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CCTV footage released by court shows Amy Scott walking up an escalator then starting to run when she sees Joel Cauchi The New South Wales coroner’s court has released footage showing the moment the Bondi Junction stabber launched himself towards a lone police officer at speed holding a 30cm knife is a compilation of CCTV footage and a 3D reconstruction of the route NSW Police inspector Amy Scott took when she entered Westfield Bondi Junction on 13 April 2024 in pursuit of Joel Cauchi flanked by two French bystanders and a security guard the court on Tuesday heard that Scott then used silent signals not wanting to shout within earshot of Cauchi to direct a woman with a pram – who was hiding behind a large plant pot – to run The officer called out “mate” to get Cauchi’s attention Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter The inquest heard earlier in the week that Scott fired three rounds, with two hitting Cauchi and a third hitting a pot plant behind him. Cauchi fell 6.5 metres from Scott. On Thursday, the court heard that a specialised paramedic who was duty officer for NSW Ambulance’s special operations team on the day of the Bondi Junction stabbing attack that he learned of the major incident “by accident”. The duty officer also told the inquest into the deaths that specialist paramedics did not have easy access to ballistic personal protective equipment (PPE). The witness, known only as “SOT1”, told counsel assisting the coroner Emma Sullivan there were 57 trained special operations team (SOT) paramedics in Sydney. They wear ballistic body armour and helmets when supporting tactical operations police in high-risk environments. The New South Wales coroner’s court heard on Thursday that SOT1 learned of the incident at 3.46pm “by accident”. While on the phone to his control centre regarding a separate issue, he was told: “Someone has just gone nuts with a gun at Bondi and we don’t have time for this.” His superintendent then sent a text message telling him there was an ongoing significant incident involving stabbings and there was “sketchy” information. SOT1 told the Lidcombe coroner’s court he should have been told about the incident by the control room team sooner, given he was the duty officer for the specialist team. “I can only make some assumptions … they were overwhelmed and that was an oversight at that time due to the level of information they were receiving,” he told Lester Fernandez SC, the lawyer for the family of security guard Tahir. Fernandez then asked: “That’s their very role isn’t it, to be making contact with people such as you?” SOT resources had already been allocated to the incident, the court heard, but the lag in passing the details on to SOT1 meant that accessing specialist ballistic PPE – needed when SOT teams entered a zone with a potential active armed offender – was delayed. One SOT at Bondi Junction requested to use police ballistic PPE instead. That request had to be escalated upwards twice before the paramedic was permitted to use the police gear. Since September 2023, the SOT ballistic gear had been kept in an undisclosed central location, rather than at each officer’s station. Some SOT paramedics travelled from as far as Penrith and the Central Coast to Bondi Junction. Sign up to Afternoon Update: Election 2025 Free daily newsletterOur Australian afternoon update breaks down the key election campaign stories of the day, telling you what’s happening and why it matters SOT1 said on Thursday: “We need the equipment to be available at a location that is convenient.” He said a lack of personnel meant the police’s tactical operations unit did not have special operations team paramedics rostered to it on the day of the stabbings. The duty officer said good weather that day meant that the roster was constructed with the expectation that there could be significant activity in the Blue Mountains and near the ocean. He said rostering decisions would have been easier with a “full complement” of SOTs and “more” specialised paramedics would be beneficial. The court heard the delay in accessing ballistic PPE and the rostering issues did not have a clinical impact on 13 April 2024. Read moreSOT1 commended the specialist paramedics on duty that day and said Scott and two French civilians who helped her stood out in their efforts to stop Cauchi “Those actions are simply remarkable,” he told the inquest that is scheduled to run for five weeks the manager of NSW police’s terrorism protection unit told the court on Thursday that it was difficult to prepare for active armed offenders with a “high level of intent and even a moderate level of capability” The national security messaging of “escape tell” in such situations needed to be promoted “This should be a message that is as common to our young people as ‘Get down low and go This article was amended on 1 May 2025. An earlier version incorrectly stated that witness “SOT1” gave evidence about trained special operations team paramedics to Peggy Dwyer SC; in fact this evidence was given to Emma Sullivan. CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced 30 and injured 10 others during his stabbing spree on 13 April 2024 Officer in charge of specialist paramedics found out about Bondi Junction stabbings ‘by accident’, inquest told Paramedic denied access to Bondi Junction ‘hot zone’ tells stabbing inquest policies ‘need to change’ Police officer who killed Bondi Junction stabber had ‘resigned myself to the fact that I was probably going to die’ New CCTV footage shows the moment hero police officer Amy Scott drew her gun on killer Joel Cauchi amid a stabbing frenzy at Bondi Junction Westfield shopping centre Inspector Scott was at the centre when Cauchi’s killing spree began on April 13 He claimed the lives of six people — Dawn Singleton Jade Young and Pikria Darchia — with another 10 injured during the attack Get the first look at the digital newspaper curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox Get the NewsletterBy continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.Inspector Scott shot Cauchi dead during the incident and is credited with saving multiple lives as a result released on Thursday as part of a five-week inquest into the massacre shows the police officer chasing the killer inside the shopping centre before drawing her weapon and pointing it at him It’s the first time footage of Inspector Scott responding to the emergency has been released In the CCTV footage an employee at one of the shops can be seen standing near the door to the shop as Cauchi ran from Inspector Scott Cauchi appeared to very briefly hesitate in front of the employee before continuing to run with French construction workers Silas Despreaux and Damien Guerot — dubbed the “bollard men” behind her armed with a chair and trolley The employee can then be seen retreating back into the store and locking the doors Inspector Scott appears to be telling people to stand behind her before she retreats and pulls out her gun with Cauchi coming into view running at her some shoppers reached for their smartphones and hit “record” — something a high-ranking anti-terrorism police officer hopes to never see again Chief Inspector Colin Green on Thursday said the public did not know how to react to an armed offender in a crowded space Tell” — recommending getting away from the threat or finding a place to hide before calling the police — should be as ingrained as fire safety mottos “This should be a message that is as common to our younger generation as ‘Get down low and go a NSW Police Terrorism Protection Unit member warned against filming unfolding terror events on phones as many people did during the April 13 attacks Footage has captured the moment a shopping centre employee was faced with Joel Cauchi just moments before the Bondi attack killer was shot Credit: SuppliedChaos felt by shoppers also flowed through to emergency services with the inquest told the man in charge of the state’s specially trained paramedics was only alerted “by accident” was in charge of the NSW Ambulance Special Operations Teams containing paramedics experienced in giving medical aid in high-risk situations While NSW Ambulance was told within two minutes of the attack that started at 3.32pm the specialist paramedics manager only found out when he called the control centre about an unrelated matter about 3.46pm “I became aware of the incident kind of by accident,” he told the inquest He was told that the centre did not have time to deal with his matter as “someone (had) just gone nuts with a gun at Bondi” While special operations paramedics had been deployed to the shopping centre at the time he agreed he had been left “troubled” by not being contacted about the serious incident Someone could have been sent to pick up ballistic helmets and vests from a central repository and get them to the team on the ground faster paramedics at the mall had to wait 16 minutes to get clearance from NSW Police to use the personal protective equipment located there Families’ make list of demands in Bondi stabbing probeAustralia7 Min Read11 Apr 2025— With Newswire and AAP Latest EditionEdition Edition 5 May 20255 May 2025All-powerful Anthony Albanese says give me some R.E.S.P.E.C.T Watch 1m 48sFrench men Damien Guerot and Silas Despreaux who confronted the Bondi Junction stabber say they did what needed to be done and they are not heroes. tells Sydney inquest she was trained to ‘stop the killing The police officer who shot and killed Joel Cauchi minutes after he had stabbed 16 people in a Sydney shopping centre was “on her own” and believed she was going to be killed, a court has been told. Six people were killed by 40-year-old Cauchi, who was schizophrenic, at Bondi Junction’s Westfield shopping centre on 13 April 2024. The first call to the police after the attack began was at 3.34pm, the coronial inquest into the mass stabbing heard on Tuesday – day two of the scheduled five-week inquest. Insp Amy Scott was the first officer to respond. The call came over her police car radio at 3.35pm. “I remember the radio operator saying, ‘We’re getting multiple calls, multiple stabbings, multiple locations at Bondi Junction Westfield.’ I knew right then that it was very real.” Read moreQuestioned by senior counsel assisting the inquest Peggy Dwyer SC Scott said when she arrived at the Westfield her initial plan was to execute a “dynamic entry” with other officers entering the centre at multiple points But the number of people flooding out of the shopping centre forced her to change plan She told Lidcombe coroner’s court she then knew she was dealing with an active armed offender Scott entered the centre at 3.37pm. Two civilians, Silas Despreaux and Damien Guerot – dubbed “bollard man” after confronting Cauchi on an escalator – directed her one of them tapped her on the back and said: “You’re on your own [without other police] Scott found Cauchi holding a large military knife but not wanting to shout within earshot of Cauchi she directed a woman with a pram – who was hiding behind a large plant pot – to run she told the court: “He was going to kill me I knew my first shot had hit him … but he continued to come towards me.” She “backed up” as Cauchi continued to move towards her then fired two further shots and Cauchi fell to the ground 6.5m away Five minutes and 43 seconds had passed since the attack began Just over a minute passed between Scott’s arrival and the shots being fired Six people died at Bondi Junction in April 2024 Photograph: Steven Saphore/EPAScott told the court she reholstered her weapon and went to Cauchi but she was unsure whether she had incapacitated him “I knew I had to bite the bullet and make sure that weapon was secure,” she said she flicked the knife away and put him in the recovery position before rendering aid that’s the guy.” She said waiting with Cauchi while she checked his pulse “felt like a year” One bullet had missed Cauchi and hit the pot plant behind which the mother had been hiding Scott was not carrying a Taser and said it would “absolutely not” have been the correct option in the circumstances Scott said she felt nauseous as she ran into the shopping centre “because I had resigned myself to the fact that I was probably going to die” officers were told they had a 60-70% chance of non-survival “and that is if you are partnered up and vested up and I was neither of those,” she told the court The inspector said that in her 2016 training she had dealt with circumstances that forced officers to shift away from a “contain Scott said she was trained to “stop the killing she praised the courage and bravery of fellow police officers who attended that day staff and bystanders in the shopping centre had saved lives and put themselves at risk despite being fearful French nationals Despreaux and Guerot also gave evidence on Tuesday Free daily newsletterOur Australian morning briefing breaks down the key stories of the day telling you what’s happening and why it matters entered the Westfield together at 3pm on 13 April The friends saw people running down an escalator and heard a man say: “There’s a man stabbing people.” let’s go catch him,” Despreaux told Guerot Despreaux said on Tuesday that when looking down from the floor above they grabbed a heavy bollard from a clothing store Guerot said he watched Cauchi run past a woman and then turn back and stab her the two men “screamed” at a woman on the escalator to move away Despreaux said: “I knew I needed to stop him even if it meant hurting him.” Guerot said he did not expect Cauchi to get past him Cauchi entered the Westfield shopping centre shortly after 3.30pm he removed the knife from his backpack and fatally stabbed Dawn Singleton In a directions hearing before the inquest the court heard that the mother turned and saw him near her nine-month-old baby She received another stab wound when she intervened to “undoubtedly” save the life of her infant Cauchi immediately continued his attack, killing security guard Faraz Tahir, a 30-year-old Pakistani citizen, then Pikria Darchia, 55. On Tuesday, the court