Lifelines: August 16

16 August 2010

by Christie Eliezer

LIFELINES

Expecting
Tex Perkins and partner Kristyna Higgins are expecting their fourth child in October. They have three daughters Tuesday, Scarlet and Ede.

Recovered
The head of an Australian record company informed his staff that he has recovered after surgery for prostate cancer.

Dating
Adelaide-born US-based drummer Alex Carapetis is the new man in US singer Ke$ha's life — and they’re thinking of getting matching tattoos. He toured with Jimmy Barnes and Delta Goodrem, among others, before moving to the US in 2005 to join Nine Inch Nails. He currently plays with Julian Casablancas.

Hospitalised
A 22 year old Perth man was rushed to hospital for surgery after being struck in the face with a glass object in an unprovoked attack at Ambar nightclub in Perth.

Injured
Melbourne talkback radio presenter Neil Mitchell twitters he might need surgery for the spine problems that’s kept him at home for three weeks.

In Court
Matthew John Chefalachis, 21, of Mawson Lakes in South Australia, appeared in the District Court on charges of drug trafficking. The prosecutor said he was caught by sniffer dogs at a music festival last December, dealing designer drugs out of his underpants. He had a plastic bag containing 51 tablets and $750 cash.

In Court
West Australian prosecutors have appealed a decision by a magistrate last month to acquit video maker Simon Charles Barker over a rap video that had indigenous leaders up in arms. Barker posted the video for Flubba Wubba Jubba Noongar with two men in blackface and Afro wigs. The magistrate agreed with Barker’s claim it was a piece of art that lampoon white prejudices against indigenous people and was not malicious. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions wants Barker to prove the video was a piece of art.