Howard Williams was a fit and active 65-year-old when he and his wife Lorraine set off on what was supposed to be a relaxing holiday cruise in Japan.

Howard could never have predicted that a tiny slip would cause a life-altering accident, leaving him a quadriplegic.

In the harrowing months after the accident, which happened in May last year, another small but crucial detail would end up blindsiding the Melbourne father.

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Because the accident happened just 16 days after his 65th birthday, it meant Howard isn't eligible for help under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), leaving the couple missing out on extra $220,000 a year needed to meet his basic support needs.

Instead of the specialist support the NDIS offers, Howard said he was relegated to an aged care system designed for age-related frailty, not the complex, 24-hour medical requirements of a spinal cord injury.

The moment life changed

Howard's accident occurred in the port city of Hakodate, in northern Japan.

It was the couple's final day in the country – their cruise ship was due to leave for Alaska in a matter of hours – and the pair were sightseeing.

Walking along the Shichizai Bridge, which was narrow and crowded with both cars and pedestrians, Howard bumped into one of their travelling companions.

"I stopped to talk to my friend, and I just lost my balance," Howard said. 

"I sort of stepped back, and unfortunately, the railing on the bridge was only 53 centimetres high, so it didn't really even go up to my knees." 

Howard fell three metres onto concrete, fracturing his C1, C4, and C5 vertebrae.

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"When I landed, my limbs started tingling. I couldn't move. I couldn't raise my arms, so I knew something serious had happened," Howard said.

What followed the accident was a blur of sirens and frantic confusion. 

"It was very traumatic," Lorraine said of being suddenly thrown into the hospital system in Japan.

"And very difficult with the language barrier. It was quite scary."

After having initial surgery in Japan, Howard was medically evacuated to Melbourne.

He then spent months in specialist rehab at The Royal Talbot as the reality of his "new life" set in – as did the reality of Australia's age threshold for disability support.

Howard was assessed and found to require 24-hour care, as he is unable to feed, dress, or shower himself without assistance.

Sixteen days too late

A social worker at The Royal Talbot broke the news that Howard had "aged out" of NDIS eligibility two weeks before his accident.

"That was really a devastating shock to know that Howard wouldn't get the support that he needed," Lorraine said.

Howard went back to living at home a few weeks ago, for the first time since his accident.

He is eligible for the highest level of funding under the federal government's new Support at Home program, at $73,000.

While that amount may sound significant, Howard said the reality of living with quadriplegia meant it fell far short of meeting his bare minimum needs.

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Howard currently has two carers coming for two hours in the morning and another hour in the evening. Outside of those times, Lorraine, 70, is Howard's sole carer.

She wakes at 3.00 AM every day to turn Howard to prevent pressure sores and acts as a second carer everyday and on weekends to avoid the "prohibitive" cost of caring staff.

"I get angry that the government's done this," Lorraine said. 

"The burden has been placed on me by the government because they are not providing the amount of support he needs. It's not right that a birth date determines the care you get."

The total cost of Howard's true needs sits at roughly $290,000 a year – a figure the couple simply cannot sustain.

Howard, who worked and paid taxes for over 40 years, describes the situation as blatant "age discrimination".

The situation has led to Lorraine starting a parliamentary petition last month calling on the government to remove the NDIS aged care limit for people with severe disabilities, which collected 4500 signatures.

"If Howard had the accident when he was 64 and 10 months, everything would be totally different," Lorraine said. 

"He would have the support he needs to live as normal a life as possible. Instead, we are left navigating a system that wasn't designed for us."

Growing calls for reform

The age limit for NDIS eligibility was one of the topics raised in The Aged Care Royal Commission, which handed down its findings in 2021.

One of the final report's recommendations was that every person receiving aged care who is living with a disability should receive supports equivalent to those available under the NDIS.

The Morrison Government said at the time it would further consider the recommendation as the Support At Home program was being developed.

A government spokesperson said the NDIS and Support At Home were "two distinct and separate programs underpinned by different legislation, rules and funding considerations".

"The NDIS supports eligible people who apply before age 65, while older Australians are supported through the aged care system," the spokesperson said.

"Support at Home provides aged care services based on the assessed ageing-related needs of the individual, regardless of their location, background and life experiences. This may include individuals who are living with disability."

Spinal Life Australia CEO Mark Townend says the Williams' story was a tragic example of a policy failure that remained unaddressed.

