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Concerns over spy ship slammed as “western hype”
The label of “spy ship” given to a Chinese ship spotted off Australia’s coast has been slammed as Western Hype by Chen Hong - executive director at the Asia Pacific Studies Center of East China Normal University.
Chen rebuked US and Australian commentators , saying claims that Chinese ships in regional waters are “aggressive” are baseless and unfounded, the Global Times report.
Chen said the Western nations should respect other countries’ rights to exercise freedom of navigation and flight in international territory, the Global Times report.
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Matildas return to training ahead of Nigeria clash
The Matildas returned to the training field on Sunday after yesterday’s rest-day, soaking up the Brisbane sunshine as they went through their paces.
There was mixed injury news from the team. Tameka Yallop, who suffered a knock in the warm-up match against France, returned to full training, but strikers Sam Kerr and Kyah Simon did not participate. Kerr injured her left calf prior to the Matildas’ Women’s World Cup opener against Ireland, while Simon is recovering from a long-term ACL injury.
Defensive pairing Clare Hunt and Alanna Kennedy were on a reduced schedule, running light laps for load management after their major contributions in the Ireland match.
The Matildas face Nigeria in Brisbane on Thursday. A win would guarantee them progress to the round of 16.
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AFL to investigate racist abuse
The AFL has released a statement following accusations that Port Adelaide’s Willie Rioli was targeted for racist abuse online in the wake of Sunday nights clash against Collingwood.
AFL CEO-Elect Andrew Dillon said the AFL Integrity Unit will investigate the matter, and through its partnership with the eSafety commissioner’s office will attempt to identify those responsible.
Willie Rioli is a valued player to our game. Willie is a talented athlete and impressive young man and we stand with him and his family. Racist comments cause significant hurt and harm and no one should be subject to such abuse.
Racism is inexcusable and is never ok. We strongly support all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players and condemn the racial vilification of anyone in the community.
The AFL has also offered well-being support.
Fans found to be responsible for racial vilification will be subject to a lifetime ban from matches under the league’s zero tolerance policy.
For more on this story, read the full report here:
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“Everything on the table” as Victoria confronts housing woes
The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, says “everything is on the table” as the state reviews its housing policies, amid speculation about plans to impose a $5 levy on short-term accommodation.
Guardian Australia reported last month that the Victorian government would consider rent caps and taxes on Airbnb owners among measures to help ease pressure on renters.
The Herald Sun reported on Sunday that a tourism levy - potentially up to $5 a booking - could be imposed on short-term rentals. The move has the support of the dominant player in the industry, Airbnb.
Asked about the possibility on Sunday, Andrews told reporters the state would announce a suite of housing policies in the coming months:
There is nothing more important than getting more supply into our housing market.
Everything is on the table. There’s a very long list of different policy approaches [and we are] shortening that list down.
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Inflation results to fold into RBA decision
An expected easing in the cost of living may not be enough to stop the Reserve Bank raising interest rates.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release its latest quarterly and monthly consumer price index data on Wednesday, a little under a week out from the next RBA board meeting.
The RBA board will also be closely watching the annual underlying consumer price index. The monthly CPI indicator is predicted to ease from 5.6 per cent in May to 5.4 per cent in June.
But strong employment numbers released last week will weigh heavily on the central bank’s thinking.
The unemployment rate came in at a steady 3.5 per cent for the month, with employment growth double that of market expectations.
- AAP
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Auction clearance rates fall for third week in a row
According to CoreLogic’s weekend snapshot, 1,729 homes were up for auction this week with a clearance rate of 70.7%.
The result is above last weeks final closure rate of 68% but marks a three-week fall with activity below what it was at the same time last year.
Across the two major cities, Melbourne recorded 668 auctions this week with a preliminary clearance rate of 68% and Sydney hosting 699 auctions with a clearance rate of 74.2%.
Across the smaller capitals, Brisbane hosted the largest number of auctions with 168 with a 66.1% clearance rate. Adelaide was the next busiest with 115 auctions held and a clearance rate of 74.6%. Canberra recorded 67 auctions and 12 auctions are scheduled for Perth; there were none in Tasmania.
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Man allegedly involved in Melbourne hit and run arrested
A 23-year-old man is fighting for life after he was struck by a car while sitting in the middle of the road in an alleged hit and run in Melbourne’s east.
