People are advised to keep up to date with the latest forecasts.

‘There’s not too much to worry about for Whanganui temperature-wise.’

The cuts to income tax will come into force from Wednesday.

Anthony Albanese has called for Barnaby Joyce to be sacked over comments he made likening ballot papers to "bullets".

The Nationals MP attended an anti-renewables rally yesterday where he compared ballot papers to bullets and urged attendees to "load that magazine" against the Prime Minister and energy minister, Chris Bowen, at the polling booth. 

Albanese lambasted the comments on Sky News today as "completely unacceptable" and challenged Peter Dutton to step in.

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"Peter Dutton has had four reshuffles, he should have a fifth, and Barnaby Joyce should go," he said.

"This is the sort of language which has no place in any part of Australian society, let alone in public life.

"Here you have a guy going to a rally, calling for action, using analogies of guns, bullets, magazines and 'goodbye' to three members of the government. What does this bloke have to do to lose his job?"

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The former deputy prime minister apologised today for using the metaphor in the wake of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

Over the weekend Joyce told protesters the rally against wind turbines that their vote was a weapon in opposing the renewable, to which he compared to a "dog turd".

"The bullet you have is this little piece of paper, it goes in the magazine called the voting box and it's coming up," he said.

"Get ready to load that magazine.

"Go, goodbye Chris. Goodbye, Stephen. Goodbye, Albo. And when they see that, they'll let you in their office for a meeting."

Meanwhile, former immigration minister, Andrew Giles is now on the outer following a cabinet shake-up.

His job, and that of Clare O'Neill is now in the hands of Tony Burke, who has been made Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Cyber Security, & Minister for the Arts.

The Prime Minister says he's putting responsibility with senior players in his team.

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Back in May, Amos Hochstein, US President Joe Biden's point-man for keeping a lid on tensions between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, spoke in a webinar.

"What I worry about every single day," he said, "is that a miscalculation or an accident… hits a bus full of children, or hits another kind of civilian target, that could force the political system in either country to retaliate in a way that slides us into war. Even though both sides probably understand that a fuller or deeper-scale war is in neither side's interest."

The equivalent of that bus came on Saturday evening in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

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A rocket, which Israel says was launched by Hezbollah from Shebaa in southern Lebanon, slammed into a soccer pitch in the Druze town of Majdal Shams. Twelve children, ranging in age from 10 to 16, were killed while taking part in a training session. Hezbollah has denied responsibility for the strike. Will Hochstein's fear of a fuller-scale war now also come to pass?

If Israel's Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, is to be believed, it probably will. "We are approaching the moment of an all-out war against Hezbollah," he said in an Israeli television interview on Saturday evening.

"The response to this event will be accordingly."

The US has apparently blessed retaliatory action, to some degree. "We stand by Israel's right to defend its citizens from terrorist attacks," said Secretary of State Antony Blinken, before adding that the US did not want to "see the conflict escalate."

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The response, so far, has been relatively timid. More strikes will probably follow.

"We're fed up with lofty rhetoric and hollow words accompanied by feeble action," former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told CNN.

"The only way to stop all of this, the only way to deter our enemies from hitting us… is to fight back and to hit them. There's no other way."

For months now, the international community has been trying to de-escalate tensions between Israel and Hezbollah. With Iran's strongest proxy estimated to have at least 150,000 missiles and rockets pointing south, the fear is of a war that would devastate Lebanon, and do serious damage to Israel.

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Moreover, as Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, told CNN, "it has the potential to create a situation that we have never seen in this region: a major regional war, which could draw in the Gulf". He warns it could also lead to direct confrontation between the US and Iran.

And yet, over the past near-10 months of fighting, Israel, Hezbollah and Iran have always pulled back from what appeared to be the brink. In January, Israel took out a senior Hamas leader in Beirut. All-out war failed to materialise.

In April, Israel killed a top commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRCHG) in Damascus. In response, Iran launched unprecedented strikes on Israel. All-out war failed to materialise.

