A new walking app is set to make a difference for Parkinson's disease sufferers.

Martin Ostrowski used to be able to run 35km a week but after developing Parkinson's disease, simply walking requires a lot of effort.

"Every day it feels like I have to teach myself how to walk again," he told 9News.

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"People with Parkinson's have to concentrate on every single step," UNSW Sydney biomedical engineer Dr Matthew Brodie said.

Parkinson's disease impairs nerve cells deep in the brain and affects movement for sufferers, often sparking tremors, stiffness and loss of balance.

A new app developed by Sydney scientists and local sufferers like Ostrowski gives patients walking exercises and audio cues for the timing of steps – much like a metronome.

"When I first tried the app, I felt the benefits straight away," he said.

"It's not like they're actually following the metronome beat but after time it becomes a part of their system," Brodie added.

A clinical trial showed that people using the app trained for 150 minutes a week compared to 60 minutes per week using a traditional fall prevention program at home.

"That is a staggering 2.5 times greater. Now 150 minutes is an amazing achievement. Most studies aim for 90 minutes," Brodie said.

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The app is free after the Michael J Fox Foundation and Shake It Up Australia provided initial funding.

"We have over 150,000 Australians living with Parkinson's so it's a very big problem and it's great we've been able to support this particular project with Dr Brodie," Shake It Up Australia Foundation CEO Vicki Miller said.

Since its launch, Brodie has received positive feedback from patients around the world even from those with other neurological conditions.  

"It's so simple to use, that's the key thing," Ostrowski said.

"Gives us hope, for living as well as well can today."

Good Pākehā Samaritans have taken a stand against racism.

Eight years after Sam Price-Purcell went missing, Michael Jay Evans has indicated he intends to finally reveal the location of the 25-year-old's remains.

Price-Purcell was last seen getting into a vehicle and leaving Brisbane's north in February 2015.

Evans and Price-Purcell knew each other through the criminal underworld but had a falling out over a debt, Brisbane Supreme Court was told.

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There was a suggestion Price-Purcell indicated he was "going to war" with Evans and may have been trying to get a gun.

Hearing rumours Price-Purcell had made threats towards him or his family, Evans came up with a plan.

The intention was to seriously assault Price-Purcell and that weapons might be used, the court heard.

In February 2015, Price-Purcell thought he was going to discuss the debt when Evans picked him up with another man in the vehicle and they started driving towards Toowoomba.

On a remote road west of Brisbane the other man suddenly reached over from the back seat and placed his arm around Price-Purcell's neck.

Price-Purcell put up a fight, biting the man's arm but was wrestled into the backseat and eventually went limp.

He was taken from the vehicle and shot with Evans' shotgun by the other man.

It is not known whether Price-Purcell died from strangulation or the shotgun blast, the court heard.

Evans and the other man rolled Price-Purcell into a tarp and left the body in an embankment before fleeing.

They then went to a property and disposed of their clothing before Evans showered.

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In the following days, Evans returned and burnt Price-Purcell's body.

"It's really disgusting conduct. It has deprived a family of the remains of their child," Justice Melanie Hindman said.

Price-Purcell's body has never been found.

However, the crown prosecutor said Evans had expressed an intention to disclose the body's location following his sentencing.

He said it should be given "significant weight" when Evans is sentenced.

"Won't the victim's family have reasonable grounds for grievance if I reduce the sentence to account for an intention and then the intention doesn't come to pass?" Justice Hindman replied.

The prosecutor said if Evans "didn't come good on that" it would affect his parole prospects.

Evans' defence barrister added: "He will not get parole if he does not co-operate".

Price-Purcell's mother said her life had been changed forever, suffering anxiety and crippling fear about losing another of her "beautiful sons".

"Throughout the last eight years I have held on to hope," her victim impact statement said.

"Now my only hope is that Sam's remains will be returned to us so we can lay him to rest under our terms."

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Evans has been in custody since June 2018 and was initially charged with murder.

Evans' criminal history began in 2000, increasing in intensity in 2014 with his "descent into drug use".

Evans, 41, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and interfering with a corpse.

He was sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in jail.

Evans must serve 80 per cent of his sentence before he is eligible for parole.

The last tenant of a public housing estate in Port Melbourne has been evicted by police.

Margaret Kelly, 68, had vowed to stay in her home at Barak Beacon after it was slated for redevelopment by the state government.

But her fight came to an end this morning, with police escorting her from her home of more than 25 years.

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There are 89 units featured within the public housing estate, which was first built to house migrants and refugees after World War II.

More recently it became a home to renters and buyers alike.

Kelly believes public housing is no longer safe.

This community has been torn apart. There are people all over the place," she said.

"I think it's an immoral disgusting policy.

"Moving for me is the most difficult thing I can do. I am so confused at the moment."

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The state government says it plans to lease the site to a project group that will build and ultimately manage a mix of up to 300 social and affordable private dwellings, which is expected to be completed in 2025.

"We understand that moving home can be a challenging time, and that is why renters who are relocating have the full support of the dedicated team at Homes Victoria," a spokesperson said.

"If she chooses to, Margaret will have priority access to return to one of the newly constructed homes at Barak Beacon once the redevelopment is complete.

"We are revitalising Barak Beacon through a ground lease model – under this model, we will lease land at the site to a project group. The public land will not be sold."

The National leader met locals and spoke to a large crowd as part of his campaign tour.

Mining billionaire Clive Palmer has been named as the funder of legal action against Telstra over its COVID-19 vaccination policy.

The class action was discontinued after Palmer decided to stop funding the action, according to Federal Court documents.

The employment of one applicant Jodi Wruck was terminated as she refused a direction to be vaccinated in line with Telstra's policy introduced in about September 2021.

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It required employees who had regular contact with customers, the public or other employees to have their first vaccination by October 2021 and their second by the following month.

Federal Court Justice Bernard Murphy directed solicitors provide a copy of the funding agreement – which identified Palmer as the funder – to the court after they applied to discontinue the action.

Alexander Law principal Sameh Iskander said the funder asked the agreement be treated as confidential, saying "his name is synonymous with great wealth and other political ideologies throughout the country".

"By revealing the name of the funder, it ultimately invokes a mindset of an endless pecuniary 'war chest' and other types of conspiracies, connotations and prejudices, which may be prejudicial for the applicants' cause of action should it continue."

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But Murphy did not accept the submission.

"The notoriety of the funder's great wealth had little significance when the funding limit was relatively modest, and any political ideologies he holds are irrelevant," he said in a judgment published this week.

"Class actions often involve very large claims, impact broad classes of people, and (as in this case) relate to questions of significant public interest.

"In such cases, the need for transparency and open justice is heightened."

Murphy agreed to the discontinuance saying efforts to find another way to fund proceedings were unsuccessful.

"A large and complex case like this cannot proceed without substantial funding, whether that be by way of lawyers providing no win-no fee services, third-party litigation funding, a group costs order, or the applicants and group members agreeing to share the costs."

While four group members had objected to the discontinuance, none said they were prepared to continue with the case.

The party now says no hikes for three years.

“I didn’t touch her like at all,” the accused sportsman told the jury.

The 75-year-old rugby league stalwart was shot in his home in August 2021.

Paula Namana lit a fire in the hut every night, waiting for the return of her son.