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A traumatised mother has spoken of the terrifying knifepoint abduction of her and her baby from a shopping centre car park in Melbourne's south-east last week.

Police said the pair were approached by the man at Stud Park Shopping Centre supermarket car park in Rowville about 6pm last Friday.

Detectives believe the woman was approached by the man who threatened her with a knife, forcing her into the driver's seat of her silver Suzuki S Cross.

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Alleged victim Kieren, who did not want her surname used, said the man approached her from behind.

"He just came up out of nowhere with a knife," she said.

"I remember begging: 'Take everything, just leave me with my daughter.'

"I just remember feeling really sick and all I remember hearing is my daughter crying in the back seat." 

Kieren, a primary school teacher, said the man sat in the back seat with her daughter, before forcing her to drive to electrical stores on the South Gippsland Highway in Cranbourne and Frankston-Dandenong Road in Dandenong.

He demanded her to purchase Apple MacBooks at several stores, while he remained in the car with her baby.

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Kieren said her husband eventually caught up to them at the second store but she warned him not to intervene as the man "had a knife".

She says her husband tried to get their daughter from the back of the car but the door was locked.

"I hated leaving my daughter in the car, but I made the guy promise not to take her away," Kieren said.

"It's obviously hard to believe him but I had to believe him, I was so worried that in a panic he would drive away with her inside."

The mother said at one point she felt so sick she had to pull over and throw up, which is when they switched seats and he began driving.

Detectives confirmed earlier the man drove from the Dandenong store, while Kieren was forced to remain in the back seat with her child.

He exited the car and fled the scene after arriving at Robert Booth Reserve in Dandenong, carrying four MacBooks just after 8pm.

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Kieren said when he left, her first thought was to get into her car and lock the doors.

She started driving home before pulling over to a nearby kebab shop and asked to use their phone.

"I just wanted to talk to my husband and tell him we were okay, that my daughter was okay," she said.

"Obviously it's very hard to feel safe, going to a shopping centre is out of the question, any car parks… it's really hard to feel safe." 

The woman and her child were not physically injured during the incident.

Police said the man is perceived to be Asian in appearance and aged between 20 and 35 years of age.

He was wearing a grey coloured hoodie, with the hood over his head, a green fluro vest over the top of the hoodie and black/grey pants with black running shoes.

He was last seen carrying a shopping bag containing two Apple MacBook Pro computers in their boxes and two further boxed Apple MacBook computers under his left arm.

The friends of a man who was allegedly murdered while camping with his childhood sweetheart have told a jury about his secretive affair with the woman.

Russell Hill and Carol Clay made a pact to divorce their respective partners to be together but he backed out at the last minute, one of his friends has told a jury.

Clay, 73, and Hill, 74, were camping together when they disappeared from Victoria's Wonnangatta Valley in March 2020.

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Greg Lynn is accused of killing the couple at Bucks Camp and then dumping their remains at bushland on the Union Spur Track near Dargo.

The 57-year-old man, who was a Jetstar captain at the time, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and is on trial at the Supreme Court in Melbourne.

Robin Ashlin, a friend of Hill's for more than 25 years, told the jury today he first met Clay at a campsite at Timbarra in 2019.

Ashlin had gone with his wife to visit another friend, James Francis, and Hill was also there.

He introduced Clay as his friend but "blind Freddy could see the way they looked at each other," Ashlin said.

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Ashlin never mentioned the meeting to Hill's wife, but she later told him Clay had "been on the scene" for more than 20 years.

The pair had been childhood sweethearts and Ashlin understood there was a pact between Hill and Clay to divorce their respective partners so they could be together.

"Carol divorced her husband, but Russell backed out," Ashlin told the jury.

He said he was shocked to find out about the affair because it seemed out of character for Hill.

"What is the go with one on the side – one is enough trouble," Ashlin said.

Francis, who was friends with Hill for a decade, said he met Clay several times as Hill brought her on joint camping trips.

It was his understanding that Hill did not want others to know about the affair.

Both Francis and Ashlin spoke to Hill on March 20 – the day the couple were allegedly killed – through amateur radio.

Hill was "like a pig in shit" and couldn't have been happier camping in the Wonnangatta Valley, Ashlin said.

Francis also told the jury Hill seemed like his usual self in their last interaction.

The trial continues.

When police questioned Justin Stein's version of what happened to schoolgirl Charlise Mutten, the accused murderer changed his account to blame the girl's mother.

Justin Laurens Stein, 33, has pleaded not guilty to murdering the nine-year-old on or around January 12, 2022, at Mount Wilson, in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.