heard that the first interagency briefing after the incident took place at 5.30pm – and that Scott Wilson, a UK security expert due to give evidence, believed this was “too late”. Ch Insp Christopher Whalley, who took initial command, responded that the incident’s scope was “vast” and included “challenges or pivots”. “It’s not to suggest there was a delay in actions being undertaken,” he said. Whalley said the volume of the emergency alarm – which Scott criticised for hampering communications – “had an impact” on phone calls and radio messaging, “but I don’t believe that it had any lasting effect on the response”. He told the court that after leaving the incident command post set up immediately after the attack, he walked back through Westfield, past about 25 police officers from Maroubra police station. When he asked why several were standing close to one of the deceased victims, one officer told him: “Because I don’t want to leave them alone.” “It was an incident I’ll not forget,” an emotional Whalley told the court. Whalley said mental health incidents formed an increasing part of police work, second only to domestic violence “I think there are opportunities to improve outcomes for people [with mental health issues] and those outcomes might not involve police,” he told the state coroner, Teresa O’Sullivan. mentally ill man was not targeting people but stabbing anyone in his way in a mass stabbing at a busy shopping mall The Frenchmen hailed as heroes reflect on one year since Bondi stabbing attack Police officer who ended Bondi stabbing attack honoured for saving 'many Dying mother's bravery and other stories of courage emerge after Bondi stabbing attack ShareGet SBS News daily and direct to your InboxSign up now for the latest news from Australia and around the world direct to your inbox.Your email address *Morning (Mon–Fri) Watch 1m 31sA paramedic says he felt "inadequate" after a directive to stay outside the Westfield shopping centre. But some shoppers reached for their smartphones and hit "record" — something a high-ranking anti-terrorism police officer hopes to never see again. Chief Inspector Colin Green today said the public did not know how to react to an armed offender in a crowded space. The slogan "Escape, Hide, Tell" — recommending getting away from the threat or finding a place to hide before calling the police — should be as ingrained as fire safety mottos, he said. "This should be a message that is as common to our younger generation as 'Get down low and go, go, go'," he told the NSW Coroners Court. The court is examining the circumstances surrounding the Bondi Junction mass stabbing in Sydney that claimed the lives of five women and a male security guard in April 2024. Their killer, Joel Cauchi, was experiencing psychotic symptoms when he armed himself with a 30cm knife and launched the indiscriminate Saturday afternoon attacks. Chief Insp Green, a NSW Police Terrorism Protection Unit member, warned against filming unfolding terror events on phones as many people did during the April 13 attacks. One of the clips showed French nationals Silas Despreaux and Damien Guerot at the top of an escalator armed with bollards trying to stop Cauchi. "It's about saving lives, it's about preventing injury and death," Green said. Chaos felt by shoppers also flowed through to emergency services, with the inquest told the man in charge of the state's specially trained paramedics was only alerted "by accident". The duty officer that day, who cannot be legally named, was in charge of the NSW Ambulance Special Operations Teams containing paramedics experienced in giving medical aid in high-risk situations. While NSW Ambulance was told within two minutes of the attack that started at 3.32pm, the specialist paramedics manager only found out when he called the control centre about an unrelated matter about 3.46pm. "I became aware of the incident kind of by accident," he told the inquest. He was told that the centre did not have time to deal with his matter as "someone [had] just gone nuts with a gun at Bondi". While special operations paramedics had been deployed to the shopping centre at the time, it could have been done more efficiently, he told the court. Under questioning, he agreed he had been left "troubled" by not being contacted about the serious incident. Someone could have been sent to pick up ballistic helmets and vests from a central repository and get them to the team on the ground faster, the officer told the court. Instead, paramedics at the mall had to wait 16 minutes to get clearance from NSW Police to use the personal protective equipment located there, he said. Rostering shortfalls and heightened risk of beach incidents because of good weather also resulted in no special operations paramedics being embedded with the NSW Police Tactical Operations Unit on the day of the attack. Cauchi stabbed 16 people within five minutes in the shopping centre before being shot dead by police Inspector Amy Scott. Dawn Singleton, 25; Faraz Tahir, 30; Ashlee Good, 38; Jade Young, 47; Pikria Darchia, 55; and Yixuan Cheng, 27, were killed. He had been diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager and was successfully treated until 2019 when he stopped his medication, the inquest was previously told. Tributes left at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre. (Source: Getty) As a knife-wielding psychotic killer stalked his way through a busy shopping centre, most people fled. 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Lorde announces new album name, dateThu, May 1 Kim Kardashian to testify in Paris trial over 2016 armed robberyMon, Apr 28 Chubby Checker, Outkast, Cyndi Lauper join Rock & Roll Hall of FameMon, Apr 28 Lorde releases new single after weeks of cryptic teasesThu, Apr 24 Chubby Checker, Outkast, Cyndi Lauper join Rock & Roll Hall of FameMon As a knife-wielding psychotic killer stalked his way through a busy shopping centre But some shoppers reached for their smartphones and hit "record" — something a high-ranking anti-terrorism police officer hopes to never see again Chief Inspector Colin Green today said the public did not know how to react to an armed offender in a crowded space Tell" — recommending getting away from the threat or finding a place to hide before calling the police — should be as ingrained as fire safety mottos "This should be a message that is as common to our younger generation as 'Get down low and go go'," he told the NSW Coroners Court The court is examining the circumstances surrounding the Bondi Junction mass stabbing in Sydney that claimed the lives of five women and a male security guard in April 2024 was experiencing psychotic symptoms when he armed himself with a 30cm knife and launched the indiscriminate Saturday afternoon attacks One of the clips showed French nationals Silas Despreaux and Damien Guerot at the top of an escalator armed with bollards trying to stop Cauchi it's about preventing injury and death," Green said Chaos felt by shoppers also flowed through to emergency services with the inquest told the man in charge of the state's specially trained paramedics was only alerted "by accident" "I became aware of the incident kind of by accident," he told the inquest He was told that the centre did not have time to deal with his matter as "someone [had] just gone nuts with a gun at Bondi" he agreed he had been left "troubled" by not being contacted about the serious incident Rostering shortfalls and heightened risk of beach incidents because of good weather also resulted in no special operations paramedics being embedded with the NSW Police Tactical Operations Unit on the day of the attack Cauchi stabbed 16 people within five minutes in the shopping centre before being shot dead by police Inspector Amy Scott He had been diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager and was successfully treated until 2019 when he stopped his medication Before he murdered six people in a busy metro shopping centre during a psychotic episode Joel Cauchi had fallen through the cracks of the mental health system when he armed himself with a knife and rampaged through Sydney's Bondi Junction Westfield on April 13 were injured before the 40-year-old was shot dead by police As an inquest into the tragic events began on Monday counsel assisting Peggy Dwyer SC said Cauchi had not been treated for five years before the mass killing despite being diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teen Dwyer called the 40-year-old's web browsing history before the attack "distressing" "Mr Cauchi was preoccupied with weapons with violence and with mass killing," she told the NSW Coroners Court This interest in death and murder included searches for serial killers and mass killings Notes on his phone included references to planning a strike at a mall while armed with a knife The searches showed a man who was seriously unwell and who was far from his parents in Queensland who had previously kept a rein on their son's behaviour Expert psychiatric evidence would show that Cauchi was "floridly psychotic" when walking through the Westfield mall coroner Teresa O'Sullivan would examine Cauchi's background including how police interacted with him during his largely transient lifestyle She would also look for any potential missteps in his mental health treatment after he was diagnosed with schizophrenia The response to the tragedy by security guards and the media would also be probed O'Sullivan would then make findings at a later date about what happened and could suggest recommendations aimed at preventing similar events A memorial established at Bondi Junction ahead of the mass killings' anniversary earlier in April contained photographs and floral tributes to those who had died "It never leaves you," he recalls of his witnessing the aftermath of the stabbing spree at Sydney's Bondi Junction shopping centre in which seven people were killed and 12 others injured including a nine-month-old girl it's like it was yesterday," he tells AAP Mohana went to work at Hair Royale salon in the Westfield complex on April 13 he was forever changed by the fear of uncertainty and then sheer violence that unfolded as 40-year-old Joel Cauchi stalked through the floors of the centre with a 30-centimetre knife Not knowing what was going on amid the chaos and screams Mohana turned off the music and lights in his shop shut the door and told his staff to hide in a back room terrifying – honestly it was like a near death experience," he says "You're just pretty much waiting to die." Mohana is one of many now looking for answers from an inquest into the mass stabbing due to begin tomorrow Hearings before Coroner Teresa O'Sullivan at Lidcombe are expected to run for five weeks She will hear evidence from experts and eyewitnesses examining myriad issues including Cauchi's background and his communication with NSW and Queensland police The 40-year-old lived a largely transient life until he was shot and killed He stopped receiving treatment for schizophrenia in early 2020 and moved from Queensland to Sydney's east in December 2023 O'Sullivan will examine how security guards employed at Bondi Junction Westfield and the media both responded as the tragedy unfolded Psychiatrist and forensic mental health expert Lee Knight says families of the victim and those there on the day will have experienced untold trauma "They were just in the wrong place at the wrong time," he says "That's really senseless and it's really difficult to make sense of." The psychological effects went well beyond those who were there and could also impact those with panic disorders or anxiety who were already afraid of going out in public saying it is important to find out what potentially went wrong to prevent similar tragedies in future the media has to take steps to remain sensitive to victims and their families while not stigmatising mental illness The hope is that the inquest's findings will help an under-resourced mental health industry prevent people like Cauchi falling through the cracks The media's reporting has already been thrown into the spotlight with Ms Singleton's fiance Ashley Wildey suing Channel Nine in the NSW Supreme Court He claims Nine's 60 Minutes programme and sister outlet the Sydney Morning Herald breached copyright with images of the 25-year-old Wildey's barrister Sue Chysanthou SC called the situation "extremely distressing" The mass killing also amplified wider safety concerns for those working in the security industry according to Nicholas Richard of the United Workers Union He hopes the inquest will scrutinise how sub-contracting impacted the safety of security guards the level of training supplied and whether guards were taught how to properly use protective equipment on the job "Clients and companies in the security industry need to understand the issues facing security workers and make fundamental changes to keep workers and the public safer," he says a memorial was established at Bondi Junction with displays of photographs and messages on floral tributes laid after the mass homicide A brazen serial groper who preyed upon 18 women in an Australian nightclub has avoided jail time after a judge found his risk of reoffending was low was facing up to 10 years in prison but was instead sentenced to a two-year community corrections order on Monday He dodged reporters' questions as he left the Victorian County Court The former PwC IT worker pleaded guilty to 17 charges of sexual assault and one count of attempted sexual assault over the attacks at Revolver Upstairs in Melbourne's inner east CCTV footage from the nightclub showed Rayan groping his victims on the buttocks stroking their backs and kissing them on the arms and shoulders The attacks happened on three separate occasions in September and October 2023 Rayan admitted to police he touched one of the women accidentally but claimed he could not remember the other incidents because he was too drunk Victorian County Court Judge Peter Rozen said he held reservations about those claims as he sentenced Rayan over the "brazen" attacks "Your offending was deliberate and