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Man charged after quad bike rider dies in NSW central west
The driver of a ute has been charged with negligent driving after a quad bike rider died in a collision in NSW’s central west.
The quad bike and the ute collided on a rural road in the small town of Bourbah, half an hour south-west of Coonamble around 3.45pm on Friday, police were told.
The 63-year-old male driver of the ute then went to a nearby property to call emergency services.
Police found the body of the quad bike rider on the road, a man believed to be 50 years old who is yet to be formally identified.
A crime scene was established and examined by specialist forensic police and the Crash Investigation Unit.
The ute driver was uninjured and was taken to Coonamble Hospital for mandatory testing.
His licence has been suspended and he was refused bail to appear in Dubbo local court on Saturday charged with drive in a dangerous manner and negligent driving occasioning death.
About a week ago, Clare Nowland was in a hospital bed, knitting needles nearby, chatting with one of her daughters and Cooma’s local parish priest, Mark Croker.
Croker recalls the great-grandmother was about as frail as one would expect of a 95-year-old. He also recalls her gentle nature and her deep appreciation for his visit.
“She was there with her daughter, one of her daughters, and we had a good little conversation between the three of us,” he says. “She still had her knitting there, she was poking along with that to keep herself busy.
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Albanese tells South Korean president Australia committed to world without nuclear weapons
Anthony Albanese also met with Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s president, on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima on Friday.
Enhancing cooperation in the region, and Australia and South Korea’s shared commitment to supporting a stable, secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific, were among the topics of discussion, according to an Australian government readout.
Albanese reportedly welcomed president Yoon’s new Indo-Pacific Strategy and his strengthened engagement with south-east Asia and the Pacific.
The pair also discussed the strategic outlook of the region, with Albanese reaffirming Australia’s commitment to strictly enforcing UN Security Council sanctions and Australia’s own autonomous sanctions against North Korea.
Albanese reportedly reflected upon visiting Hiroshima, telling Yoon it was a forceful reminder of why Australia is committed a world without nuclear weapons.
Climate action and regional decarbonisation were also discussed.
Two dead after caravan fire in Brisbane’s outer west
Two people have died in a caravan fire at Upper Brookfield in Brisbane’s outer west, AAP reports.
Emergency services were called to a Galvin Road address around 4.30am on Saturday and fire crews quickly extinguished the blaze.
“Two people were unaccounted for and were found deceased within the caravan, which was completely destroyed with parts of the roof collapsed,” police said in a statement.
Paramedics treated a man for burns to his hands and he was taken to hospital in a stable condition.
A crime scene has been declared as investigations continue to determine the cause of the fire and whether it is suspicious.
Albanese discussed clean energy in first meeting with Brazil’s president
Anthony Albanese is in Hiroshima meeting global leaders on the sidelines of the G7 summit.
Yesterday, the prime minister held talks with Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. It was the first time Albanese met with the leader who is commonly known as Lula.
The leaders covered ground including opportunities of the global clean energy transition, as well as Brazil’s 2023 G20 presidency, according to an Australian government readout of the meeting.
The pair also discussed energy, infrastructure, improving outcomes for First Nations people and making the international trading system fairer including for agricultural exporters.
Albanese and Lula also chatted about sports. Specifically, the prospects of the Matildas and Brazil at the upcoming Fifa Women’s world cup, which Australia is co-hosting with New Zealand.
“Anthony Albanese is betting big on Australia’s better angels.
“The mantle of office has settled on a man who wants to enlarge Australia’s idea of itself, and is staking his prime ministership on it.”
Read Guardian Australia’s political editor Katharine Murphy’s essay marking one year of the Albanese prime ministership here:
Good morning.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is set to hold key talks at the G7 summit in Japan as the world’s most powerful leaders convene, with a rescheduled Quad meeting also on the agenda.
The three-day summit spans global peace, including tackling Russian and Chinese aggression, as well as the transition to clean energy and developments in artificial intelligence.
Australia has announced new sanctions against Russian entities and a ban on machinery being exported to Kremlin-controlled areas in a co-ordinated effort with G7 nations to stop the invasion of Ukraine.
“We have global instability in our security issues with the ongoing illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine, but we also have tension in our own region,” Albanese said on arrival in Japan.
The prime minister also cited global inflation and economic uncertainty as major issues that needed tackling.
On Saturday, he’s expected to meet with Antonio Guterres, the secretary general of the United Nations, and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission.
A 95-year-old woman, Clare Nowland, is receiving end-of-life care in Cooma District Hospital surrounded by her distraught family after she was critically injured when tasered on Wednesday morning.
Staff at the Yallambee Lodge nursing home called police after the woman, who has dementia, is 43kg and uses a walking frame, took a serrated steak knife from the kitchen into a small treatment room.
Police and ambulance officers tried to get Nowland to drop the knife before a senior constable fired his taser once as she slowly approached them, Assistant Commissioner Peter Cotter said on Friday.
The officer who fired the taser has been taken off active duty. The critical incident investigation has been elevated to “level one” because of Nowland suffering an injury that could lead to her death.
And ABC staff have expressed support for journalist Stan Grant who announced yesterday he was walking away from his role as host of the ABC’s Q&A program, citing exhaustion with persistent racial abuse.
Grant expressed frustration at the ABC’s executives, saying not one had publicly refuted the lies that have been written and spoken about him.
“I don’t hold any individual responsible; this is an institutional failure,” he said.
The ABC’s 7.30 presenter Sarah Ferguson said the abuse directed at Grant had been “disgusting” and said “There are no words adequate to the horror we feel at this.”
ABC Radio Melbourne broadcaster Virginia Trioli said Grant was a “brilliant broadcaster and thinker” and said: “If this country can’t have a civil debate about recognition, racism and the legacy of colonialism then we are lost.”
In a statement, the ABC’s news director, Justin Stevens, said the broadcaster stands by Grant and the abuse was “abhorrent and unacceptable”.
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