At least 40 wedding guests who attended a reception in inner Melbourne on Saturday night are battling suspected food poisoning.

9News has been told the guests ate chicken and pork at the celebration at Albert Park reception venue The Park before they became violently ill on Sunday night.

Some of the affected guests, who included children as young as four and five and elderly people, have been taken to hospital.

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The Victorian Department of Health has confirmed it is investigating "a gastroenteritis outbreak" among the wedding guests.

"We're working with Port Phillip Council to investigate the source of the outbreak and to ensure all appropriate infection prevention and control measures are in place," a spokesperson said.

The department confirmed the outbreak was not believed to be linked in any way to a nationwide listeria outbreak.

The Park's venue manager has said the venue's team is also investigating the guests' illnesses.

"We are working closely with event guests and with council to determine the cause of the outbreak," the manager said in a statement.

"Council have confirmed we are approved to trade post precautionary deep clean."

Queenstown Lakes District Council issued a boil water notice to residents yesterday.

Garth Michael Reid was welcomed into his girlfriend's Christmas Day festivities, but when her family tried to stop him from driving drunk he stabbed her father.

Warren Toby's family remember his last night alive as one spent having fun playing games, eating, drinking and generally feeling good about life.

They had affection and concern for Reid, now 35, who may have wanted to be alone as he sadly reflected on his brother's death and his troubled family situation, Brisbane Supreme Court Justice Peter Callaghan said.

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"But you did accept the goodwill of Warren Toby and his family, only to repay them by taking one life and changing forever the lives of others," he told Reid in sentencing him on Tuesday.

The conflict at the North Ipswich home began when Toby and other family members insisted Reid should not drive because of the alcohol he had consumed.

After taking Reid into their home out of concern for his emotional wellbeing, the family acted out of concern that he not get into trouble with the law, put himself at risk or be a danger to the community.

"Their motives were pure and reflected their feeling for you and their responsible attitude towards society," Justice Callaghan added.

"There was no attempt to get you to stay for any reason other than that no one wanted you to drink-drive."

During the conflict that followed Reid got a knife and inflicted at least two horrific wounds on the 55-year-old father, who was described as a quiet, unassuming and gentle man.

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Justice Callaghan found Reid – who suffered no injuries – provoked any assault that came his way.

The court heard it was not the first time Reid had behaved in a "frightening and violent way", having served time behind bars after being convicted in 2010 for another serious act of violence.

He had stayed out of trouble from November 2009 until the Christmas Day killing that followed a job loss and relationship breakdown in 2020.

"This offence had its genesis in your insistence that you should be allowed to break the law and endanger others safety by drink-driving," Justice Callaghan told Reid.

"This was followed by your resentment when good people tried to stop you from doing so."

He sentenced Reid, who has been in custody since the fatal attack, to 11 years behind bars.

Reid was found guilty of manslaughter last month after a nine-day trial in which a jury acquitted him of murder.

Firefighters have rushed to a Coles in the NSW Northern Rivers region after a car smashed its way through the store.

Photos of the scene on Fox Street in Ballina show the car just centimetres from the end of a shopping aisle, having apparently smashed its way through the store's front doors.

Numerous shoppers and Coles staff can be seen around the vehicle.

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Fire and Rescue NSW has confirmed members are performing a rescue at the Coles and assessing the property, which is located on Fox Street in Ballina.

Four people have been assessed for injuries, and of these two were taken to hospitals in Lismore and Ballina.

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A Western Australian man accused of killing two motorists in a head-on collision in the US has been released on bail.

Narrogin man Luke Nardini, 31, was driving a BMW M4 on Highway 84 near San Francisco in California on September 1 when he collided with another car on a tight blind turn.

One man and one woman were killed, while two others were hospitalised.

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Nardini was charged over the crash.

Nardini posted a $US20,000 ($31,000) bail and had to surrender his passport.

The matter returns to court in October.

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Despite Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka's alleged force and aggression during a date, a Sydney woman has said she still led him into her bedroom and lit candles before being allegedly raped.