you knew what you were doing," he said Judge Rozen said the women were entitled to feel safe in the nightclub and the scale of Rayan's crimes was concerning He noted that three victim impact statements were read to the court where the women described their ongoing anxiety and shattered sense of security Judge Rozen also decided Rayan's moral culpability was considerable and said the 34-year-old lacked insight into his offending But the judge accepted the sexual assaults were at the lower end of seriousness given Rayan's victims were adults and the attacks were fleeting no pending charges and no diagnosed mental health conditions "I accept this offending was out of character for you," the judge said Rayan was sentenced to a two-year community corrections order with 180 hours of unpaid community work He will also have to complete treatment for alcohol abuse and programs to reduce his risk of reoffending A leading Australian pollster says the coalition will be forced to carry out a "fundamental reorganisation" of its party structure to ensure ongoing relevance to voters after facing a wipeout in Saturday's election As votes continue to be counted after Saturday's poll figures show the coalition could slump to its lowest percentage of seats in parliament since the formation of the Liberal Party in the 1940s the Australian Labor Party has claimed 86 seats in the House of Representatives compared to the coalition's 39 While Anthony Albanese has claimed an expanded mandate as PM with a larger majority in his second term questions are being raised as to where the coalition will go But it could be some time before a new leader is appointed by the Liberals Deputy leader Sussan Ley said the party room would meet to elect an opposition leader and deputy After consulting with the party's senior leadership Ley said several seats where preferential counting was continuing would have to be decided before the meeting could take place She said her party was reflecting on the results with humility YouGov director of public data Paul Smith said the election was a referendum on the leadership of Peter Dutton "The Liberal Party result was devastating and requires a fundamental reorganisation of who they are .. they are not representative of Australians," he told AAP "This is a situation where if they were a company you would call in the administrators and look for a new business owner After the opposition leader lost his seat of Dickson in Labor's biggest scalp of the election a vacuum has emerged for the leadership of the coalition Frontrunners include shadow treasurer Angus Taylor along with opposition frontbenchers Dan Tehan and Andrew Hastie Smith said the loss by the coalition was a "self-inflicted defeat" "Their strategy was to win working-class votes in Sydney and Melbourne but the problem was their strategy was at odds with their policies," he said "They now hold no seats in Perth or Adelaide and hardly any in Sydney or Melbourne Albanese has aimed for a tone of humility in his landslide win thanking supporters in his inner-western Sydney seat of Grayndler before pledging to get back to the job at hand just like we have been in our first," he said "We've been given a great honour of serving the Australian people and we'll work hard each and every day." Federal Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce has been praised for being "very brave" after revealing he will undergo surgery for prostate cancer The one-time Australian deputy prime minister who comfortably won his regional NSW seat of New England in Saturday's election received the diagnosis following a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test The test came back with an elevated result and a subsequent MRI and biopsy revealed he had prostate cancer told Seven's Sunrise program he kept his diagnosis quiet until after the election "I waited until obviously after the election — I didn't want a big circus going on," he said straight down the road and straight into surgery." before noting that was normal with a disease like prostate cancer you go to the toilet a bit more than you should," he added Federal Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek praised Joyce for going public with his diagnosis "It's very brave of Barnaby to share his experience," she told Seven "I really do think that having high-profile people like Barnaby talk about their health challenges is really important to encourage other men to get the test." Plibersek noted that Labor Party national president Wayne Swan was diagnosed with prostate cancer at the age of 48 "Wayne had surgery decades ago and his health is terrific," she said Prostate cancer was generally very treatable if caught early Labor had a landslide victory at the election reducing the coalition to one of their worst performances at the polls after Liberal Leader Peter Dutton lost his own seat With an expanded majority and an increased mandate Labor's Anthony Albanese has pledged to hit the ground running in his second term after a decisive election win The Australian Labor Party stormed home to victory in a landslide winning a swathe of seats across multiple states and unseating opposition leader Peter Dutton in his own electorate in the process Expanding on its majority in the House of Representatives while the coalition picked up 40 as its primary vote plunged to almost historic lows Albanese said there was no time to waste in achieving a second-term agenda new confidence and new determination," he told the Labor Party faithful in Sydney on Saturday with no one held back and no one left behind." Labor recorded large swings across Queensland making significant gains in former coalition heartland Australians have chosen optimism and determination Australians have chosen to face global challenges," Albanese said "Australians have voted for a future that holds true to these values a future built on everything that brings us together." Among the biggest victories was Labor's Ali France defeating opposition leader Peter Dutton in his Brisbane-based electorate of Dickson with Dutton being the first opposition leader to lose his electorate at a federal election Dutton said the election was not the result the coalition was after and accepted full responsibility for the party's loss "We didn't do well enough during this campaign that much is obvious tonight," he told party supporters in Brisbane "I've always wanted in public life for the best for our country and the best for every Australian "It's an historic occasion for the Labor Party Dutton also apologised to other coalition members who lost their seat on election night who have lost their seats or their ambition and I'm sorry for that," he said "We have an amazing party and we'll rebuild." The coalition is on track to one of its lowest ever primary votes since the party was formed in the 1940s Behind in the polls towards the end of 2024 Labor had defied the odds to expand its reach in parliament conducting a campaign on the cost of living and expanding access to Medicare The prime minister has become the first leader to win back-to-back elections since John Howard in 2004 Albanese made health a focal point during the election frequently brandishing his Medicare card and pledging to expand access to bulk billing and urgent cares clinics Opposition leader Peter Dutton was considered the frontrunner going into the election but a lack of detail surrounding key policy costings and a voter association with the policies of US President Donald Trump caused his poll numbers to plummet Dutton urged voters throughout the election to ask themselves if they were better off now compared to three years ago but the public has opted for a second term of the status quo The election was dominated by issues on the cost of living following several interest rate rises and high inflation with the prime minister also going on the attack of Dutton's record as health minister during the previous coalition government Despite being ahead throughout the campaign Albanese still sought to play the underdog card with Labor still scarred by its 2019 election loss which polls predicted it would win easily Labor has exorcised its demons of the electoral past and will look to implement its second-term agenda Albanese promised he would work hard for all Australians "We do not need to beg or borrow or copy from anywhere else in our values and in our people," he said "We renew the great responsibility and the opportunity of government and with pride and purpose with faith in the fair go and faith in each other." Disbelief and elation rippled through a sea of red as Labor supporters welcomed their prime minister after an emphatic election win An uproarious ovation shook Sydney's inner-west when Anthony Albanese took to the stage for his victory speech on Saturday night "This is a time of profound opportunity for our nation," he said "We have everything we need to seize this opportunity and make it our own." barely two hours into the east coast vote count Most supporters could not believe their eyes with shouts of "this is crazy" and "this is wild" spreading through the crowd at the Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL who has been part of Albanese's Labor branch for two decades the victory pave the way open the doors for a new era "This is like a fairytale," he told AAP A particularly pointed sense of schadenfreude was reserved for opposition leader Peter Dutton who became the third federal party leader in Australian history to lose his seat Jeers coursed through the room as Dutton appeared on screen to give his concession speech And when some supporters tried to boo his name during Albanese's victory speech Dutton's Labor replacement Ali France was an inspiration to 53-year-old nurse Sabrina Sharp "This is the best day of my life," she told AAP With pollsters tipping in Labor's favour many supporters went into the evening with a cautious sense of optimism the mood and the seats shifted slowly and then all at once "This is the most overstimulated I've felt my entire life," the 17-year-old told AAP The prime minister watched the results roll in from Kirribilli House with his partner Jodie Haydon and son Nathan Peter Dutton has been booted out of parliament in a bloodbath for the coalition becoming the first opposition leader to lose his seat in an Australian federal election A large share of the 200-odd attendees in the room watched in stunned silence as results rolled in on the big screens "It's not pretty," one Liberal staffer said Arriving to a warm welcome at the W Hotel in Brisbane Dutton was magnanimous in conceding defeat and accepted full responsibility "Our liberal family is hurting across the country tonight," he said Labor's Ali France was projected to win Dutton's former electorate of Dickson on a 6.1% margin following a 9.1% swing a leg amputee who lost her son to leukaemia in 2024 was successful in her third attempt to unseat Dutton "Her son Henry would be incredibly proud of her tonight and she'll do a good job as a local member for Dixon," Dutton said that much is obvious tonight," he told party supporters in Brisbane "I've always wanted in public life for the best for our country and the best for every Australian Labor has picked up marginal seats such as Leichhardt in Queensland Sturt in South Australia and Deakin in Victoria But it could lose the formerly safe seat of Bean in the ACT to an independent Liberal supporter Sharyn Merrin said Dutton's loss was devastating She said she had been drawn to the party because of his efforts to stamp out domestic violence "I don't know who they've got to replace Peter I just can't get over him not going to be there," she said but unfortunately for the wrong reasons." the coalition had suffered a 2.4% two-party preferred swing and Labor was projected to be returned to government in an expanded majority It was a mistake for Dutton to say he would be happy to host a nuclear reactor in his electorate the coalition lost the battle on health and cost of living policy "and Peter Dutton trailed away as the campaign rolled on" The coalition was behind in more than a dozen seats it held and was not on track to win any seats from the government A lone bright spot for the Liberals was opposition immigration spokesman Dan Tehan who looked to have seen off a challenge from independent Alex Dyson in his regional Victorian seat of Wannon The Liberals were set for a wipeout in Tasmania with the loss of Bass and Braddon and faced defeat in their last seat in metropolitan Adelaide with Sturt MP James Stevens suffering an 8.1% swing against him A large-scale Southland farming company has been fined $82,500 for discharging effluent in a manner which could have entered waterways Gladvale Farms Ltd committed the offending on two occasions in October 2019 at an Oreti Plains farm The company was sentenced on Monday after being found guilty in February following an August 2024 judge-alone trial Legal action against the company began when Environment Southland alleged the Resource Management Act had been breached through effluent discharge on or into land which could have resulted in the contaminant entering water It was alleged the defendant irrigated at night without monitoring due to employees being off duty The judgement said although it was not necessary to prove the contaminant had entered or impacted the waterway there was sufficient evidence to show it had Steps taken to mitigate against the discharge were not sufficient including using a digger to move effluent further into a paddock Judge Steven told the court that 90 percent of the fine would go to the council Gladvale Farms Ltd operates five dairy farms in Southland with 3700 cows across 3300 acres Stuff has previously reported fines against the company of $27,000 in 2018/19 Police have appealed to the public after two aggravated robberies and a series of burglaries in Invercargill overnight Detective Inspector Stu Harvey said officers were called to a premises on Dee St at around 2.30am on Monday to reports of two people entering a store demanding cash A worker was assaulted but not seriously injured Harvey said an