Police believe the man from Narre Warren was sitting in the middle of Boronia Road at Bayswater about 3.10am on Sunday when he was struck by the sedan.
He was taken to hospital and remained there with critical injuries on Sunday morning.
The driver didn’t stop after the collision and instead fled in their damaged vehicle, police alleged.
Witnesses allegedly saw the car travelling at speed at the time of the collision.
About 8am on Sunday, police received reports of a man sleeping inside a damaged vehicle parked on Jacobus Walk at Ferntree Gully.
They arrested the man, a 28-year-old from Bayswater, and were interviewing him on Sunday morning.
Boronia Road was closed while detectives from the major collision investigation unit analysed the scene.
Police urged anyone with information about the incident to come forward.
- AAP
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Pledge to close digital gap for Indigenous Australians
The federal government has promised to reduce the digital divide in connectivity and training experienced by Indigenous Australians.
The Albanese government’s First Nations Digital Inclusion Plan aims to improve digital literacy, access and affordability for Indigenous Australians by delivering reliable and affordable telecommunications services alongside appropriate training.
Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney said the plan could be life-changing for Indigenous communities.
Digital inclusion means all Australians, including First Nations people, have access and use digital technologies effectively to improve their everyday lives.
Strengthening digital inclusion for First Nations people, especially if they live in regional or remote Australia, provides significant opportunities for increased connections to community, country and cultural identity.
The National Indigenous Australians Agency led development of the plan, alongside Indigenous organisations and businesses, industry, and Commonwealth and state government agencies.
The plan will inform the federal government’s First Nations Digital Inclusion Advisory Group, which is due to deliver its initial report soon.
- AAP
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Soil ban to stop march of the fire ants
Authorities have moved to limit the risk of fire ants entering NSW after the invasive super pests were detected on the Gold Coast, just 5.5km from the state border.
The nest, which has since been destroyed, was found last week on private land believed to have been used as a pony club at Tallebudgera.
Following the detection, a biosecurity control order was triggered prohibiting the movement of materials that could bring the ant into NSW.
Mulch, soil, baled hay, turf and other high-risk material cannot presently be moved from within a 5km radius of the site without inspection and certification by Queensland authorities.
NSW Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty said on Sunday it is crucial residents and businesses in the state’s north be alert for signs of fire ants and report suspected sightings.
This is the closest detection of fire ants to the NSW border since they were first detected at the Port of Brisbane in 2001 and more recently at Mermaid Waters in Queensland, 11.5 kilometres north of the border.
It is important to keep NSW free from this invasive and aggressive pest, which if established, will have a huge impact on the way we live our lives and could affect our export markets and ability to trade.
A recent meeting of agriculture ministers in Perth failed to agree on funding to combat the insects, despite identifying the “very real threat” they pose and endorsing a new response plan.
A review of Australia’s fire ant eradication program found at least $3 billion was needed over the next five years to stamp the pest out.
Moriarty said NSW had so far committed $95 million, over the next four years.
- AAP
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Experienced workers will get more than a new kid on the block under new laws, Burke says
Long-standing workers will still earn more than the new kid on the block after businesses raised concerns new laws would undervalue an employee’s experience.
Business groups including the Business Council of Australia, National Farmers’ Federation and Minerals Council claim new same job, same pay laws mean “employers will have to pay workers with little knowledge or experience exactly the same as workers with decades of knowledge and experience”.
But workplace relations and employment minister Tony Burke told Sky News on Sunday the claim was rubbish.
I can categorically rule that out.
Business have been told privately and publicly that is not what the government is doing.
Burke said the legislation would close a loophole that allows employers to pay labour hires less than the agreed award for their employees.
What I’m wanting to close is a loophole where an employer has already agreed that for a particular worker with a particular level of experience there should be a minimum rate of pay and then labour hire is used to undercut the rate of pay they just agreed to.
He also said laws allowing casual workers working permanent hours to transition to full-time employment would boost job security.
Because you’re swapping from loading to leave, there’s actually zero cost to the economy but a huge change in job security for people who need it.
