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A planned blockade of the world's biggest coal port is stretching into a third day after multiple people involved in a paddle protest were arrested and removed from their kayaks. or signup to continue reading Officers told protesters to move away from a shipping channel due to safety concerns after they tried to disrupt coal ships at the Port of Newcastle. A woman, 26, and two men, 27 and 59, were arrested on Saturday and charged with not complying with a direction by an authorised officer relating to safety. Several others were "assisted by police when they struggled to return to shore", police said. Event organiser Rising Tide claimed a total of nine people were arrested on Saturday. An 84-year-old great-grandmother, 16-year-old student and a doctor were among those pulled from their kayaks by police after they went out into shipping lanes, the group said. NSW Police said their operation would continue on Sunday and warned they had a "zero-tolerance approach" to actions that threatened the safe passage of vessels, with unlawful activity attracting fines and imprisonment. "For their own safety and that of the other users of the port, police request that people refrain from entering the harbour with the intention to obstruct other users of the port," police said. "We also encourage all participants to follow the directions of police." Former environment minister and Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett performed at an associated festival on Saturday along with musicians including John Butler and Angie McMahon. He hit out at what he described as "overreach" from authorities, including the NSW government, for attempting to stop the peaceful protest event. Court challenges to the event had previously been told some protesters could seek to be arrested to attract publicity. Some 109 people were arrested at a similar event in 2023. DAILY Today's top stories curated by our news team. WEEKDAYS Grab a quick bite of today's latest news from around the region and the nation. WEEKLY The latest news, results & expert analysis. WEEKDAYS Catch up on the news of the day and unwind with great reading for your evening. WEEKLY Get the editor's insights: what's happening & why it matters. WEEKLY Love footy? We've got all the action covered. WEEKLY Every Saturday and Tuesday, explore destinations deals, tips & travel writing to transport you around the globe. WEEKLY Going out or staying in? Find out what's on. WEEKDAYS Sharp. Close to the ground. Digging deep. Your weekday morning newsletter on national affairs, politics and more. TWICE WEEKLY Your essential national news digest: all the big issues on Wednesday and great reading every Saturday. WEEKLY Get news, reviews and expert insights every Thursday from CarExpert, ACM's exclusive motoring partner. TWICE WEEKLY Get real, Australia! Let the ACM network's editors and journalists bring you news and views from all over. AS IT HAPPENS Be the first to know when news breaks. DAILY Your digital replica of Today's Paper. Ready to read from 5am! DAILY Test your skills with interactive crosswords, sudoku & trivia. Fresh daily! Advertisement AdvertisementThe Philippine vice president publicly threatens to have the president assassinated

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Frank Roche (68) sexually abused the victim as a child while she was minding his young son Stock image A man who engaged in “demeaning and humiliating behaviour” when he sexually abused a teenage girl over 30 years ago has been jailed. Frank Roche (68) sexually abused the victim as a child while she was minding his young son. The abuse involved the man touching the girl’s breasts, vagina and performing oral sex on her. Linda Travers (45) has waived her right to anonymity to allow for Roche to be identified in reporting of the case. Roche of Warrenstown Green, Blanchardstown Heath, Dublin 15 pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to six charges of sexual assault of Ms Travers who was aged between 12 and 14 years old in his home on dates between September 1992 and September 1994. Roche regularly cornered the girl in his home as she was leaving a room or in a hallway before molesting her. On one occasion, he sexually abused her in his son’s bedroom, while on another occasion, he sexually abused her in a car that his wife was driving. Ms Travers was sitting on the man’s lap as there was not enough room in the car because his son, mother-in-law and another teenage girl were in the car with them at the time. Imposing sentence on Thursday, Ms Justice Karen O'Connor said there would be a consecutive element to sentencing due to the “extraordinary” circumstances of this case. She noted that Roche engaged in controlling behaviour, that the offending started at a “high level of gravity” from which it escalated and “humiliation was visited on this child”. The judge noted this was historic offending, which occurred over 30 years ago and that the court “must abide by the parameters in legislation at that