NZ’s largest agricultural and pastoral show celebrates its 160th anniversary this week.

Recordings of police radio capture the unfolding moments of the officers’ response.

A woman killed 31 years ago in Belgium has been identified after a family member recognised details of her distinctive flower tattoo.

Interpol said the cold case was known as "the woman with the flower tattoo" because of the artwork on her left arm.

The case dated back to June 3, 1992, when a woman's body was found against a grate in the Groot Schijn River in the Deurne district of Antwerp.

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She was finally identified as Rita Roberts, a 31-year-old British woman, following a joint appeal for help in more than 20 cold cases by Interpol and police in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.

A family member in the UK recognised details of her tattoo — a black flower with green leaves — on the news and contacted police.

The appeal for information in May covered 22 cases across the three countries.

Most of them involved women who were killed.

Roberts had moved to Antwerp from Cardiff in Wales.

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She last had contact with relatives with a postcard she sent in May 1992.

Her family said that although the news was difficult to process, they were grateful to know what happened to her.

"This cross-border collaboration has given a missing girl back her identity, and enabled the family to know she is at rest," the family said in a statement.

Today, the FBI announced a new addition to its 10 Most Wanted list, naming Haitian gang leader Vitel'Homme Innocent, for the kidnapping and slaying of American missionaries in that country.

A terrifying armed robbery, in which a driver was cut by a machete after a stranger climbed into his car, on a Melbourne street was captured on CCTV.

Police have released the footage as they search for men behind the incident.

Investigators have been told a car was pulled over to the side of Somerville Road at Yarraville to speak to a pedestrian at about 2.40am on July 11.

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It is believed two unknown then men approached the driver inside the car while they were parked, before allegedly threatening him with a machete.

Investigators have been told the unknown pair allegedly made demands for drugs, cash and air pods.

Police were told the driver had his hand cut with the machete during the confrontation.

Officers believe the car owner then drove off, while one of the offenders hung on to the window.

After a short while, the driver stopped the car along Geelong Road and ran to safety.

Police said the alleged offender took off with cash and a pair of air pods.

Qantas will face sentencing in a criminal court after a judge found the airline breached workplace health and safety law in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

SafeWork NSW brought the rare prosecution after Qantas Ground Services (QGS) stood down a trained health and safety representative hours after he gave a direction to others to cease work.

The February 2020 direction related to the cleaning and servicing of planes arriving from China and came the day after the federal government closed its borders to direct flights from that country.

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Qantas later outlined several reasons in a letter as to why it suspended Theo Seremetidis from his job, but NSW District Court Judge David Russell said that was an unsuccessful attempt to find additional reasons to back up its conduct.

"I have found that the reason for QGS engaging in discriminatory conduct towards Mr Seremetidis was because he exercised a power or performed a function as a health and safety representative," he said in his judgment on Thursday.

The court dismissed other charges alleging the letter to Seremetidis constituted a threat and that his position was illegally altered.

The Transport Workers Union said it was a major victory for the worker.

"It holds great significance for all health and safety representatives, highlighting the crucial role they play in ensuring safe workplaces," it said.

"The WHS Act has done its job."

Both Safework NSW and Qantas can appeal the court's decision.

"Qantas acknowledges the findings of the NSW District Court, which upheld one of three charges brought by SafeWork NSW, and will review the judgment before commenting on it further," the airline said in a statement.

"We recognise that the initial stages of the pandemic caused a lot of uncertainty for our people, customers and the business more broadly.

"Our medical and safety teams worked tirelessly to provide daily updates to employees and to put effective controls and procedures in place to help protect our people and customers."

A council parking inspector in Melbourne has sparked disbelief after handing out fines while appearing to break their own rules – but his actions are perfectly legal.

A photo shows the Boroondara City Council ranger's car parked in a loading zone on a Friday evening in June.

But in fact the council has confirmed officers can park their work vehicle in loading zones to perform their duties.

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Resident Rui Zhou said he himself had been recently fined $185 by the same council for stopping briefly in a loading zone while dropping his two children off at school.

"It was in the morning just before 9am so we were in a hurry – I didn't get out of the car and only stopped for about five seconds," Zhou said.

Zhou said he immediately thought back to his own fine when he saw the council car parked in the loading zone, just streets away from where he was fined.

However, the council has defended the move, saying it is perfectly legal.

"Authorised council officers are allowed to park a council vehicle in a loading zone to perform their duties, including parking enforcement," the council's urban living director, Scott Walker, told 9news.com.au in a statement.