"Disability doesn't end at 65, but the funding does," Townend said. 

"People who acquire a disability later in life are forced into a system that simply wasn't designed for their needs. This isn't just unfair; it is discrimination embedded in policy. Access to the supports required to live safely and independently should be determined by need, not age."

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Israel threatened to "escalate and expand" its attacks on Iran on Friday, even as US President Donald Trump claimed talks on ending the war were going well and gave Tehran more time to open the Strait of Hormuz. Iran, meanwhile, gave no signs of backing down.

With stock markets reeling and economic fallout from the war extending far beyond the Middle East, Trump is under growing pressure to end Iran's chokehold on the strait, a strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil is usually shipped.

Iran has rejected a 15-point US proposal for a ceasefire that includes it relinquishing control of the strait, but at the same time has ordered thousands more troops to the region — possibly in preparation for a military attempt to wrest the waterway from Iran.

Trump has said if Iran doesn't reopen the strait to all traffic by April 6, he will order the destruction of Iran's energy plants. He said on Thursday that talks on ending the conflict were going "very well." Iran maintains it is not engaged in any negotiations.

Israel targets Iran's weapons production and Lebanese capital

Air raid sirens sounded in Israel and the military said it has been intercepting Iranian missiles on a daily basis. Defence Minister Israel Katz said Iran "will pay heavy, increasing prices for this war crime."

"Despite the warnings, the firing continues," Katz said.

"And therefore attacks in Iran will escalate and expand to additional targets and areas that assist the regime in building and operating weapons against Israeli citizens."

Israel's military said its attacks on Friday targeted sites "in the heart of Tehran" where ballistic missiles and other weapons are produced. It said it also hit missile launchers and storage sites in Western Iran.

Smoke rose over Beirut after a pre-dawn strike, and Lebanon's Health Ministry later reported two people were killed.

Iran launches missiles and drones at its Gulf Arab neighbours

Saudi Arabia's Defence Ministry said it shot down missiles and drones targeting the capital, Riyadh.

Kuwait said its Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait City and the Mubarak Al Kabeer Port to the north, which is under construction as part of China's "Belt and Road" initiative, sustained "material damage" in attacks. It appeared to be one of the first times a Chinese-affiliated project in the Gulf Arab states has come under assault in the war. China has continued to purchase Iranian crude.

US stocks fell on opening on Friday, in a fifth straight losing week — Wall Street's longest such streak in nearly four years. The S&P 500 dropped 0.4 per cent in early trading on Friday. The Dow lost 0.6 per cent, and the Nasdaq fell 0.6 per cent, breaking the week's pattern of flip‑flopping gains and losses as hopes for an end to the war vacillated.

Asian shares also fell on Friday over growing doubts about the chances of de-escalation. Oil prices rose again, the Brent crude, the international standard, at $107 a barrel in morning trading, up more than 45 per cent since Israel and the US attacked Iran on February 28 to start the war.

US pushes diplomatic solution while sending more troops to the region

Iran's stranglehold on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has increased concerns of a global energy crisis, and appears part of a strategy to get the US to back down by roiling the world economy. A Gulf Arab bloc said on Thursday that Iran has been exacting tolls from ships to ensure safe passage.

Trump envoy Steve Witkoff said Washington delivered a 15-point "action list" to Iran for a possible ceasefire, using Pakistan as an intermediary. It proposes restricting Iran's nuclear program and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran rejected the US offer and presented its own five-point proposal that included reparations and recognition of its sovereignty over the vital strait.

Diplomats from several countries have tried to organise a direct meeting between US and Iranian envoys, possibly in Pakistan.

Egypt's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday that Foreign Minster Badr Abdelatty spoke with his Turkish and Pakistani counterparts by phone as part of "intensive efforts" to organise the talks.

Abdelatty said they hoped for "gradual de-escalation efforts that would ultimately lead to the end of the war."

Meanwhile, US ships drew closer to the region carrying some 2500 Marines, and at least 1000 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne — trained to land in hostile territory to secure key positions and airfields — have been ordered to the Middle East.

The UN Security Council will engage in a closed consultation on Iran on Friday, according to two UN diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity because the meeting is not public. They said Russia requested the meeting and that the US — which holds the Security Council presidency — scheduled it.

Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said its teams in Iran have reported "countless homes, hospitals and schools have been damaged or destroyed," and that nearly every neighbourhood in Tehran has sustained damage.

