in the case because its candidate – Kate McCulloch – could be poised to seize the seat if the Jacqui Lambie Network’s candidates were knocked out.

But Mr Donaghue says Mr Martin’s local government roles cannot be considered an office of profit under the crown.

“The offices of mayor and councillor under the Local Government Act are elected offices, with specified terms,” he says.

“Appointment to those offices obviously is not in the gift of the executive. The confined powers of the executive government to dismiss the occupants of those offices, or to affect the remuneration that attaches to them, fall far short of establishing that, in substance or practical effect, ongoing occupancy of either office is in the gift of the executive government.”

Mr Martin also lodged his submission, arguing the local government offices he holds are not under the Crown “because of the high degree of independence of those offices from the executive government”.

In her submission last week, Ms McCulloch – a right-wing anti-Muslim firebrand who has been described as “the next Pauline Hanson” – argued Mr Martin was “incapable of being chosen or of sitting as a senator” because of the roles.

The court will hold a hearing into the matter in February.

If Ms McCulloch was to take up the seat it would restore Senator Hanson’s bloc of four, diminished to three after Fraser Anning quit the party.

Ms Hanson is now threatening to refer Senator Anning to the High Court in a bid to have him kicked out and replaced with another One Nation politician. She claims Senator Anning could be bankrupt, even though recent bankruptcy proceedings against him were dropped.

Senator Anning dismissed Senator Hanson’s threat as “frivolous”.

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Ange Postecoglou may not have known what his future was going to be when he sensationally quit as Socceroos coach after securing Australia’s qualification for the World Cup following those nerve-racking play-offs against Honduras last November.

But the former Australia boss, who is preparing to take charge of J-League club Yokohama Marinos in the new Japanese season, has a definite idea where he expects his old team to go: up.

“I think we have created a really good team that plays football a certain way, and I think the best is ahead for that team because it’s a generation that is really only beginning to find their feet [at club and international level[,” Postecoglou says.

He was speaking on a video released to the media by the City Football Group, part-owners of his new club, following a visit to the company’s main campus in Manchester.

Postecoglou briefly met with Pep Guardiola, the Manchester City boss, and held talks with Brian Marwood, the City football executive who first contacted him about taking the job in Yokohama after his departure from the Australia position last November.

Postecoglou said the thing that was most exciting him about the next phase of his career was the chance to work with Japanese players. They had always impressed him when he was coaching against the Blue Samurai at age group team level and in World Cup qualifiers with the senior team.

“I rate them very highly. We have competed against them for a number of years at senior level and when I was Australian youth coach.”

He said the “opportunity to work with them and hopefully improve them” to the point where they might move on to bigger clubs was particularly attractive.

Describing his decision – baffling to many – to walk away from Australia with the holy grail of another World Cup campaign in touching distance as a “leap of faith”, Postecoglou said he had “wanted to test myself and see what was out there”.

“I was prepared to be a little bit patient and see what opportunities [arose]. Pretty quickly Brian Marwood got in touch with me. I trust him, he knows I have some pretty firm views on the game. There’s trust there between me and Brian.”

He was well aware of how Yokohama played because one of the defenders who was a regular in his squads, Milos Degenek, plays for them and he had watched many of their games to monitor his form.

“There will be a shift in the way we play our football. We will be a bit more aggressive in the way we attack teams,” Postecoglou said when asked about his approach with his new Japanese charges, but he said there were no specific plans to recruit any of his former Socceroo charges.

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Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg has defied Coalition critics on electric cars, vowing the Turnbull government will support the fledgling technology and insisting it is better for the environment than traditional cars.

Mr Frydenberg this month kickstarted debate on the issue in an interview and opinion piece for Fairfax Media, predicting more than one million electric vehicles would be on Australian roads by 2030 and likening the revolution to the introduction of the iPhone.

He did not pledge concrete government action to encourage electric vehicle uptake but promised better co-ordination, including with the states, on research and development, charging infrastructure planning, vehicle fleet targets and financial incentives.

