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Here are the main stories on 18 December 2022:
Football Australia vows to “weed out” fans who stormed pitch during the A-League Men’s Melbourne derby, as police warn that arrests are imminent;
A child who has been admitted to hospital is among more than 120 people believed to have suffered symptoms after consuming spinach contaminated with a weed;
A sitting member of the Northern Territory government has died suddenly at the age of 52;
Fiji’s prime minister, Frank Bainimarama, has lost his parliamentary majority with the election’s final ballot count being returned; and
Queensland police charge two men for allegedly attempting to loot the remote property in Wieambilla where six people were shot dead on Monday.
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Two men charged for looting police shooting scene in Queensland
Queensland police have charged two men for allegedly attempting to loot the remote property in Wieambilla where six people were shot dead on Monday.
In a statement, police allege that about 2am today the men parked their car near the Wains Road property and travelled on foot through bushland to the house and shed area. They removed two motorcycles and began pushing them to their vehicle, police said.
Police patrolling the property as part of their crime scene duties detected the men and arrested them.
A 23-year-old and a 25-year-old, both from the nearby town of Tara, were each charged with one count each of unlawful trespass, and stealing by looting. In unrelated matters, they were also both charged with two counts of supplying cannabis.
They are due to appear in the Chinchilla magistrates court on 2 February.
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