He claims it was the nine-year-old's mother, Kallista Mutten, who shot the girl and that he initially lied to police to cover for her because the pair were in a relationship, his lawyer told a trial in the NSW Supreme Court earlier this week.

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A jury was shown video today of a second interview between Stein and police on January 14, four days before Charlise's body was recovered.

It had been dumped in a barrel near the Colo River after the girl sustained two gunshot wounds, to her head and lower back.

Mutten had reported her daughter missing to police earlier that day, telling them she had not seen Charlise for the previous two nights.

Stein initially told officers Charlise had stayed with him in a property at Mount Wilson on the night of January 11 while Mutten stayed in a caravan at the Riviera Ski Park, roughly 90 minutes away.

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He claimed the girl had woken up sick the next morning and that he had left her in the care of a real estate agent who arrived to do an appraisal on the property while he went out.

Officers trying to locate Charlise pressured Stein into explaining the decision, which they said they were "worried about".

"You have told us that previous version wasn't entirely the truth," one of the officers said.

In the second interview, Stein recanted his previous story and alleged Mutten had likely taken her own daughter for custody reasons.

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"For once I haven't done anything wrong here," he told police.

"The whole f—— … real estate lady thing – that's not my thing, that was Kallista's thing."

Stein said the first time he heard about Charlise being missing was that day, when he was driving to Sydney.

"I got a phone call … she basically dumped on me this far-fetched load of shit," he said.

"I do love the woman, like I want to protect her, but at the same time … I'm the one who's going to get f—– for something I genuinely am not involved in and haven't done."

Before her death, Charlise lived full-time with her grandparents in Tweed Heads, near the Queensland border.

They were given legal custody when Mutten went to jail over a driving incident in which her passenger was killed, the court heard.

"Kallista has been talking about literally doing a runner with Charlise for quite some time," Stein told police.

He told police Charlise was most likely alive and potentially with her biological father, who the court heard earlier she had no relationship with.

"She isn't aware, but I've overheard her talking on a few occasions and they've been talking about Charlise and her going up to Tweed and all of that and him coming down," Stein said.

He also changed the timeline for the last time he saw Charlise, saying she stayed with her mother on the night of January 11 while he returned to the Mount Wilson property alone.

That was counter to what he initially told police, that Charlise stayed with him alone at the Mount Wilson property that night – making him the last person to have seen her.

"That was (Mutten's) version … and it makes me look completely f—–.

"In reality I wasn't the last one."

The trial continues.

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Australians shouldn't rush to change their Medicare cards in the wake of the MediSecure data breach, and there's no evidence to suggest current prescriptions have been impacted, according to the federal government.

The investigation into the "large scale" incident is still in its early stages, National Cyber Security Coordinator Lieutenant-General Michelle McGuinness, said in an update this morning.

She said there was nothing to suggest Medicare cards need to be replaced or that there's a heightened threat to other health providers.

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"From the information that is currently available to the government, no current e-prescriptions have been impacted or accessed," McGuinness said.

"The Department of Health has confirmed there has been no impact to the e-prescription services currently in use.

"On the basis of technical advice from MediSecure to date, the original compromise has been isolated and there is no evidence to suggest an increased cyber threat to the medical sector.

"We are looking closely at any evidence about whether identity documents have been compromised in the breach, and are working with MediSecure, Services Australia, and state and territory credential-issuing bodies to build a full picture of the impacted dataset.

"We have not seen evidence so far to suggest that anyone needs to replace their Medicare card.

"If our investigation turns up any evidence to suggest Australians' identities are at risk and they need to replace their documents, we will let them know."

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Exactly how many people have been caught up in the breach on the e-prescription provider remains unknown, but McGuinness said affected patients would be told what they need to do once the investigation had progressed.

"We are still working to build a picture of the size and nature of the data that has been impacted by this data breach impacting MediSecure," she said.

"This discovery work often takes time and I understand Australians are anxious about the possibility of their personal information being affected.

"I want to assure everyone that we are working as fast as we can to complete our assessment and when we have further information to share about what has been impacted, we will share this with you – along with what affected people may need to do to protect themselves."

Qantas is officially retiring its last Boeing 767, after operating over 927,000 flights on the fleet.

An Australian city has made it onto Henley and Partners' annual rundown of where the world's millionaires gather.

The siblings of 11-year-old Tirion have shared the moment they learned their sister was free of her stage four ovarian cancer.

"I'm coming home tonight," Tirion tells them over the phone.

"Is the cancer all gone?" one asks.

"Yeah," Tirion answers.

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The chorus of cheers that follow are the culmination of five and a half months of Tirion battling the deadly disease.

