Daniel Andrews says speaking to the families of the four police officers killed in the Eastern Freeway crash was among the very worst moments of his time as Victorian premier.

During Andrews' speech today, in which he revealed he would resign as the state's leader and member for Mulgrave at 5pm tomorrow, he spoke of his best and worst moments during his almost nine years as premier.

Among his "many worst moments" was "speaking to the families of the four officers who died," Andrews told reporters in a snap press conference on Tuesday afternoon.

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He said this Friday's upcoming Police Remembrance Day made him think of the crash that claimed the lives of Constable Lynette Taylor, Senior Constable Kevin King, and Constables Glen Humphris and Josh Prestney.

The officers were killed after a truck driver, who was high on drugs, veered into them after they had pulled over a Porsche driver for speeding in July 2021.

It was the single worst loss of life in a single incident in Victoria Police's history.

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Andrews said one of his best moments happened just last Thursday when he got to test the train in the new Metro Tunnel, without any media present.

"I went from Arden and I travelled underneath the city at 80km/h on the train that was made right here in Victoria," Andrews said.

He said the tunnel was nearly finished.

Once complete, it will allow more trains to use the network and reduce travel times by running the Cranbourne, Pakenham and Sunbury lines through the new tunnel.

"I stopped at each station and I got off and I thanked all the workers and they talked to me," Andrews said.

"The sense of pride in what they had built, that is right up there with the very best of moments because it will change our city.

"It is not readily apparent because it is not like a building that springs up out of the ground, it is underground and (when) Victorians get to see what I saw on Thursday, they will be very impressed."

The Metro Tunnel project promises to "untangle" the City Loop and is due to be completed in 2025.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced he is quitting politics.

Andrews held a snap press conference where he announced he will step down from the role of premier and as member for Mulgrave, at 5pm tomorrow.

"I'm also proud to think of all that we have achieved over these nine years," he said.

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"It's not an easy decision because, as much as we've achieved together, there is so much more to do.

"But, when it's time, it's time."

Andrews quits politics after 'toll' of being a 'workaholic'

Andrews said thoughts of what life after politics looked like started creeping in during conversations with his family in recent weeks, and that's how he knew it was time to go.

"It's not an easy job being premier of our state," he said.

"That's not a complaint, that's just a fact.

"It requires 100 per cent from you and your family. That, of course, is time limited and now is the time to step away."

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Andrews said the only way he knew how to do the job was by allowing it to consume and define him. He dubbed himself a "true workaholic".

"Every waking moment is about the work and that takes a toll," he said.

"The moment you are not comfortable with that decision for you and the people you love, you have to step away.

"Because you never want to get to a place where you resent this job, this amazing privilege and important opportunity."

He said the old saying "go when they're asking you to stay" was apt for his decision to step away from public life.

'Thank you': Andrews' message for Victorians

Andrews' message to the Victorian people was simple: "thank you".

"Doing this job has been the honour and privilege of my life and I have worked hard every day, never wasting a moment, to deliver our positive plans, to put people first, to do what matters," he said.

"I will always be grateful, always profoundly grateful for the honour and privilege of leading this very special place."

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What happens next for Dan Andrews

Andrews acknowledged there will be judgement of his leadership, but he leaves knowing he has implemented important policy.

"I have a very, very thick skin and you need that to do this job," he said.

"People can say whatever they want about me, good and bad, it's always been about the work."

After he spoke he was met by a round of applause by reporters.

Andrews isn't out of the job yet, he'll hand in his formal resignation at state parliament on Tuesday afternoon and his tenure will come to an end at 5pm on Wednesday.

As to what Andrews plans to do next, he said he was going to spend time with his wife and the kids, play golf, and read books.

"I'm looking forward to a very different pace and doing different things," he said.

Andrews was first elected to parliament in 2002.

He has been premier of Victoria since December 2014 and served as the 48th leader of the state.

Opposition says Andrews' 'trashed' Victoria's reputation

Leaders from around Australia have paid tribute to Andrews' "fierce determination" and "conviction" while stating it was a pleasure to work with him.

Victoria's opposition leader John Pesutto acknowledged Andrews' service, but also slammed the soon-to-be former premier's resignation as a result of things falling apart.

"The legacy that Daniel Andrews leaves is a state that is broke," Pesutto said.

