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Four face charges of stealing crocodile eggs in Kakadu
Four men are facing charges of stealing hundreds of crocodile eggs from a world-famous national park.
Pilot Sebastian Robinson along with Timothy Luck, Dean Larsen and Stephen Slark are all charged with taking, keeping and moving a species from Kakadu National Park in February 2024.
A company, SDRL Pty Ltd, operating under the name Kinga Contracting, is also charged with obtaining a financial advantage by deception in relation to the case.
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The egg-stealing charges follow a joint investigation by Parks Australia, the Australian Federal Police and the Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission.
Legal crocodile egg collecting in the Northern Territory provides eggs to crocodile farms and involves helicopter pilots lowering a man on a line onto nests to do the collecting in remote wetlands.
In the Darwin Local Court today Ruth Champion, appearing for the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, said the charges of illegally taking crocodile eggs involved serious offending.
That took into account the sophistication and complexity of the operation, the number of accused acting in concert, the use of a helicopter and the very large number of eggs taken, she told the court.
"We're not talking about one, two or three, but something in the hundreds."
Champion also noted the impact of the alleged egg stealing on Traditional Owners and the cultural harm felt by them.
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Defence lawyer Thomas Clelland told the court the matter was a complicated one involving the complex area of DNA analysis.
Judge Elizabeth Morris set a five-day hearing from November 30 to December 4, with 10 witnesses to be called.
In February 2022 Robinson was piloting a helicopter on a legal crocodile egg collecting mission in the Top End when the machine crashed, killing egg collector Chris "Willow" Wilson and leaving Robinson a paraplegic.
Their employer, helicopter operator and reality TV star Matt Wright, was found guilty in December of attempting to pervert the course of justice in relation to the crash investigation.
The star of hit TV shows Outback Wrangler and Wild Croc Territory is behind bars in Darwin, serving a five-month term for trying to tamper with evidence to cover up the disconnecting of flight time meters.
Wright was not accused of causing the crash, the death of his co-star Wilson or the injuries of Robinson and is not involved in the egg-stealing case.
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Accused love triangle killer gave dead man’s wife lifts
A woman has described getting rides to work and dance lessons from her ex-husband's alleged murderer on the weekend her former spouse vanished.
Renny Palmer was the subject of affection from both her husband Jason Palmer and his romantic rival Gofal Baziad before the love triangle turned deadly, a NSW Supreme Court jury has heard.
Two days after allegedly killing his friend Mr Palmer, Baziad tried to calm down the woman he perceived as his "girlfriend" over the phone, jurors were told today.
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"He said 'well perhaps Jason had gone to a nightclub and might have been drunk and slept at a friend's place'," Ms Palmer testified using a Bahasa interpreter.
Mr Palmer suddenly disappeared on February 6, 2004.
The two men had been seen chatting and smoking on the balcony of Ms Palmer's home in Sydney's south-west before leaving together late that night.
The 54-year-old has pleaded not guilty to murdering his romantic rival in a fit of jealousy in the hours following.
Ms Palmer testified Baziad had been late collecting her for work the day after the alleged murder.
She felt unwell on the drive and asked to turn back.
Baziad also said he was sick and the pair decided to go back to their respective homes, the jury heard.
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That afternoon, he picked up Ms Palmer and took her to dance training at the Indonesian consulate.
She tried, unsuccessfully, to call and text her ex-husband.
Two days after he vanished, she went with Baziad to Mr Palmer's rental apartment, the jury heard.
While there, she noticed the interior of his home was messy, as if no one had slept there.
Ms Palmer separated from her then ex-husband in 2002 after he had an affair, she earlier told the court.
However, she reconciled with him in December 2003 after being asked to choose between the two men.
"I still loved Jason," she told the jury.
Despite her decision, Baziad still thought of himself as her boyfriend, she testified.
He compared her relationship with Mr Palmer to glass.
"Even if it was put together again then it would still be broken," he reportedly said.
