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The owners only discovered the switch when the paint began deteriorating.

He took the beer from a fridge mid-heist and left the empty on the steps.

A US tourist has kept his cool after a kangaroo squared him up for a scuffle.

The man tried to walk away from the situation at the Cohunu Koala Park in Perth on Friday but the boxing kangaroo refused to let him leave.

The bout lasted almost two minutes until a keeper stepped in and scolded the kangaroo.

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Courtney Turtur said she was at the park with her son Marley when the marsupial first approached some of the visitors.

"It began scratching at my shoes and so myself and my son began to walk away from it," she told 9News.

"It then followed me very closely jumping behind me.

"Thankfully, the American tourist heard me scream and came to help."

A video of the incident has racked up more than 1 million views on TikTok.

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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has admitted to underpaying more than 1000 current and former staff members.

A review conducted by the bank with auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers found that 1173 employees were owed a collective $1.15 million.

The RBA said most of the underpayments were a result of incorrectly calculating termination benefits to former staff.

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An RBA spokesperson said the bank was in the process of repaying the impacted workers and had informed the relevant ombudsman and union.

"Following an internal review of the bank's more complex remuneration arrangements, the bank identified issues related to the remuneration of some current and former bank employees," the spokesperson said.

"The issues mainly relate to the way payments for annual leave, long service leave and rostered days off have been calculated for some employees.

"The bank has completed a comprehensive review, with support from PwC, of the issues identified and has notified both the Fair Work Ombudsman and the Finance Sector Union.

"All impacted current and former employees have been notified.

"The bank has commenced processing payments and is working to finalise payment details with the remainder of those impacted so it can make payments to them promptly."

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The PwC review was launched by the RBA after the Australian Financial Review reported the bank had apologised to underpaid staff in April, with the report tasked with finding out how many workers were impacted and how much was owed.

The incident comes amid a spate of businesses apologising for underpaying their workers.

Just this month, mining giant BHP admitted it underpaid more than 28,000 staff by $430 million, while Coles said its own underpayment bill had risen by $25 million.

A court was told on June 5 that Coles and fellow supermarket giant Woolworths short-changed workers on overtime by setting up a payment structure "entirely foreign" to Australia's industrial awards system.

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New South Wales families yet to use their Active Kids and Creative Kids vouchers this year have just over two weeks left to take advantage of the schemes, as a question mark hangs over the future of the popular initiatives.

Implemented by the former Coalition government to relieve cost-of-living pressures and see more children engage in sports and extracurricular activities, Active Kids provides families with a $100 voucher for each school-aged child to go towards sport or active recreation.

In a similar vein, Creative Kids is a $100 voucher to be spent on creative or cultural pursuits such as music lessons, art classes, drama or learning a language.

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Both vouchers are set to expire on June 30.

The Labor government has remained tight-lipped on whether the program, implemented by the Coalition in 2018, will be renewed in 2024 – meaning this may be families' last opportunity to take advantage of discounted sports and extracurricular programs.

So how can families make the most of the vouchers, and what organisations will still take them? 

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Where to use Active Kids vouchers

All school-enrolled children aged 4.5 to 18 in New South Wales with a current Medicare card are eligible for the $100 vouchers.

This includes those who are home-schooled or enrolled in secondary school education at TAFE NSW.

If you haven't already, you can apply for the voucher here.

While the vouchers expire at the end of this month, the sports or activities don't necessarily have to be undertaken by then – so long as the provider redeems the voucher via the Service NSW portal by June 30.

This leaves families with a range of options to make the most of the vouchers, including paying ahead for your child's next term of swimming or tennis lessons.

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Many clubs will allow you to do this upfront online by entering your voucher details when you pay the fees. For others, you may need to sign up and complete your registration before contacting the club to get a credit placed on your account.

Alternatively, you could use this as an opportunity to explore something new, such as a school holiday program in the circus arts and flying trapeze, or the less adventurous could sign up for mindfulness and meditation classes.

Or you could sign your child up for Scouts and use the voucher upfront to cover the cost of membership and registration.

It's worth noting that the vouchers can only be used for one transaction, so if your purchase is less than $100, you'll lose the remainder.

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Where to use Creative Kids vouchers

With the same eligibility criteria as Active Kids, Creative Kids vouchers can be accessed here.

Using these vouchers may seem less straightforward for many parents than Active Kids, but the scope is wide.

Valid creative pursuits include everything from the more obvious art, music and drama classes through to the more obscure – with coding, parkour workshops, architecture and robotics programs all fair game.

Many dance and gymnastics classes are also able to accept both Active and Creative Kids vouchers, meaning you could potentially save up to $200 off the cost of one child's lessons.

Kids can't make it to in-person classes?

Many providers are offering online creative workshops where kids can join others in real-time with tutorials led by an expert, such as tie-dye, clay modelling and painting workshops run by Charlie Boots

There are options for the tech heads too, with coding camps and engineering clubs accepting the vouchers.

Another option is to sign up for an annual family pass to a cultural site, such as the Australian National Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour, which includes access to art workshops and select performances for all your children throughout the year.

You can access a full list of providers for your area on the Service NSW website.