Pesutto slammed the debt, taxes, healthcare pressures, child protection system, schools, cancelling hosting the Commonwealth Games, and infrastructure issues in regional Victoria – a legacy he believes is a result of Andrews' leadership.

"Daniel Andrews' legacy is that he trashed Victoria's reputation, not only around our country, Daniel Andrews trashed Victoria's reputation around the world," he said.

Who will the next premier be?

A caucus meeting will be held tomorrow at 12pm where party members will choose the next premier.

"That will be determined by the colleagues," Andrews said.

The current frontrunner is deputy premier Jacinta Allan, who is also in charge of leading the state's transport projects.

Allan has confirmed she will be putting herself forward for the role.

"I will be putting myself forward to lead our party and continue the extraordinary work of our Labor government," she said.

Other names are being floated for the role including Industry and Innovation Minister Ben Carroll.

But ultimately a formal vote will decide who takes on the top job.

New data has put another line under how much renters are struggling around the country, with those doing it toughest putting more than 40 per cent of their income towards the rent.

Eighty years ago, a group of elite soldiers and sailors who had sailed almost 4000km from Western Australia carried out a devastating raid in Japanese-controlled Singapore.

The exploits of Operation Jaywick that culminated on September 26, 1943, during World War II are being commemorated today at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney.

The daring long-distance raid by 14 men in a captured fishing boat heralded the creation of Australia's elite special forces.

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Operation Jaywick was the mastermind of Australian merchant seaman Bill Reynolds and British army Captain Ivan Lyon.

Reynolds in February 1942 had salvaged the ship as Singapore fell and had then delivered more than 1000 evacuees, shipwrecked on islands to the south of Singapore. to an escape route through Sumatra, set up by Lyon.

He told Lyon how patrolling enemy aircraft had taken little interest in the vessel when they spotted it during the voyage.

The pair devised a plan to sneak back to Singapore in the boat with a team of commandos disguised as Asian fishermen.

The mission was assigned to SOE-Australia, a specialist, a specialist reconnaissance and sabotage unit made up of Australian, British, New Zealand, Dutch, Timorese and Indonesian troops.

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After months of extensive training, the captured fishing boat renamed the Krait, after the deadly snake, left Exmouth in Western Australia carrying the raiding party, their weapons, explosives and canoes.

During the perilous voyage, the crew and soldiers wore sarongs and covered their bodies in dark tan make-up to disguise themselves as fishermen.

After entering the Java Sea, the six-man raiding team left the Krait and approached Singapore harbour in canoes.

Late on September 26, 1943, the six soldiers in their three canoes slipped through the night towards their targets.

They attached magnetic limpet mines to seven enemy ships and fled the harbour undetected.

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Early the next morning, six explosions shattered the darkness and six Japanese vessels – amounting to an estimated 26,000 tonnes – were sunk or severely damaged. One set of mines failed to detonate.

The Krait later collected the canoes and their crews before sailing back to Exmouth.

Meanwhile, in Singapore, the Japanese were stunned by the audacity and success of Operation Jaywick.

Not aware that it was an enemy plot, they immediately suspected the civilian population.

Local Chinese and Malays, prisoners of war and European civilians topped the list of suspects, and a wave of arrests, torture and executions followed.

These reprisals are known in Singapore as the "double tenth" after October 10, the date that mass arrests by the Japanese began.

After Operation Jaywick, Krait operated on secret missions off north-west Australia.

Today it is a a registered war memorial based in Sydney Harbour and owned by the Australian War Memorial, jointly operated with the Australian National Maritime Museum.

Author and historian Lynette Silver has written three books – including Deadly Secrets: The Singapore Raids – about Operation Jaywick.

She told 9news.com.au the mission has a special place in Australian military history.

"Operation Jaywick was the most successful clandestine raid carried out by Australians in World War II.

"It is a shining example of how to execute such a mission deep into enemy territory and remains an inspiration to us all, even after 80 years."

Ruthless scammers have hacked Facebook accounts of Australians and are using those stolen identities to sell fake Taylor Swift tickets to scores of fans who missed out on actual tickets earlier this year.

Victims have been lulled into a false sense of security because it seems like they are buying the hottest ticket in town from someone they know, or a person linked to their trusted circle of friends.

But what is actually happening, according to multiple reports of the scam on 2GB's Ben Fordham Live, hackers take control of a Facebook account and then post that they are selling their tickets to sold-out Taylor Swift concerts in Sydney and Melbourne next year.

