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Fri Mar 31 2017A dying man’s short will has a long history. Cecil George Harris was a wheat farmer who had a wife and two children. Following an accident in which he was pinned between two pieces of farm equipment for several hours, Harris died of his injuries. Before doing so, he used his knife to scratch into the fender of a tractor a 16-word will; In case I die in this mess I leave all to the wife. Cecil Geo. Harris . The court approved the will and Harris’ widow received the total estate. The tractor fender testament is a standby of wills and estates textbooks around the world. An Australian court has called it “perhaps the most dramatic example” of a holographic, or handwritten, will ever accepted.
RSL branches across Australia to be investigated by ACNC The Australian Charities and Not For Profits Commission (ACNC) is now investigating every state and territory branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL). The New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia branches are all under specific scrutiny, while other branches are understood to be the target of a more general review. Some within the organisation view it as fall-out from the multiple allegations of financial misconduct at the NSW branch, which first surfaced six months ago.
Paul Keating says neo-liberalism is at 'a dead end' after Sally McManus speech Former prime minister Paul Keating – architect of some of the most profound economic reforms in the country's history during the 1980s – has launched a surprise critique of the liberal economic philosophy he once championed, declaring it has "run into a dead end".
The Australian ambassador to the United States, Joe Hockey, tells us not to bag Trump The former Liberal federal treasurer praised the Trump administration as a “practical” and “credible” force, saying the US president’s cabinet picks fulfilled his election promise to “drain the swamp”.
Royal Jordanian is giving Trump some serious sass Earlier this month, the United States announced it would ban passengers from six countries in the Middle East and Africa from taking electronics on flights. Jordan's national airline company Royal Jordanian is one of the countries on America’s blacklist, and it doesn’t want a bar of it. The airline has been poking fun at Donald Trump since he was a Presidential candidate, advising customers: “Just in case he wins ... Travel to the US while you’re still allowed to” in November last year. In response to the latest electronics ban, they’ve announced a poetry competition, offering two free tickets to the United States to the person who pens the best poem to the theme “#electronics ban”.