attempted burglary and two burglaries were reported at three further premises on Windsor St Police then received a report that two people had entered a Tay St premises and demanded cash and items Harvey said information suggested the incidents were linked "Two vehicles were seen in the vicinity of some of the incidents "The other vehicle is described as a dark-coloured car," said Harvey "We would like to speak to anyone who saw vehicles fitting these descriptions between 1am and 5am." Anyone with relevant information about these vehicles or those involved should contact police on 105 A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has jolted the lower North Island this afternoon Geonet said the earthquake struck 10km northwest of Levin at 5.16pm at a depth of 37km It described the shaking as "light" with close to 2000 reports from people feeling the tremor by 5.45pm M3.6 quake causing weak shaking near Levin https://t.co/aJM2e4ScOx One Facebook poster said it was "definitely a good one" while another described it as "only little but strange" Horowhenua District Council said it was a "good reminder" to chat about being prepared for earthquakes A large fire which caused "significant damage" to a McDonald's restaurant in east Auckland this afternoon is now being treated as suspicious Emergency services were notified of the fire at around 3pm on Monday Fire and Emergency NZ said the building was "totally involved" in flames by the time crews arrived and Papatoetoe were in attendance at the blaze "Everyone was out at the time and there are no reports of injuries." FENZ said the fire was being treated as suspicious "A fire investigator is attending to determine cause and origin." Pakuranga Rd was closed for nearly two hours in both directions with road users advised to avoid the area "Investigations into the cause of the fire at the McDonalds are underway," police said told 1News he heard a couple of explosions coming from the restaurant as the blaze began He said he heard "one or two" explosions The restaurant was adjacent to a Z petrol station and 250 metres along the same road from Pakuranga College A staff member at the service station said they had closed their fuel pumps and there was "huge fire and huge smoke" coming from the fire The Howick Pakuranga Netball Centre Courts were also closed this evening due to the blaze Auckland Transport said several bus routes Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown thanked emergency services who had been responding to the incident "Please follow the advice of emergency services A McDonald's spokesperson said the McDonald's restaurant in Pakuranga had "suffered significant damage" in the fire "Procedures were followed to raise the alarm and safely evacuate staff and customers McDonald’s is assisting emergency services as they begin the investigation into the cause of the fire." Oscar Piastri maintained his advantage in the Formula 1 championship fight by winning the Miami Grand Prix this morning for his fourth win through six races this season Piastri has now won three consecutive F1 races for McLaren Racing where he and teammate Lando Norris are trying to dethrone four-time defending champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull Piastri is the first McLaren driver to win three consecutive F1 races in 28 years; Mika Hakkinen did it with a win in the 1997 season finale and then victories in the first two races of 1998 He widened his lead over Norris in the driver standings to 16 points while Verstappen trails Piastri by 32 points New Zealand driver Liam Lawson was forced to withdraw his Racing Bulls car after 38 laps following an early collision with Australian Jack Doohan Norris earned his first Grand Prix victory last year at Miami when he snapped Verstappen’s two-year winning streak at the course surrounding Hard Rock Stadium Norris also won the sprint race yesterday — Piastri dominated but a late safety car cost him the victory — but Verstappen won the pole in qualifying who announced the birth of his first child Friday morning has been determined to disprove the myth that fatherhood would make him a more conservative driver It was evident as he darted away at the start and then aggressively held off Norris’ challenge for the lead The Red Bull and McLaren were side-by-side and Norris was trying to edge ahead of the Dutchman Norris said Verstappen forced him off track and there was nothing he could do but try to avoid running into a wall — but F1 took no action against Verstappen But it really just how it is with Max — it's crash or their pass.” Norris recovered and picked his way back toward the front but not before Piastri took control away from Verstappen on the 14th of 57 laps McLaren has decided it will allow Piastri and Norris to race each other cleanly without team orders and Norris was cleared to challenge his Australian teammate for the victory Norris was able to close the gap but could never catch Piastri and settled for second in a 1-2 finish for McLaren The two held a nearly 40-second advantage over George Russell of Mercedes the hard work that's gone in,” Piastri said of McLaren I think we got lapped twice and to now have won the Grand Prix by over 35 seconds to third is an unbelievable result of the hard work of every single person.” Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes was sixth and Charles Leclerc was seventh after Ferrari ordered Lewis Hamilton to give his teammate the position in the closing laps was ninth for Williams and Yuki Tsunoda was 10th for Red Bull Doohan ran into Lawson on the opening lap and then crashed on the second lap — a showing that won’t quiet chatter the rookie is on the verge of being replaced at Alpine by Franco Colapinto There have been media reports in Argentina that Colapinto will replace Doohan at F1’s next race It was dismissed at the start of the Miami weekend by Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes who indicated “as it is today” the Australian would still be in the seat at Imola “I think it was a sponsor from Argentina off-camera giving his view on Franco I’m sure there’s a lot of people in Argentina who’d like him in the car this Sunday,” Oakes said about the speculation “We’ve been pretty open as a team that that’s just noise But it’s natural that there’s always speculation there Jack is our driver along with Pierre (Gasly),” he continued who didn’t complete two laps this morning and finished last has yet to score a point this season through six races His best finish was 13th at the Chinese Grand Prix Lady Gaga gave a free concert Saturday night in front of 2 million fans who poured onto Copacabana Beach for the biggest show of her career (...) Thank you for making history with me,” Lady Gaga told a screaming crowd kicked off the show at around 22.10pm local time with her 2011 song Bloody Mary Cries of joy rose from the tightly-packed fans who sang and danced shoulder-to-shoulder on the vast stretch of sand Concert organisers said 2.1 million people attended the show switching between an array of dresses including one with the colours of the Brazilian flag Some fans – many of them young – arrived on the beach at the crack of dawn to secure a good spot “Today is the best day of my life,” said Manoela Dobes a 27-year-old designer who was wearing a dress plastered with a photograph from when she met Lady Gaga in the United States in 2019 Madonna also turned Copacabana Beach into a massive dance floor last year The large-scale performances are part of an effort led by City Hall to boost economic activity after Carnival and New Years’ Eve festivities and the upcoming month-long Saint John’s Day celebrations in June “It brings activity to the city during what was previously considered the low season – filling hotels and increasing spending in bars generating jobs and income for the population,” said Osmar Lima the city’s secretary of economic development in a statement released by Rio City Hall’s tourism department last month Rio’s City Hall said in a recent report that around 1.6 million people were expected to attend Lady Gaga's concert and that the show should inject at least 600 million reais (NZ$178.3 million) into Rio’s economy Similar concerts are scheduled to take place every year in May at least until 2028 Lady Gaga arrived in Rio in the early hours of Tuesday The city has been alive with Gaga-mania since as it geared up to welcome the pop star for her first show in the country since 2012 Rio’s metro employees danced to Lady Gaga’s 2008 hit song LoveGame and gave instructions for today in a video A free exhibition celebrating her career sold out While the vast majority of attendees were from Rio the event also attracted Brazilians from across the country and international visitors More than 500,000 tourists poured into the city in the days leading up to the show according to data from the local bus station and Tom Jobim airport Rio’s City Hall said in a statement yesterday made a cross-continent trip from Colombia to Brazil to attend the show “I’ve been a 100% fan of Lady Gaga my whole life,” said Serrano who was wearing a T-shirt featuring Lady Gaga’s outlandish costumes over the years the mega-star represents “total freedom of expression – being who one wants without shame” Rio officials have a history of organising huge concerts on Copacabana Beach Madonna’s show drew an estimated 1.6 million fans last year while 4 million people flooded onto the beach for a 1994 New Year’s Eve show by Rod Stewart in 1994 that was the biggest free rock concert in history sixteen sound towers were spread along the beach Rio state’s security plan included the presence of 3300 military and 1500 police officers Among those present were Lady Gaga admirers who remember their disappointment in 2017 when the artist cancelled a performance scheduled in Rio at the last minute due to health issues “She's the best artist in the world,” the 25-year-old said I love you” in Portuguese rose from the crowd behind him whose real name is Ella Yelich O'Connor which also displayed what appears to be the album cover art — an X-ray of a pelvis "100% written in blood," the website read The new album's announcement came a week after she released her latest single What Was That The song's music video was filmed at a mysterious pop-up event in New York City's Washington Square Park that was initially shut down by police. The event ended up going ahead after all, and fans who stayed got to hear the new song for the first time. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lorde (@lorde) It was the first sign of a follow-up to Lorde's previous album Her other albums were 2013's Pure Heroine and 2017's Melodrama she collaborated with British singer Charli XCX on a remix of Girl so confusing — on a re-release of the Grammy award-winning Brat Kim Kardashian thought she was going to be raped and killed when criminals broke into her bedroom in central Paris tied her up and stole more than US$6 million in jewellery 10 people will go on trial in Paris over the robbery abduction and kidnapping of the media personality and the concierge of the residence where she was staying during Paris Fashion Week the night of October 2 Kardashian’s lawyers said she will testify in person at the trial starting Monday and scheduled to run through May 23 "Ms Kardashian is reserving her testimony for the court and jury and does not wish to elaborate further at this time," they said "She has great respect and admiration for the French justice system and has been treated with great respect by the French authorities "She wishes the trial to proceed in an orderly fashion in accordance with French law and with respect for all parties to the case." In interviews and on her family’s reality TV show Kardashian has described being terrified as robbers pointed a gun at her In a 2020 appearance on David Letterman’s Netflix show she tearfully recalled thinking: "This is the time I’m going to get raped Twelve people were originally expected in the defendants’ box and another is seriously ill and can't be tried five of the 10 defendants were present at the scene of the robbery The French press has dubbed them The Granddad Robbers because the main defendants are elderly and have careers as bank robbers with long criminal records Kardashian told investigators she was taken to a bathroom next to her bedroom and placed in the bathtub Her attackers fled on bicycles or on foot and she managed to free herself by removing the tape from her hands and mouth She had also removed the tape from her feet and rushed to her stylist’s room She called her sister Kourtney to tell her about the theft Kardashian told investigators that she had not been injured adding that she wanted to leave France as soon as possible to be reunited with her children According to her testimony and that of the concierge at least one of the suspects had a handgun The gangsters stole many pieces of jewellery estimated to be worth more than US$6 million (NZ$10 million) Only one piece of jewellery — a diamond cross on platinum that was lost during the suspects' escape — has been recovered Two of the accused have partially confessed to the crime is one of two suspected robbers who allegedly entered the apartment his genetic profile was found on the tape used to gag Kardashian who was waiting for him in a parked car at a nearby train station The second robber said he tied up the concierge with cables but did not go up to Kardashian’s apartment said he acted as a lookout in the ground-floor reception area He said he was unarmed and did not personally threaten Kardashian but admitted he shared responsibility for the crime Abbas was arrested in January 2017 and spent 21 months in prison before being released under judicial supervision he co-authored a French-language book titled I Sequestered Kim Kardashian is the second alleged robber suspected of entering the flat although he was filmed by CCTV cameras and numerous telephone contacts with the other co-defendants show his involvement The other defendants are suspected of providing information about Kardashian’s presence in the apartment Others are