One union says increased pay, better conditions could solve staffing shortage.

Neither seems likely to budge over their approach.

Motorists urged to avoid the area; diversions are long and on rough roads.

A tiny farming town in regional Victoria has uncovered a type of garlic so potent that scientists have been able to use it to stop COVID-19 in its tracks.

The discovery has come 527km north-west of Melbourne in a tiny place called Iraak, where 95 per cent of Australia's garlic is produced.

Lab testing has revealed three particular types of the vegetable grown in Iraak can stave off both influenza A and the Delta variant of COVID-19.

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"We have finally worked out that not all garlic is equal," Nick Diamantopoulos from Garlic Australia told 9News.

There are about 340 types of garlic in the world.

The Doherty Institute is assisting growers to prove the garlic supplement they are developing has anti-viral properties.

"We said 'Let's test whether or not it can kill the virus', so we did lots of tests on lots of different products and we found one of their products was really quite active," Dr Julie McAuley from the Doherty Institute told 9News.

"Once we sort of looked down the microscope and said, 'Hey this one out of the 20I've just tried actually works', it was like wahoo! A real buzz moment for us."

Australian Garlic's supplements have now been released on the market.

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Richard Genge has been in prison for 28 years for rape and murder.

Warning: This story contains details and images that some readers may find distressing.

A 20-year-old man has been arrested in India after a teenage girl was allegedly murdered in a brutal stabbing attack on a crowded Delhi street.

CCTV footage appears to show the man repeatedly stabbing the 16-year-old as she cowers against a wall, while people walk past or stop to watch.

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At one point, an onlooker appears to attempt to grab the blade from the attacker but is unsuccessful and walks away.

The girl collapses to the ground and he kicks her crumpled body, before fetching a large rock and repeatedly bludgeoning her with it.

The girl was going to attend the birthday party of a friend's son when she was attacked, according to local police.

The footage published on social media has been viewed millions of times and sparked an outcry from human rights groups across India.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal described the killing as "very sad and unfortunate" in a tweet, saying "there is no fear of the police".

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Indian police say the teen was in a romantic relationship with the accused and the pair quarrelled hours before the alleged murder on Sunday.

The accused, named as 20-year-old Sahil, was arrested in Aterna village in Bulandshahr on Monday.

It is the latest in a series of violent incidents against women and children in India that have made international headlines and led to mass protests.

In September last year, a 12-year-old boy was left fighting for life after he was allegedly gang raped and beaten in the Indian capital.

In 2021, the alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl from one of India's most oppressed castes sparked days of protests.

If you or someone you know is impacted by sexual assault, domestic or family violence, call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or visit 1800RESPECT.org.au. In an emergency, call 000.

Dave Letele has hit out at the justice system after Nate Nauer was jailed.

The school was under investigation following complaints from former staff.

The occupants attempted to flee on foot after the crash.

The remains of three new Pompeii victims have been unearthed beneath the towering shadow of Mount Vesuvius – almost 2000 years after its catastrophic 79 CE eruption.

The skeleton remains are believed to have belonged to two women and a child, aged between three to four years old.

The trio are believed to have died while seeking shelter in what is suspected to be a bakery, during the first stage of the eruption.

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"In these last rooms the bone remains of three victims of the eruption have surfaced," a statement from Pompeii Archaeological Park said.

"Three Pompeians who had taken refuge in search of salvation and who instead found their death under the collapsed attics.

"The individuals were found in an already excavated environment, where only 40 cm remained of intact stratigraphy (earth).

"They rested in direct contact with the floor, and presented – together with evidence of important postmortem settlement processes – a series of perimortem traumas due to the collapse of the attic above."

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A structure with two intact fresco walls were also discovered as part of the ongoing excavations in an area called Regio IX, a commercial part of town.

One of the walls depicted the sea god Poseidon and Amimone, the other portrays the sun god Apollo and his first love Daphne, who swore to remain a virgin and spurned his advances.

The discoveries come weeks after the remains of two victims, believed to be men, were found beneath a collapsed wall.

The ancient Roman city was destroyed when Vesuvius roared to life the morning of August 24, 79 CE.

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By lunchtime the volcano had sent a towering ash and debris cloud into the stratosphere, which rained pumice down on the town as earthquakes rumbled foundations.

This is known as the Plinian phase, which lasted for about 20 hours, and is thought to have been when the three victims perished.

Destruction came for Pompeii in the second eruption stage, known as the Pelean phase.

Pyroclastic surges of molten rock and hot gases surged down the volcano's slopes, burning and asphyxiating people before they had a chance to flee, burying the city.

The eruption is said to have released 100,000 times the energy of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki atomic bombings in World War II.

It's estimated 2000 people died in Pompeii.

However, the exact death toll from the eruption is not known as casualties also occurred in the nearby settlements of Herculaneum, Oplontis, and Stabiae.

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