- AAP
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Behind the bush learning boom: why getting dirty and lighting fires is good for Australian children
Three children scramble over rocks in a low-level Brisbane creek bed when four-year-old Jasper finds a yabby. At least, he thinks it’s a yabby – it could be a crayfish or possibly some other unlucky creature caught in his small, handheld net. More children run to join the debate, their gumboots slipping on the creek’s muddy banks as shrieks of excitement match those of the cockatoos in the leafy canopy above. The children, aged three to six, crowd around their educator to theorise about the discovery – what could it be? Where did it come from? Should they let it go or bring it out of the creek?
It’s this kind of hands-on learning that proponents of forest school say can only be found in the great outdoors. Over the course of three hours, the class of 24 explores the suburban creek and bushland, with small hands kept busy collecting sticks and digging in the mud; worlds created in complex games between tree logs and boulders; and little bodies stopping to rest on colourful blankets by the creek to eat, read or join in a nature-based craft activity (today is lantern-making to celebrate the winter solstice).
It’s not long before someone asks:
Can we have fire?
The answer, perhaps surprisingly, is yes.
For more on this story, read the full feature by Margaret de Silva:
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South Australian teachers facing workload pressures told to focus on “learning only”
South Australian teachers have been urged to stop performing duties not directly related to learning when school resumes for term three amid ongoing negotiations for a new enterprise agreement.
The Australian Education Union’s branch president Andrew Gohl says public schools have an escalating staffing crisis.
Educators are papering over the cracks with their unpaid goodwill and the government is taking advantage of it.
Parents probably don’t realise their child’s teacher is working 50 hours to keep a broken system running, working late into the night and on weekends to fulfil data and admin requirements.
Teachers return to the classrooms on Monday after a two-week break.
Gohl said the union had been negotiating a new pay and conditions agreement with the state government for more than six months, pursuing a bold platform focused on reducing workload and increasing student support.
But he said it was clear the education department did not understand the issues and had not offered any solutions.
We’ve put forward over 20 constructive proposals based on extensive consultation and backed by academic research. All the minister needs to do is agree to them.
- AAP
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Tasmanian Premier takes on state development portfolio
Tasmania’s premier will take on responsibility for state development after dropping the key health portfolio in the wake of months of political turbulence.
Jeremy Rockliff said he would take on the new role in a bid to send a strong message about his government’s priorities.
Coupled with the changes I announced last week to take the politics out of planning, my message is loud and clear that my Liberal government backs economic growth and job creation.
A confident and strong economy means we will have the resources to invest in things like cost of living relief, health and housing - making our state the best place to live, work and raise a family.
Senior MP Guy Barnett previously held the state development portfolio.
Rockliff flagged a shuffle in ministerial roles last week, conceding his minority government had been “knocked off course” by the departure of two MPs to the crossbench over Hobart’s contentious stadium plans.
The government plunged into minority on May 12 when Lara Alexander and John Tucker quit the party to become independents.
Rockliff reiterated that he would not call an early election and said getting the government back on track would take a lot of work.
The premier also holds the trade and tourism portfolios.
- AAP
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Olympic rings on Gold Coast
Victoria may no longer be hosting the Commonwealth games but nine years from today Queensland will hold the Olympics.
To mark the occasion the Olympic rings and Paralympic agitos has been revealed on the Gold Coast, the first time they’ve been installed in Australia since the Sydney Olympics.
Queensland is today marking nine years until they host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2032.@AislinKriukelis is on the Gold Coast, where the Olympic rings and Paralympic agitos have been rolled out. #9News pic.twitter.com/f9IHrc5i29
— 9News Queensland (@9NewsQueensland) July 23, 2023
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Tourists taking selfies and feeding dingoes blamed for rise in K’gari attacks
Keith Sinclair spent much of his childhood zig-zagging around K’gari in a Studebaker truck with his dad, on a constant lookout for dingoes.
Notoriously shy and skittish towards humans, the closest he’d often get would be discovering faint traces of their paw prints in the sand near his campsite. By the next day, the wind would blow the tracks away, as if the animals were never really there to begin with.
“I’ve been going [to K’gari] since I was a one-year-old, and you almost never saw a dingo at all,” Sinclair, now 53 , says.
A few hours north of Brisbane, K’gari, the world’s largest sand island, remains an extraordinarily successful tourism destination, hosting hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
For thousands of years, the Butchulla people coexisted with dingoes, which were brought over to K’gari by Asian fishermen.
