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Kieran Loveridge, the man convicted of manslaughter over the 2012 one-punch killing of 18-year-old Thomas Kelly, has been granted parole.

Loveridge will be released from custody later this month after a decision this morning by the NSW State Parole Authority.

Neither the state nor Kelly's parents opposed granting parole to Loveridge, while the Serious Offenders Review Council and Community Correction both supported it.

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"Every effort should be made to ensure that (Loveridge) undertakes a period of supervision well before the expiration of his sentence in an attempt to successfully re-integrate him into lawful community life," Ralph Kelly, Thomas' father, told the court today.

"For Thomas's death to mean something, it is imperative that every effort is made to ensure that a pathway is created to ensure Mr Loveridge's transition to community life is as smooth as possible."

Kelly's mother, Kathy, said the couple had been "handed a double life sentence".

Loveridge was heavily drunk when he punched Kelly in the face during a night out in Sydney on July 7, 2012, knocking the 18-year-old down and fracturing his skull when he fell backwards.

He died two days later in hospital.

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Loveridge also assaulted four other people that same night.

The incident was one of the contributing factors behind the introduction of Sydney's strict lockout laws, which were eventually removed in 2021.

He was originally sentenced to seven years and two months in prison, but that was increased to 13 years and eight months on appeal.

Of that, 10 years and six months was specifically for the manslaughter of Kelly.

He became eligible for parole last year, but it was denied by the authority, which found Loveridge's release would pose a risk to community safety.

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Today, though, it said the evidence it had been given indicates Loveridge has made "positive progress" in custody, and that it is better to release him on parole now so he has more than two years of supervision.

"There would be a substantially greater risk posed to community safety if the offender were released at a later time with a shortened period of supervision, or, worse still, at the end of his sentence without any period of supervised parole at all," it said.

Under his parole conditions, Loveridge is not allowed to drink alcohol, contact Kelly's family or his co-offenders, nor visit the City of Sydney and Shoalhaven local government areas.

He is also barred from going to the suburb of Neutral Bay, and from having any contact with bikie gangs.

The celebrity chef and founder of World Central Kitchen (WCK) has claimed Israel's military "systematically" targeted his seven aid workers, including an Australian, killed in Gaza.

Melbourne-born Lalzawmi "Zomi" Frankcom, was among the charity's workers killed in Central Gaza by an Israeli air strike this week.

Their Palestinian driver was also killed.

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The non-profit WCK said it had coordinated movements of its workers with the Israel Defence Forces but their convoy was hit as it was leaving a warehouse.

WCK chief Jose Andres told the Reuters news agency the attack had targeted the victims "systematically, car by car".

The deadly strike was not a "bad luck situation where, 'oops,' we dropped the bomb in the wrong place," said Andres.

"Even if we were not in coordination with the (Israel Defence Forces), no democratic country and no military can be targeting civilians and humanitarians."

A preliminary investigation by the Israeli military said the airstrike was due to a "misidentification".

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The family of Frankcom told The Sydney Morning Herald they backed an investigation into whether the Israeli troops responsible for her death should be charged with war crimes.

The other aid workers killed included three British citizens, a Polish citizen, and a Canadian-American dual citizen.

Their bodies were transported out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt on Wednesday ahead of their repatriation, Egypt's state-run Qahera TV reported.

Dashcam vision has shown the terrifying moment a number of cars were caught in a landslide in Taiwan during the island's recent earthquake.

The quake, Taiwan's strongest in 25 years, has so far killed nine people and injured more than 1000.

Dozens of people are feared trapped in quarries and tunnels.

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Now, dashcam vision from Hualien county, near the quake epicentre, has shown several cars caught in a landslide.

The footage was taken at the moment the quake began, 7.58am local time.

Two cars are shown travelling along a road before coming to a halt. The camera is seen shaking.

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The cars then reverse, before several large rocks crash from higher up the slope, onto the road in front of them.

Another boulder then smashes into the rear of one of the cars.

The driver with the dashcam continues to reverse as jagged rocks hurtle through the air, bouncing off the road in a series of narrow misses.

Nine people have now been confirmed dead and more than 1,000 injured.

The owner of popular fashion accessory brands Colette by Colette Hayman and The Daily Edited has entered voluntary administration.

Marquee Retail Group said it aims to keep all 60 stores open while in voluntary administration and has no plans to cuts its 400 workforce.

It would be "business as usual", the company said as it continued to operate, with the aim of securing a sale of the businesses.

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MRG said the company had suffered a decline in sales from October 2023 to March 2024, due to higher interest rates and inflation.

It also said ongoing debt with the Australian Taxation Office had impacted its performance.

Insolvency firm Mackay Goodwin has been appointed to manage the company's administration.

In December 2022, Colette by Colette Hayman bought The Daily Edited, also known as tde.

The Daily Edited is best known for monogrammed leather goods such as handbags and phone cases and had shops in Sydney as well as in the US and Singapore.

Marquee Retail Group chairman Bernie Brookes said: "Our decision today is about securing the future of the Marquee Retail Group and its employees, while emerging on the other side of voluntary administration.

"We hope to work with all parties to ensure an outcome, either with a sale or a deed of company arrangement recommended in time by the administrator."

"The board of directors regret that these events have come to pass and acknowledge all the group's employees for their hard work and contribution," said Brookes.

Playwright Christopher Durang, renowned for his satirical and offbeat comedy, has died aged 75.