"The officer parked this vehicle on a Friday night while undertaking their enforcement duties in a busy location where many parking spaces (outside of loading zones) are for community use."

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Under Victoria's road safety rules, police, emergency and enforcement vehicles are exempt from parking regulations in "reasonable" circumstances and providing the driver takes due care.

However, Zhou said the situation did not seem reasonable.

"I can understand if it's a police car or ambulance, that's absolutely understandable," Zhou said.

But this was not an emergency, Zhou said.

Zhou said he had twice tried to challenge his own fine, appealing first to council and then by taking it to court.

The Melbourne resident said he did not know he wasn't able to stop briefly in a loading zone at the time of his offence, but accepted he had broken the road rules.

However, he hoped a judge would show some leniency and reduce his fine.

But when his case was heard at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court last month, the judge ruled the fine should stand.

Adding a sting in the tail, Zhou was hit with a $90 fee for challenging the fine in court, taking the total amount he needed to pay to $275.

Millions of Australians are turning to supermarket reward points to unlock cheaper groceries in response to the cost-of-living crunch.

New research by Finder revealed 83 per cent of people are in a supermarket rewards program, with 58 per cent using their points to directly save on their grocery bills.

About 13 per cent use their points on airline savings, while six per cent don't touch their rewards at all.

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Finder personal finance expert Amy Bradney-George said consumers could save about $10 on groceries every few months through a rewards program.

"Keep an eye out for exclusive promotions run by the loyalty programs too – you can earn tens of thousands of extra points that way," she said.

"But it's important to remember that Aldi and some other supermarkets can offer an affordable alternative without a rewards program, and choosing low prices might end up being cheaper overall."

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) hit borrowers with another interest rate rise earlier this month, lifting the nation's cash rate target by 25 basis points.

The central bank chose to lift the cash rate to 4.35 per cent in a bid to tackle enduringly persistent levels of inflation.

For the average Australian borrower with a $500,000 mortgage, the rise means many will be forking out an additional $76 per month, and an extra $1210 since rates began rising in May 2022.

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"Mortgage interest charges rose 9.3 per cent following a 9.8 per cent rise in the June 2023 quarter," ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt said.

"While the Reserve Bank of Australia has not increased the cash rate since July 2023, previous interest rate increases and the rollover of some expired fixed-rate to higher-rate variable mortgages resulted in another strong rise this quarter."

The average Aussie household is spending $187 per week on groceries in November, according to data from Finder's Consumer Sentiment Tracker.

"Shopping for groceries is demanding a growing chunk of the weekly budget so consumers may as well enjoy some perks or extra savings," Bradney-George said.

"As the price of food and household goods continues to spike, shoppers are being much more intentional with looking for ways to keep their grocery bills down."

It has been almost two years since Tom Phillips and his children disappeared.

A group of parents and healthcare workers has claimed responsibility over a protest that saw bloodied, fake corpses dumped outside the offices of federal Labor MPs in Melbourne.

The activists left the gruesome items, some the size of children, in bloodied sheets outside the offices, in full view of street traders and children.

The fake corpses were left in protest of Israel's military action in Gaza.

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The bodies were placed outside MP Andrew Giles' office in Thomastown, Kate Thwaites's office in Heidelberg and Peter Khalil's office in Coburg.

Witness Rebecca Imbrosciano told 9News it was a confronting scene to see.

"I started to cry," she said.

"I don't think anyone could not be affected by seeing these incredibly graphic staged images."

3AW caller Christine said she saw up to six fake bodies in Heidelberg just after 7am.

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"There was a half a dozen signs plastered all over the windows of the office," she said.

"My concern is that it's within a block of two primary schools and that could be confronting for children.

"What's happening is horrific but not sure if it needs to happen on our streets."

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No More Bodies in Gaza is the group behind the demonstration.

They say they're local parents and healthcare workers who want to take a stand against the conflict overseas.

"I'm sorry that people would find that insulting, but I think desperate times call for desperate measures," group spokesperson Linda told 9News.

"We just wanted it to be horrific.

"We can't sit by and let 4000 children be killed."

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The targeted MPs are yet to respond to the action, while the group says it's not ruling out further demonstrations if the politicians remain silent.

Meanwhile, members of the local Jewish community are on edge.

"It was a very targeted protest, very meaningful and it shows just how bad war is," Philip Zajack from the Jewish Council of Australia said.

"The Jewish community here is hurting dreadfully."

Victoria Police is investigating.