The comments provoked concern from Liberal MP and climate sceptic Craig Kelly, who believes giving tax breaks to electric vehicle buyers risks increasing greenhouse gas emissions.

Mr Kelly told Fairfax Media he had not yet broadly canvassed his Coalition colleagues on the issue. News Corp reported his position was backed by Nationals Andrew Broad and John Williams, both of whom are overseas and had not confirmed their views at the time of publication.

Mr Kelly said a Tesla electric vehicle powered by the electricity grid emitted more greenhouse gas than a petrol-fuelled Toyota Corolla.

“I’m sure electric cars are fantastic to drive … but I can’t see any case whatsoever that they should receive special subsidies and special concessions over and above petrol cars because if you look at the numbers, there is no case they will significantly reduce CO2 emissions,” he said.

Mr Kelly based his assertions on data from the government’s Green Vehicle Guide website, which allows comparisons between vehicle makes and models.

Electric Vehicle Council chief executive Behyad Jafari said the Tesla was a performance vehicle and could not fairly be compared to a Corolla.

He also questioned the timeliness of the electricity grid data used to generate the comparison, suggesting it may be out of date and not reflect the growing contribution of renewables to the electricity mix. Information on the date of the data has been sought from the Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities.

Mr Frydenberg on Monday insisted electric vehicles produced less emissions than their conventional counterparts.

“When taking into account the current average emissions of the national electricity grid the Nissan Leaf and the Renault Zoe already produce less emissions per kilometre travelled when compared to an equivalent size [traditional] vehicle,” he said.

“The emissions profile of EVs [electric vehicles] will decline as the grid becomes less emissions intensive in the years ahead.”

Mr Frydenberg said the government would continue to “support low emissions vehicles”.

Mr Jafari said all electric vehicle models on Australian roads produced fewer emissions than similar sized conventional cars.

Electric cars make up just 0.1 per cent of new vehicle sales in Australia, compared to 20 per cent of new sales in Norway.

The federal government offers incentives such as a discount on the luxury car tax threshold for electric car buyers. However Mr Jafari said that tax and the fringe benefits tax should be scrapped entirely, and the states should abolish registration fees and stamp duty – measures he said would “jumpstart the market” if implemented in the short term.

Chief Scientist Alan Finkel’s 2017 review of the national electricity market said electric vehicles could help achieve significant emissions reductions with the “right mix of incentives … along with a decarbonised electricity grid”.

Greens senator Janet Rice said a parliamentary library analysis, commissioned by her party,showed that even in a scenario where coal-fired power dominated the energy grid, electric vehicles still produced less pollution than petrol or diesel vehicles.

“The Turnbull government must stop delaying action to curb our skyrocketing transport pollution – we need strong vehicle emissions standards, as well as incentives for consumers and retailers to encourage uptake of electric vehicle,” she said.

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Corrective Services has made a last-ditch attempt to keep Eastern Suburbs “playboy rapist” Simon Monteiro behind bars, lodging submissions on Monday seeking to stop his imminent release on parole.

Monteiro, who was sentenced to a maximum of 12 years and three months for aggravated sexual intercourse without consent, was granted release by the State Parole Authority on January 9.

The parole approval, which would have seen him released from January 30 to serve his last two years in the community, was pending a further Corrective Services report on the suitability of post-release accommodation.

But in a short statement released on Monday, the department said it had lodged submissions seeking the revocation of Monteiro’s parole.

The department successfully sought to have the matter heard in a private hearing before the parole authority on Thursday, four days before Monteiro could be released.

A spokeswoman declined to comment on what was included in the department’s submissions.

Monteiro, who has changed his name to Simon Lowe, was sentenced in 2009 following his conviction for the rape and assault of a girlfriend in Bellevue Hill.

Following Monteiro being granted release, a parole authority spokeswoman said the now 51-year-old would be required to live at an approved address and was not to visit the local council areas of Randwick City, Waverley and Woollahra.

