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A Sydney man is ready to retire early after winning $30 million in Tuesday's Oz Lotto draw.

The resident from Killara in the city's upper north shore held the only division one winning entry nationally in draw 1548.

The entry was unregistered, which meant officials had no way of contacting the winner until they came forward.

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The instant millionaire said he couldn't believe the magnitude of his win.

"I thought I'd check the numbers on my ticket quickly and I immediately thought something was wrong when the prize came up. I sat there pondering," he told officials at the Lott.

"This is a big surprise. I'm still trying to process it all. I can't believe I've won $30 million.

"I've been in and out of the country for work, and I'm so happy to be back home in Australia.

"I haven't been able to buy an Oz Lotto ticket while working overseas and now that I've purchased this ticket, I've landed this win. I can't believe it.

"I usually only ever win $17 – nothing significant. This is significant."

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The man said an early retirement was on the cards.

"I had plans to continue to travel for work but this prize has changed everything for me," he said.

"I honestly think I might just stay here and retire. Australia is my home"

He bought his ticket at Lindfield Newsagency in Lindfield.

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Julia Gillard's ex-partner Tim Mathieson has been convicted and fined $7000 for the sexual assault of a friend that left her feeling so unsafe she moved interstate.

The 67-year-old formally pleaded guilty in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday.

Mathieson met his victim in 2020 when they were walking their dogs and the pair struck up a friendship, the court was told.

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On March 13, 2022, the woman invited Mathieson over for dinner at her Brunswick East home and the pair drank wine before watching a documentary on her lounge and falling asleep.

The woman woke up to see Mathieson sucking on her nipple while he cupped her breast with his hand.

When she told Mathieson, "Don't do that", and pushed him away, he kept trying to put his mouth back on her breast before she ordered him to get out.

The woman confronted Mathieson about his behaviour the following day and he apologised, saying, "That won't happen again", before she reported the assault to police 10 days later.

She moved interstate within weeks after feeling unsafe in her home and afraid Mathieson would come back.

The attack rendered the woman completely confused after she made it clear to him she didn't want more than a friendship, she said.

"I felt like the friendship was a lie and I had not been heard," the woman said in a victim impact statement read aloud to the court.

"I was in a state of confusion, anger and feeling completely disrespected."

The woman said she dealt with an eating disorder along with anxiety and feelings of distrust – particularly towards men – after the assault.

The interstate move took a toll on her work and she ultimately relocated overseas to have her family's support and feel safer, she said.

Mathieson's lawyer Brad Penno pushed for his client to be spared a conviction, noting his remorse and unclear recollection of the assault.

Mathieson remembered the incident as "involving affection and cuddling", and regarded his relationship with the woman as close and intimate after they spent time together at both their homes.

However, it was clear the victim was not interested in an exclusive sexual relationship with him, Penno said.

Magistrate Belinda Franjic said his assault was serious and suggested it warranted a conviction.

"It's a particularly intimate form of sexual assault," she said.

"What I'm sentencing for is an episode where a woman is asleep in her own home when … (she) wakes up and sees a (person) she trusted sucking on her breast."

A fortnight after the assault, Gillard told the Adelaide Advertiser the couple had split more than a year earlier.

She and Mathieson, a former hairdresser, were together for a decade and lived at The Lodge and Kirribilli House throughout Gillard's three-year term as prime minister.

Penno on Thursday said the former prime minister met his client, "a talented and creative hairdresser who made an impression", in 2004.

Their relationship was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic after Gillard was given a posting in London.

Police investigating the suspected murder of John Giannopoulos in Sydney more than 20 years ago have announced a $1 million reward for information as detectives probe several fresh leads.

The body of Giannopoulos was found by two people inside a unit on King Street, Newtown in the city's inner-west at about 10.30am on July 17, 2002.

Police are seeking to identify a woman believed to be of Indian sub-continental appearance who was captured on CCTV at a 7-Eleven close to Giannopoulos' apartment on the day of his death.

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"We believe this woman may have been in a relationship with John prior to his death, and possibly resided at an address on Audley Street at Petersham with a teenage daughter," NSW Police Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty said.

"I have no doubt there are people who knew Mr Giannopoulos who hold information about the circumstances of his death and are yet to come forward to police; now is the time to speak up."

Doherty said police have re-examined items taken from Giannopoulos' apartment and discovered an unknown man's DNA sample on a drinking glass close to where Giannopoulos' body was found.

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No one has been charged in relation to the death of Giannopoulos.

Police said a post-mortem examination revealed the then 72-year-old died from severe head and abdominal injuries.

A coronial inquest in 2006 found Giannopoulos died on or about July 16 in 2002 from several injuries inflicted on him by a person or people unknown to him.

