Victoria police urge drivers to arrange for snow at alpine resorts after dozens of rescues
Every week throughout the ski season about 80 automobiles are turned again from Mt Buller for arriving unprepared for the snow.
And 50 rescues have been made on Mt Hotham up to now within the first three weeks of snow season, Victoria police say, “largely consisting of motorists who wanted to be extracted to their automobiles resulting from quickly altering climate situations”.
“Police are upset on the variety of motorists arriving at alpine resorts unprepared,” the assertion says.
Regardless of clear legal guidelines, signage and repeated security messages, police and Alpine resort administration workers proceed to intercept a lot of automobiles with out snow chains – gear that may be the distinction between a secure journey and a critical crash.
Commander Karen Nyholm says:
These aren’t small errors – we’re seeing automobiles caught, and other people needing to be rescued, after being caught out in quickly altering climate. In lots of instances, it comes right down to a scarcity of preparation.
As we transfer into the college holidays, we’re urging all travellers to take a number of easy steps earlier than setting off – pack your chains, examine the climate, and guarantee your automobile is appropriate for the situations. It may save your life.
Alpine situations can change quick – roads that look positive can turn out to be icy or harmful with out warning. In the event you’re not correctly geared up, it might shortly flip right into a critical scenario for you and others.
Snow at Mt Buller in jap Victoria. {Photograph}: Teddy LaycockShare
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Victoria Police are giving an replace on a deadly police capturing in Daisy Hill final night time.
Police had been referred to as to Menzies Drive following a report {that a} man discharged a firearm simply earlier than 3pm yesterday, police stated in a press release.
Officers attended and ascertained photographs had been fired inside a shed, police stated in a dwell replace.
A 39-year-old man “hid contained in the shed when police attended, making threats to shoot these police and likewise indicating that he had a knife and bomb/explosives at his disposal,” police stated. “He wasn’t eager in any respect on partaking with police, who tried to barter with him however sadly couldn’t.”
There was a siege within the shed for a number of hours earlier than the person discharged photographs in the direction of police, who returned fireplace, simply earlier than 10pm, the police assertion stated.
“Sadly, a confrontation occurred simply previous to 10:00pm, the place the male exited the shed, produced a firearm and shot at police,” police stated within the replace. “Sadly, they had been compelled to reply, trade gun fireplace with him and presently he’s deceased.”
No police or different members of group had been injured.
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Two youngsters charged over Luke Manassa stabbing ‘identified to police’
The 2 youngsters charged with the deadly stabbing of 21-year-old Luke Manassa in Pemulwuy final week are “identified to police”.
A 17-year-old male was arrested in South Penrith, police stated in a press release, and charged with homicide and failing to adjust to a path for digital proof entry. He was refused bail to seem in a kids’s court docket at the moment.
A 16-year-old male was arrested in Mt Druitt, police stated. He was charged with homicide and was additionally refused bail to seem in a kids’s court docket at the moment.
NSW police allege: “Each are linked to western Sydney avenue gangs.”
Police allege the 2 youngsters “had been contracted by somebody to conduct this killing”.
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Police investigating whether or not deadly stabbing of Luke Manassa was a case of mistaken identification
Extra on the 2 youngsters charged with the deadly stabbing of 21-year-old Luke Manassa in Pemulwuy final week.
Investigations haven’t discovered a motive “as to why anyone would need to homicide Luke,” NSW police stated in an replace.
“This might nicely be a case of mistaken identification. Nonetheless, that could be a sturdy line of inquiry that we proceed to pursue and might be too early at this stage to completely affirm that Luke was a mistaken identification,” police continued.
Manassa is just not adversely identified to NSW police, they stated.
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NSW police allege 21-year-old killed in ‘ambush-style’ assault in western Sydney
New South Wales police are giving an replace on two youngsters who’ve been charged with homicide over the deadly stabbing of 21-year-old Luke Manassa in Pemulwuy final week.
Police allege Manassa “was a sufferer of an ambush-style assault the place two males wearing darkish clothes and sporting face coverings lay in wait at a location in Pemulwuy that the sufferer was attending,” they stated.
Police additional allege the the 2 males had been armed with “machete hunting-style knives”.
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Alleged blessing rip-off concentrating on Asian individuals, NSW police say
An aged Chinese language girl is the most recent sufferer in an alleged non secular blessing rip-off defrauding individuals out of valuables, together with jewelry and cash.
New South Wales police arrested a 63-year-old girl at Sydney airport on Thursday night time.
She is accused of defrauding a 77-year-old girl out of a big sum of cash and jewelry at Parramatta final month.
Authorities stated it’s the newest instance of an alleged rip-off geared toward individuals of Asian backgrounds, the place alleged offenders “exploit cultural fears” and persuade ladies their wealth must be blessed to guard their households as a result of they’re in danger from spirits.
“The ladies are deceived and as soon as the scammers are in possession of their cash and valuables together with jewelry, the objects are swapped with objects of no worth and the ladies are inspired to not open the baggage for an prolonged time,” NSW police alleged in a press release.
A police strike power has been working since April, investigating alleged blessing scams throughout Sydney since 2023. Typically, police have obtained stories of greater than 80 incidents in that point and say the scams have netted a cool $3m in money and valuables.
The girl arrested on Thursday has been charged with dishonestly acquiring monetary benefit by deception, collaborating in a legal group and demanding property in firm with menaces with intent to steal in relation to the incident at Parramatta.
She was set to face Parramatta native court docket on Friday after being denied police bail.
– by way of Australian Related Press
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‘I’m heartbroken’: Jürgen Klopp leads tributes after Diogo Jota dies aged 28
Jürgen Klopp and Cristiano Ronaldo led the tributes from throughout the soccer world to Diogo Jota after the Liverpool and Portugal ahead was killed in a automobile accident in Spain. Jota’s brother, André, additionally died within the crash within the province of Zamora.