Fairfax Media first revealed Monteiro’s imminent release in September, including a warning from victims of the former model and aspiring actor that they feared his release could put other women in danger.

In a submission to the parole board last year, and provided to Fairfax Media, one of his victims, Kim Gentle, said she believed Monteiro’s offending would escalate.

“His release into society not only puts me at risk again but also many of his past victims,” she wrote in her submission. “The offender is an extremely narcissistic, violent recidivist ??? with many antisocial mental health issues that are still variously diagnosed [and] with a history of committing offences whilst on bail.”

In custody, Monteiro has assaulted prison staff and threatened to rape a guard’s wife. He was denied parole in 2015 and 2016.

His offences have been the subject of a petition signed by more than 30,000 Australians to keep him behind bars and reform the parole system “to ensure that offenders who are not truly reformed and continue to pose a risk to the community are not released, even if their sentence is up”.

Monteiro told the parole authority the online petition was “based on a lot of things … that are not true”, and unfairly painted him as “monsters incorporated” and “the anti-christ”.

The private hearing will be heard in Sydney on Thursday.

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David Warner’s preparations for the first Test in South Africa will be limited to less than a week should Australia make next month’s Twenty20 tri-series final after he was named as captain of the shortened-form team.

The Test vice captain was the only player named in both squads, meaning he’ll contest the entire T20 series against England and New Zealand next month, the final of which is scheduled for February 21 just a day before a tour match against a South African invitational XI.

Warner would fly out the day after the T20 final and likely land in South Africa during day two of the tour match ahead of the opening Test in Durban which begins on March 1.

Selectors pulled two surprises in naming the 15-man Test squad on Monday, drafting in Victorian left-arm tweaker Jon Holland and 21-year-old West Australian quick Jhye Richardson.

Ashton Agar had been expected to get the nod as Nathan Lyon’s deputy after he was recalled to the Ashes squad ahead of the SCG Test, but was instead chosen for T20 duty.

Cameron Bancroft has retained his place after helping Australia to a 4-0 Ashes win in his first Test summer while Peter Handscomb will go to South Africa as what national selector Trevor Hohns described “spare batsman”.

Handscomb began the summer in the Test team, but was replaced by Mitchell Marsh who scored two Ashes hundreds batting at number six.

Warner’s late arrival is not expected to impact Australia’s preparations in South Africa.

“With David we think any cricket is good for him and the preparation will be fine, we have no doubt,” Hohns said.

Monday’s selections will have an effect on the rest of the domestic summer.

Test players who compete in the Big Bash will be allowed to finish that competition. They can also play the first round of Shield matches next month, barring captain Steve Smith, and pace trio Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins who will all be rested.

Those selected in the T20 squad will be unavailable for the Big Bash finals.

Test bolter Richardson has a busy month ahead – he hopes to lift a Big Bash crown with the Perth Scorchers and play in his sixth career Shield match for Western Australia next month before flying over to South Africa.

“He has impressed very much so in the early days of this Sheffield Shield season, he’s bowled very well, he’s got good pace, pretty good control we think,” Hohns said.

“He’s certainly a player of the future, he offers a pretty good package too by the way, he’s a good fielder and he’s pretty handy with the bat.

“We do see a good future for him particularly given he does seem to have that little bit extra pace which may well be required in South Africa.”

Richardson played two T20s for Australia in February last year and made his ODI debut against England in Brisbane earlier this month, but admits he was shocked when told he would be on the plane to South Africa.

“We got told to have our phones on and be ready and you always have that glimmer of hope in the back of your head but when the phone call comes your heart skips a beat,” Richardson said.

“It’s dreams becoming reality especially from a young kid everyone always asks me, ‘got the ODI call up, sweet, but what’s the goal now?’ And It’s always been Test cricket and here we are now.

“I haven’t really expected to play for Australia, just having the amount of experience I’ve had in Shield cricket, I’ve only played five games. But having said that I’m going in with full confidence.

