David Gasologa, 27, was one of four seasonal workers killed in a fiery crash in Australia.

Jaden Minhinnick hit the victim twice with the machete in front of his frightened family.

Queensland residents could soon be jailed for owning a dog that attacks someone under new laws the state government introduced into parliament today.

The suggested reforms follow a spate of maulings in the past year, including one which led to the death of an Energex metre reader Kane Minion.

Dog owners who are deemed irresponsible could face penalties of up to $108,000 or three years in jail if a dog kills or injuries a person, under the proposed laws.

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The reforms include banning Queensland residents from owning five dangerous dog breeds – the Dogo Argentino, Fila Brasileiro, Japanese Tosa, Pit Bull Terrier and Presa Canario.

The reforms introduced to parliament today follow months of community consultation.

Earlier this month, four people were taken to hospital after they were mauled by a dog at Morayfield north of Brisbane.

In February, a three-year-old girl was mauled by a dog on the Gold Coast and ended up with serious head and neck injuries.

The reforms have been met with little support by the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) and the RSPCA

"Breed on its own is not an effective indicator or predictor of aggression in dogs," the AVA said in a statement in October.

"It ignores the human element whereby dog owners who desire this kind of dog will simply substitute another breed of dog of similar size, strength and perception of aggressive tendencies."

The RSPCA has previously said almost 80 per cent of bites happen in the home, not the community, and questioned how much impact the ban wouldl have on public safety.

The mother of a six-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia was sentenced on Wednesday to 21 months in prison for using marijuana while owning a firearm, which is illegal under US law.

Deja Taylor’s son took her handgun to school and shot Abby Zwerner in her first-grade classroom in January, seriously wounding the educator.

Investigators later found nearly an ounce of marijuana in Taylor’s bedroom and evidence of frequent drug use in her text messages and paraphernalia.

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Taylor’s sentencing in a US District Court offered the first measure of accountability for January’s shooting, which revived a national dialogue about gun violence and roiled the military shipbuilding city of Newport News.

Taylor, 26, still faces a separate sentencing in December on the state level for felony child neglect.

And Zwerner is suing the school system for $61 million, alleging that administrators ignored multiple warnings the boy had a gun.

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US District Judge Mark S. Davis handed down the exact punishment prosecutors requested.

“This case cries out for a sentence of imprisonment,” the judge said.

Davis said there was a “direct line” between Zwerner's wounds and Taylor’s decision to mix heavy marijuana use with owning a gun.

Taylor’s son would never have obtained the weapon if his mother had obeyed the law, the judge said.

The other children in Zwerner's classroom "are going to grow up in this community … dealing with that for the rest of their lives,” Davis added.

Before Taylor received her sentence, Zwerner described the shooting's nearly incalculable impact on her life.

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She spent nearly two weeks in the hospital after the bullet struck her left hand and chest, breaking bones and puncturing a lung.

Zwerner told the judge that she has endured five surgeries just to try to return motion to her left hand.

The psychological cost includes post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression.

“I have nightmares of gore, blood and death — always involving a firearm,” she said.

Zwerner, who no longer works for the school system, said she’s lost her sense of herself and suffered “massive financial loss".

“I feel as if I’ve lost my purpose – I loved children,” she said, adding, "I contend daily with deep emotional scars.”

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Gene Rossi, one of Taylor's attorneys, read aloud a brief statement from Taylor: “I am extremely sorry and very remorseful for my actions.” Taylor said she would feel that remorse “for the rest of my life.”

Taylor’s grandfather, Calvin Taylor, has had full custody of her son, now age 7, since January's shooting.

He told the judge how sorry he was for what happened to Zwerner.

He said the boy was placed in a first-grade classroom despite having spent only 54 days in a formal school setting, in prekindergarten and kindergarten, because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The elder Taylor said the boy is now “doing wonderful” and was “star student of the week” last week at school.

The federal case against Taylor comes at a time when marijuana is legal in many states, including Virginia, while many Americans own firearms.

Some US courts in other parts of the country have ruled against the federal law that bans drug users from having guns.

But the law remains in effect in many states and has been used to charge others including Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son.

Federal prosecutors in Taylor's case had argued that her “chronic, persistent and … life-affecting abuse extends this case far beyond any occasional and/or recreational use."

“This case is not a marijuana case,” they wrote in a brief to the court. “It is a case that underscores the inherently dangerous nature and circumstances that arise from the caustic cocktail of mixing consistent and prolonged controlled substance use with a lethal firearm.”

Taylor agreed in June to a negotiated guilty plea.

She was convicted of using marijuana while owning a gun as well as lying about her drug use on a federal form when she bought the gun.

Taylor’s attorneys had asked the judge for probation and home confinement.

They argued Taylor needs counseling for issues that include schizoaffective disorder, a condition that shares symptoms with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

They also said she needs treatment for marijuana addiction.

“Addiction is a disease and incarceration is not the cure,” her attorneys wrote to the court.

Taylor’s attorneys also argued that the US Supreme Court could eventually strike down the federal ban on drug users owning guns.

For example, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled in August that drug users should not automatically be banned from having guns.

Other lower courts have upheld the ban and the Justice Department has appealed the 5th Circuit ruling to the Supreme Court.

The high court has not yet decided whether to take up the case.

Federal law generally prohibits people from possessing firearms if they have been convicted of a felony, been committed to a mental institution or are an unlawful user of a controlled substance, among other things.