The status quo, of course, can't continue either. Tens of thousands of Israelis have been displaced from their homes. Large swathes of northern Israel are like ghost towns. A similar picture plays out in southern Lebanon. The best way to avoid all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah, says Blinken, is to get a ceasefire in Gaza. Talks aimed at achieving that resume on Sunday.

But that would only be a short-term fix. Israel wants to remove the Hezbollah threat entirely, moving it back to the Litani River, in accordance with the UN Security Council Resolution that ended the last major war between the two in 2006. "If the world doesn't get Hezbollah away from the border, Israel will do it," said Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant in December.

And so despite the bombast, domestic pressures, the fears and the escalations, the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continues to simmer rather than boil over. No one seems to want this war. But as Hochstein warned in that same webinar: "Wars have started historically around the world even when leaders didn't want them, because they had no choice."

A young surfer who was attacked by a three-metre-long great white shark has revealed his leg was unable to be saved.

Kai McKenzie's suffered serious injuries to his right leg at North Shore Beach in Port Macquarie last Tuesday.

An off-duty police officer who was on the beach with his dog rushed to help McKenzie and used his dog's leash as a makeshift tourniquet to stop the bleeding on the surfer's leg.

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After the ordeal, the surfer was treated by paramedics and flown to John Hunter Hospital for treatment.

He has since been surrounded by support and has not lost his sense of humour after the attack.

"Spot something missing?" he wrote on Instagram on Monday morning.

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"So good to have so many amazing people behind me."

In another social media post over the weekend, McKenzie once again expressed his gratitude.

"To be here right now just to f–-king be able to hold my beautiful Eve and my family is everything to me," he said.

"A few days ago I went through a crazy shark attack, biggest shark I've ever seen, which was a very crazy scene and scared the living f–k out of me.

"But to all you f–king kind hearted people, all you legends, to anyone and everyone all your support has meant the absolute world to me. 

"It's so cool to see so many beautiful people support me."

"I can tell you now if you know my personality this means f–k all. 

"I'll be back in that water In no time, big f–k off to that shark and big thanks to Steve for saving my life."

An online fundraiser has raised more than $160,000 to support McKenzie's rehabilitation and recovery as of Monday morning.

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Olympic broadcaster Eurosport has removed one of its commentators, Bob Ballard, after he made an "outrageous" remark about Australia's golden girls of the pool.

The comment was made after Australia's female 4x100m freestyle relay team – which included Mollie O'Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris – won gold on Saturday evening.

"Well, the women just finishing up. You know what women are like … hanging around, doing their makeup," Ballard said in response.

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Ballard's co-commentator, Lizzie Simmonds, described the remark, which went viral on social media, as "outrageous".

"During a segment of Eurosport's coverage last night, commentator Bob Ballard made an inappropriate comment," the broadcaster said in a statement.

"To that end, he has been removed from our commentary roster with immediate effect."

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Ballard is yet to comment publicly on his removal from the commentary team.

Mollie O'Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris won the event with an Olympic record of 3:28.92.

The victory marked our fourth straight Olympic gold in the women's 4x100m freestyle and made McKeon Australia's most successful Olympian with six gold medals.

The date was Saturday, April 16, 1994. Anthea Bradshaw was a radiant new bride and had just tied the knot with her high school sweetheart, Jeff Hall.

The two were united in wedded bliss. 

Just 96 days later Anthea was stabbed, strangled and left lifeless in a pool of blood, half a world away from home, in Brunei, South East Asia.

Thirty years on, her murder remains a mystery and her family is still heartbroken, left without any answers.

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Ben Avery, a reporter with 9News, has tirelessly followed the case of Anthea's murder for more than a decade

In his podcast investigation, Just Married: The Anthea Bradshaw Mystery, in collaboration with 9News and 9Podcasts, Ben is looking for answers.

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For Avery, this series wasn't just sparked by a puzzling case which came across the news desk, but has become a mission in seeking justice for a family who've never known what really happened to their beloved daughter and sister.