“I’m learning so quickly especially being around these guys, seeing how they go about their business and I’m certainly developing as a person and a player extremely quickly.”

Test squad for South Africa

Steve Smith (c) NSW David Warner (vc) NSW Cameron Bancroft WA Jackson Bird TAS Pat Cummins NSW Peter Handscomb VIC Josh Hazlewood NSW Jon Holland VIC Usman Khawaja QLD Nathan Lyon NSW Mitchell Marsh WA Shaun Marsh WA Tim Paine TAS Jhye Richardson WA Mitchell Starc NSW

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GROWING UP: Canberra-based Newcastle jazz singer Leilani Wagner is preparing to release her debut EP Fallen From Grace.IT is often said one needs to experience painin life in order to sing jazz with conviction.

Over the past year Newcastle jazz singer-composer Leilani Wagner has endured that heartbreak following apainful relationship breakdown and the loss of her religious faith.

Eventually the 20-year-olddiscovered a new sense of freedom and maturity and she’s channeled that into her debut EP Fallen From Grace, featuring five originals and two covers.

“At the end of 2016 and start of 2017 I went through a pretty bad break up and that inspired a lot of songs, which also had to do with an intense struggle I was having with my faith,” Wagner said.

“I used to be a devout Christian and I’m not really sure what I am any more. The break up and the faith were related, so a lot of the songs are about my heartbreak and sadness.

Leilani Wagner – If I Don’t Have You“Although the songs are much more upbeat than I tended.”

Wagner is about to begin her final year of a jazz performance degree at the Australian National University in Canberra, andthe former Hunter School of Performing Arts student said the EP was the result of her expanded education.

“I really want to be jazz vocalist as I progress,” she said.“What came out of this EP is it really conveys how I’m developing as a musician. When I started I was very pop focused and didn’t really touch jazz at all.

“Over the two years I’ve really expanded my repertoire and this is my first experimentation with jazz.”

Wagner’s immediate focus is touring Fallen From Grace across the east coast. The tour will include her debut performance at Newcastle’sThe Underground at the Grand Hotel on February 20.

BROSLIVE HIGHLIFEThe Crawford Brothers – HighlifeREMEMBER Powerage? Those Maitland school kids who placed second in the Global Battle Of The Bands in London in 2008.

They’ve since become The Crawford Brothers, Ben and Zac, and they’re all grown up and chasing the high life and a pop hit. Last week they released their single Highlife accompanied by a slick video clip featuring fast cars, yachts, bikini girls (including local muso Kylie Jane), fancy hotels and lots and lots of cash.

Highlife also continues the duo’s musical development towards a more commercial sound, incorporating elements of reggae, hip hop and rock.

LONG WAITE OVERIt’s only taken 40 years, but John Waite is finally touring Australia. The 65-year-old British pop-rocker carved out a successful career in the ‘70s and ‘80s with The Babys and his solo albums, before launching glam rock supergroup Bad English in 1987.

Waite enjoyed a US Billboard No.1 in 1984 with Missing You and again topped the charts in 1989 with the Bad English track When I See You Smile.

Waite will perform hits from The Babys, his solo days and Bad English on hisAustralian tour, which includes a show at Wests New Lambton on March 27.

THE REAL THINGTHE TorontoHotel is fast becoming the hub for musical entertainment on the western shore of Lake Macquarie.

Fresh from their sold-out Daryl Braithwaite show on Saturday and Mental As Anything gig in November, “The Real Thing” Russell Morris is booked to play the Toronto Hotel on March 18.The veteran rocker has enjoyed a career renaissancein recent years by re-inventing himself as abluesman.

Morris’albums Sharkmouth (2012) and Red Dirt Red Heart both won ARIAs for best blues and roots records.

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IRONSUPPORTLONG Island punks Iron Chic have chosen Newcastle acts Hey Lady! and Good Thanks as their local supports for their Hamilton Station Hotel show on February 3.

