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A convicted killer has argued he should not be held by the "no body, no parole" law in Queensland as his victim's missing remains probably no longer existed.

Matthew Leslie Armitage was convicted, along with his father Stephen John Armitage and a third man, William Francis Dean, of the torture and manslaughter of Gold Coast man Shaun Barker and interfering with his corpse.

The three men abducted Barker and kept him in a large Esky on the suspicion he had stolen an ingredient for manufacturing methamphetamine.

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Sections of Barker's charred remains were found in April 2014 at the Toolara State Forest about 160km north of Brisbane.

Some burnt bones were found in a fire pit.

About 15 to 20 per cent of Barker's remains have never been recovered, including his shin bone, and both hands and feet.

Armitage, then aged 29, was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment in 2020 and required to serve 80 per cent of his sentence.

In a bid for release on parole earlier this month, Armitage argued that Queensland's no body, no parole law did not apply as unrecovered parts of Barker's body would now have been completely destroyed through fire, weather effects, decomposition and animal activity.

In a judgment handed down on Friday, Justice Melanie Hindman denied the application in part due to it not being the parole board's role to speculate on the condition of Barker's unrecovered body parts.

"That speculation would occur in the possible absence of any helpful information from the prisoner," Hindman said.

Hindman said having a prisoner provide as much information as possible to aid in the return of a body was the crucial part of "no body, no parole".

"(There are) circumstances where part of the body or part of the remains of the victim will not be locatable because of a cause other than the act or omission of the prisoner," Hindman said.

Hindman said Armitage's parole application did not claim that he had provided full co-operation that had nevertheless failed to result in locating Barker's missing remains.

He had simply argued "no body, no parole" did not apply in his case.

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A wall collapsed on, crushed demo worker Mosese Foketi, breaking his back, foot, shoulder.

A woman was practising parking when she backed into a concrete wall and flipped the car onto a busy Sydney beach.

The P-plate driver, a 33-year-old woman, was with a 55-year-old male passenger when she crashed just after 1pm at Balmoral Beach in Mosman.

It's understood the woman mounted a kerb while parking on The Esplanade, panicked and accelerated over the grass before hitting a concrete barrier at the beach.

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The wall crumbled before the car tipped over and rolled flat onto its roof on the sand.

"The driver was in the process of leaving a parking space," Acting Inspector Sean Donnelly said.

"In doing so, the vehicle has come up onto the grassed area before going onto the beach area and flipping over.

"It has gone nose-in and as it has gone over through the brickwork it has tipped over onto its roof."

The driver and passenger were able to free themselves from the car.

"The driver was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics for minor injuries, while the passenger was not injured," police said.

No one on the beach was injured.

"It is a beautiful day and school holidays with a lot of people around, it is very lucky no one was injured," Donnelly said.

Police have since removed the car, a Kia hatchback, from the beach.

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Beachgoers told 9News it felt like an "earthquake" when the car landed on the beach.

"We just heard a big thump and a loud noise and next thing my sister turns around and says, 'There's a car, quick, let's get up', and it just flipped right over," a witness said.

"I saw the wall collapsing then I saw the car come through somersaulting onto the roof," another witness said.

Witnesses said it was lucky no one was sitting there when the car came careening onto the sand.

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Pensioners wishing to return to the workforce will be able to do so with far less fear of losing access to their income support under two key changes made by the federal government as part of its new employment white paper.

In an effort to bolster the workforce, the government announced the work bonus – which allows pensioners to keep more of their pension while working – will be permanently increased.

At the same time, the nil rate period will be doubled from six to 12 fortnights, meaning any income support recipients, including those on JobSeeker, Youth Allowance and the pension, will have twice as much time of receiving income from a job before they lose access to their government support.

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From January 1, assuming legislation passes parliament, all new age and veteran pension entrants will have a starting work bonus income bank balance of $4000 rather than $0.

Existing and new recipients will also retain the current elevated maximum work bonus balance limit of $11,800 rather than $7800.

"We are removing the disincentive that sometimes might happen because a person might get offered some short-term work, but as a result may fear the loss of concessions… and indeed worried that if the work does not work out, they will have to reapply for JobSeeker," Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth said.

"So what this extension will do is allow someone to take up short-term work and still remain part of the income support system, allowing a smoother transition, to allow a person to take up short-term work and not feel there is a disincentive if that work does not continue."

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Combined, the two changes will cost $85 million through to 2026-27.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the policy would help improve the workforce.

"This is about putting the right incentives in place to get more Australians into work," Chalmers said.

"We want to make sure the stepping stones are in place to enable more Australians to take up a job or work more hours."

Also included under the white paper is a national skills passport and a redefinition of unemployment to better capture the reality of underemployment in the modern economy.