She and her best friend Chloe made headlines earlier this month when Chloe shaved off her hair both in solidarity and to raise money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation.

"The first thing I said to myself was 'I don't think I'll meet many friends like Chloe in my lifetime' and I was very proud of her," Tirion told 2GB's Ben Fordham at the time.

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"It means the world to me, if there's anything I could say to her, it's on bad days…(she) makes them feel way better." 

The fundraiser has since brought in more than $200,000.

Speaking to Fordham again this morning, Tirion said Chloe had been "speechless" when Tirion told her she was now cancer-free.

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"I was very excited, extremely happy of course, and pretty much relieved," Tirion said of the good news.

Tirion's mother Virginia said their oncologist had said there was no sign of cancer activity anywhere in Tirion's body.

"Officially the cancer is all clear," she said.

Tirion has been left with a slight lung infection, which is a relatively common consequence of chemotherapy on younger patients.

Nonetheless, when she was told she was cancer-free, Virgina said, Tirion lit up with "the biggest smile that we've ever seen".

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Government frontbencher Bill Shorten has described the federal budget reply speech by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton as "a show bag of slogans and Band-Aids".

The pair were involved in a fiery exchange on Today this morning after the Opposition outlined its response to the budget in parliament yesterday.

Shorten, Minister for the NDIS and Government Services, took aim at Dutton's plan to drastically slash international student numbers and a two-year ban for foreign investors purchasing property.

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"We're on track to halve the net overseas migration number from where it was in the peak of last year … I understand what it's like to be an opposition leader to give the budget reply … but Peter's, I have to say, it was a pretty lightweight presentation."

Shorten also pressed Dutton to put a figure on the number of foreigners buying Australian properties.

Shorten said: "You said we can not have those foreigners buying houses. Now that sort of sounds interesting. So I went and checked overnight. How many people in the last two years who are foreigners bought houses in Australia, Pete?"

Dutton replied: "Well, Bill, a couple of points, one is that we say that in the first year, 40,000 homes will be freed up. That includes the numbers who would be bidding at auctions this weekend against Australian citizens. That's the reality.

"If the government had adopted our policy over a five-year period, you would free up 325,000 homes. So the number of people who are foreign citizens, who are buying houses in our country is low, but nonetheless it contributes to an overall shortage of housing in our country."

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Shorten said he had "went and checked overnight" about the number of foreigners who had bought Australian properties over the past two years and said it was less than 5000.

Earlier Dutton insisted the "personal attacks" by government ministers on him showed his budget reply was cutting through with voters.

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He also had a dig at Shorten's performance as opposition leader in the 2019 federal election when Labor was backed to win but fell short to the Scott Morrison-led Coalition.

"You just said before you didn't like personal attacks – as soon as you're under pressure, you go personal," Dutton said.

A Las Vegas restaurant has been forced to apologise after a Bluey-themed event it hosted left parents fuming and children in tears.

Dirt Dog, a popular restaurant chain across Las Vegas, put on the free event on May 11 promising face painting, games, sweet treats and the chance to meet the much-loved blue heeler and her pals.

The Australian children's cartoon has become an unprecedented success in the United States, becoming the most-streamed show across all viewing platforms in 2023.

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Almost 3,000 people responded to Dirt Dog's Facebook event, but when customers who had queued down the street arrived they were greeted by a Bluey character that one customer described as "a guy in a onesie".

According to disappointed attendees, the face painting was being done inexpertly by a staff member and the treats ran out before all the children even made it inside.

There were also complaints that the venue was dirty and the "Bluey" character was inattentive to the awaiting children.

"Temu Bluey costume and decorations from Dollar Tree featured at Dirt Dog Las Vegas Rainbow! Thanks for ruining my 3-year-olds day!" one fuming customer wrote on the Facebook event.

"The face painting was worse than MacKenzie's Mum!" another disappointed attendee complained.

"I get it needed to be quick designs, but whiskers and a paw print? The promised "treats" were cupcakes you needed to pay for. We saw no games and no activities."

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A marketing spokesperson for Dirt Dog, Taj Wilder told local TV station FOX5 they were only expecting "50 to 60 people" despite 3,000 people responding to the Facebook page.

Following the online backlash, Dirt Dog issued an apology on their Instagram and Facebook pages.

"We are truly sorry this event wasn't the expected experience," Dirt Dog wrote in a message posted to Instagram and Facebook.

"We were overwhelmed with the turnout to this event. We will continue to improve on our events so we can ensure nothing like this will happen in the future."

The outcry comes months after a Willy Wonka experience in Scotland where parents were so outraged the police were called.