The 'last' Holden made in Australia has sold at auction for $750,000.

The red Commodore V8 sedan wasn't the very last car to roll off the general assembly line at the South Adelaide plant in October 2017 but it was the "last body to leave the bodyshop and enter/exit the paintshop". It's also understood to have the very last serial number given to an Australian-made Holden.

Bidding for the 2017 Holden VF Series II SSV Redline started at $305,000 yesterday and after half an hour escalated to more than ten times the 2017 showroom cost of $65,000.

The winning bid was placed by an avid Holden collector on the East Coast.

While the 2017 Holden HSV GTSR W1 Maloo Ute, also auctioned today, broke the record for Australia's most expensive road registerable muscle car.

It sold under the hammer at Lloyds Auctions for $1,050,000.

"There were three bidders that bid over $1 million on the Maloo Ute with two of them being Holden enthusiasts, however the winning bidder is a group specialising in raffling off unique cars, so I don't think it will be the last time we see this car," Chief Operations Officer, Lee Hames, said.

"The two new owners of these vehicles are extremely excited to have been the successful bidders of these cars in the 4-hour auction today," he said.

The real last Australian-made red Commodore V8 is actually owned by General Motors and is currently on display in the National Motor Museum, located in Birdwood, approximately 50km north-east of Adelaide.

Three people were taken to hospital and several others were injured after a fight broke out in the carpark at Perth's Crown Casino last night.

Police say 70 people were involved in the affray, with photographs showing two people standing on cars as security guards appeared to watch on.

Injuries ranged from black eyes, to broken bones and bleeding on the brain – all in front of young children.

"The kids saw their dads getting pulled into this group and beaten so they were absolutely distraught," a witness told 9News.

A newly married couple, who don't want their faces shown, told 9News they were on tour buses with their wedding guests when they were ambushed.

"It was horrendous – there were people on the ground getting kicked, their heads stomped, it was disgusting," they said.

Multiple cars were trashed, with mirrors snapped off and used as weapons.

"It appears that both groups arrived intoxicated, both were alleged to be on these so called party busses," WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson said.

Today WA's top cop called for a crack down on the party bus industry.

"Those operators… I am putting you straight on notice right now," Com. Dawson said.

"If you're going to continue operating these businesses in this way, you'll find there is a police car following you — and your patrons will get very strong police action."

He's pushing for party bus operators and their drivers to be liable for criminal charges.

"[I'm] not trying to be anti party but this is violence, this is not partying," Com. Dawson said.

Gold Coast motorists have watched on in disbelief as a driver punched a man three times his age at an intersection.

The violence spilled out across the road following a minor nose-to-tail incident.

Someone a few cars back recorded the situation as it unfolded, when a 67-year-old man confronted the driver of a Toyota Camry.

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A 23-year-old is seen stepping out of the car and onto the road before violence erupts.

A closer look at the footage shows the older man is first flicked under the chin. He then grabs his younger counterpart and pushes him away.

The man in the red cap immediately retaliates throwing a punch at the older man's face, followed by another one.

The man ducks his head and goes for a leg but the blows continue — right up until a bystander runs across two lanes of traffic to pull them apart.

Witnesses have told 9News it all started a few minutes before when the Camry allegedly hit the red sports car.

There have been no complaints to Police, but they say they're aware of the incident and are investigating.

A woman has been injured in a suspected shark attack while surfing at a beach in Western Australia's southwest.

Emergency crews were called to Cowaramup Bay Beach, Gracetown, in the Shire of Augusta – Margaret River, after reports a woman was attacked just after 10.30am.

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The 46-year-old made her way back to shore and was treated for puncture wounds to her foot.

Surf Lifesaving WA confirmed a shark was sighted about 50 metres offshore and the beach has been closed as a precaution.

It is believed to be a Wobbegong shark.

"Rangers have closed Cowaramup Bay Beach due to a shark incident. The beach will be closed for 24 hours from Huzza's Car Park to Cowaramup Boat Ramp. Please adhere to all warnings and signage," Surf Lifesaving WA tweeted.

The Surf Life Saving WA Helicopter continued to monitor the area from the air and authorities say the beach will remain closed tomorrow.

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A man has missed the chance to say goodbye and hug his dying mother one last time after being forced to stay in hotel quarantine in Queensland. 

For two weeks, Marko Martilla was holed up inside hotel quarantine on the Gold Coast, hoping he would get to say goodbye to his ill mother Anneli in person before it was too late.

"I didn't get to see her — we were four hours too late out of quarantine," a devastated Mr Martilla told 9News.

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His mother passed away on Thursday night and he was finally released from quarantine at the stroke of midnight Friday.

Despite six attempts at trying to get an exemption to the rules and several doctors outlining his mother's deteriorating condition, Queensland Health wouldn't budge.

"When my mother did pass away, I tried again — I called reception who contacted Queensland Police," Mr Martilla said.

Despite returning four negative COVID tests, officials deemed the risk too high to release him early.

While he knows his battle with Queensland Health is now over, Mr Martilla wants to know why they couldn't extend any leniency or sympathy considering he missed out seeing his mother by a matter of hours and had returned four negative tests.

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"I would have done anything — I would have worn a suit with a mask and everything just to come and see her," he said.

While the Chief Health Officer receives thousands of exemption requests, they are rarely granted, all for the greater good of the Queensland community.

"If you give it to one, you don't have to give it to all," Mr Martilla's aunt and his mother's sister Auli Brown said.

"But if somebody asks, please look a little deeper than you did in our case because he missed out by four hours."

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