A Perth man has been charged with manslaughter over the death of an 11-year-old boy.

Levi Mippy was allegedly neglected as a baby and suffered catastrophic injuries.

He survived more than a decade before he died in 2021.

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Levi's grandmother Doris Mippy devoted her life to looking after the little boy after he was left seriously disabled as a baby.

He was blind, suffered quadriplegia, and had to be fed with a tube.

Levi was injured at home in 2010 when he was eight months old.

His mother Amber Minnet was jailed for child neglect in 2012, having failed to take him to the hospital.

Minnet died in 2022.

As Levi's condition deteriorated, he was put into palliative care where he died in September 2021, aged 11.

Yesterday, his mother's former boyfriend, Cassidy James Johnstone, was charged with manslaughter.

During a brief court appearance today, the 37-year-old only spoke to confirm his name and that he understood the charge.

Johnstone made no application for bail and will reappear later this month.

It is alleged the injuries Levi received as a baby were connected to his death.

South Australia's health system remains under strain, with code yellow still in effect across metropolitan hospitals.

However, nearly all elective surgeries resumed this afternoon, providing some relief to the overburdened healthcare system.

The resumption came as health ministers from across the country convened in Adelaide to address the pressing issues affecting healthcare systems nationwide. 

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They met with federal minister Mark Butler following an open letter requesting increased funding.

"There's no question health systems across the country are under pressure, indeed across the world they're under pressure" Butler said.

Despite the challenges, some of the strain on South Australian hospitals has eased. 

The ban on elective surgeries, which resulted in the postponement of nearly 600 procedures over the past two weeks, has been lifted by 90 per cent, according to Health Minister Chris Picton.

Day surgeries will resume in metropolitan hospitals, although non-urgent category two and three surgeries requiring overnight stays remain suspended.

The state-wide code yellow, which indicates an internal emergency, continues as the health system grapples with a surge in flu and RSV cases, even as COVID-19 cases decline.

"It's really important that we watch very carefully as we reintroduce elective surgery to make sure we don't lose the traction on the initiatives that we've started," Dr Robyn Lawrence said.

While there is some improvement to the health system, how long the state-wide code yellow remains in place is unknown.

"The code yellow may well exist after there is no more elective surgery restrictions in place at all to make sure we are utilising all of the care pathways across the system," Picton said.

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A Queensland mother is fighting for answers after she was forced to call for an urgent review for her critically ill daughter at the Queensland Children's Hospital using a process known as Ryan's Rule.

Carly Mulheran's daughter Zara died in April and she wants to know if more could have been done to prevent the little girl's death.

"They could have done something," Mulheran said.

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On March 25, at Queensland Children's Hospital, Mulheran used the emergency procedure Ryan's Rule.

Established after a child's death in 2007, Ryan's Rule is for cases where a person's medical condition is not getting better or not improving as expected while in hospital.

Mulheran demanded a clinical review of her daughter Zara's care after she became critically ill. 

But by April 3, the child's life support was turned off.

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"It's any parent's worst nightmare, deciding it's time and you've got to let them go," Mulheran said. 

Mulheran spent much of Zara's short life advocating for her daughter.

After her child's death, Carly requested medical records from the hospital and spent weeks poring over them in search of answers.

"Since she died, I have not had one single person sit down with me and explain what happened overnight on the 24th of March that led her into the ICU," Mulheran claimed.

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The 20-month-old had a rare condition called hyperinsulinism.

Just before her death, she contracted hand, foot and mouth disease.

Mulheran also had long-held concerns about her daughter's heart. 

"I believed that there was a heart and lung issue going on with her and no one listened," she said.

She said an X-ray and ECG done at the Caboolture Hospital in February noted abnormalities, indicating Zara's heart was enlarged. 

She said she was never told about those test results.

A month later, Zara was admitted to the Queensland Children's Hospital. 

"They also did a chest X-ray," Mulheran said.

"That X-ray came back with pneumonia, which they told me about but it also stated that her heart was enlarged and to call cardiology and get an echo(cardiogram).

"That wasn't done until after her cardiac arrest on the Monday."

A clinical review panel has been established at the Queensland Children's Hospital to examine Zara's case.

But the mother says urgent change is needed. 

"I can't save her, I can't bring her back, but I can save the next person who's sitting in that hospital right now, fighting a system that's broken," she said.

She has also launched a petition for a rule to give parents and nurses the power to call for an immediate medical intervention if they deem a patient is in a life-threatening situation and feel their concerns aren't being heard, further adding to Ryan's Rule.

A major police investigation is under way after a man died and a woman was critically injured in an intense fire at a unit complex in Brisbane's north-east.

Danny Carr, 67, was found dead after fire crews were called to Amelia Street in Albion about 4.30pm yesterday.

"I just felt like my whole life had shattered and scattered before my eyes," Mr Carr's daughter Belinda told 9News.

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Neighbours who were on the scene first found a woman who had escaped the building calling for help.

Mr Carr's partner and carer Jasmin Boyd managed to escape but suffered critical burns.

The onlookers helped to throw wet towels on the 33-year-old, and comforted her until paramedics arrived.

"It is quite a traumatic scene, especially for the neighbours and the people that were there," a QFES spokesperson said.

Much of the property was destroyed in the inferno, which fire crews described as very intense.

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"The moment I found out I just got chills down my spine," Ms Carr said.