Ms Palmer testified that Baziad told her he had to clean and move out of his unit the day after her husband disappeared.
When asked why he had to move, he said there was a problem with the real estate, the jury heard.
Mr Palmer's body was found concealed in a sleeping bag and weighed down with rocks in the Nepean River in Sydney's west 23 days after he vanished.
The trial continues.
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Nine killed on roads in five days as police issue driving warning
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Tauranga powerlifter Johnny Kane, 8, claims Kids World Record for 90kg deadlift
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Driver who killed pedestrian in Hamilton collision saw GP days earlier, worried about having a seizure
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‘Great to be back’: Harry and Meghan’s message to Aussie public on first day of tour
The Duke of Sussex has thanked Australia for welcoming him and wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, back to Australia, after a day of engagements in Melbourne.
On their way to meet with veterans' families this afternoon in the CBD, Prince Harry told 9News it was "wonderful" to return to Australia.
"It's great to be back," he said.
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"Thanks for having us back," Harry told 9News when asked if he had a message for the Australian public.
The couple was quickly whisked inside the venue, where they are attending the final event of the first day of their Australian tour.
The Sussexes flew to Australia in business class on a commercial Qantas flight and touched down in Melbourne early this morning.
Scores of young patients and their families filled every floor of the Royal Children's Hospital this morning ahead of the couple's first stop of the tour.
They arrived at the Parkville hospital in a black Range Rover with tinted windows at 12pm, where they walked through the revolving doors to greet waiting fans.
The former royals embraced young oncology patients and chatted with their families in the foyer for about 10 minutes, before making their way into a private part of the hospital to see other patients.
Meghan wore a navy buttoned maxi dress and black stiletto heels.
Prince Harry was dressed in a crisp white shirt with an unbuttoned navy blazer and suit pants.
The pair took selfies with patients and collected flowers as they made their way across the hospital floor.
Scarlet McGowan, who has been receiving cancer treatment for three months at the hospital, was one of few patients who managed to chat to both Harry and Meghan.
"He was lovely, he asked me how the care was and I had to point out how gorgeous and lovely our nurses are, they take such good care of us."
Other young patients shared their once-in-a-lifetime interactions with the former royals.
"They both wished me good luck on my leukaemia journey and Meghan wished me to keep on being brave," 12-year-old leukaemia patient Novalie Morris said.
"When I saw Meghan I said 'hi, welcome to Australia, here's a flower," Eunara, 8, said.
The Royal Children's Hospital has a storied royal history.
The hospital was opened by Harry's late grandmother Queen Elizabeth II in 1963, and she returned in 2011 after it underwent major renovations.
Harry's parents, now-King Charles III and the late Princess Diana, also visited the hospital during their royal tour of Australia in 1985.
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After about an hour-and-a-half meeting with patients and professionals, the black Range Rover the pair arrived in left the hospital grounds.
Meghan then made a solo visit to a women's homeless shelter, where she met with women who have experienced family violence.
After a quick outfit change, the pair reunited in the city, where they are due to meet with veteran families.
Meghan and Harry are focusing on events that champion community resilience, support for the armed forces and mental health during their whirlwind visit.
The couple will be in Australia for four days.
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It's their first visit since their 2018 royal tour, and the first since they quit the monarchy in 2020.
They're scheduled to make appearances in Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney to take part in "private, business, and philanthropic engagements", the couple's spokesperson previously told nine.com.au.
Notable events include the InterEdge Psychosocial Safety Summit in Melbourne, where Harry will be a keynote speaker on Thursday.
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On Friday, Meghan will make a brief appearance at a women's-only retreat hosted by the Her Best Life podcast in Sydney.
The couple are no longer working members of the royal family and will not carry out any royal duties while in Australia.
There will also be no public walkabouts or meet and greet moments, which have become a staple of official royal tours.
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Harry and Meghan had reportedly planned to meet the public in Melbourne and Sydney but those plans were supposedly cancelled when details were leaked to the press.
Read the couple's full Australia itinerary here.
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