accused of playing a role in the resale of the jewellery in Antwerp Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — in a class that also includes pop star Cyndi Lauper the rock duo the White Stripes and grunge masters Soundgarden the first female rap act to achieve gold and platinum status and the late singer-songwriter Warren Zevon will get the Musical Influence Award pianist Nicky Hopkins and bassist Carol Kaye will each get the Musical Excellence Award who sang at Woodstock and was best known for his cover of The Beatles’ With a Little Help From My Friends a member of Elvis Costello & The Attractions who argued that Cocker is "about as rock and roll as it gets" Soundgarden — with the late Chris Cornell as singer — get into the Hall on their third nomination They follow two other grunge acts in the Hall — Nirvana and Pearl Jam Bad Company get in having become radio fixtures with such arena-rock staples as Feel Like Makin’ Love Can’t Get Enough and Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy The Ahmet Ertegun Award — given to nonperforming industry professionals who had a major influence on music — will go to Lenny Waronker Some nominees that didn't get in this year included Mariah Carey and subsequent Let’s Twist Again are considered among the most popular songs in the history of rock 'n' roll The 83-year-old has expressed frustration that he hadn't been granted entry before including telling the AP in 2014: "I don’t want to get in there when I’m 85 years old so you better do it quick while I’m still smiling." Lauper rose to fame in the 1980s with hits such as Time After Time and Girls Just Want To Have Fun and went on to win a Tony Award for Kinky Boots have six Grammys and a reputation for pushing the boundaries of hip-hop The White Stripes — made up of Jack White and Meg White — were indie darlings in the early 2000s with such songs as Seven Nation Army Artists must have released their first commercial recording at least 25 years before they’re eligible for induction The induction ceremony will take place in Los Angeles this fall Nominees were voted on by more than 1200 artists historians and music industry professionals The selection criteria include "an artist’s impact on other musicians the scope and longevity of their career and body of work as well as their innovation and excellence in style and technique" Dave Matthews Band and singer-guitarist Peter Frampton were inducted Lorde has dropped her new single What Was That after weeks of cryptic posts and teases that set fans buzzing It's the lead single from her upcoming fourth album and her first original solo release since 2021's Solar Power which is three minutes and 28 seconds in length Some fans had been lucky enough to hear the track in full earlier this week. On Wednesday, Lorde posted a picture of Washington Square Park yesterday with the caption "tonight 7pm". Fans flooded the park an hour before she was supposed to appear, with photos shared of eager fans scaling trees to catch a glimpse of the singer. Shortly before she was to perform, the Royals singer took to social media to tell fans police had shut the event down. "Omg @thepark the cops are shutting us down," the message read. "I am truly amazed by how many of you showed !!! "But they’re telling me you gotta disperse ... I’m so sorry." However, the pop-up event ended up going ahead after all, with fans who stayed getting their first full airing of Lorde's new single. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lorde (@lorde) Lorde, real name Ella Yelich O'Connor, announced the single last week sharing a headshot-style photo of her wearing a red shirt with a dripping wet face Earlier this month, she dropped a 15-second snippet of the unreleased song Lorde was seen wearing a white shirt and jeans while walking through New York City I gave you everything/Now we wake from a dream What was that?” she sings over a synth beat It was the first sign of a follow up to Lorde's previous album Positioned in between Bondi and Tamarama beaches, the five-bedroom, four-bathroom house has 180 degree ocean views to Ben Buckler. Set on 330 square metres, the luxury residence spans four floors with lift access to all levels and includes triple auto-garaging with an EV charger and a solar-heated salt-chlorine pool with an outdoor shower. Within walking distance to the Coastal Walk, Bondi Icebergs and the beaches in between, the couple purchased the home for $6.5 million when it was built brand new in 2017. The Gleeson-Brennan family were Walsh Bay locals for more than a decade before making the move to the eastern beaches where they plan to stay and downsize locally. Gleeson returned to the Bar and the chambers he founded, Sydney’s Banco, after his resignation following his public fallout with Attorney General George Brandis in 2016. Meanwhile, Brennan has won several accolades for her published work, including her award-winning literary biography A Writing Life: Helen Garner and Her Work. Their home is scheduled to go to auction on 31 May. It is being sold through Simon Exleton of Pillinger who said current interest is between $10 million to $11 million. The Byron Bay hinterland property with '360-degree views' Wolfmother drummer Hamish Rosser selling Byron Bay hideaway Byron Bay: Where fibro shacks and multimillion-dollar homes sit side-by-side Former Murdoch exec and Nine chair lists award-winning $23m Vaucluse home Property mogul who capitalised on density push lists $22m trophy home Rag traders Stephen and Pamela Leibowitz are having another crack at selling their Point Piper trophy home with a price guide of $65 million after they first listed it on the market last year. Set in an exclusive harbourside enclave, the four-bedroom, five-bathroom residence was first designed by Leslie Wilkinson then updated by architect Michael Suttor and its beautiful parterre garden is by Annie Wilkes. With gun barrel views across Sydney Harbour, the home has luxury en suites, a chef’s kitchen, butler’s pantry and lift access. The couple is said to be downsizing in the neighbourhood after the Retail Apparel Group co-founder sold his stake in the company, the Group operates men’s retail stores Tarocash and Connor. The Leibowitzs have called the sought-after peninsula home since they purchased it for $12 million in 2004 from James Packer’s close friend and once right-hand man Ben Tilley. It is being sold through Michael Pallier of Sydney Sotheby’s International Realty. In Vaucluse, Barry Smorgon OAM, of Tismor Health & Wellness, and his wife Sandra have listed their deep waterfront with a price guide north of $60 million. The five-bedroom, six-bathroom trophy home is set on 1000 square metres and comes with its own private jetty and pontoon. Barry, who is a descendant of the wealthy Melbourne family, sold the majority of his company Jalco, a fast-moving consumer goods manufacturer, for about $80 million to billionaire Pratt family member Raphael Geminder’s Pact Group in 2015. Meanwhile, Sandra and Barry’s family office Sandbar Investments retained the food and wellness division which it renamed Tismor Health and Wellness, according to their website. In 2010, Barry received a Medal of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for his service to the community and to business. The home is being sold in an expressions of interest campaign through Elliott Placks of Ray White Double Bay. Another tightly held home in Vaucluse has changed hands. Lowes retail empire owner Jeffrey Mueller and his wife Stephanie have sold their long-time Vaucluse family home for $16 million, local sources report. While the home had an initial guide of $18 million, the Muellers did well considering they paid $2.85 million for the prestigious address in 1993. The Muellers had already made a move to Rose Bay after they paid $38.5 million for a contemporary house with no mortgage last year. The home sold through Paul Biller of Biller Property who declined to comment. In Byron Bay, award-winning grazier and regenerative farmer Charlie Arnott and his wife Angelica have listed their stunning Byron Bay hinterland property with a price guide of $20 million to $22 million. Lo Scoglio is set on 8000 square metres and the original 1980s home is unrecognisable, having been transformed into an exquisite two-storey Italian farmhouse after a complete renovation. It was a two-and-half-year passion project for Charlie, of the Arnott biscuit empire, and Angelica who paid homage to her Italian heritage in the process. The serene, modern rustic property, which they purchased for $2.45 million in 2018, features a four-bedroom main house and a private studio with five bathrooms across the two residences. With Charlie’s main business a 2000-hectare farm in Boorowa, where their family now reside, they no longer need the property, which is a luxury short-term rental that fetches $3750 a night. It is being sold in an expressions of interest campaign through Adam Ross of McGrath Pyrmont. The information on this website is intended to be of a general nature only and doesn't consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. where we are privileged to live and operate Watch 1m 41sThe NSW Coroners Court has released security video which shows Joel Cauchi being confronted by NSW Police Inspector Amy Scott. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time who shot dead Bondi Junction Westfield attacker Joel Cauchi accepted she was “probably going to die” as she faced down the killer and two French nationals who confronted Cauchi with bollards laid bare the lasting scars in emotional evidence to a coronial inquest one year after the massacre arriving on Tuesday at the NSW Coroner’s Court in Lidcombe.Credit: Kate Geraghty was armed with a Ka-Bar USMC military knife when he stabbed 16 people in the crowded shopping centre on April 13 The attack lasted just over three minutes before Scott heard an emergency call over the police radio The inquest has also heard of Joel Cauchi’s troubled mental health history at Bondi Junction Westfield,” the voice on the scanner broadcast just after 3.30pm “I knew right then that it was very real,” Scott said People were pouring out of the centre and flagged down Scott’s car Two French nationals and a security guard were among the group begging the lone officer for help They were Damien Guerot and Silas Despreaux who had courageously stepped between Cauchi and a woman metre-long bollards and threw them at Cauchi trying to halt his advance up an escalator even if it meant hurting him,” Despreaux later told police French nationals Damien Guerot (left) and Silas Despreaux (right) address the media at the NSW Coroner’s Court.Credit: Kate Geraghty Scott said she knew police facing such attackers have a 60 to 70 per cent chance of survival when accompanied by a partner I resigned myself to the fact that I was probably going to die,” Scott said The group raced to the fifth floor of the centre where Scott instructed everyone to stay behind her Cauchi had stopped on the air bridge on level five and was rocking on his feet but another had hidden behind a large pot plant about 15 metres on the other side of Joel,” Scott told the inquest Inspector Amy Scott was alone when she confronted the knife-wielding Joel Cauchi Cauchi turned and looked towards the woman with the pram “I yelled out ‘mate’ to get his attention back to me,” the inspector said Cauchi sprinted towards the officer with the large knife out CCTV showed Scott drawing her weapon and stepping back I knew my first shot had hit him from the jolt of his body Scott receiving the NSW Police Commissioner’s Valour Award.Credit: Kate Geraghty the third hit the pot plant where the mother had been sheltering seconds earlier Scott has been universally hailed as a hero for her actions and was recognised with the Commissioner’s Valour Award she used her first moments in the witness box to reach out to the families of the dead and the survivors of the attack Scott was resolute throughout her evidence except for one moment when her voice broke don’t feel the burden and pressures of what everyday humans do,” Scott said “And whilst I was the person that faced Joel those young officers ran [into Bondi Westfield] with the exact same intentions.” restored some faith in humanity and the goodness of the people.” took command of the scene at Bondi that afternoon Damien Guerot on a Bondi Junction Westfield escalator facing off with the attacker He asked a group of young police officers why they were standing in a strange location before realising they were near one of the bodies “Because I don’t want to leave them alone,” the officers replied “It’s an incident I won’t forget,” Whalley said The officer in charge of the investigation said police officers who use lethal force experience “vicarious trauma” “It is almost the case that 9/10 cases involve mentally ill people,” Marks said on Monday The central theme of the inquest is shaping up to be failures of the mental health system to properly treat Cauchi Cauchi had come off medication five years before the attack His Queensland psychiatrist told Cauchi to “self-determine” whether he should take medication again But Cauchi’s mother was found notes from her son expressing belief he was “under Satanic control” Queensland police were called to the family home in Toowoomba after Cauchi’s father confiscated his son’s knives but he does not know he is sick,” his mother told police Scott told the inquest it would have been a useful opportunity for a mental health service to have accompanied police and intervened in Cauchi’s deterioration “NSW Police are regularly called and required to respond to people in mental health crisis,” Scott said are dealing with at least one job of that nature.” the mental health co-ordinator for Sydney’s eastern suburbs said his officers record up to 170 mental health crisis responses each month Mental health is second only to domestic violence in occupying police resources “The involvement of police generally is not helpful,” he said “I think there’s an opportunity to improve outcomes for people and those outcomes might not involve police.” If