Hey Lady! are no strangers to warming up the crowd for major acts. Since forming in 2011 the all-female two-piece have supportedJebediah, Kingswood,Adalita andThe Superjesus.

However, it’ll be major opportunity for Good Thanks, who only formed in late 2017 and recently released their debut single How Do You Feel Now?

LATE CALL UPTHERE was a nice surprise for Novocastrian music fans this week when Montaigne announced a one-off show at the Cambridge Hotel for February 9.

The quirky Because I Love You hit-maker isn’t touring or launching a new single, but is seemingly performing for the pure love of it.

MAC ATTCKABC radio royalty Ian McNamarais dropping into the Hunter this weekend to celebrate all things Australia.

People have been waking up with “Macca’s” Australia All Over program for 35 years and McNamara will perform many beloved Australian classics at Belmont 16s on Friday and Nelson Bay Diggers on Saturday.

Commonwealth Bank shareholders should brace for a “much more challenging” environment, as the bank grapples with major changes unleashed by its money-laundering compliance scandal, the appointment of a new chief executive, and various high-powered reviews, Citi analysts warn.

As the royal commission on Monday invited victims of bank misconduct to come forward with their stories, and announced its first hearing would be held in three weeks, CBA shares dipped amid fresh predictions of a period of lower performance.

After examining how other banks’ shares fared following a major crisis, Citi analysts, led by Craig Williams, predicted CBA shares would perform worse than its peers, citing a series of major changes facing the organisation in 2018.

These changes include the appointment of a new chief executive, a powerful prudential review into the bank’s governance and culture, a money laundering compliance scandal that may result in hefty fines, and the royal commission into financial services.

The Citi analysts predicted investors would cut their valuation on CBA shares, as it set about changing the business in response to these challenges, which they said would detract profits.

Their conclusions are based on periods of poor share price performance at National Australia Bank following a foreign exchange scandal in 2004, and at United States bank Wells Fargo in 2016, after a fake bank account scandal that claimed the chief executive.

In both cases there was a major period of upheaval as the banks set about changing management teams, and both banks also suffered from weaker profit performance.

“In previous banking crisis it has been apparent that a fall away in earnings has typically ensued and share price underperformance has followed,” the Citi report said.

Earnings in the second half of this year were “likely to be much more challenging,” the report said, predicting “a decline in balance sheet momentum combined with rising compliance and remediation costs”.

CBA shares dipped by 1.2 per cent to $78.85 on Monday, as Citi cut its rating on the stock to “sell.”

Even so, the analysts also noted that others in the market were more optimistic about CBA, and its latest trading update in November was better than expected.

This meant CBA shares had made up for some of the underperformance that followed the Austrac scandal, which emerged in August.

Meanwhile, the royal commission into financial services on Monday announced it would hold its first hearing in three weeks, on February 12, in Melbourne. There will be opening statements from commissioner Kenneth Hayne and senior counsel assisting, but no witnesses called.

Commissioner Hayne also formally called for submissions from the public on misconduct in banking, to be collected through an online form. Consumer advocates have demanded the commission hear from bank consumers as well as banks, and the commission said it would ensure all submissions would be ” recorded, reviewed and used to inform the commission’s work”.

“The commission is required to conduct an inquiry. It cannot resolve individual disputes, fix or award compensation, or make orders requiring a party to a dispute to take or not take any action,” the royal commission’s media statement said.

The Consumer Action Law Centre on Monday also identified a string of concerns about bank conduct in credit cards, car loans, and mortgage lending in its first submission to the Hayne royal commission.

It said poor lending standards in the $52 billion credit card market was a “significant issue,” with about a third of consumers who sought help from the service holding some card debt. It also said there was “systemic irresponsible lending” in car financing.

In the mortgage market, by far the biggest source of household debt, it said the harm caused by banks’ lax assessments of customers was “yet to come”.

“Should interest-rates increase, many people who have entered into loans where affordability assessments have been inadequate are likely to find themselves unable to make repayments,” the submission said.

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