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A day after they were saved, four Australian surfers thanked their rescuers and described how they survived their ordeal after going missing off the Indonesian coast.

Steph Weisse, Will Teagle and Jordan Short were celebrating Elliot Foote's 30th birthday with a surf trip to Indonesia with eight others when their boat struck bad weather and they disappeared on Sunday night.

But after 36 hours at sea, it was the good news Australia was hoping for – they were found bobbing on surfboards in the ocean.

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"We are really happy to be back on land dry, hydrated, fed back with our friends," Foote said in a newly released video.

"There were some moments out there when we were quite nervous and didn't know what the outcome was going to be. 

"We just banded together I couldn't be happier to have these three with me they're all so strong."

Weisse, Teagle and Short were found on Tuesday morning on their surfboards in the ocean off Tengku Island, part of the Bankyaks.

Meanwhile, Foote had struck out paddling to an island for help and was found 90 minutes after his friends were rescued.

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The group are still dumbfounded by their survival at sea for so long.

"The experience was so intense but we are so proud of ourselves that we didn't give up to the last moment being out there so long, wouldn't want to do it with anyone else," Weisse said.

Once the group was on board the rescue catamaran, the long-awaited calls to family began. 

Weisse called home and her parents received an immense wave of relief knowing their daughter was okay after nearly two days of agonising.

"I heard him laughing saying 'Hey Steph', it was the most unbelievable feeling," Weisse's mum Jill said. 

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A trip that was meant to be the birthday celebration of a lifetime turned into a survivor story, one the group will never forget.

"It's been such a crazy experience we've bonded so much more," Short said.

"So stoked to be alive."

But it is hard for the group to celebrate their survival entirely, with one of the Indonesian crewmen on board the boat that sank on Sunday night still missing. 

"Our thoughts are with the Indonesian family and friends of the missing guy, he's still out there and it is hard to think about and we hope the best for him," Foote said.

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A man has been spotted fishing on the edge of a riverbank seemingly oblivious to the monster crocodile basking on the shore in Far North Queensland.

Video shows the man fishing on the Russell River south of Cairns as the crocodile watches on just metres behind him.

The crocodile has since been identified as Clyde, who is well known to Babinda locals.

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The man filming the fisherman called him "stupid" and said the crocodile was nearly twice the size of him.

Crocodile expert Tommy Hayes told Today the government's "croc wise" message didn't seem to be getting across to people.

"I know he isn't dead, which is a good thing," Hayes said.

He said Clyde trusted people, meaning he knew humans wouldn't hurt him.

For more information on how to be "croc wise in croc county", you can visit the Queensland government's website here.

Justice Cameron Mander told the jury Dickason’s future was now up to him.

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Australia will build 1.2 million new homes in the space of five years as part of a new plan agreed to at national cabinet aimed at tackling the nation's housing crisis.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said increasing supply was the key to addressing the housing and rental crisis, adding that the Commonwealth had committed $3 billion in incentivised payments for states and territories that build more than their allocated share of homes.

"This is an initiative that shows how serious we are as state and territory governments across the political spectrum as well as the Commonwealth, understanding that supply is the key," Albanese said.

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"That's the key to putting downward pressure and assisting renters."

The 1.2 million homes is an extra 200,000 on top of the 1 million agreed to by the states and territories last year.

One policy that wasn't included in Wednesday's announcement was a rent freeze or cap in line with what the Greens have been calling for in their negotiations with the federal government over its signature housing policy, which is yet to pass the Senate.

"You cannot say you support increased housing supply and vote against the Housing Australia Future Fund," Albanese said, adding that "the idea that you just have a rent freeze… we believe that will make it worse (for renters)".

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That didn't sit at all well with the Greens, who indicated today's announcement won't stop them from continuing to block the Housing Australia Future Fund, which, without support from the Coalition, requires the minor party's backing to pass parliament.

They have repeatedly said they won't back the legislation unless the federal government works with the states and territories to introduce rent freezes or caps.

"From now on, every unfair rent increase is Labor's fault," Greens leader Adam Bandt said.

"Labor has every seat bar one at national cabinet, and it's now clear Labor's policy is for unlimited rent increases."

"Unlimited rent increases once a year are still unlimited rent increases," housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather added.

National cabinet did agree to a plan to strengthen renters' rights and better align legislation around the country.

However, many of the principles of that plan – such as removing no-grounds evictions, limiting rent increases to once per year, and banning rent bidding – had already been committed to or introduced by state and territory governments.

One original element of the plan involves looking at better regulation of short-stay accommodation, such as Airbnbs.

"One of the things that we looked at was the consideration of what the impact of short-term accommodation is having on rentals," Albanese said.

"I know, in an electorate like mine, it's having a substantial impact. And just having a look at that, considering what the implications are for that, is something that's worthy of doing.

"We know that there is no simple one-day, one-week, one-month solution to dealing with housing issues that are about a long-term supply issue.

"But we know that we're all prepared to look at the full suite of reforms across the housing sector."

National cabinet also agreed to the national planning reform blueprint, which Albanese said would include "planning, zoning, land release and other measures to improve housing supply and affordability".

Jim Miller never got a chance to grab a beer with his late father, Senior Constable Rodney Miller.

Jim was just seven weeks old when his dad failed to come home from work, gunned down along with Sergeant Gary Silk in 1998.

Jim, now 25, joined friends, family and other officers today for a memorial service and special sporting match to mark the 25th anniversary since his dad's death.

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In a crime that shocked Melbourne and sent fear through the force, Silk and Miller were investigating a series of hold-ups on August 16, 1998 when they were shot at close range outside the Silky Emperor Restaurant.

Although it's been more than two decades, the loss is still hard to overcome.

"I never got to know my old man or know what it was like to share a beer with him," Jim said today.

"That's probably been the hardest thing I have had to deal with over the past 25 years. But the way you have all made me feel by embracing me and feel so comfortable in your presence since I was a kid has been amazing.

"Days like today let you look in the positive of what has come out of everything you."

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Jim joined officers from St Kilda and Prahan Police Stations to play in the Silk-Miller Cup.

He was cheered on from his mother and Rod's widow, Carmel Arthur.

"It evokes a myriad of emotions. There's enormous pride, enormous awe, there is enormous sadness," she said.

"But I think at the heart of its just this connection this incredible connection."

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The family is still coming to terms with the news from last year that Jason Roberts was found not guilty by a Supreme Court jury.

He had been accused of murdering both Silk and Miller and was previously jailed for 22 years.

With both families' blessings, the annual formal memorial service will now move to every five years.

But it is still hoped members of the police force will come together each anniversary to play for the cup.