"Civilians are paying the highest price for this war — it must end" Egeland said in a statement.

The UN's International Organisation for Migration said Friday that 82,000 civilian buildings in Iran, including hospitals and the homes of 180,000 people, are damaged.

"If this war continues, we risk a far wider humanitarian disaster," Egeland said.

"Millions could be forced to flee across borders, placing immense pressure on an already overstretched region."

Israel deployed the 162nd Division into southern Lebanon to support efforts to protect its northern border towns from Hezbollah attacks and uproot the militant group, the military said.

Death toll climbs, primarily in Iran and Lebanon

Eighteen people have died in Israel, while four Israeli soldiers have been killed in Lebanon. Two Israeli soldiers were severely injured in Lebanon on Friday during an "operational accident," the military said.

Authorities said more than 1100 people have died in Lebanon and over 1900 people have been killed in Iran.

At least 13 American troops have been killed and four people in the occupied West Bank and 20 in Gulf Arab states have also died.

In Iraq, where Iranian-supported militia groups have entered the conflict, 80 members of the security forces have died.

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High-profile businessman Adrian Portelli has been cleared of running illegal lotteries, but his business has been fined $40,000.

The 36-year-old Melbourne billionaire was found not guilty today of nine charges of assisting in the conduct of an unlawful lottery in South Australia.

His business, Xclusive Tech Pty Ltd, which trades under the name LMCT+, was found guilty of 10 counts of conducting an unlawful lottery.

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On social media, Portelli shared a news story on the court's decision and commented "thank you very much".

"I'm clear, business $40,000 fine," he wrote.

"They would've made more money from me issuing the permits that are entitled to the business to begin with."

The charges, instigated by SA's Consumer and Business Services, alleged Portelli's business did not hold a licence to conduct 10 separate lotteries between January 29, 2023 and May 16, 2024.

Magistrate Melanie Murton said that she accepted that "the parties' swords were apparently drawn" over whether the commissioner should issue a licence to Xclusive Tech to conduct trade promotion lotteries in SA.

Portelli's company offers members subscriptions to a rewards club that includes entries to win cars and properties.

Under SA law, any trade promotion lotteries with prizes exceeding $5000 need a licence to operate and entries must be free of charge.

"The primary products being bought and sold for value were the draw entries," Burton found.

"In my view, the draw entries are at the very heart of the transactions.

"I find, beyond any reasonable doubt, that XT conducted 10 standard lotteries as alleged."

She fined the company $40,000. Each offence carried a maximum penalty of $10,000.

But she found Portelli not guilty.

"I am not prepared to find that the simple act of drawing an entry in a lottery is … sufficient to bring it within the scope of the substantive offence of assisting in the conduct of an unlawful lottery," Burton said.

Portelli gained fame as "the Lambo Guy" in 2022, after arriving at a house auction for The Block in a yellow Lamborghini.

The Block is broadcast by Nine Entertainment, the publisher of this website.

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In the 2024 series of the reality show, he spent $15.03 million to acquire all five homes on offer.

While three of the four prize properties were featured on The Block, nothing in this case turned on that, Burton said.

Portelli was not in court for the decision.

Outside court during the two-day trial last September, he agreed the prosecution was a waste of taxpayers' money.

"I'm not going to sit down and let them walk all over me, I'm going to fight it," he said.

He had previously stated on social media that if he were convicted, he would "round it up to $200,000".

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It took three police units to locate the driver, who denied drinking.

Flights in and out of Sydney Airport have been cancelled due to wild weather that has continued to blast NSW, with the conditions expected to run into the weekend in what has been touted as a once-in-50-year weather event.

The disruptions come as Sydneysiders are being warned to brace for more wild weather following last night's snap storm, which left thousands without power and brought public transport to a halt.

At least 50 domestic flights have now been cancelled or delayed due to the rough conditions, with some parts of the state, including Perisher and Thredbo, blanketed in snow months before expected. 

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By 10.30am today, at least 50 domestic flights scheduled to land had been cancelled, and 40 planned departures were also grounded.

Surf Life Saving chief executive Steven Pearce warned NSW is "going to see swells we haven't seen in decades up and down the coastline".

Pearce warned the state will be hit by somewhere between seven and 11 metres of swell, accompanied by winds of more than 100km/h.

"It really is going to be a hazardous and ferocious weekend for anyone going down near the coastline," he said.

The peak swell is expected tonight, with a damaging surf warning in place, which could bring erosion and flooding for coastal areas.