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Those posts pave the way for scammers to sell tickets that don't exist and to then disappear with sometimes thousands of dollars.

Grace, a 20-year-old from Sydney, told 2GB she lost $1200 to the scam after seeing a "friend of a friend" on Facebook selling four top tier tickets to the Swift concerts.

"I messaged them and they sent a screenshot of the email confirmation of having bought these tickets. It had their name in it, it had the section of the tickets, it had four tickets," she said.

"So none of my alarm bells were raised because that all looked above board to me."

But as soon as Grace transferred $1200, that "friend" blocked her, cutting off all communication.

"I was like, 'Oh God, this is ringing alarm bells now.'"

Fearing the worst, Grace phoned up that friend.

"When they finally answered they said, 'Yeah, I've had six other calls like this today. My Facebook's been hacked, that's not me posting,'" Grace said.

Grace called her bank but said she was told they could do nothing.

"They were sorry, but (said) I was just gonna have to lose that money basically."

Yin was among the millions of Aussie fans who spent days in June trying to buy Swift tickets online via Ticketek, only to miss out.

Desperate, she went looking on Facebook and seemed to find an avenue to make her Tay Tay dreams come true.

"I came across a Facebook group that claimed to have no scammers and sell legitimate Taylor Swift tickets. And I fell for it," she said, explaining how she was duped.

"There seemed to be so many people selling tickets. I thought they were legitimate people."

Yin started talking to one seller who showed her an email which appeared to confirm they owned a real ticket.

Convinced, Yin paid $300 for a single ticket. But then the person said they couldn't send just one ticket, and that she'd have to buy two.

So Yin forked out another $300, taking her total spend to $600.

"Then they … blocked me and deleted all their messages to erase their steps ," Yin said.

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She reported the group to Facebook, contacted the admin of the group but then "realised that they were all full of scammers".

Nick was also scammed by a hacker on Facebook who was masquerading as a "friend of a friend".

After Nick made contact, the scammer offered him various tickets and even asked Nick how his family was doing.

Nick ended up losing $600, as the scammer vanished immediately after receiving the transfer of funds.

Have you been a victim of a Taylor Swift scam? Email 4 million Aussie Taylor Swift fans swarmed online trying to buy presale tickets at five shows, three in Sydney and two in Melbourne, with prices that ranged from $79.90 to $379.90.

VIP packages which were sold one day before the presales opened were priced between $349.90 and $1249.90. 

After tickets to the MCG and Accor Stadium sold out in hours, Swift announced she was putting on two additional shows for the Australian leg of her Eras tour.

Those extra tickets, one in Sydney and the other in Melbourne, were also snapped up instantly.

Frontier Touring described ticket demand as "unprecedented".

With so many fans missing out, scammers have tapped into a massive pool of disappointment and desperation.

9news.com.au has contacted Facebook for comment.

Two sisters living with chronic kidney disease will eventually need transplants, and the donors will likely be their parents.

Charlotte and Isabelle Baldock, aged 14 and 12, take more than ten medications, three times a day, to manage their condition.

Isabelle was diagnosed at just six weeks old, and her sister's diagnosis came less than 24 hours after she was born.

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"With Charlotte, it was like: 'ohh, we know what we're going through again, we know what this poor baby is going to go through again'," mum Renee Baldock told 9News.

Neither girl has needed dialysis yet, but a kidney transplant will be inevitable. In a rarity, their dad Shane is a match for both daughters, while their mum is a match for Isabelle.

"I guess my genes were the ones that caused it in the first place, so to be able to be a match and help them out of it, it makes it a better feeling for sure," Shane Baldock said.

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Renee is preparing to donate her kidney to Isabelle within 12 months, with the younger sister's kidney function already down at 18 per cent.

"Once we get to 15 per cent for Izzy… then they will start planning the actual transplant, which is about a three-month plan," Renee said.

"I am nervous but like I know it is for a good reason and I will feel better after," Isabelle added.

For Renee and Shane, it was never a question of whether they would donate their kidneys to their daughters, just a matter of when.

"Looking forward to seeing that day when she's wondering why she feels so good, yeah, it will be a good feeling I think," Shane said.

There is no cure for kidney disease, and the Baldock family is encouraging Australians to support the Red Socks Run fundraiser next month, raising money for Kidney Health Australia.

Canterbury Regional Council is responding to an oil spill from a fishing vessel.

A person has been taken into custody after the incident

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