McCauley died following a collision between her motorbike and a vehicle.

A New South Wales business group is calling for the reinstatement of dining vouchers to provide a boost to cafes and restaurants struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.

Business Sydney executive director Paul Nicolaou said many small to medium-sized businesses "are feeling the pinch" due to factors such as reduction in discretionary spending and higher running costs.

The advocacy group has called for a scheme similar to the state's Dine and Discover scheme introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic ahead of the upcoming NSW state budget in June.

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"A lot of businesses across Sydney and in Parramatta are struggling because of the fact that a lot of people are holding off from spending money," Nicolaou told 9News.

"There is also a rise in unemployment and therefore there will also be a number of people who will be unable to go out to restaurants and cafes as they did before.

"It's tougher now than it was during COVID-19."

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The call for better support comes amid tougher conditions in the hospitality sector which was highlight in Business NSW's Business Conditions Survey earlier this year.

The report found 35 per cent of hospitality sector businesses in NSW are contemplating closure, which is roughly double the 18 per cent for businesses generally.

Almost half of hospitality businesses have had to reduce staff hours or employee head count and 61 per cent are having cash flow disruptions.

More than 80 per cent reported a decline in customer visits and 77 per cent reported lower customer spending.

This week hatted restaurant Redbird and its sister eatery Tequila Daisy will shut up shop, while Japanese restaurant Tetsuya's has announced it will close in July after 35 years.

Already this month, Secolo Balmain, Lima Bar in Bondi and Crown Sydney's Silks have closed.

A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out on Tuesday.

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Heavy rain watch issued for Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne ahead of subtropical system.

Police said in an earlier statement the crash was reported at 3.15pm.

The man is believed to be in the Waikato District.

It's been a week since a terrifying tornado tore roofs off homes and flipped cars in the Western Australian city of Bunbury.

The damage left thousands without power and many homeless when the tornado struck last Friday afternoon.

But was this a freak weather incident or are tornadoes common in Australia?

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While the country is not as notorious for tornado activity as regions like the United States, meteorologists have told 9news.com.au they are pretty regular events.

"At this time of year, tornadoes are more common in the southern states and that's what we saw in Bunbury," director of meteorology at Weatherzone Duncan Tippins said.

"Tornadoes are more common in the eastern states during summertime."

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Meteorologists believe the country experiences 30 to 80 tornadoes each year, with most occurring in areas of flat land.

They usually occur with severe thunderstorms, mostly supercells.

"Majority of the tornadoes would be in unpopulated areas of Australia," Tippins said.

"To have an impact in populated areas is rarer, but most of them do get missed and not observed.

"Certainly the larger ones are rarer, only a handful (per year) would be of the strength (of) what we saw at Bunbury."

Tornadoes are classified much like other natural disasters – according to their impact.

Meteorologists use the Enhanced Fujita scale, which is ranked from 0 (minor damage) to 5 (incredible damage).

"The measure used for tornado strength is called the enhanced Fujita scale and that allows you to assess the strength of a tornado based on the damage that's been observed," Tippins said.

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Australia has encountered large tornadoes

The earliest tornado recorded in Australia can be traced back to 1795 in Sydney, according to the Bureau's national tornado database.

Since then, there have been some big tornadoes recorded.

In 1970, a significant tornado ripped through the town of Bulahdelah, about 100km from Newcastle.

The tornado was listed as producing incredible damage, according to the Bureau's database.

In 1992, the rural town of Bucca in Queensland's Bundaberg region was left in ruins following a category F4 tornado.

There have been smaller events since, with at least 20 people being hospitalised when two tornadoes formed in Victoria's north-east in 2013.

Two years later, Kurnell along Sydney's southern coast, was hit with 213km/h winds and golf ball-sized hail stones following a tornado.

Trucks were overturned, trees uprooted and the roof of Bondi Junction's Westfield shopping centre even partially collapsed, according to the reports at the time.

The tornado was ranked F2, being in the mid-range of the scale.

Can you give early warnings for tornadoes?

A Bureau spokesperson said tornadoes can be difficult to detect and provide early warning for, as they are short-lived small-scale systems.

"The Bureau issues severe thunderstorm warnings for damaging and destructive winds, but specific mention of tornadoes within those warnings only occurs when signs consistent with tornadoes occurring are visible on radar or if direct, real-time and verified observations are received," the spokesperson told 9news.com.au.

"The Bureau uses sophisticated satellite and radar imagery to detect and monitor severe thunderstorms, and warnings are frequently updated based on these sources of information.

"Due to their localised nature, tornadoes need to occur sufficiently close to a radar to be detected by radar."

The spokesperson said it's not currently possible to draw any consensus on whether tornadoes are becoming more or less common in Australia.

The grieving mother of a Bondi Junction attack victim has made an urgent appeal for more mental health funding and services. 

Elizabeth Young's daughter Jade was one of six people killed by 40-year-old Joel Cauchi at Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney's east last month.

Her heartbreak was on show at her daughter's memorial just ten days later.

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"Our lives have been fractured, there will be no back to normal," she said.

Cauchi suffered from schizophrenia but had stopped taking his medication before the attack.

"I want politicians both federal and state to address the gaps in mental health care to make it a safer world for our girls and all Australians," Young said.

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The NSW Community Mental Health Services Priority Issues Paper has suggested about 58,000 people with severe mental health needs are missing out on care each year.

The state government analysis attributed this to a stretched system that needs more money, more workers, and better processes for dealing with people in crisis.

Young has told the Sydney Morning Herald today of her frustration at a lack of action despite numerous reviews.

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"Always, the need for more funding is revealed," Young told the newspaper.

"More trained healthcare workers, more hospital beds, more community health centres, mobile facilities: nothing changes."

About 100,000 people turned up at emergency departments with a mental health concern last year, marking a five per cent increase on the year before.

Readers seeking support can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or beyond blue on 1300 22 4636.

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