Good afternoon. An inquest into the disappearance of toddler William Tyrrell will examine a police theory that his foster mother loaded his body into a car and disposed of it close to where he died.
The inquest has been reopened for a fifth round of evidence, with counsel assisting Gerard Craddock SC saying the prevailing theory was that the boy's foster mother found him already deceased after a fall from the balcony at the Kendall property on 12 September 2014.
Police believe she then alerted a neighbour to the boy's alleged disappearance, before driving down the road to dispose of his remains in some undergrowth, the deputy NSW coroner, Harriet Grahame, heard.
The inquest into William's disappearance began in March 2019 but was adjourned in October 2020. No one has been charged in the case and there remains a $1m reward for information.
Coldplay's Chris Martin falls through stage at Melbourne show
Just weeks after the US pop star Olivia Rodrigo fell through the stage at a different Melbourne venue, the Coldplay singer was talking to the crowd at Marvel Stadium when he walked backwards into a large open hole in the thrust stage. A shocked gasp was heard from the audience before Martin said: "That's uh, not planned, thank you for catching me, so much. Thank you guys, holy shit."
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"I shouldn't have left, I mean honestly, we did so well" - Donald Trump
At a rally in Pennsylvania, the former US president said he should have never left the White House after his defeat in 2020, and joked darkly he would be fine with reporters getting shot. Later in the day, at a rally in Georgia, Trump ramped up his anti-immigrant rhetoric, saying he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1790, under which Japanese, Italian and German Americans were interned during the second world war.
The proportion of all doctors' visits that are bulk billed has increased by 1.7 points from 75.6% in October last year to 77.3% this October, according to figures released by the health minister, Mark Butler. It follows the November 2023 move to triple the incentive for GPs to bulk bill pensioners, concession card holders and children.
Three things with Jennifer Wong: 'The painting is truly the respect that persimmons and Bachelor Girl deserve'
In Guardian Australia's weekly interview about objects, the writer and comedian tells us about a friend's sweet artwork - and her fondness for newsboy caps.
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