A formal review of the case was carried out in 2018 and new investigation was launched under Strike Force Westminster II.

Police and counter-terrorism minister Yasmin Catley said she hoped the $1 million reward would provide an incentive for someone to come forward and open new avenues of inquiry for detectives.

"Despite having retired from work, John was an active member of the Greek community in Sydney when he was brutally beaten to death in his own home," Catley said.

"His senseless murder left his limited family in Australia without their uncle and his friends and relatives in Greece seeking answers for over two decades.

"The unsolved homicide unit exists so horrific crimes like this are not forgotten, and those responsible are held accountable – irrespective of the passage of time."

Netflix has scrapped its cheapest ad-free subscription option for a range of countries, including Australia.

The Basic plan was the second cheapest subscription on Netflix, which Australians could purchase for $10.99 per month.

In a letter to shareholders, Netflix said the plan would be "phased out" for new and rejoining members, meaning if you had already purchased a basic plan you would not be forced onto a different one.

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"This growth has been driven by improvements to our offering — including two streams, higher quality video and a programming slate that's now essentially on par with our other plans— as well as the phasing out of our Basic plan for new and rejoining members in the US, the UK, Italy and Canada," Netflix said in its 2023 third-quarter earnings letter to shareholders.

"This change boosted adoption of our ads and Standard plans and we'll be making the same change in Germany, Spain, Japan, Mexico, Australia and Brazil next week.

"Going forward, we'll continue to improve the feature set, for example next month we're introducing downloads, while also working to include the ads plan in device and ISP partner bundles."

The cheapest plan available is standard with ads for $6.99 per month.

After the Basic subscription, the next options are standard for $16.99 per month and premium for $22.99 per month.

Additional members can be added to the top two tiers for $7.99 per month.

The government urged Australians wishing to leave to depart by commercial aircraft as soon as possible.

When Hamas militants toting grenades appeared in her living room, Rachel Edri served them tea and Moroccan cookies until police stormed in and killed the attackers.

Edri's tale of quick-witted survival during the Israel-Hamas war has turned the 65-year old woman into an unlikely folk hero in Israel. For many, she has come to symbolise the ingenuity of everyday Israelis left to fend for themselves as militants turned sleeping southern communities into bloodbaths on October 7.

After an early-morning air-raid siren, Edri returned from a bomb shelter in her hometown of Ofakim to find a band of Hamas militants in her living room.

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As gunfire raged outside, Edri's home saw a 20-hour tete-a-tete between hospitality and brutality.

"One of the terrorists said to me: 'You remind me of my mother.'"

"I told him, 'I am really like your mother. I will help you, I will take care of you. What do you need?'" Edri told the Israeli online news outlet Ynet.

After one of the grenade-toting gunmen struck Edri across the face with the butt of his gun, Edri soothed him.

She served the militants canned pineapple, tea and her signature Moroccan cookies. She sang them Arabic songs, and they replied with Hebrew ones. She offered the men Coke Zero — when they said they preferred Coca Cola, she obliged.

"After they drank and ate, they became much calmer," Edri told Ynet.

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"I started having conversations, and at one point I even forgot for a moment that they were terrorists."

After 17 hours, a rescue team was able to rescue Edri and her husband with the help of their son, Eviatar.

A local policeman himself, Eviatar gave the team a sketch of the house, helping the rescuers surprise the militants and fatally shoot them. With the house heavily damaged, Edri has been relocated to a hotel in central Israel.

On Wednesday, she was one of several Israelis invited to meet with US President Joe Biden during his whirlwind visit to Israel. She beamed and hugged Biden, as he thanked her for defending the country.

For plying the militants with snacks Edri has been touted online and in national media as the consummate Jewish mother, a play on the stereotype of a women who overfeeds guests. Israelis have also compared Edri to the biblical character of Yael, who slays an evil general by offering him food before killing him in his sleep.

The militants from the Gaza Strip blew through Israel's highly fortified separation wall and entered Ofakim and more than 20 other border communities, killing at least 48 residents of Ofakim.

A group of civilians bearing pistols fought back Hamas militants armed with assault rifles.

"They fought like lions here," said Yoni Shalem, a man who lives down the street from Edri, describing the bravery of his neighbours.

"Not the policemen, not the army — they did nothing. The only reason we're alive is because of other citizens who came to protect us."

Edri's brother, Shimon Koram, said he was not surprised when he heard how Edri had managed to avoid near-certain death.

Before the war, Edri was known for her hospitality and generosity, Koram said, working at a nearby military base cooking meals for soldiers.

The two were raised in a working class family in Ofakim with 12 siblings, he said, a childhood that taught them how to be scrappy.

"We learned to survive and acquired the wisdom of life like street cats," Shimon said. "You can see that in how she acted. "