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The family of a man shot dead by police in Melbourne's north say they forgive the officer who killed him.

Gabriel Messo, who had diagnosed bipolar, was stabbing his mother Lilla Messo in her head and neck with a stick at John Coutts Reserve on the afternoon of July 16, 2020, when two officers arrived at the scene.

Constable Emmanuel Andrew shot Messo three times in the chest.

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The officer's partner Senor Constable Rebecca Churcher told an inquest into Messo's death it was like he "didn't even flinch" after the first shot, and advanced on them after the second.

Constable Andrew was on Friday excused from giving witness testimony at the inquest because of risks of self-incrimination, and the amount of evidence already before the coroner.

Messo's family have lost faith in the mental health system, as the 30-year-old was brought to the Royal Melbourne Hospital under police guard the day before his death.

He appeared either drug-affected or in a psychotic episode when he was arrested after an incident at his aunt and uncle's house earlier that morning, but was assessed as safe to be discharged.

Messo was later released on bail from Broadmeadows Police Station.

His mother survived the attack at the reserve but now lives with an acquired brain injury.

She is reminded of what happened every time she looks in the mirror, Messo's sister said.

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Lilla Messo didn't initially realise how she'd ended up in hospital, with her family telling her six weeks into her long recovery her son had died.

His sister said the system needs to be "flipped on its head".

Her brother also tried and failed to get in-person help for his mental health in the days leading up to his death.

"We know Gabby's case is not the first, and if nothing changes, it won't be the last," she told State Coroner John Cain.

"We hope that they take a good look at themselves and learn from their mistakes.

"They get to travel the world and live their lives – Gabby does not."

Her family couldn't comprehend why police released Messo, and why he was not offered adequate assistance for his mental health.

When Messo was unwell, that wasn't his true nature, his sister said.

Instead, her family would remember him as a fun-loving, energetic, genuine person, who loved them unconditionally.

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"Gabby won't be here for my wedding," she said.

"He won't have an opportunity to be an uncle to any nephews or nieces, let alone have children of his own.

"His life was taken too early."

Fuat Messo said his wife Lilla lights a candle for their son every day, and they pray for him day and night.

He told the coroner that, when people and organisations "drop the baton", it can result in permanent scars, and on the day of his son's death, he believes he was frustrated with life.

His family forgive Const Andrew, Fuat Messo said, and acknowledge Sen Const Churcher, for they were only trying to do their best.

Evidence in the inquest into Messo's death wrapped up on Friday, with the parties to reconvene in September.

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Police have launched an appeal for information to find out where a man has been for the last 56 years.

Ronald Peter Owen was last seen at his family home on Norman Street in Wendouree West, Victoria, in 1966.

His family believes he may have travelled to New South Wales shortly after but wasn't reported missing at the time of his disappearance.

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In July 2022, a family member went to a pop-up familial DNA collection program in Queanbeyan, NSW, to provide a sample of DNA and report Owen's disappearance.

The family member hoped providing a DNA sample would help to locate Owen.

At the time of his disappearance, Owen was 18-years-old and is described as being of Caucasian appearance, a solid build, about 175cm tall, with a fair complexion and brown hair.

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Today, Owen would be 75 years old.

Anyone with information about Owen's whereabouts is urged to contact police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Yang Huiyan, Asia's wealthiest woman, has seen her wealth fall to $16 billion from nearly $34 billion this year as China's property crisis escalates, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

The 41-year-old controls Country Garden Holdings, China's largest real estate developer by sales. Her stake was largely transferred from her father Yang Guoqiang, who founded the company in Foshan, Guangdong province, in 1992.

Country Garden's stock has lost more than half its value this year, as the country's real estate sector has struggled with falling home prices, weakening buyer demand, and a debt default crisis that has engulfed some of its largest developers since last year.

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Despite losing more than half her fortune, Yang remains the richest woman in Asia, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

The plunge in her net worth has narrowed the wealth gap between her and fellow female billionaires in China, making Yang only some $143 million away from being surpassed by Fan Hongwei in wealth. Fan chairs Hengli Petrochemical, a chemical fiber producer.

Blame that on China's property quagmire.