time”, which had a maximum penalty of five years. Ms Justice O'Connor noted the offence of sexual assault of a child now carries a maximum penalty of 14 years. She said the court was bound by the law in place at the time of the offending but added that if the most serious of the offences committed in this case had occurred today, she would set a headline sentence of 14 years. Ms Justice O'Connor imposed a global sentence of six years and nine months, with the final nine months suspended for one year on strict conditions, including that Roche has no unsupervised access to children. She backdated the sentence to October 7 last when the man went into custody. The judge said the aggravating features include the “massive breach of trust”, the age disparity, the duration of the abuse and the significant impact on the victim. She noted that Roche was in a position of authority and “should have been protecting the child, rather than abusing” her. Ms Justice O'Connor said another aggravating feature was that Roche showed the victim pornography, which was “abhorrent” and abusive towards the child. She said the abuse was aggressive and rough in nature, and that Roche engaged in “humiliating and demeaning behaviour” towards the victim Ms Justice O'Connor said the court had taken into consideration the man's guilty pleas, his health issues and work history as mitigating factors. Det Gda Tom Hughes told Gerardine Small SC, prosecuting at an earlier hearing that Ms Travers reported the abuse to gardaí in July 2022. When Roche was interviewed a number of months later, he told gardaí he believed Ms Travers was older and that she was consenting to the activity. Ms Travers said in her victim impact statement that Roche took away her childhood and stole her innocence. She said he also took away her choice as to when and where she would have her first sexual experience. “You abused me for over two years, abused me while minding your son. You groomed me and breached my trust – you physically restrained me,” Ms Travers continued. “You made me ashamed of who I was – ate away at my confidence. You didn’t seem to care who was around,” Ms Travers said before she referred to the fact that the man had made her watch pornography. She said the abuse has affected all aspects of her life, and she has had “constant issues” with her health. She said she is plagued with anxiety and panic attacks and has missed out on simple things in life, like nights out, family dinners and going to the cinema. Ms Travers said she was afraid to tell anyone because she was worried that she had done something to make Roche abuse her. “You made me question my trust in others. You made me feel dirty and ashamed of who I was,” she said. Ms Travers said that the abuse has affected her life as a mother to her children because she is afraid to leave them alone. “I reported the abuse for myself to hopefully be one day at peace. I reported it for my children,” she continued, adding that she wanted them to grow up confident and not to be afraid to stand up for themselves. Ms Travers said she knew that with the help of the garda and the charity One in Four, she would get through things. She said she was in court “not as a victim but as a survivor”. Ms Justice O'Connor thanked Ms Travers for her courage in delivering her victim impact statement in person, telling her, “You are helping other little children who don’t have the voice at this stage to make a complaint”. She told Ms Travers, “I know this is very painful for you and very triggering. You have to know there are other children that haven’t the voice at this stage to make a complaint, but at least they will know they are not alone.” “Their voices are taken away from them – eventually, they will hopefully find the voice to come forward,” the judge continued. Eoghan Cole SC, defending, said his client wished to offer an apology to Ms Travers and to indicate he is “deeply ashamed and remorseful”. He suggested that the Roche’s account to gardaí was “a version of events he had derived from his retreat into denial”.Tech sector gains lift US stock markets

I recently asked readers of this column if they could recommend nurseries that more of us should know about. In response, Peggy Neiman suggested I visit the San Gabriel Nursery & Florist in San Gabriel, “The employees are delightful and knowledgeable with a wonderful variety of plants and flowers,” she wrote, noting the nursery’s “very interesting history.” The story is indeed interesting, and I’m going to share a summary of that history here that I got from the nursery’s website, but you can read it in full at sgnursery.com . Before doing so, I should mention that I have visited this nursery and can testify to its vast selection of fruit trees, roses and ornamental plants that’s second to none. If you are looking for cut flowers, this is also the place to go since they have a wide selection of exotic flora from which to choose. Garden accessories are also available in generous supply. Unfortunately, San Gabriel is in the citrus quarantine zone so you will