The “wat’dha” or camp dingo were Butchulla companions, helping them hunt and protecting them from bad spirits. The “wongari” were wild dingoes that roamed the sweeping coastline hunting for wallabies, lizards and rodents. When the last Indigenous people were removed from the island, all the dingoes became wild.
But a string of recent dingo attacks has rangers worried the animals are no longer scared of humans and that tourist behaviour is causing escalations in their aggression.
For more on this story, read the full feature by Guardian Australia’s Eden Gillespie and Andrew Messenger.
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Victorian treaty leaders to be chosen
Members elected to represent Indigenous Victorians in historic treaty talks are set to meet for the first time to pick their new figureheads.
The First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria will gather at state parliament on Wednesday after treaty election results were announced last month.
Replacements for outgoing co-chairs Aunty Geraldine Atkinson and Marcus Stewart will be elected during the meeting from among the 22 members, who will also give inaugural speeches.
Atkinson will open the meeting and pass on a symbolic message stick to the democratically elected body which has been tasked with negotiating the nation-first treaty.
The Bangerang and Wiradjuri woman said called on new members to “do all mob proud” when statewide treaty negotiations begin later this year.
What you do with the next four years is going to shape the future of first peoples here for generations to come.
Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service chief executive Nerita Waight, former Department of Premier and Cabinet staffer Barry Firebrace-Briggs and Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council member Rodney Carter are among the 11 first-time assembly members.
The assembly’s first term was largely occupied with brokering treaty framework deals with the Victorian government, laying the foundation for the negotiations.
It led to the creation of an independent authority to resolve any disputes stemming from discussions, along with a self-determination fund to allow traditional owners to pursue separate treaties for their specific areas.
- AAP
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Two men fighting for life following Greenacre shooting
Two men involved in a shooting at Greenacre in Sydney’s west on Sunday morning are in critical condition while a woman who was also injured is in stable condition.
Following the incident, a man was rushed to Liverpool hospital.
Another 23-year-old man and a woman were taken to St Georges hospital.
Police have said there is currently no information about whether the shooting was gang-related but are confident the attack was targeted.
It is however not clear who was targeted in the attack and who may have been a bystander.
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Magpies in two-point win over Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley is taking a glass half-full view of a two-point loss to Collingwood, admitting the epic contest confirmed his side are on a path to premiership contention.
Port controlled large portions and led for much of Saturday night’s instant classic at the Adelaide Oval, only to fall victim to another late Magpie charge as they coughed up a 17-point three-quarter-time lead.
They remain second on the ladder and look a great chance to play at home in the first week of finals, with Hinkley suggesting both sides would leave the game more confident in their process.
Hinkley said it was an “outstanding game of football” and though he was “bitterly disappointed” with the “small margin loss” his team will learn from it.
We’ve got a fair bit of growth, and if you didn’t look at some of the stuff that we did out there tonight with great optimism, you’re not wanting to.
It’s the first time the Power have lost a close game this season, having won five games by seven points or fewer before being toppled by the fourth-quarter specialists.
Small forward Willie Rioli could be in trouble with the match review officer for an open-hand slap on Nathan Murphy in the final quarter that left the Collingwood defender floored.
Rioli’s strike wasn’t overly forceful and Hinkley said he believed there was nothing in the incident when asked about it in his press conference.
- AAP
Yes campaign 'has got to get out' to push case: Noel Pearson
Prominent Indigenous elder Noel Pearson has issued a call to arms for supporters of the voice, saying more work needs to be done, with the referendum’s success in doubt.
Support for constitutionally enshrining an Indigenous advisory body has been tracking downwards according to numerous polls.
Speaking to Sky News on Sunday, Pearson said the yes campaign had its work cut out but “the inertia is no, the momentum is yes”.
The yes campaign has got to get out, it’s not going to fall into our laps.
We need to be at the railway stations, we need to be at the town halls, we need to be meeting people in the malls and we need to be appealing to the better angels of the Australian nature.
He also warned about a protracted campaign.
Whenever we have an election campaign for six weeks, we think that is long.
I don’t want to burden the public discourse for three or four months on this.
Pearson says a no’vote would be devastating for reconciliation and leave Australia “in the darkness”.
Every time we’ve come to this issue, we’ve been on the default setting of no.
Look at all the outcomes from having that no setting, 30% of people in prison comprised by3% of the population being Indigenous.
Juvenile justice, 40% of our kids comprise children in detention.