you or anyone you know needs help, call SANE on 1800 187 263 (and see sane.org), Lifeline on 13 11 14 (and see lifeline.org.au) or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636 (and see beyondblue.org.au) Start the day with a summary of the day’s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. Sign up for our Morning Edition newsletter. NSW Police Inspector Amy Scott, who shot dead Bondi Junction Westfield attacker Joel Cauchi, accepted she was \\u201Cprobably going to die\\u201D as she faced down the killer. The heroic police officer, another senior police commander, and two French nationals who confronted Cauchi with bollards laid bare the lasting scars in emotional evidence to a coronial inquest one year after the massacre. Cauchi, 40, was armed with a Ka-Bar USMC military knife when he stabbed 16 people, killing six, in the crowded shopping centre on April 13, 2024. The attack lasted just over three minutes before Scott, who was near the centre for other duties, heard an emergency call over the police radio, the inquest heard on Tuesday. \\u201CWe\\u2019re getting multiple calls, multiple stabbings, multiple locations, at Bondi Junction Westfield,\\u201D the voice on the scanner broadcast just after 3.30pm. \\u201CI knew right then that it was very real,\\u201D Scott said. People were pouring out of the centre and flagged down Scott\\u2019s car. Two French nationals and a security guard were among the group begging the lone officer for help. They were Damien Guerot and Silas Despreaux, who had courageously stepped between Cauchi and a woman. The Frenchmen were armed with heavy, metre-long bollards and threw them at Cauchi, trying to halt his advance up an escalator. \\u201CI knew I needed to stop him, even if it meant hurting him,\\u201D Despreaux later told police. Scott said she knew police facing such attackers have a 60 to 70 per cent chance of survival when accompanied by a partner, and wearing a protective vest. She had neither. \\u201CI felt nauseous, I resigned myself to the fact that I was probably going to die,\\u201D Scott said. The group raced to the fifth floor of the centre, where Scott instructed everyone to stay behind her, hand on her holstered pistol. Cauchi had stopped on the air bridge on level five and was rocking on his feet. \\u201CI saw a lady and a pram, two ladies and a pram, one had run away, but another had hidden behind a large pot plant about 15 metres on the other side of Joel,\\u201D Scott told the inquest. \\u201CI mouthed at her to \\u2018run\\u2019.\\u201D Cauchi turned and looked towards the woman with the pram. \\u201CI yelled out \\u2018mate\\u2019 to get his attention back to me,\\u201D the inspector said. Cauchi sprinted towards the officer with the large knife out. \\u201CHe was going to kill me,\\u201D Scott said. CCTV showed Scott drawing her weapon and stepping back. She fired her weapon once. \\u201CIt\\u2019s a peculiar thing, it\\u2019s very fast, but in my mind it was very slow. I knew my first shot had hit him from the jolt of his body, but he continued to come towards me.\\u201D She fired twice more. The second shot hit Cauchi, the third hit the pot plant where the mother had been sheltering seconds earlier. Scott has been universally hailed as a hero for her actions and was recognised with the Commissioner\\u2019s Valour Award. On Tuesday, she used her first moments in the witness box to reach out to the families of the dead and the survivors of the attack. Scott was resolute throughout her evidence except for one moment when her voice broke. \\u201CWe think that police don\\u2019t feel fear, don\\u2019t feel the burden and pressures of what everyday humans do,\\u201D Scott said. \\u201CAnd whilst I was the person that faced Joel, those young officers ran [into Bondi Westfield] with the exact same intentions.\\u201D \\u201CThat day, as tragic as it is, restored some faith in humanity and the goodness of the people.\\u201D A second senior officer, Chief Inspector Chris Whalley, took command of the scene at Bondi that afternoon. He asked a group of young police officers why they were standing in a strange location, before realising they were near one of the bodies. \\u201CBecause I don\\u2019t want to leave them alone,\\u201D the officers replied. \\u201CIt\\u2019s an incident I won\\u2019t forget,\\u201D Whalley said, in tears. The officer in charge of the investigation, Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Marks, said police officers who use lethal force experience \\u201Cvicarious trauma\\u201D. \\u201CIt is almost the case that 9/10 cases involve mentally ill people,\\u201D Marks said on Monday. The central theme of the inquest is shaping up to be failures of the mental health system to properly treat Cauchi, who was living with schizophrenia. Cauchi had come off medication five years before the attack. His Queensland psychiatrist told Cauchi to \\u201Cself-determine\\u201D whether he should take medication again, and he decided not to. But Cauchi\\u2019s mother was found notes from her son expressing belief he was \\u201Cunder Satanic control\\u201D. In late 2023, Queensland police were called to the family home in Toowoomba after Cauchi\\u2019s father confiscated his son\\u2019s knives. \\u201CHe really needs to see a doctor, but he does not know he is sick,\\u201D his mother told police. Scott told the inquest it would have been a useful opportunity for to have accompanied police and intervened in Cauchi\\u2019s deterioration. \\u201CNSW Police are regularly called and required to respond to people in mental health crisis,\\u201D Scott said. \\u201CMy staff, every day, are dealing with at least one job of that nature.\\u201D Whalley, the mental health co-ordinator for Sydney\\u2019s eastern suburbs, said his officers record up to 170 mental health crisis responses each month. Mental health is second only to domestic violence in occupying police resources. \\u201CThe involvement of police generally is not helpful,\\u201D he said. \\u201CI think there\\u2019s an opportunity to improve outcomes for people, and those outcomes might not involve police.\\u201D If you or anyone you know needs help, call SANE on 1800 187 263 (and see ), Lifeline on 13 11 14 (and see ) or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636 (and see ). Start the day with a summary of the day\\u2019s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. . A newly released video shows what hero police officer Amy Scott saw in the terrifying seconds before she confronted Westfield Bondi Junction killer Joel Cauchi driving home the gravity of her bravery and quick thinking even as she believed she was facing certain death which brought a hushed silence over the coronial inquest into the mass casualty event was released on the same day that an elite NSW Ambulance paramedic told the court his specialist unit was unable to enter the centre because they didn’t have their life-saving ballistic vests and helmets The NSW State Coroner on Thursday released a computer-generated video showing the layout of the shopping centre and Inspector Scott’s path through it as Cauchi was attacking people with a military knife on April 13 Six people sustained fatal injuries in the three-minute attack before Scott shot and killed Cauchi on the fifth floor The video shows Cauchi pacing around the escalators with the large knife before going upstairs Scott is captured by the same camera entering on the ground floor then by another camera ascending the escalator in pursuit with French nationals Silas Despreaux and Damien Geurot right behind her The CCTV from the fifth floor of the centre shows how close Cauchi came to a shop owner Scott and Cauchi are captured on CCTV facing off in the tense final seconds of the rampage replaces their CCTV image with computerised figures and zooms in on Scott’s perspective It shows exactly what the inspector would have seen as she aimed down the barrel of her service-issued weapon and in full sprint toward her with the blade drawn The computer-generated video shows the moment Inspector Amy Scott faces down Joel Cauchi.Credit: NSW Police “He was going to kill me,” Scott said earlier this week Media and the families of victims who had sat in the coroner’s court this week watched the video in stunned silence Cauchi died on the floor of the shopping centre Scott attempted to revive him after clearing his weapon The inquest on Thursday heard from a duty officer within NSW Ambulance who managed the elite paramedics of the Special Operations Team (SOT) on that day confusion swirled for almost an hour about whether a second offender remained on the loose told the inquest on Thursday he learnt about the mass casualty event accidentally after calling the ambulance control centre for another incident “Someone has just gone nuts with a gun in Bondi; we don’t have time for this,” the control centre told SOT1 Ambulances parked outside Westfield Bondi Junction on the day of the attack.Credit: Oscar Colman saw members of his SOT had been dispatched to Bondi Junction without him being advised But it soon became clear there would be an issue – the SOT paramedics would not be able to integrate with the tactical police crews sweeping the centre for a second attacker and further victims because they did not have their ballistic vests and helmets NSW Ambulance directed the ballistic gear was to be taken out of local stations and put into an undisclosed central location somewhere in Sydney SOT1 called one of his officers in Penrith to collect the ballistic gear from storage and then drive it to Bondi Junction SOT1 told the inquest that forgetting to alert the duty officer being able to directly participate in any of the specialist police groups’ activity until that ballistic PPE arrived on scene,” SOT1 said “We need the equipment to be available at a location that is convenient and or located in the vehicles that we operate from to allow us to be able to respond directly to scene – without having to divert to retrieve that equipment.” a SOT at Bondi called the duty officer and asked if he could use ballistic gear provided by tactical police The duty officer said he had to go up to his boss to get approval as precious minutes ticked by brother of murdered security guard Faraz Tahir arrives at the NSW Coroners Court for the Bondi Junction tragedy inquest.Credit: Kate Geraghty The inquest has heard the delay did not have any impact on any of the people attacked by Cauchi because some paramedic crews had got inside the centre before police locked it down died a hero confronting Joel Cauchi on his first shift as a security guard at Bondi was being treated by paramedics inside the centre Tahir was stretchered out just after 4pm and critical care paramedic Chris Wilkinson desperately attempted to save his life with surgery on the roadside Wilkinson told the inquest on Wednesday that he was “frustrated” at being forced to wait outside while fearing others like Tahir might have been dying untreated inside Police ultimately realised Cauchi had acted alone after viewing CCTV and broadcast a message at 4.27pm confirming there was no active threat but that communication was not shared with NSW Ambulance That meant an ambulance assistant commissioner declared the Westfield a “hot zone” at 4.28pm – one minute after it had been cleared by police SOT1 told the inquest his officers were not part of a standalone unit but rather were only “activated” when a major incident required them The inquest heard it’s common for 35 SOTs to be rostered on for a 10-week bloc despite an expected minimum of 45 The duty officer told the inquest he had repeatedly called for more paramedics to be trained and added to the SOT roster SOT1 reiterated that he believed there was “no clinical impact” on the victims of the Bondi Junction massacre but hoped the lessons learnt would translate to a change for his unit A newly released video shows what hero police officer Amy Scott saw in the terrifying seconds before she confronted Westfield Bondi Junction killer Joel Cauchi, driving home the gravity of her bravery and quick thinking even as she believed she was facing certain death. The evidence, which brought a hushed silence over the coronial inquest into the mass casualty event, was released on the same day that an elite NSW Ambulance paramedic told the court his specialist unit was unable to enter the centre because they didn\\u2019t have their life-saving ballistic vests and helmets. The NSW State Coroner on Thursday released a computer-generated video showing the layout of the shopping centre and Inspector Scott\\u2019s path through it, as Cauchi was attacking people with a military knife on April 13, 2024. Six people sustained fatal injuries in the three-minute attack on the fifth floor. The video shows Cauchi pacing around the escalators with the large knife before going upstairs. Scott is captured by the same camera entering on the ground floor, then by another camera ascending the escalator in pursuit, with French nationals Silas Despreaux and Damien Geurot right behind her. The CCTV from the fifth floor of the centre shows how close Cauchi came to a shop owner, appearing to consider attacking him, before continuing to run. Scott and Cauchi are captured on CCTV facing off in the tense final seconds of the rampage. The video, released on Thursday, replaces their CCTV image with computerised figures and zooms in on Scott\\u2019s perspective. It shows exactly what the inspector would have seen as she aimed down the barrel of her service-issued weapon. Cauchi was just 6.5 metres away, and in full sprint toward her with the blade drawn. \\u201CHe was going to kill me,\\u201D Scott said earlier this week. Media and the families of victims who had sat in the coroner\\u2019s court this week watched the video in stunned silence. Cauchi died on the floor of the shopping centre. Scott attempted to revive him after clearing his weapon. The inquest on Thursday heard from a duty officer within NSW Ambulance who managed the elite paramedics of the Special Operations Team (SOT) on that day. As emergency services rushed to the scene, confusion swirled for almost an hour about whether a second offender remained on the loose. The duty officer, known by the pseudonym SOT1, told the inquest on Thursday he learnt about the mass casualty event accidentally after calling the ambulance control centre for another incident. \\u201CSomeone has just gone nuts with a gun in Bondi; we don\\u2019t have time for this,\\u201D the control centre told SOT1. The perplexed duty officer, looking through his computer system, saw members of his SOT had been dispatched to Bondi Junction without him being advised. But it soon became clear there would be an issue \\u2013 the SOT paramedics would not be able to integrate with the tactical police crews sweeping the centre for a second attacker and further victims because they did not have their ballistic vests and helmets. In September 2023, NSW Ambulance directed the ballistic gear was to be taken out of local stations and put into an undisclosed central location somewhere in Sydney. SOT1 called one of his officers in Penrith to collect the ballistic gear from storage and then drive it to Bondi Junction. SOT1 told the inquest that forgetting to alert the duty officer, and the centralised PPE, both delayed the SOT paramedics. \\u201CThere was a delay for the paramedics ... being able to directly participate in any of the specialist police groups\\u2019 activity until that ballistic PPE arrived on scene,\\u201D SOT1 said. \\u201CWe need the equipment to be available at a location that is convenient and or located in the vehicles that we operate from, to allow us to be able to respond directly to scene \\u2013 without having to divert to retrieve that equipment.