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A former Coles executive has admitted stealing $1.9 million from the national supermarket giant but a judge said his offending was so inexplicable and stupid he must undergo further psychiatric testing.

County Court Judge Duncan Allen expressed shock that Aaron Baslangic never tried to cover his tracks, had no grand plans about what to do with the funds and most of it was left languishing in a bank account until he was caught.

As a finance executive at Coles Online, Baslangic could authorise payments up to $75,000 and in early 2019 orchestrated 14 illegal payments.

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They ranged from $10,000 to more than $400,000 and when payments were above his approved limit he altered emails to make it appear his supervisor approved the transfers.

Most of the payments involved fictitious businesses with a bank account in his name while others involved sending money to the Australian Taxation Office which was then redirected into his own accounts.

He also transferred money to real estate agents he rented property through, to a BMW dealership to pay off his leased car and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

He spent about $200,000 shopping at luxury retailers Jimmy Choo, Cartier, Burberry, Louis Vuitton and other shops.

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On Wednesday, he pleaded guilty to two charges of obtaining property by deception, financial advantage by deception and making a false document.

Baslangic appeared in court via video link dressed in prison greens and spent most of the hearing with his head bowed or in his hands.

He has already paid back his former employer more than $1.3 million.

Judge Allen said Baslangic's conduct was strangely unsophisticated, bizarre and inexplicable.

"Brazen, that's one word for it, the other word is incredibly stupid," he said.

"A year 12 student could have worked out where this money was going."

The court heard he came from an educated family in Turkey – his dad was a journalist and his mum worked in a bank.

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Baslangic had an electronic engineering degree and earned a master of business administration after immigrating to Australia.

At the time of his offending, his wife suffered from a degenerative disease that left her so unwell she couldn't work and Baslangic said their relationship was breaking down.

The court heard he had some mental health issues but Judge Allen expressed shock at what he described as strangely unsophisticated conduct that was bound to be detected.

He ordered Baslangic undergo further psychiatric testing to see if a professional could shed light on the reasons behind his crime and the state of his mental health.

The case will return to court on August 9.

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Brisbane woman Julia-Mary Lane has been found dead after appearing to slip and fall on steep terrain while hiking in the Canadian wilderness.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Corporal James Grandy told 9news.com.au it appeared the 25-year-old had lost her footing on "pretty steep terrain" while hiking alone after travelling to British Columbia for a week-long road trip.

Two days before all communications went silent, Lane posted in a local Facebook group on June 8 requesting advice on trails and seeking company, saying she was "comfortable hiking solo but would prefer to go with a group to minimise bear risk" and that she was "fine with steep elevation and scree".

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Lane explained that she was visiting from Canmore, around 170km north in Alberta, and "would love to join any moderate to challenging hikes" any fellow hikers had planned.

"I have been hiking in Canmore and surrounding national parks the past few months so am fairly experienced, love a scramble, fine with steep elevation and scree, can go at a decent pace, and quite like to trail run down on the odd occasion."

Today, as news of Lane's death emerged, outdoors enthusiasts in that Facebook group expressed their sorrow.

"You left this world doing what filled your heart and fed your passions," a woman called Cass Fox posted.

"May you rest in Paradise."

Another woman commented, "So sad was hoping for a better outcome for the family and friends."

Lane's disappearance had been flagged by a housemate when she failed to come back from walking Bear Lake Trail, near the town of Kimberley in Canada's east.

This morning Lane's brother Conor said she had been found dead "in an unfortunate hiking accident".

"We have lost our beautiful baby girl, Julia-Mary RIP, in an unfortunate hiking accident," a family statement posted to social media said.

Her body was found by a search and rescue team late Monday evening (local time), Grandy said.

"She was alone, it appears, and just on some pretty steep terrain," he said.

"It looks like it was accidental."

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Janet Hamilton, Lane's housemate in Canada, contacted the Australian woman's family after she failed to return from Bear Lake, an area popular with outdoor adventurers.

She described Lane as "a truly beautiful soul".

Lane's family had grown increasingly worried since Saturday, the last day she had responded to any phone calls or messages.

The Lane family contacted Royal Canadian Mounted Police and they found her car, a Ford Escape SUV, at the Bear Lake Trail head.

Deploying dogs, drones and search and rescue teams, police conducted a large search.

Police are not treating her death as suspicious, and the matter has now been referred to the BC Coroner Service.

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"Thank you everyone in this wonderful community for all your help and support over the past two days in the search for Julia-Mary," Lane's friend Hamilton said.

"I feel honoured to have spent time with [Julia-Mary] this past week, as she was a joy to be around," she said.

Lane relocated to Canada from Brisbane in January.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told 9news.com.au in a statement it is providing assistance to the family of an Australian woman who died in Canada.

"We send our deepest condolences to the woman's family and loved ones," the spokesperson said.

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A Gold Coast man got a shock when he ducked to the bathroom – only to realise he wasn't alone.

The Oxenford man, in his 20s, was getting down to business when he looked up to spot his visitor.

An inquisitive carpet python was lowering itself from the bathroom's heat lamp.

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Video shows the snake laying on the shower door, casting its head about.

Luckily, the Oxenford man kept his cool and contacted Hudson Snake Catching for help.

They were able to remove the curious reptile.

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