- AAP
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Collingwood condemns racist abuse against Port Adelaide’s Willie Rioli
Collingwood Football Club has condemned racist abuse sent to a Port Adelaide player after the teams faced off on Saturday night at Adelaide oval.
The Magpies won by two points at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night,
In a statement published on Sunday morning, Collingwood CEO Craig Kelly said he was “aware of multiple racist messages sent to Port Adelaide’s Willie Rioli on social media following tonight’s Round 19 game at the Adelaide Oval.”
The Collingwood Football Club strongly condemns the abhorrent and disgusting racist remarks directed towards Willie Rioli.
There is no room for racism in our game and we will not tolerate it – not on the field, off the field or online.
All of us have a responsibility to call out this behaviour and our Club is committed to playing a role in educating as many members of the wider community as possible.
We stand alongside all First Nations players, staff and supporters.
Kelly said the club has contacted the AFL Integrity Unit and Port Adelaide and “will provide a further update when it is in a position to do so.”
Ley says ‘party rules’ prevent her from talking about challenge to her pre-selection
Finally the interview closes on a question about how she is being challenged for pre-selection – an extraordinary development given that Ley is the deputy leader of the Liberal party.
You won’t be surprised I can’t go into the details of party decisions and processes. I’ve been proud to be the Liberal member for Farrer since 2001. I stand by my record. Anyone can put up their hand through a pre-election. I agree it’s unusual. What I am fighting for is the people I meet every day. When I hear that more than 50% of Australians, if they got a bill, unexpectedly today, they wouldn’t be able to pay it. That’s what gets me up and gets me striving.
On whether Dutton should intervene to end the challenge, Ley says she is “happy to put [herself] forward on my record as a Liberal member of my seat of Farrer for 22 years”.
Rank and file should have their place. If I go that, I will. I can’t talk about the details. The party rules prevent me.
On whether Dutton supports her:
Absolutely, yes he is.
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Tying constitutional recognition to the voice is the ‘problem’, says Ley
Ley is now asked about the voice. She says she “wants to see constitutional recognition of our first Australians” but “the problem is that Anthony Albanese has tied that constitutional recognition of our first Australians to a concept called the voice”.
Ley says the Coalition would support a legislated voice – which would only exist at the whim of government and could be abolished and not replaced in the future.
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Coalition will seek to lift ban on domestic nuclear power
Ley says the Coalition will seek to lift the ban on domestic use of nuclear power in Australia, which she suggests will have to be removed or altered for the acquisition of nuclear submarines to go ahead anywhere.
However Ley would not commit to whether nuclear power generation was now a feature of Coalition policy.
Let’s wait and see what the Government proposes. It’s not about whether it is Coalition policy or not, it is something I was looking at as environment minister with respect to Aukus which we brought in in government.
Ley says nuclear power is necessary because “renewables need all the help they can get”.
We need a government up for the conversation. Australians are up for it. The Labor party is not. The way they sneer and ridicule the genuine concern of average Australians about clean base-load, that would be nuclear.
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No answer on whether opposition will vote to increase jobseeker
Ley won’t confirm whether the opposition will vote for an increase to the jobseeker payment saying “let’s see the legislation”.
Let’s see the legislation, have a close look. The principle is the one I want to come back to, is that we often talk about the amount people bet paid on jobseeker. I know it’s tough. I know when we have so many jobs and so many businesses desperate to fill those jobs, there is a job for someone. There is a training pathway for someone and there is support for someone. If we can help you by saying, ‘you can earn more while you are on jobseeker’, that’s a good thing for you. I’m looking at the social benefit.
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Did you run into anyone on jobseeker?
Ley is asked about cost of living pressures and a recent trip she took to Queensland and Melbourne.
The question: did she run into anyone on jobseeker?
Ley: Yes, I ran into small businesses struggling. […]
Spiers: The question is about jobseeker. One of the things they’re trying to do is increase the rate, announced in the May budget. Have you decided yet whether to support that?
Ley: Peter Dutton talked about people on jobseeker being able to earn more. Therefore to encourage them back to the workforce, that’s a good thing, I think.
Sounds like the answer is “no”.
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Elite sport is valuable to Australia: Ley
Ley says that her previous experience as sports minister taught her the value of elite sport to Australia.