Although the Bradshaw's have tried to move forward, grief has gripped them in every moment. For Anthea's mother, Ros, the pain is unimaginable and it appears time doesn't heal all wounds.

It's an existence. Someone has to suffer for murdering her. You can't do this in life and just get away with that," said Ros.

In the eyes of those who loved the young Adelaide primary school teacher, Anthea was a bright, considerate woman who was in the prime of her life. Following her husband who'd just received a dream job opportunity, Anthea was ready to take a leap of faith to Brunei, and leave her family behind. 

The day before she was set to return home to Australia, Anthea was ruthlessly murdered..

Expecting the imminent arrival of their darling daughter, the late Martin Bradshaw said one phone call turned their lives upside down.

"I was up in the bedroom. It's etched in my mind… I heard the phone go, I heard Ros answer the phone… she was screaming. By the time I got down in the kitchen, Ros was in the corner on the floor in the foetal position just rocking back and forth. I was perfectly calm and lucid… Until I looked down, and I had urinated in my trousers."

Her body was discovered by her husband, Jeff, on the floor of their third storey apartment in a gated community. Who would want her murdered? And why? 

As the years have passed since her death, local police in Brunei, South Australian and Australian Federal Police have interviewed suspects, examined forensics and explored the alibis of those known to Anthea but to no avail.

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How did an alleged cartel kingpin who evaded capture for more than half a century end up in the hands of US federal agents?

According to officials, it started with an act of betrayal.

Details are still emerging about what led last week to one of the most significant and stunning cartel busts in recent memory.

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US officials who've spoken with CNN say a key player in the operation to arrest Sinaloa cartel co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was another major cartel figure who was arrested beside him.

Joaquín Guzmán López, one of the sons of convicted cartel boss Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, duped Zambada and orchestrated their arrest, officials told CNN.

Zambada, 76, thought he and Guzmán López were flying to northern Mexico to look at real estate, officials said. But instead, their small private plane landed north of the border near El Paso, Texas, where US authorities were waiting on the tarmac.

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But how was Guzmán López able to pull off the act of deception officials have described? And why did he turn on Zambada?

So far, we haven't heard either man's account of what happened. Zambada pleaded not guilty to all charges in his first federal court appearance Friday.

"Typically, I do not comment on my criminal cases. However, I will say that my client did not come to the US voluntarily," his attorney, Frank Perez, told CNN.

Guzmán López, 38, is expected to appear in federal court on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) in Chicago, his attorney, Jeffrey Lichtman, told CNN.

Lichtman said in an email that he'd appear in court with Guzmán López and added, "I'm looking forward to seeing Joaquin and working on the case with him". He declined further comment.

One cartel expert told CNN he's dubious of some details officials have shared.

"It would not surprise me at all if the story changes from today to tomorrow, or next week," said InSight Crime's Steven Dudley, who's spent more than a decade investigating drug trafficking and organised crime.

And as reporters pressed for answers in a contentious press conference last week, Mexico's president suggested he, too, has many questions about what occurred.

"The government of the United States has to give a complete report. It can't be just general statements," President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said. "There has to be transparency."

This much is clear: the arrests of Zambada and Guzmán López mark a major development in decades-long efforts to capture and prosecute alleged cartel bosses. And the details revealed so far about what led to this dramatic moment offer a telling glimpse into the inner workings of what authorities describe as one of the world's most notorious and nefarious criminal enterprises.

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Authorities had closed in on 'El Mayo' before

It wasn't the first time authorities had Zambada in their sights.

In a 2010 interview with the Mexican magazine Proceso, Zambada said Mexico's military had come close to capturing him at least four times before.

"I fled through the highlands, where I know the branches, the streams, the rocks, everything. They catch me if I am still or if I am careless, like El Chapo," he said.

At the time, Zambada told Proceso that fear about being captured weighed on him constantly.

"I'm terrified that they'll lock me up," he said.