Evergrande, China's most indebted property firm, defaulted on its US dollar bonds in December following months of liquidity issues. Since then, several other major developers, including Kaisa and Shimao Group, have also sought protection from creditors.

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In recent weeks, the real estate crisis has escalated, as thousands of disgruntled homebuyers who had made down payments for unfinished homes threatened to stop paying mortgages if construction is not completed in time.

Country Garden is also facing growing liquidity stress. On Wednesday, the developer announced it would sell stocks at a nearly 13 per cent discount to raise $516 million, compared to its Tuesday's closing price.

Some of the proceeds will be used to repay the company's offshore debt, it added.

"The mortgage boycotts are a double threat to developers and to the housing market," said analysts at Capital Economics in a report on Wednesday.

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They have drawn attention to the problem of cash-strapped developers being unable to complete properties that they have already sold, which is "putting off new homebuyers." The boycotts have also made banks more cautious about issuing mortgages, which could dent property sales further, they added.

In a report earlier this week, S&P Global Ratings estimated China's property sales could drop by a third this year because of mortgage strikes, as people believe developers won't be able to complete presold units in time— the most common way they sell homes in the country.

"Without sales, many more developers will collapse, which is both a financial and an economic threat," said Capital Economics analysts.

Cheeky cockatoos are terrorising a Sydney neighbourhood, stealing lunches and raiding bins in the early hours of the morning.

Residents from Sutherland Shire, in the city's south, have flooded 2GB's Ben Fordham with calls, sharing their experiences with the naughty, highly-intelligent birds.

One listener said the native parrots come early, long before the garbage trucks, and pull everything out of the bins.

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"They come and open up the bins," they said.

"They flock, come here, and open all the bins up and in they go and they rummage and pull everyone's garbage out into the street.

"They know, they're very smart."

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Another caller quickly backed up the story, adding deer are also causing problem with bins.

This was followed by a call from "Tim", who said the birds have learnt to unzip bags and are raiding lunchboxes at his daughter's school.

"They would open the kids' bags, they worked out how to unzip them, take their plastic lunch boxes out," he said.

"Fly them in the air and drop them and eat their sandwiches.

"It's a real mess."

He added that "almost every week" someone on his street has their bins raided and he's resorted to weighing them down with waterbottles taped to lids.

According to the Australia Museum, the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo's normal diet consists of berries, seeds, nuts and roots.

It described the large, native parrots as "conspicuous".

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The calls came just months after a resident in Victoria's Dandenong Ranges caught the white and yellow birds damaging property on CCTV.

Alli Galliott's cameras captured cockatoos gnawing and nibbling at timber in the backyard – structural beams, wooden play equipment and any other wood they can find.

The mum-of-two estimates the cockies have done thousands of dollars worth of damage.

The pod of orcas circle the 2.7 metre great white shark in slow and calm movements before they launch at it.

The coordinated attack was captured from above by a drone in South Africa's Mossel Bay and it has marine biologists very excited.

The vision, first shared with Daily Beast for Discovery Channel's highly-anticipated Shark Week, is a world-first.

It shows one of the orcas ripping out the shark's liver and eating it.

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It comes weeks after research concluded a pair of "serial" killer whales were responsible for great white carcasses washing up off the coast of Gansbaai in 2017, a former hotspot for the large fish.

Addressing the clip, lead author Alison Towner, a senior white shark biologist at the Dyer Island Conservation Trust, said she wasn't aware vision of the rare behaviour had been filmed.

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"(It's) one of the most incredible pieces of natural history ever captured on film," she said.

"We are looking forward to sharing the science behind this and the rest of the interaction soon, and trust me there is more."

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The paper, published in African Journal of Marine Science, said eight dead great whites have washed ashore since 2017, all were the victims of orca attacks.

Seven of the sharks had livers removed, while some had their hearts removed too.

It was concluded the wounds were the signatures of the same two orcas, which may be members of a rare shark-eating morphotype.

The orcas have caused the remaining population of sharks to flee the waters they once dominated.

The rare drone vision will debut in the special Shark House and comes days after another stunning clip was released.

The first video showed the moment a 4.8-metre great white shark broke through the plastic cage of a diver, forcing him to make a desperate swim for safety.