I know the role elite sport plays not just at the level of that sport but every community. The regional communities, the children who see athletes as the inspiration, for society, for culture, let alone the broken promises the premier made, that I’ve been talking about. It matters, the Commonwealth Games, the world championships, the Olympics, are part of our international standing. That is a responsibility this prime minister needs to take seriously.
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Anika Wells 'missing in action' on Commonwealth Games: Sussan Ley
Sussan Ley has accused theprime minister of having “no leadership” over his government’s refusal to intervene in Victoria’s decision to abandon its hosting of the Commonwealth Games.
The deputy opposition leader has singled out the sport minister, Anika Wells, for taking selfies with the Matildas but being “missing in action” on the cancellation of the 2026 games.
Ley says the decision by Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has damaged Australia’s international reputation and she wants the federal government to “explore creative solutions” to ensure they go ahead.
In addition Ley has called on Australian athletes to go on a photo strike and refuse to have their photo taken with any Labor MP “until this is sorted out”.
I have a suggestion for all the athletes - don’t have your photo taken with any Labor MPs until this gets sorted out.
There should be a really strong message going to the prime minister. Already there is one going to Daniel Andrews, that this is not good enough.
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Deputy leader of the opposition Sussan Ley will appear on ABC’s Insiders program this morning.
We will bring you all the latest as it happens.
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NSW police hunting for Sydney gunman
New South Wales police are investigating following a shooting incident on Sunday morning in which multiple shots were fired.
Superintendent Simon Glasser said the investigation was still in its “infancy” but they believe the attack was targeted.
It’s a very serious offence, people shooting at people” he told reporters at the scene.
It could have resulted in a death at this stage and it still may. We’re treating it at its highest, we’ve put all of our resources on it.
Police cannot confirm who was the target of the attack and whether any of the three people rushed to hospital were caught up in the incident.
He also said there is currently no evidence the shooting was linked to gangland activity,
We’re looking for at least one male. However the investigation’s still early and its unknown if there were further people involved.
Police stopped a suspicious car near the area but have yet to determine whether it was related to the incident.
They are also investigating whether a nearby car set alight was connected to the shooting.
Police also called on members of the public who may have been in the area around Mayvic to share any footage they may have captured of the incident.
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Man fighting for life after hit-and-run in Melbourne
A 23-year-old man is fighting for life after he was struck by a car while sitting in the middle of the road in a hit-and-run collision in Melbourne’s east.
Police believe the man from Narre Warren was sitting in the middle of Boronia Road at Bayswater about 3.10am on Sunday when he was allegedly struck by the sedan.
He was taken to hospital with suspected critical injuries after the driver didn’t stop and instead fled in their damaged vehicle, police said.
Witnesses saw the sedan travelling at speed at the time of the collision.
Boronia Road was closed on Sunday morning while detectives from the major collision investigation unit analysed the scene.
Police have urged anyone with information about the incident to come forward.
- AAP
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Three people injured in Sydney shooting
Three people have been injured in a shooting in Greenacre on Sunday morning.
Emergency services were called to Mayvic Street just after 2.15am after reports three people sitting in parked cars had been injured.
Paramedics treated a man found injured in one parked car, and a man and woman in a separate parked vehicle.
All were rushed to hospital. The two men are in a critical condition and the woman is injured but stable.
Shortly after the shooting, a nearby vehicle was set alight with the fire spreading to a wooden fence and tree.
Police are investigating whether the two incidents are connected.
Crime scenes have been established in Greenacre and Regents Park as investigations are under way.
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Good Morning
And welcome to another Sunday Guardian live blog.
New South Wales police are investigating after three people were injured in a shooting in Sydney’s south-west on Sunday morning. Emergency services were called to the scene in Greenacre just after 2.15am after reports two people sitting in a parked car had been injured. Police are investigating whether a car set alight five minutes after the shooting was also connected to the event.
In Melbourne, a 23-year-old man is fighting for his life after he was struck by a car while sitting in the middle of the road in a hit-and-run collision. Witnesses told the police the car was travelling at speed at the time of the incident and the driver fled the scene, leaving behind their damaged vehicle. The 23-year-old was taken to hospital with critical injuries.
I’m Royce Kurmelovs, taking the blog through the day. With so much going on out there, it’s easy to miss stuff, so if you spot something happening in Australia and think it should be on the blog, you can find me on Twitter at @RoyceRk2 where my DMs are open.
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