A woman has alleged AFL great Nicky Winmar dragged her by the hair and smashed her head against a door during a "petrifying" attack.

The woman, who cannot be identified, made the accusations at Bendigo Magistrates Court today as Winmar fought four assault charges in a contested hearing.

Police allege the former St Kilda star, 60, attacked the woman at Cohuna in northern Victoria on May 14, 2025.

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She told the court Winmar unexpectedly became angry that evening and started yelling at her.

"Just complete ranting and screaming at me – none of it made sense," she told the court.

"We hadn't been arguing or anything like that. I couldn't work out what was going on. I was in absolute shock."

The woman alleged Winmar grabbed her arm and twisted it hard before pulling her by the ponytail and dragging her into another room.

She said Winmar then pushed her against a wall, before yelling and spitting in her face.

"He turned off the light and wouldn't let me out," the woman told the court.

"He physically overpowered me so I couldn't get out. He knew I was scared."

The woman told the court he eventually let go of her and she ran to grab her mobile phone but he took it off her.

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He only passed the phone back after she said she wanted to call a friend instead of the police, the court was told.

The woman said she spoke to her friend before passing the phone back to Winmar and running from the room.

He allegedly chased after her and grabbed her head before bashing it repeatedly into a wooden door.

"I was getting dizzy, it was incredibly painful," she told the court.

The woman said she managed to break free and lock herself into a room, where she called Triple Zero.

"I was petrified he was going to do more things to me," the woman said in her evidence.

"I was actually fearful for my life."

The Triple Zero call was played to the court alongside body-worn camera footage from a police officer who attended the scene.

A photo of the woman's arm was also shown, depicting bruising above her right elbow.

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Under questioning from Winmar's barrister, Dermot Dann KC, the woman accepted she did not tell the Triple Zero call taker nor the first officer what exactly happened.

She did not disclose the allegations Winmar had dragged her or that he spat in her face.

"I didn't do that deliberately," the woman told the court.

"I didn't want to relive it again because I had been sitting in that room absolutely broken by what had just happened."

The contested hearing will continue tomorrow.

Winmar became the first Aboriginal footballer to play 200 games in the AFL, finishing his career with 230 games at St Kilda and 21 for the Western Bulldogs.

He fought back against racism in his career, including standing in front of an abusive Collingwood crowd in 1993, lifting his jumper and proudly pointing at his skin.

Winmar is also co-leading a landmark racism class action against the AFL in the Victorian Supreme Court.

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An investigation is under way after the injured man was found on Collins Street near the intersection of Elizabeth Street about 2.10pm today.

The 37-year-old man from Mill Park was taken to hospital, with Ambulance Victoria saying his condition is serious after he was stabbed in the upper body.

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No arrests have been made.

An investigation into the incident is ongoing.

An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said paramedics assessed and treated one patient.

Witnesses should contact Crime Stoppers.

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A community in the NSW Riverina is grappling with grief and mounting questions after a newborn baby was found dead at a riverside campsite.

Emergency services were called to Cadell Place in Wagga Wagga on Saturday afternoon, where police found a 37-year-old woman and two infants. One of the babies had died.

The woman and the surviving infant were treated at the scene before being taken to Wagga Wagga Base Hospital.

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Police say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the incident, which occurred at a site along the Murrumbidgee River understood to be housing rough sleepers.

For Wagga Wagga City Councillor Richard Foley, the tragedy is the inevitable result of a regional housing crisis that has been allowed to spiral out of control.

"A pregnant woman should never have been sleeping in a tent on a riverbank in 2026… We have known for years that homelessness in Wagga Wagga has been escalating at an alarming rate," he told nine.com.au.

He's calling for an urgent review of what services had contact with the family and why safe accommodation was not secured, alongside immediate coordination between council, state and federal authorities.

At a broader level, Foley said more transitional housing and properly funded support services were needed on the ground, adding that councils alone could not address the magnitude of the issue.

NSW Housing and Homelessness Minister Rose Jackson described the death as "beyond comprehension" and confirmed a full investigation into the family's circumstances had been requested.

"This is truly heartbreaking news," she said.

"The death of any member of our homelessness community is tragic, but the death of a newborn baby is beyond comprehension."

Jackson said Homes NSW had been in contact with the family over some years and that discussions were underway with local representatives about what further action could be taken.

She pointed to the state's housing-first policy, including funding for new homes and expanded homelessness services, while acknowledging that incidents like this underscore the scale of the challenge.

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A sniffer dog has helped identify an alleged large haul of heroin inside a suitcase at Sydney Airport.

Three men are accused of importing 14 kilograms of heroin after arriving on international flights.

Australian Border Force (ABF) officers searched the bags of two men aged 35 and 36 after they arrived on a flight from Thailand on April 23.

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Officers allegedly found a plastic bag hidden in the lining of each man's carry-on bag containing 4.5 kilograms of an off-white powder later found to be heroin.

When confronted, the men fled through the terminal, into international arrivals and outside.

A member of the public helped catch the 35-year-old, with officers using pepper spray.

The 36-year-old man was arrested in Surry Hills five days later, on April 28.

A third man, 34, who arrived on a separate flight from Thailand the same day was also arrested.

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His bag also allegedly had heroin hidden in the lining.

Footage released by the Australian Federal Police from the airport includes a video of a dog sniffing and then sitting down by a small suitcase.

That's usually a sign the dog has identified something suspicious.

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The men were each charged with one count of importing a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug contrary to subsection 307.1 (1) of the Criminal Code.

They face a maximum sentence of life in prison.

"The AFP continues to work hand-in-hand with the ABF to identify, disrupt and dismantle criminal syndicates that seek to harm Australian communities through drug importation," AFP Detective Superintendent Davina Copelin said.

"Anyone contemplating involvement in drug trafficking should be aware these are serious offences.

"The penalties can be severe, including life imprisonment, and those involved will be detected, arrested and held to account before the courts."

ABF Superintendent Elke West said Australian Border Force officers were Australia's first line of defence.

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"ABF officers operate around the clock at the border to stop harmful substances, including heroin, from reaching the community," he said.

"While criminal syndicates continue to adapt their concealment techniques, our officers are supported by specialist training and sophisticated technology to uncover these imports."

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