The international batter is accused of "stealthing" the alleged victim by removing his condom without her knowledge during sexual activity on November 2, 2022, at her eastern suburbs home.

He has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual intercourse without consent and denies any wrongdoing.

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The pair met on Tinder on October 29 that year and met for the first time at the Opera Bar before having pizza in the Sydney CBD and returning by ferry to her home for further drinks.

The woman, who cannot be legally identified, alleged that Gunathilaka forcefully kissed her on ferry's front outdoor deck and slapped her buttocks in a manner she did not like.

CCTV footage shows her chatting and embracing the cricketer on a side outdoor deck and her playfully waving in front of his phone as he films Sydney Harbour.

After they go back inside the cabin to sit down, the footage shows her holding his hands for a long time before getting up to leave.

As the rape trial continued at Sydney's Downing Centre District Court on Tuesday, the woman claimed the forceful kiss and the slap happened on another area of the ferry where there was no CCTV.

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"He did slap my buttocks but I don't know at what point it was while we were on the ferry," she said under cross-examination from Gunathilaka's barrister Murugan Thangaraj SC.

She said she may have also breathed on the cricketer's hands to warm them up while they sat together in the cabin.

"This is after you say that he had taken liberty and upset you by slapping your buttocks?" Thangaraj asked.

"Yes," the woman replied.

She admitted she could have asked the cricketer to go home alone at any point, but invited him into her house where she offered him some wine and played the guitar.

While she told police she had stopped playing because Gunathilaka kept filming her without her permission, footage from his phone played to the court shows her playfully batting the camera away.

She appears to stop playing as the song concludes and smiles into the camera.

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Thangaraj suggested claimed events after this, including that Gunathilaka pushed her back onto the lounge and pushed his head forcefully into hers actually didn't happen.

He questioned the woman's claims she led the cricketer into the bedroom even after all this allegedly happened.

"You light candles in the bedroom?" he asked.

"Yes," she said.

"After what you say what happened on the couch?" he pressed.

"Yes," she said again.

The trial being heard by Judge Sarah Huggett without a jury continues.

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A group of teens wielding machetes deliberately targeted vulnerable students leaving school on the day they abducted a 14-year-old boy and left him with life-altering injuries, police allege.

The boy remains in hospital and has come out of a six-day induced coma, after three offenders allegedly assaulted him and put him in a stolen car on September 4 in Glen Huntly, Melbourne's south east, a court was told today.

He was allegedly dragged along the road while hanging from a car door for about 150 metres, at high speed, and has suffered bleeding on his brain and swelling around his spinal court after being thrown from the vehicle and then ran over.

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A detective told a children's court these injuries were "potentially permanent and life-altering" and included issues with his speaking, sight and memory.

One of three teens charged over the violent after-school attack, a 15-year-old boy from Cranbourne who cannot be named for legal reasons, applied for bail on Tuesday morning.

But police strongly opposed his release into the community after detailing a serious of attacks allegedly committed by the same teens, including driving around in stolen cars, threatening people with machetes and driving into someone on a scooter.

"It's believed they're all random attacks and these offenders have gone on a spree … around school time, 2.30 to 4pm window, targeting vulnerable school kids leaving school," the detective told the court.

"[The boy's] offending is escalating dramatically and he shows no regard for his victims."

A prosecutor labelled the offending as "recent, prolific and extremely serious".

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He said the 15-year-old boy's release on bail would present an "extremely serious level of danger" to the community.

"The offending is random, violent, against random young people in the community," he told the court.

"This offending illustrates that the entire community is potentially at risk."

The boy was living in a stolen BMW with his mother when police arrested him on September 9, the court was told.

Their previous Cranbourne address was searched by police, with windows found smashed, doors off hinges and minimal personal items or furniture found inside.

He has asked to live with his sister if he is released on supervised bail, with his defence lawyer arguing he was vulnerable in youth detention due to his young age and because he has an intellectual disability.

The lawyer said the boy has ambitions to become a mechanic and re-engage with schooling or TAFE if he is released.

The magistrate will hand down her decision on the bail application on Wednesday.

One boy robbed a bank so he could try and flee the country to escape the abuse.