have to look elsewhere for these trees. The story of today’s San Gabriel Nursery & Florist begins in 1917, with the arrival by boat of 21-year-old Fred Yoshimura in San Francisco. He had come to America with the dream of starting a business that would enable him to support his family in Japan. The following year brought Yoshimura to San Gabriel, where he lived in a boarding house while working in the gardens that were being planted in San Marino and Pasadena. The enterprising young gardener took cuttings from the plants and with money saved from his gardening jobs was soon able to rent a piece of land and establish Mission Nursery, from which he could sell nursery stock that developed from his cuttings. At this time, sprinkler systems were being installed for the first time and Yoshimura became an expert in this technology, adding to his skills as a gardening professional. Soon afterward, Yoshimura met Mitoko Naito. At the age of 15, she had come to South Pasadena to work in a home as a domestic helper. In 1924, the two young immigrants were married. At the suggestion of one of their customers, Mrs. Yoshimura became one of the first florists in the area, learning flower-arranging skills from this same customer. As their business grew, so did their family, with the Yoshimuras having two boys and two girls, all of whom would help to expand the thriving family business. By the early 1930s, Mission Nursery had 60 employees and business was booming. In addition to selling plants, the nursery installed irrigation systems, fish ponds, and rock gardens. The nursery also imported stone lanterns and benches from Japan which became quite popular, even hiring a man who had spent time in Japan learning how to craft these special Japanese garden accessories. Fred Yoshimura was proud of his heritage and helped those around him gain a better understanding of his culture. He was active in the Chamber of Commerce and president of the Nurserymen’s Association. His charitable nature came to the fore in donating truckloads of plants to military bases throughout California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Fred Yoshimura, along with 120,000 other Japanese Americans, was sent to an internment camp even as his oldest son would be drafted and serve in the United States Army. Once the internment of Japanese Americans began, it was assumed that the nursery would have to be sold. Mrs. Yoshimura was approached by several buyers but rejected their offers which were too low. Finally, Manchester Boddy, publisher of the Los Angeles Daily News, presented a fair offer that was accepted by Mrs. Yoshimura. Not only would Boddy’s offer allow the Yoshimuras to pay off their bank loans, but they would receive monthly payments throughout their internment that made it possible for them to start another nursery business in the future. It should also be noted that while Mrs. Yoshuimura was in the camp, she was hired by the government to run a flower shop. She grew the plants and flowers that were used in floral arrangements for weddings and other events. When the war ended in 1945, the Yoshimuras returned to San Gabriel and established San Gabriel Nursery & Florist across the street from where Mission Nursery stood. That nursery was soon closed when Manchester Boddy took all the inventory to his estate where he started his own nursery business. That estate eventually became Descanso Gardens and visitors there will set their eyes on camellias, azaleas, and Japanese lanterns that were from the stock Boddy acquired when purchasing Mission Nursery from the Yoshimuras. On the nursery’s website, there is a compelling photo of a field of pansies on the San Gabriel Nursery property at that time. In those days, pansies (and other flowers, I am sure) were not purchased in plastic containers. You would go to the nursery and point to the flowers you wanted and they would be dug up for you to take home and transplant into your own garden. It should be noted that Bellefontaine Nursery, in Pasadena, was started in the 1930s by the Uchidas, another Japanese American family. They too were interned during World War II, but with the assistance of friends were able to keep possession of the nursery during the war. You can read the complete history of the nursery and the family behind it at bellefontainenursery.com . California native of the week : Foliage, flowers and hips (fruit) of California wild roses (Rosa californica) are all fragrant and the hips are recommended for making tea. California wild roses will appreciate a bit more moisture than other native plants. While growing in full sun close to the coast, they will benefit from partial shade in hotter, more inland environments. California wild roses make a fine natural barrier because of their nasty thorns that will keep out meandering urban wildlife. Individual plants will grow in a thicket, with each rose bush reaching up to 6 feet tall with a spread of 10 feet. There is a wonderful display of these roses in a planter at the entrance to the Los Angeles Zoo. Related Articles