That 2010 interview was one of his last known public appearances for the notably lower-profile Zambada. His name surged into international headlines in 2018 and 2019 during the high-profile trial of Guzmán, whose lawyer argued that Zambada was the cartel's true leader.

Lichtman, the defence attorney, also represented the elder Guzmán and alleged at the time that Zambada had bribed the Mexican government to frame El Chapo and remain free to run the cartel.

In 2021, US authorities raised the reward for information leading to Zambada's arrest to $US15 million ($22.9 million).

Over the years, Zambada's storied ability to evade capture was referenced in narcocorrido ballads about him. The 2022 corrido "Señor Zambada," performed by El Fantasma and Enigma Norteño from Zambada's perspective, includes the lines: "I know very well that they want to catch me, that the government wanted to lock me up. But they are going to keep wanting that, because no matter how much they look, they are not going to find me."

His elusive reputation also caught the attention of his enemies, former Drug Enforcement Administration agent Mike Vigil told CNN.

"Mayo Zambada, prior to (Thursday) and over 50 years of involvement in the drug trade had never been captured, never served any time," Vigil said, "so he is highly respected even by his rivals."

Dudley of InSight Crime pointed to this aspect of Zambada's past when he told CNN en Español he was skeptical of accounts that painted the Sinaloa cartel leader as an unwitting victim who was tricked into being captured.

"I'm not 100 per cent convinced that's what happened. I see in El Mayo Zambada a person who's older. He's 76. I see a person who's also experienced, a person who knows exactly when and from where any deception is coming," Dudley said. "That's why he's never stepped foot in a jail until yesterday. So I have my doubts. That is to say, I think that we're still missing information."

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Officials say they exploited a rift in the cartel

Officials who spoke with CNN said Zambada boarded a plane with Guzmán López on Thursday thinking they'd be inspecting property together near the border. Zambada didn't realise US investigators had exploited a rift in the Sinaloa cartel, one official said, and that Guzmán López was in fact helping with Zambada's capture.

A long-simmering power struggle between Zambada and El Chapo's sons, also known as the Chapitos, was about to boil over.

Agents from Homeland Security Investigations, which led the operation, were skeptical at first when Guzmán López made the offer, an official familiar with the operation told CNN.

But as the plane they were flying in landed at the Santa Teresa airport near El Paso, Texas, on Thursday, federal agents were waiting.

One worker at the airport told Reuters that he saw a Beechcraft King Air land on Thursday afternoon on the runway, where federal agents were already waiting.

"Two individuals got off the plane… and were calmly taken into custody," said the man, who declined to share his name out of concern for his safety.

"It seemed like a pretty calm, arranged thing," he added.

The entire operation, one source told CNN, went off surprisingly smoothly given the gravity of the arrests and the disruption it could cause to drug trafficking from Mexico.

Now that Zambada and Guzmán López are in US custody, authorities are ready to make the case against them.

Both Zambada and Guzmán López face charges in the US for allegedly leading the cartel's criminal operations, including its "deadly fentanyl manufacturing and trafficking networks," US Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement after the arrests.

Top US officials trumpeted the arrests as a major victory. But some analysts were more measured in their assessment of the potential impact.

"It's a historic capture, of course, and symbolic. But is it going to create a collateral effect or have an impact on drug trafficking? I really doubt that," Dudley said. "As much because El Mayo had pulled back already from the day-to-day operations, and the world of drug trafficking is really now a different world from when he started. It's much more decentralized. It's much more like a franchise. There are contractors, subcontractors, other contractors. There are many parts that can be easily replaced."

Speculating on what could happen next, Mexico's president pointed to Zambada's own words in the 2010 Proceso interview. If he were captured or killed, Zambada said that effectively nothing would happen. In the world of drug trafficking, he said, whether capos are "locked up, dead, or extradited, their replacements are already out there".

Experts say there's little doubt that these arrests, like past high-profile kingpin takedowns, will spur a new wave of violence as rival groups vie for territory and power.

And no matter what new details emerge about how they happened, the surprising and dramatic arrests won't soon be forgotten.

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