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Those conditions are expected to ease by tomorrow morning, however the hazardous surf warning will remain in place for the rest of the day.

Pearce urged people to stay out of the water this weekend, warning the conditions are so rough that Surf Life Saving may not be able to use jetskis in some locations.

Some Sydney ferry services will also stop running after 8pm today due to the high swells.

Senior meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology Christie Johnston said yesterday's conditions brought strong winds, heavy rainfall and even hail in some parts of Sydney.

"That system has now moved offshore, and we are now expecting a very cold system behind it," she told Today.

"There could still be some severe storms today, but they are most likely to just produce damaging winds in south-eastern parts of NSW," she said.

"That is because of an offshore low-pressure system that is spitting up some very strong winds, some very large surf [and] some very big waves as well."

Temperatures across Sydney today are expected to reach highs of 21 degrees with 130km/h winds already being recorded across the city. 

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The State Emergency Service (SES) has said that damaging winds and large swell are expected to carry on throughout the entire weekend across most of the NSW coastline.

The SES responded to 591 incidents in 24 hours, mostly across Dubbo and Sydney's Northern Beaches after strong winds tore down trees, causing damage to homes and infrastructure.

"Even though the thunderstorms have passed, this system is now bringing a different set of risks with strong winds and dangerous surf expected right along the coast," NSW SES State Duty Commander, Assistant Commissioner Dean Storey said.

"We're asking people to stay indoors during strong winds, keep clear of trees and powerlines, and secure anything around their home that could become airborne."

SES responders were called to a street in Hornsby last night after a tree was ripped from its roots and damaged two homes.

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Firefighters had to cut through branches of the fallen tree to rescue a person who was inside one of the homes the tree collapsed on.

"I didn't feel it was safe to stay [at the home] last night," a resident told 9News.

"But we had no choice."

Last night's wild conditions halted Metro services between Sydenham and Chatswood and left thousands without power across Sydney.

Transport around the city is now back up and running.

Melbourne feels the brunt of bitter cold snap

Sydney's wild weather is causing havoc for passengers on the ground in Melbourne, with more than 40 flights cancelled.

More than 20 Qantas, Virgin and Jetstar flights to Sydney from Melbourne have been cancelled, along with 20 arrivals.

Qantas is running additional flights tomorrow to accommodate passengers.

The unseasonably chilly conditions brought Victoria's first snowflakes, with the mercury plummeting below zero at Mt Hotham, bringing 15cm of fresh snow.

Conditions are expected to improve slightly tomorrow.

High winds and heavy rain has battered Melbourne over the last 24 hours, with more than 430 SES requests for assistance since midday yesterday.

SES Victoria received 25 calls about flooding, 80 for building damage and 275 reports of trees down.

Kilmore, Heidelberg, Moorabbin and Whittlesea were some of the worst hit areas.

The city peaked at 16.7 degrees today, with rain totals between 3mm and 11mm seen across Melbourne.

As much as 62mm of rain was dumped on parts of regional Gippsland since midnight.

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Tropical Cyclone Narelle has made landfall for the third time, crossing south of Coral Bay this afternoon as a category 3 storm.

The crossing came after the severe tropical cyclone pummelled parts of the West Australian coastline, ripping roofs from homes in Exmouth as it tracked south.

The historic system – which has already hit Queensland and the Northern Territory before sweeping out to sea and re-intensifying – was expected to impact an 800km stretch of coastline from the Pilbara down through the Gascoyne region today.

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The Bureau of Meteorology warned the "very destructive core", which is generating wind gusts of up to 205km/h, is "moving south-southeast with severe impacts occurring on the northern Gascoyne and far western Pilbara coasts".

"Although Narelle is weakening, severe impacts at Carnarvon remain possible this afternoon as Narelle passes by to the east," it cautioned.

Narelle passed 30km to the west of Exmouth this morning as a category 4 system, and residents reported some homes have lost roofs.

Video shows flash flooding following warnings Narelle will bring a dangerous storm tide and damaging waves to the Gascoyne coast.

West Australian Premier Roger Cook said it was a confronting situation for residents and emergency services.

"We know everyone in the north-west is made of tough stuff, but our thoughts are with you all," Cook said.

The severe weather system is sitting about 140 kilometres north of Carnarvon and is likely to severely impact the region before weakening.