\\u201D At one point, a SOT at Bondi called the duty officer and asked if he could use ballistic gear provided by tactical police. The duty officer said he had to go up to his boss, who had to go up to her boss, to get approval as precious minutes ticked by. The inquest has heard the delay did not have any impact on any of the people attacked by Cauchi because some paramedic crews had got inside the centre before police locked it down. Faraz Tahir, a security guard stabbed by Cauchi, was being treated by paramedics inside the centre. Tahir was stretchered out just after 4pm and critical care paramedic Chris Wilkinson desperately attempted to save his life with surgery on the roadside. But Tahir did not survive. Wilkinson told the inquest on Wednesday that he was \\u201Cfrustrated\\u201D at being forced to wait outside while fearing others like Tahir might have been dying untreated inside. Police ultimately realised Cauchi had acted alone after viewing CCTV and broadcast a message at 4.27pm confirming there was no active threat, but that communication was not shared with NSW Ambulance. That meant an ambulance assistant commissioner declared the Westfield a \\u201Chot zone\\u201D at 4.28pm \\u2013 one minute after it had been cleared by police. SOT1 told the inquest his officers were not part of a standalone unit, but rather were only \\u201Cactivated\\u201D when a major incident required them. The inquest heard it\\u2019s common for 35 SOTs to be rostered on for a 10-week bloc despite an expected minimum of 45. The duty officer told the inquest he had repeatedly called for more paramedics to be trained and added to the SOT roster, and for it to become a standalone unit. SOT1 reiterated that he believed there was \\u201Cno clinical impact\\u201D on the victims of the Bondi Junction massacre, but hoped the lessons learnt would translate to a change for his unit. Watch 7m First anniversary of Bondi Junction tragedy At Sydney’s north-west fringe, they’ve affected Australia’s Ahmadiyah Muslim community too. It’s been a difficult year for Shiraz and Musafar Tahir.  They’re missing their brother, Faraz, the family’s brave one.  SHIRAZ TAHIR (subtitled): He would be the first to raise his hand to do anything that was a bit scary.  ADAM HARVEY:  Faraz came to Australia in 2022 as a refugee from Pakistan. MUSAFAR TAHIR:  He always told me it is a very beautiful country, so I am living very good life here.  ADAM HARVEY:  His brothers last spoke to him on April 13 last year, as he was preparing for work as a security guard at Westfield Bondi Junction. He’d been in the job just two weeks. This was his first day shift.  At around 3.30pm, he was patrolling Level 4 with another Pakistani security guard – Mohammad Taha.  MOHAMMAD TAHA (7.30: May 2024):   We were like standing together and all of a sudden, we heard people shouting and screaming.  ADAM HARVEY:  At 3.31, Westfield CCTV recorded a man in a Australian football jersey taking a knife from his backpack.  Over the next three minutes, he would stab 16 people, killing six.  Twenty-five-year-old Dawn Singleton, in the mall to shop for her wedding.  Jade Young, murdered in front of her nine-year-old daughter. Yixuan Cheng, a 27-year-old studying for a master’s in economics at the University of Sydney. Ashlee Good, whose final act was to protect her baby daughter. A shopper filmed the approach of security guards Mohammad Taha and Faraz Tahir.    MOHAMMAD TAHA:   We don’t know what’s going on at that point. Me and Faraz were both like going together, and while walking he was like two to three steps ahead of me, and people were like rushing towards this side  Mohammad Taha dragged his wounded colleague onto a seat. MOHAMMAD TAHA:   At the time I didn’t notice that I was stabbed. I was looking after Faraz and I was helping him. He just fell down on the floor.  ADAM HARVEY:  At 3.37, police Inspector Amy Scott enters the mall and gives chase – 79 seconds later she shoots the attacker dead.   In Pakistan, Faraz’s brothers receive a shocking phone call. MUSAFAR TAHIR:  He told us that there is an incident happened in Bondi Junction, and Faraz was there, so, he is injured and he is in critical condition and please pray for him and give Satka, that is charity.  ADAM HARVEY:  But Faraz had died soon after he was stabbed.  The man in the football jersey, Joel Cauchi, had a severe and worsening mental illness. He had been treated for schizophrenia and psychosis since he was a teenager. DR PRAMUTHI GUNARATNA, NEUROPSYCHIATRIST:  When someone has schizophrenia one of the symptoms is psychosis. And when someone is going through a period of psychosis, they, their thoughts and their perceptions change to the degree where they might lose the ability to tell the difference between what's real and what's not. MUSAFAR TAHIR:  It is a disease, and anyone can have this disease.  SHIRAZ TAHIR (subtitled): But there should be a mechanism to properly treat people with such illnesses. Proper treatment so they don’t go out and harm others. The loss that we have incurred cannot be remediated but it should be prevented from happening in the future.  ADAM HARVEY:  An inquest into the Bondi Junction attack begins in two weeks. One line of inquiry, the gaps in Cauchi’s mental health treatment.  A preliminary hearing has been told that for almost eight years, he received psychiatric care and “very significant psychotropic medication”  But for four years, from early 2020, he received “no particular treatment” as he moved between Queensland and New South Wales. PRAMUTHI GUNARATNA: Unfortunately, this is very common. The government's own data shows that there are 58,000 people in New South Wales with severe and complex mental illness, so that's not mild or moderate illness, but severe and complex mental illness, who do not have access to care.  ADAM HARVEY:  There is a shortage of public health psychiatrists in New South Wales and an ongoing pay dispute with the state government.  The government says it is spending more on outreach teams, the people who find and help mentally ill homeless people.  ROSE JACKSON, NSW MINISTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH:   I think it's important to recognize that psychiatrists are only one part of the system. And in fact, in a circumstance like this where someone's disengaged from care, experiencing homelessness, people like social workers, peer workers, community mental health clinicians, they're that really critical first piece to bring people into care. ADAM HARVEY:  By late December 2023, Joel Cauchi was living here, at the Maroubra Beach Pavilion. He was deteriorating but there wasn’t much help: a police welfare check, some food from charities. He'd slipped beyond an overwhelmed mental health system. And on the morning of April 13, last year he left Maroubra bound for Bondi Junction.  The Tahirs came to Australia to bury their brother. They’ve stayed. Sheraz has found work as a security guard, following the example of his older brother.  MUSAFAR TAHIR:  He gave his life, sacrificed his life, to protect the people. So, it will not go in vain.  It's been nearly one year since six people were killed in less than three minutes in the Bondi Junction shopping mall attack. Its scope has now been broadened to examine media coverage.Six people were killed in the mass stabbing at Bondi Junction Westfield shopping centre the circumstances around which will be considered as part of an inquest to start on 28 April Mourners lay 'brave' Bondi security guard Faraz Tahir to rest in Sydney Bondi attack puts spotlight on 'ramshackle' mental health system A man who stabbed six weekend shoppers could have been reconnected with mental health support well ahead of the tragedy after a plea by his mother for assistance Joel Cauchi was known to Queensland police for suspected mental health concerns more than a year before he armed himself with a 30-centimetre long knife and launched his unprovoked and deadly mall attack the 40-year-old killed six people and injured 10 others in Sydney's Bondi Junction Westfield on April 13 2024 before being shot dead by police inspector Amy Scott Cauchi called police to his family home in Toowoomba after his father Andrew took his collection of knives This included a knife that was the exact type used in the mall attack body-worn video from a senior constable called to the Toowoomba house was played in the NSW Coroners Court on Monday It's pretty expensive and he won't give it back," Cauchi says on the roadside outside the home as the officer approaches He is seen persistently urging the officer to talk to his parents and get the knives back right away While claiming he would become financially broke or homeless without the knives a female constable was chatting with the then-39-year-old's mother Michele who said her son had stopped taking his medication years before and was now believed to be hearing voices "She was asking for help," the officer told the court Cauchi was a "high-functioning" schizophrenic who had a university degree could speak two languages and was studying to become an English teacher His parents told police attending their home they held concerns for their son's mental health including that he had been up at 3am pacing around Michele Cauchi told the officers her husband Andrew took the knives out of concern Cauchi was "in a rage" after they were taken pushing his father and swearing at his mother In an email sent that night to the Queensland police mental health incident co-ordinator the more senior officer requested a follow-up "It's likely we will have further calls for service to the house," he wrote "If a follow-up could be made of the family … that would be great." But nothing was organised after an "oversight" meant the email was seen but then forgotten about by a co-ordinator after being called to another job Cauchi had been successfully treated for decades through anti-psychotic medication and psychiatric visits But by March 2020 he had been completely detached from the mental health system When asked by police about his mental health at the January 2023 call-out Cauchi said he felt "really good" and "terrific" He also said he felt much better since ceasing his medication which he claimed caused numerous side-effects the inquest also heard evidence from a Brisbane highway patrol officer who pulled Cauchi over in September 2021 because of "erratic driving" saw Cauchi "brake checking" his silver Toyota sedan by stopping and starting the vehicle before swerving sharply into the right-hand lane He activated lights and sirens before pulling the vehicle over Cauchi told the officer he did not realise how he was driving The officer said when he searched for prior history he was unaware  there had been a pattern of behaviour with the then 38-year-old pulled over for similar driving twice before The inquest before State Coroner Teresa O'Sullivan continues on Tuesday Lawyer for victim’s fiance tells court the publication of Facebook photos by 60 Minutes and Sydney Morning Herald was ‘extremely distressing’ The fiance of a Bondi Junction stabbing victim has accused news outlets of breaching copyright for republishing social media photos before the first anniversary of the deadly rampage, in a NSW supreme court case that may pose broader potential ramifications for the media. Ashley Wildey’s partner, Dawn Singleton, was among six people killed at the shopping centre in Sydney’s east by Joel Cauchi before he was shot dead by police last 13 April. Read moreWildey alleges Nine Network’s 60 Minutes program and sister outlet the Sydney Morning Herald breached his copyright with images of the 25-year-old The newspaper published a picture of Singleton – credited to Facebook – ahead of a directions hearing on Monday for the inquest into the April 2024 mass stabbings given the tragedy’s approaching anniversary and an expectation of further alleged infringements “[Nine] has taken the view that it is entitled to take photos that it doesn’t own from my client’s social media at any time and use those photos in any way it wishes,” Chrysanthou told the court Such use had been happening for almost a year “We became overwhelmed with the number of infringements we discovered once we looked into it,” she said has called for the upcoming inquest to be abandoned His media campaign in the lead-up included an interview on 60 Minutes in which Singleton’s images were used said Wednesday’s hearing was the first she heard of the newspaper being