Jota was 28, a father of three younger kids and had married his long-term associate, Rute Cardoso, lower than a fortnight in the past. Klopp, who signed Jota for Liverpool in 2020 and managed him for 4 seasons, posted on Instagram:
This can be a second the place I wrestle! There should be a much bigger objective! However I can’t see it!
I’m heartbroken to listen to concerning the passing of Diogo and his brother André. Diogo was not solely a incredible participant, but in addition an awesome buddy, a loving and caring husband and father! We’ll miss you a lot! All my prayers, ideas and energy to Rute, the youngsters, the household, the chums and everybody who cherished them! Relaxation in peace – Love.
Ronaldo, who performed with Jota for Portugal, posted a message on social media in Portuguese which translated stated:
Doesn’t make any sense. Simply now we had been collectively within the nationwide crew, simply now you had been married. To your loved ones, to your spouse, your kids, I ship my condolences and need all of them the energy on the planet. I do know you’ll at all times be with them. R.I.P Diogo and André. We’ll all miss you.
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No ransom request obtained after Qantas cyber-attack, airline says
Qantas will quickly be capable to inform the 6 million clients whose knowledge was stolen by cyber criminals precisely what sort of private data was harvested.
In an replace at the moment, the airline additionally stated the group believed accountable for the incident remained unclear and that it had not obtained a ransom request.
The hack, revealed earlier this week, occurred on a third-party system utilized by a name centre working for Qantas.
Delicate knowledge similar to bank card particulars, private monetary data, passport particulars and Qantas Frequent Flyer accounts weren’t uncovered. However thousands and thousands of consumers did have names, dates of beginning and electronic mail addresses stolen.
– by way of Australian Related Press
Qantas planes sit on the Sydney airport home terminal. {Photograph}: David Grey/AFP/Getty Photographs
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Victoria police urge drivers to arrange for snow at alpine resorts after dozens of rescues
Every week throughout the ski season about 80 automobiles are turned again from Mt Buller for arriving unprepared for the snow.
And 50 rescues have been made on Mt Hotham up to now within the first three weeks of snow season, Victoria police say, “largely consisting of motorists who wanted to be extracted to their automobiles resulting from quickly altering climate situations”.
“Police are upset on the variety of motorists arriving at alpine resorts unprepared,” the assertion says.
Regardless of clear legal guidelines, signage and repeated security messages, police and Alpine resort administration workers proceed to intercept a lot of automobiles with out snow chains – gear that may be the distinction between a secure journey and a critical crash.
Commander Karen Nyholm says:
These aren’t small errors – we’re seeing automobiles caught, and other people needing to be rescued, after being caught out in quickly altering climate. In lots of instances, it comes right down to a scarcity of preparation.
As we transfer into the college holidays, we’re urging all travellers to take a number of easy steps earlier than setting off – pack your chains, examine the climate, and guarantee your automobile is appropriate for the situations. It may save your life.
Alpine situations can change quick – roads that look positive can turn out to be icy or harmful with out warning. In the event you’re not correctly geared up, it might shortly flip right into a critical scenario for you and others.
Snow at Mt Buller in jap Victoria. {Photograph}: Teddy LaycockShare
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Lady trapped in unit fireplace in Brisbane, prompting police investigation
A lady is in hospital after being trapped in a unit fireplace in Brisbane’s West Finish, with police investigating the hearth as suspicious.
Emergency providers had been referred to as to Percy Road about 9.05pm final night time to stories quite a lot of items had been on fireplace. Police discovered a unit nicely alight and the hearth had unfold to a second unit, Queensland police stated in a press release.
They heard a lady screaming, trapped within the second unit, and “forcibly gained entry to extract” her.
The 54-year-old girl was handled for smoke inhalation and brought to hospital. Plenty of officers had been additionally handled for smoke inhalation. Nobody else was injured.
Investigations into the reason for the hearth are ongoing, and a criminal offense scene was declared.
Police are interesting to the general public for data, CCTV or dashcam footage.
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Australia should cease treating childcare ‘as a market and a enterprise’, professional says
Alison Gill says there must be funding in childcare sector, with applicable staffing and schooling on “how predators work”.
The Bravehearts CEO spoke on ABC RN a brief second in the past:
I believe people who find themselves dedicated to early childhood schooling and care have been saying for a extremely very long time: cease treating this as a market and a enterprise and actually spend money on high-quality early childhood providers. And it’s all about that high quality.
There simply needs to be no alternative for abuse to happen in an early childhood setting. There needs to be no space the place an educator can conceal with a baby, no alternative for an educator to be alone with a baby. And we do have to spend money on the suitable degree of staffing, the qualification and information of educators. We have to upskill the sector on sexual abuse and the way predators and perpetrators work, and to be on the lookout for that, to be vigilant on a regular basis, to be elevating issues, to be reporting issues.
We have to again in educators as this entrance line of kid security. There’s simply a lot that we will do.
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‘It’s extra than simply systemic reform’
Societal reform wants to return with systemic reform on youngster sexual abuse, a baby safety professional says.
Alison Gill, the CEO of Bravehearts, encourages mother and father to “have thought of and age-appropriate conversations together with your youngsters which might be truthful”.
She spoke on ABC RN a second in the past, after a Melbourne childcare employee was this week charged with allegedly sexually abusing infants and youngsters in his care.
Gill urges mother and father to speak about private security, and create environments “the place the kids could be open with their mother and father and trusted adults”.
It’s extra than simply systemic reform. There’s societal reform that should occur too in terms of youngster sexual abuse.
Elizabeth Westrupp had extra recommendation yesterday, writing for The Dialog:
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