"While the system is expected to slowly weaken as it moves overland between Coral Bay and Cape Cuvier, it is likely to still be a category three system as it moves just inland from Carnarvon and Shark Bay," meteorologist James Ashley said.

Department of Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Darren Klemm said there had been no reports of injury so far up until this afternoon.

"We've had 25 calls for assistance across the Pilbara, including 12 in Exmouth and 11 in the mid-west Gascoyne," Klemm said.

It will still be several hours before emergency services are able to fully assess the damage.

Bureau meteorologist Christie Johnson earlier said the system is expected to weaken as it moves past Carnarvon and Denham and approaches Kalbarri and Geraldton.

A warning zone extends west of Onslow to Jurien Bay, including Exmouth, Coral Bay, Carnarvon, Denham and Geraldton, and extending inland to Murchison and Dalwallinu.

"As it moves further south, it will weaken to a category 2 as it comes past Kalbarri and Geraldton, most likely becoming a category 1 as it moves inland of Dongara," Johnson said.

"After that, it will drop below tropical cyclone strength as it moves across the South West Land Division, eventually exiting Western Australia around tomorrow night.

"And that will be finally the end of Tropical Cyclone Narelle."

Narelle has already dumped a deluge with 197mm at Barrow Island, 180mm at Varanas Island, and 157mm at Upper Portland.

Residents were ordered indoors yesterday afternoon as an emergency alert was issued ahead of the storm making landfall.

"I got the feeling this is going to be bigger than anything I've seen, so just have to wait and see," Exmouth resident Joe Floriani told 9News.

Those in Exmouth hit the shops yesterday to stockpile on supplies before doors closed at midday.

Holidaymakers and residents loaded trucks and trailers with sandbags as preparations continued across the day.

Dozens of emergency services personnel were sent to the region, with members of the Department of Fire and Emergency Services saying they're prepared for anything.

Operators closed today and cancelled bookings just a week out from the Easter holidays.

"That's just the ride that we're on, and the place that we live in up here," Dave Gillespie from Exmouth Escape Resort told 9News.

"It's one of those extra burdens that we've got to put up with."

The system's threat also forced travellers to re-think their plans.

"We're heading up to Monkey Mia – well, we were heading up to Monkey Mia," holidaymaker Ian Roscoe told 9News.

"They've informed us they've evacuated the area, they've cancelled all the bookings."

Virgin and Qantas already scrapped nearly 40 services to the north-west of the state.

WA food bowl's third hit

Carnarvon, a town of roughly 5000 people, is forecast to be hit by a slightly downgraded but still powerful category 3 storm this afternoon or in the early evening.

If hit, it will be the third natural disaster the WA food bowl will have copped this year.

Growers have contended with a heatwave, as well as Cyclone Mitchell, which decimated crops last month.

If the crops are flattened by Narelle, it will mean no bananas for 18 months. It won't impact prices at the supermarket but it will be a devastating hit to growers.

"There's plenty of bananas in Australia, our Queensland friends have got lots over there, so there'll be plenty of bananas to go around," banana grower Les Ball told 9News.

Evacuation centre concerns

Buildings in the Canarvon region are built to cyclone standard but locals are warned not to be complacent.

"The system is packing winds in excess of well over 200km/h at the moment and all those costal places between Exmouth and Shark Bay can expect those severe wind impacts," Ashley said.

Authorities are warning locals and tourists alike to take safety seriously as Narelle approaches.

"With so much uncertainty, it's critical people stay up to date with the latest information," Klemm said.

"Look around your home and ensure there's no loose objects that can become a hazard," Emergency Services Minister Paul Papalia advised.

After Carnarvon, Narelle is expected to track toward Kalbarri on Saturday, as a category 2 storm.

But the concern is there are no cyclone-rated evacuation centres between the tourist town and Geraldton.

It was a recommendation made after Cyclone Seroja smashed the region five years ago as a category 3.

"The building requirements for that area between Geraldton and Kalbarri don't require that evacuation centres, or in fact any buildings, are built to be cyclone rated," Klemm said.

Perth set for a soaking

Regardless of where and how the storm tracks, Perth is set for two days of heavy rain.

A total of more than 100mm could fall as the effects of Narelle are felt in the capital city.

Heavy rainfall and gale-force winds are forecast to start impacting the city as early as tomorrow.

Many events across Perth, including weddings, have been cancelled or postponed as the city expects a storm surge that will deliver up to 45mm today and a further 50mm on Saturday.

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