brought in to the case She expressed concerns the lawsuit’s expansion would complicate a case Chrysanthou had portrayed as “pretty straightforward” But Barnett indicated the outlets may have a defence under fair dealing provisions which limit copyright claims in news reports Free daily newsletterOur Australian afternoon update breaks down the key election campaign stories of the day killed six people and wounded at least 10 others at a shopping centre in Sydney’s east on 13 April 2024 Chrysanthou is representing Singleton’s family as well as relatives of Good and Young at the inquest They support the inquiry and understood it was mandatory Its scope has expanded to include examinations of media attempts to obtain information as well as the impact of reporting on those who lost family members “The media will have to reflect deeply on that we hope,” counsel assisting Peggy Dwyer SC said a memorial will be established at Bondi Junction on Thursday with displays of photographs and messages on floral tributes laid after the mass homicide Welfare support officers will be on site over the weekend to support the public First a word about Bondi's math. During President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office, she said, the federal government had seized "more than 22 million fentanyl pills" and "3,400 kilos of fentanyl." According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics 2 milligrams of fentanyl is a potentially lethal dose which means 3,400 kilograms (if pure) could theoretically kill 1.7 billion people So one could argue that Bondi actually understated the Trump administration's accomplishment: It did not merely save 75 percent of the U.S population; it saved the entire population five times over In February, the White House performed a similar calculation. Last fiscal year, it said Customs and Border Protection (CBP) "apprehended more than 21,000 pounds of fentanyl at our borders enough fentanyl to kill more than 4 billion people." The math checks out Twenty-one thousand pounds is 9,525,440 grams As Reason's Joe Lancaster notes Bondi relied on a different method in arriving at her estimate adjusting those 3,400 kilograms of fentanyl based on the "current purity level." She thus avoided claiming that the Trump administration had saved 1.7 billion American lives which would have been even more patently ridiculous than claiming it had saved a mere 258 million Bondi's most obvious mistake is equating potential overdoses with actual overdoses: She assumes that 258 million opioid-naive people would each have consumed two milligrams of fentanyl in one sitting But Bondi also erroneously assumes that seizing 3,400 kilograms of fentanyl is the same as reducing U.S Prohibition allows drug traffickers to earn a hefty risk premium which gives them a strong incentive to find ways around any barriers the government manages to erect Given all the places where drugs can be produced and all the ways they can be smuggled it is not possible to "cut off the flow," as politicians have been vainly promising to do for more than a century The most they can realistically hope to accomplish through interdiction is higher retail prices resulting from increased costs imposed on drug traffickers That strategy is complicated by the fact that illegal drugs acquire most of their value close to the consumer The cost of replacing destroyed crops and seized shipments is therefore relatively small a tiny fraction of the "street value" trumpeted by law enforcement agencies but the amount that can be seized at one time falls Bondi lives in a different world—one where the government seizes 3,400 kilograms of fentanyl and thereby reduces the supply available to consumers by that amount preventing 258 million overdose deaths that otherwise would have occurred Her claim not only beggars belief; it contradicts Trump's critique of the Biden administration's anti-drug record "Drugs are pouring in at levels never seen before," Trump said on Meet the Press in December a large volume of fentanyl seizures is a sign of success rather than failure because seizing more fentanyl means preventing more overdoses the Biden administration saved 860 million American lives in 2023 alone Bondi's unjustified faith in the war on drugs blinds her to the ways in which prohibition makes drug use more dangerous "Kids are dying every day because they're taking this junk laced with something else," she said during the Cabinet meeting They think they're buying a Tylenol or an Adderall [or] a Xanax Prohibition is the reason drug users "don't know what they're taking." In a legal market consumers know the contents and concentration of drug composition is highly variable and unpredictable which dramatically increases the risk of potentially fatal errors the age-adjusted rate of "deaths from drug poisoning" in that state nearly doubled during Bondi's eight years in office Get a daily brief of the most important stories and trends every weekday morning when you subscribe to Reason Roundup Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" Only six ended up bidding, the dilapidated property at 170 Birrell Street considered “too much work” by the agent for everyday buyers. and the final bid was well above expectations Cooley Auctions auctioneer Jake Moore opened proceedings with a tongue-in-cheek welcome to the “ready to move in turn-key” property to the chuckles of the crowd on the street After he had pointed out features such as its “external curtains,” bidding opened at $2,050,000 – already $50,000 above the vendor’s initial $2 million hopes The six active bidders then quickly took offers to $520,000 above reserve seeing the property selling within just four minutes Belle Property’s Edward Brown said the vendor had asked him “do you think somebody would pay me $2 million for this?” when they met Brown said he told him he was sure he could get “a bit more” despite the work needed to make the property livable Where you should have bought a house in Sydney 10 years ago The top 10 most expensive suburbs in which to rent in Australia ‘Abandoned Mansion’ on Sydney’s waterfront sells for record price “Everybody who was trying to do a small renovation to it just discarded it and said it’s just too much work “You’ve got to really know what you’re doing … to be able to do a renovation to that magnitude.” The property was one of 1304 scheduled to go to auction in Sydney over the weekend Domain Group recorded a preliminary auction clearance rate of 65.2 per cent from 816 reported results Withdrawn auctions are counted as unsold properties when calculating the clearance rate In Campbelltown, another “renovators delight” at 12 Reddall Street sold for $1,001,000 after 39 bidders renovators and first home buyers registered for a chance to buy the three-bedroom home Ten bidders competed for the home which had a guide of $695,000 to $755,000 The sale price hit $1 million after 52 bids and 25 minutes and the crowd was laughing The house sold for $1,001,000 under the hammer nearly $300,000 above its $710,000 reserve LJ Hooker’s John Zheng said “the neighbours Nothing sold over a million dollars on this street No renovation [has] been done in [the] last 50 years.” “People always like to buy a piece of land and to be able to buy a house in Campbelltown is like [to] buy a one bedroom in the city,” he said The house last traded for $162,000 in 1994 In Darlinghurst, a two-bedroom, two-bathroom unit was snapped up by an expat represented by a friend. The flat with a parking spot at 3/94 Surrey Street was guided at $1.6 million. Bidding started at $1.55 million and quickly took off with three in the ring. Increments of $25,000, $10,000 and $15,000 were offered until the price soared above its $1.75 million reserve and reached $1.8 million. An additional $1000 was called for and then a final $1000 bid secured the property for $1,812,000. 2 Baths1 ParkingView listing BresicWhitney’s Darren Pearce said all buyers were owner-occupiers seeking to move in. “It’s nice to see something with really high ceilings, old timber floorboards, really lovely balcony. It feels like an apartment you’d have in the country,” Pearce said. “Apartments are definitely selling quite well, I feel. And so are the houses in the crossover between Darlinghurst and Surry Hills we’re seeing as the market is actually very active,” he said. The expat buyer had flown from Asia during week one of the campaign but wasn’t at the auction. The vendor was selling their investment property. The home last traded for $1.5 million in 2017, records show. AMP chief economist Dr Shane Oliver said Sydney’s clearance rate of 65.2 per cent appeared subdued. “It seems to be the same story that the interest rate cut that we had back in February provided a boost and helped the clearance rate … but since then, through much of March, and now going into April, it looks sort of cooled off again.” Oliver said the election could be another factor influencing the clearance rate. “The property market is still stronger than it was late last year thanks to lower rents and the prospect of more to come, but it’s not taking it off. Buyers look to me to be fairly cautious,” he said. Wild 5.5 metre swells hammer the eastern NSW coastline causing damage to key walkways and closing beaches Locals in Sydney’s east woke on Wednesday to discover some of the city’s most famous beaches and coastal walkways battered and damaged by huge overnight swells Clovelly and Cronulla beaches were among the areas smashed by 5.5 metre swells Bondi’s world-famous Icebergs pool was hit hard by the wild surf. Some glass fences above the pool were broken and railings mangled. The wreckage of a large water tank washed up on the beach nearby. Read moreSam Bebb, the operations manager at Wylie’s baths in Coogee said they got “lucky” compared with Icebergs due to their amenities being more elevated “The worst … is some broken seating on the pool deck and damage that we haven’t quite been able to assess to the fence line surrounding the premises,” Bebb said Waverley council workers remove a large water tank from Icebergs pool that washed up on Bondi beach Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAPWylie’s has been closed for swimming since Sunday A Waverley council spokesperson said infrastructure at three beaches was damaged overnight and they would remain closed on Wednesday as staff cleaned up A spokesperson for Randwick city council said beaches in their area would also remain closed on Wednesday as workers assessed damage at Coogee beach and along the coastal walk Waves smashed through the doors of Coogee Surf Club tore through handrails at South Coogee and deposited large amounts of sand over the steps and rainbow walkway Waves hit Icebergs pool as large swells sweep into Sydney’s Bondi beach on Wednesday Photograph: Mark Baker/AP“These conditions are risky even for experienced surfers there’s an additional risk of large debris in the water,” veteran Randwick city council lifeguard and well-known surfer Moffatt urged the community to stay out of the water on Wednesday evening when more large swells were expected to hit A section of the Cronulla esplanade has been cordoned off with parts of the concrete walkway cratering from 4-metre waves as civil crews inspected the damage wrought overnight Brick walls also buckled under the pressure of powerful waves at Bronte Bayside council in Sydney’s south shared photos of extensive damage on Wednesday of broken footpaths fallen debris and crushed bike lanes at Dolls Point as workers furiously tried to make sure the traffic flow was safe Approximately 20 properties in the suburb were flooded Several beaches in the city’s north that are popular with tourists Some adventurous swimmers still braved the conditions on Wednesday morning dipping into an ocean pool overlooking Cronulla beach The bureau warned against swimming, rock fishing and boating in affected areas. NSW police advised people to stay out of the water and avoid walking near surf-exposed areas. NSW State Emergency Services (SES) warned there was a risk of high tides on Wednesday night and asked people to avoid areas exposed to coastal erosion. The SES received 17 reports of properties with coastal erosion on the NSW Central Coast. The forecast on Wednesday was for heavy swells to continue for most of this week along the NSW and southern Queensland coasts. Waves up to 6.3 metres were recorded at the Eden wave buoy on Tuesday morning and 5.1 metres at Batemans Bay in the afternoon. A 5.9 metre wave was registered at the Port Kembla buoy early on Wednesday morning. Watch 3m 16sAhead of the one-year anniversary of the Bondi Junction stabbing attack, those who witnessed the event reflect on what they saw that day and its impact. An official website of the United States government Pictured: Attorney General Pamela Bondi converses with a lab technician at the Drug Enforcement Administration’s forensic lab in Northern Virginia Pictured: A lab technician demonstrates a scientific procedure related to fentanyl for Attorney General Pamela Bondi in the DEA’s forensic lab in Northern Virginia Pictured: Attorney General Pamela Bondi operates a tablet press machine to simulate the manufacturing of fentanyl pills at DEA’s forensic lab in Northern Virginia The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Office of Forensic Sciences analyzes evidence and provides research that supports drug-related investigations and the U.S This includes chemical analysis of suspected controlled substances but also encompasses other areas such as digital evidence analysis crime scene investigations and the disposal of hazardous chemical waste 2025 Attorney General Pamela Bondi toured the Drug Enforcement Administration Headquarters (DEAHQ) for a firsthand look at how experts detect and disrupt the spread of illicit fentanyl the DEA has seized more than 22 million fentanyl-laced pills – preventing overdoses and saving countless lives together with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) today announced a $300 million settlement with Walgreens Boots.. 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