Taylor’s son told authorities he obtained his mother's gun by climbing onto a drawer to reach the top of a dresser, where the firearm was in his mom’s purse.

Taylor initially told investigators she had secured her gun with a trigger lock, but investigators never found one.

It was not the first time Taylor’s gun was fired in public, prosecutors wrote.

Taylor shot at her son’s father in December after seeing him with his girlfriend.

A woman has been arrested in the Pacific republic of Palau, accused of repeatedly trying to murder her ex-husband in South Australia.

Mother-of-two Lisa Lines, 43, was arrested by Palau law enforcement on behalf of SA Police's major crime investigation branch and was remanded in custody in Koror.

Lines, an author and university lecturer, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of conspiracy to murder.

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Zacharia Bruckner, 36, was also arrested by Queensland Police and has been charged with conspiracy to murder-related offences.

He is currently before the courts in Brisbane, where South Australian police are applying for his extradition.

The extensive series of events began in 2017 when Bruckner, a young editor, was recruited by Lines to her publishing company.

He moved in with Lines and her ex-husband Jonathan Hawtin in Adelaide.

Lines is said to have been in a relationship with Bruckner by the time her marriage broke down with her husband in 2017.

But Lines allegedly had another relationship too – with a woman.

In 2017, Hawtin was attacked with an axe at an Adelaide Hills home.

In the same incident, Bruckner suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen.

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While Hawtin was recovering in a rehabilitation centre after suffering injuries that left him a tetraplegic – meaning he was paralysed from the neck down – Lines' female lover allegedly was spotted peering into his room.

Police said staff escorted her away, but it's alleged that she'd been sent here by Lines to suffocate Hawtin with a pillow.

Following the alleged axe attack, Hawtin was charged with attempted murder and went on trial accused of shooting Bruckner.

Bruckner claimed in that trial that the axe attack was in self-defence.

However, Hawtin was acquitted by a jury of the charge at the trial.

Lines left Australia in 2020 and took her two children to Taiwan, where Australia does not hold an extradition treaty.

Interpol yellow notices were released for both children in 2021.

Yesterday, Lines landed in Palau where South Australian major crime detectives carried out an arrest warrant on the attempted murder and conspiracy to murder charges.

Police will also allege that as recently as 2023, Lines and Bruckner have been plotting to hire a contract killer to silence both Hawtin and his mother.

Major crime detectives and Australian Federal Police officers are continuing to support local police in Palau in extraditing Lines to South Australia.

Tony Hanne was accused of professional misconduct over prescriptions he had written.

Three teenagers have been charged after multiple puppies were stolen from a home in Far North Queensland.

Police believe four Golden Retriever puppies were allegedly stolen from an Edmonton home along with a grey Mazda MX-5 coupe and jewellery about midday yesterday.

The car was found abandoned on Blackbird Close at Bentley Park about 12.45pm by police.

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One of the puppies was later found with a 16-year-old boy at an address in Woree about 9.55pm.

He was taken into custody and was later charged with entering a dwelling and receiving tainted property.

Police attended another property in Edmonton hours later, finding a 16-year-old Bentley Park boy alleged to be involved in the theft of the puppies.

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One of the puppies was allegedly hidden under a bed.

Police seized the allegedly stolen puppy along with jewellery and clothing from the home.

The 16-year-old Bentley Park boy was charged with entering a dwelling and receiving tainted property.

The remaining two puppies were found at two nearby homes this morning.

A 17-year-old Bentley Park boy was charged with entering a dwelling and receiving tainted property.

The three boys were refused police bail and are scheduled to appear in the Cairns Children's Court.

Another person is in custody and assisting police with enquiries.

All of the puppies have been returned to the owner.

Anyone with information that may assist police is urged to immediately contact Policelink on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Activist Billy Te Kahika spoke with David Fisher ahead of a possible jail sentence.

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Residents living on Sydney's Northern Beaches have criticised a large grey electric car charger that sits in the middle of a busy shopping strip.

The charger, located on the side of Bungan Street in Mona Vale, is a "massive eyesore" according to local resident Cameron.

He told 2GB breakfast radio host Ben Fordham the placement was bizarre.

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"I thought it was a toilet block, this giant grey box is in the middle of Mona Vale," he said.

"It's a bizarre thing, it's been there for 12 months and I have never seen a car being charged there."

The charger can be found out the front of Leisures Shoe Boutique, which is leading to a loss of customers, according to employee Caroline.

"People drive past and they can't see us," she said.

"We just see a grey screen, it's not good for people walking past, it's not a good thing on that main street.

"We aren't the only ones, next door is also affected."

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The charger was converted for electric vehicle charging back in 2021, as part of a JOLT and Ausgrid initiative supported by the Northern Beaches Council.

"Unlike other charging networks that create new infrastructure, on some occasions, we're able to work with electricity providers to modernise existing substation kiosks that can't be removed," a JOLT spokesperson said.

"In regards to this Mona Vale charging location, a large kiosk of the same size has been in that location for 29 years and we have added our charging shell over the top to provide EV owners with free charging."

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Northern Beaches Council Mayor Sue Heins said the council would continue to support the Ausgrid and JOLT initiatives.

"(Council) is charging ahead with electric vehicle uptake and our community is seeking more infrastructure to charge their vehicles," she said in a statement.

"There are now more than 20 EV charging locations across the Northern Beaches with many more in the pipeline, making it one of the fastest growing areas for EV uptake.

"JOLT has informed us that their charging stations on the Northern Beaches have become some of the most utilised chargers in Australia."