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‘I forgot to pay’: Victoria’s premier Ben Carroll drives off without paying for petrol, sparking police inquiries

After being contacted by officers, politician says, he has paid bill and is ‘grateful for the team at the servo for their understanding’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast On Tuesday night, Ben Carroll received a phone call: police were looking for him. The Victorian premier had met with the state’s police commissioner earlier that morning – so he wasn’t exactly hard to…

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‘I forgot to pay’: Victoria’s premier Ben Carroll drives off without paying for petrol, sparking police inquiries

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Missing alt vs empty alt: a one-minute image check for landing pages

Landing pages are full of images: hero shots, icons, dividers, screenshots. Two different mistakes with alt are easy to make, and a quick look at the source finds both.

  • Landing pages often contain various types of images like hero shots and icons.
  • Alt text mistakes can be identified by quickly checking the page source for img tags.
  • Use descriptive alt for informative images, empty alt for purely decorative images.

·dev.to

Anwar's Rohingya gamble

Anwar Ibrahim's high-stakes gamble to normalize ties with Myanmar's junta chief may win cheap points at home, but it threatens to shatter ASEAN's united front and abandon the Rohingya to peril.

·thejakartapost.com

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