"I knew by my mum's voice something had happened to Dad."

Mr Carr has been remembered as a caring and generous man.

His daughter said he was deaf and wheelchair-bound, but still full of life.

He was "really fun to be with and around, because he lightened up the room, putting a smile on everyone's faces", she said.

Friends of Mr Carr visited the home today to lay flowers and pay their respects.

Police deemed the fire suspicious and declared the home a crime scene. 

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A grandmother says she has been left too terrified to drive after an Uber driver allegedly forced her to withdraw thousands of dollars after a minor crash in Melbourne. The Uber driver denies the allegations.

Judy Liddy accidentally hit a rideshare car on Grantham Street in West Brunswick on a morning in March, which left both vehicles with minor damage.

The 80-year-old claimed the driver, Osama, then confronted her.

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"He said, 'This is all constantly repeated, this is your fault, you hit into me', which I kept on apologising for," she told 9News.

Liddy claimed Osama demanded cash and she agreed to pay $2500.

She alleged the pair met at Westpac Moonee Ponds, where the teller was sceptical of the request.

"I told her I'd had a collision, she said, 'No, you can't have the money', because she said this is a scam," Liddy said. 

Liddy claimed Osama then drove her 10 minutes down the road to the Brunswick branch, where she was able to withdraw the cash.

"So in an envelope at the front on Sydney Road, I handed it to him and I said, 'Now I don't want to have anything else'," she said.

"I don't want to see your face again."

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Osama denied ever receiving the money and questioned why he would ever scare a senior citizen.

"We came out, she didn't give me the money, she did not hand me over the money," he said.

"I don't know what to say, I just claimed the insurance."

Osama had been driving a leased company car, whose insurance and lawyers have sent Liddy multiple letters demanding $8000 in damages.

She has reported the matter to police, who are investigating.

Liddy said the incident has left her too scared to drive.

"I've got three beautiful granddaughters and I've spent 25 years of my life on the streets," she said.

"I no longer drive and it's just been an absolute nightmare."

A Group of Seven summit opened with an agreement reached on a proposal by the United States to back a $US50 billion ($75 blllion) loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets as collateral, giving Kyiv a strong show of support.

US President Joe Biden said on Thursday (Friday AEST) the agreement to tap into the windfall profits on some $422 billion in frozen Russian assets held in Europe would put that money to work for Ukraine.

"Another reminder to (Vladimir) Putin: We're not backing down. In fact, we're standing together against this illegal aggression," Biden said at a news conference, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by his side.

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The agreement was hashed out hours before Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni opened the summit at a luxury resort in southern Italy, saying she wanted the message of the meeting to be one of dialogue with the global south and unity.

The G7 includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The US proposal involves engineering a $75 billion loan to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia that would use interest earned on profits from Russia's frozen central bank assets, most of them held in the European Union, as collateral.

"It is a strong signal that we are sending to Ukraine that we will support Ukraine in its fight for freedom for as long as it takes," said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

"It is also a strong signal to Putin that Putin cannot outlast us," she said.

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In other developments on the sidelines of the G7 meeting, Biden and Zelenskyy signed a 10-year security agreement that they hailed as a milestone in relations between their countries, but that alone was not enough to stop Zelenskyy from wondering how much longer he could count on America's support.

Zelenskyy also said his country "urgently" needed additional air defence systems to protect Ukrainians and the nation's infrastructure from Russia's continued bombardment.

Biden said the goal "is to strengthen Ukraine's defence and deterrence capabilities."

A member of a prominent AFL family has been charged with sexual offences.

The man was charged today by Victoria Police's Sexual Offences Squad and faced Melbourne Magistrates' Court this afternoon.

He is from a famous family with ties to an AFL club but cannot be named or identified in any way due to a suppression order granted by the magistrate.

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The man has been charged with two counts of rape and three counts of common law assault.

It's alleged the offences occurred over a two-week period in January in Melbourne's east.

The court heard it was the man's first time in custody.

He was released on bail on various conditions, including not to leave the country.

9News plans to fight the suppression order in the coming weeks before the man's next appearance.

Police, Coastguard and Wanganui Surf Lifeguard Service are responding.

KPMG will cut up to 250 senior jobs in its major AI-driven and $80 million cost-cutting overhaul to its consulting business.

The accounting firm today announced its plan to restructure and simplify the division to align itself with global counterparts and meet future demand.

National managing partner of consulting Paul Howes said the firm would focus on emerging technologies, including AI, to evolve the business.

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"Our clients are expecting us to help them leverage technology to transform their businesses at a much faster pace," he said.

"The traditional ways of working, and some of the legacy assessment and advice services our firm has offered the market, are no longer in the same demand.

"We must now make a rapid, foundational shift to our business to adapt to this generational change."

Howes said about 250 roles will be impacted in some way, including redundancies, which is estimated to save the business an additional $80 million each year.

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"Some teams will transition to other divisions of the firm, and we will be looking to redeploy and upskill as much as possible into areas of high demand, ensuring people with the right skills are in the right places," he said.

It's not clear exactly how many staff will lose their jobs in the restructure. 

KPMG has handed down its blueprint for the restructure and will now move into a consultation period before the plan is finalised in August.

Those whose jobs will be impacted will be contacted by June 21. 

The news comes days after the firm launched KymTax – a generative AI tool designed to help tax professionals comb through legislation, materials and documents.

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