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A man has been arrested over an alleged random, daylight attack on a couple in Melbourne CBD that left one with a broken eye socket.

Claude and Emma Bennett told 9News they thought they were going to die when they were unexpectedly set upon by a man and a woman near the Flinders Street Station underpass about 1pm on March 28.

Police arrested a 37-year-old man near foreshore in McRae, about 88km from the scene of the crime, over the attack this morning.

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But they are still looking for a woman who was also allegedly involved in the attack.

Claude, 60, was allegedly thrown and pinned to the ground, then repeatedly punched and kicked in the face before his wife was targeted.

"He punched me in the face, grabbed me, shoved me, threw me… and everything else was a bit of a blur," Emma told 9News.

Detectives said the "atrocious" assault on the disability support workers, who were simply walking to lunch, was completely unprovoked.

"I can only describe it as vicious, violent and brutal," Detective Senior Sergeant Andrew Eyries said.

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The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is facing a major reboot amid fears of a multi-billion dollar cost blowout and allegations of rorting.

The scheme's minister, Bill Shorten, has admitted the system had "lost its way" and vowed to completely overhaul it.

"When I talk about rebooting disability services that's what I talk about. Systemic reform," Shorten told the National Press Club in Canberra today.

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The reform will lead to more care workers, longer care plans, more at-home care, and will target misuse of the scheme.

It will also see an increase in inclusion through education and infrastructure.

"The truth is most service providers are brilliant," Shorten said.

"The truth is most people with disabilities aren't looking for truffles and caviar," he added.

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton criticised the scheme today, placing the blame squarely on Shorten.

"Bill Shorten is the architect of the NDIS and if there are flaws in the NDIS, then Bill Shorten has to explain why he designed the scheme in such a way."

The overwhelming flaw of the NDIS may be the scheme's popularity – and therefore its cost.

This year it will cost the budget – due to be unveiled on May 9 amid warnings from Deloitte about a so-called "consumer recession" – more than Medicare or aged care.

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But Shorten argued that "participants are valued clients, not human ATMs".

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also weighed in on the importance of the overhaul today.

"What the NDIS does is enable people to fully participate in society and make a contribution to the economy," he said.

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The chiefs of each of the armies are calling it a “significant step forward”.

A woman looking for a friend's house in upstate New York was shot to death after the car she was riding in mistakenly went to the wrong address and was met with gunfire in the driveway, authorities said on Monday.

Kaylin Gillis, 20, was travelling through the rural town of Hebron, four hours' north of New York City, with three other people on Saturday night when the group made a wrong turn onto the property.

They were trying to turn the car around when the homeowner, Kevin Monahan, 65, came out onto his porch and fired two shots, according to Washington County Sheriff Jeffrey Murphy.

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One round hit Gillis.

The group drove to the neighbouring town of Salem, northeast of Albany near the Vermont state line, and called 911, said Murphy, who noted the shooting took place in an area with limited mobile service.

Emergency crews arrived and performed CPR on Gillis but couldn't save her.

When officers arrived at Monahan's house to investigate the shooting, he refused to come out, Murphy said.

Authorities spoke with him through a 911 dispatcher and in person for about an hour before he was taken into custody, according to the sheriff.

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Monahan was booked into the Warren County jail on a charge of second-degree murder.

It wasn't clear whether he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.

Murphy said at a news conference on Monday that Gillis, who lived in Schuylerville, “was an innocent young girl who was out with friends looking for another friend’s house,” according to the Times Union of Albany.

He said there was ”no reason for Mr Monahan to feel threatened.”

The shooting happened days after 16-year-old Ralph Yarl was shot and wounded in Kansas City, Missouri, after going to the wrong house to pick up his younger brothers.

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The complainant said the billboard could be used to market alcohol to children.

Her children want their mother to lie where she wished.

The father of the paramedic who was allegedly killed at a Sydney McDonald's is calling for "Steven's Law" to protect frontline workers.

Steven Tougher, 29, was allegedly stabbed to death while on a break with his colleagues in Campbelltown around 5.30am last Friday.

His death was described as one of the "darkest days" for the NSW Ambulance service.

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Jordan Fineanganofo, 21, from Raby, was charged with murder and will remain behind bars until his case returns to court in June.

Steven's father Jeff Tougher posted on Facebook asking others to support his advocacy for "stronger laws" to protect emergency service workers.

Tougher said he wanted mandatory life sentences for any emergency service worker killed on the job and mandatory prison terms for anyone assaulted.

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"I know that it will not affect this case but for any future hideous acts, maybe justice will be seen to be done," Tougher wrote on Facebook.

"I'm asking for these laws to protect the service community so they don't have to look over their shoulder while they are performing CPR on an unconscious baby.

He is urging people to push for the laws and for them to be called "Steven's Law".

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His wife, parents and sister issued a statement on behalf of the entire family, saying the young paramedic's compassion was "exceptional".

"Steven's dedication to helping others shone brightest during his work as a NSW Ambulance paramedic and previously as a nurse," the family said.

"But it wasn't just his medical expertise that made him exceptional – Steven's compassion touched the lives of so many people."

Steven Tougher had married the love of his life last month and his wife is pregnant with their second child, who is due in the next few weeks.

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The trial of a Queensland woman accused of organising the murder of an ex-partner found in a woodchipper has been adjourned until October.

Sharon Graham, 62, pleaded not guilty in Brisbane Supreme Court to the murder of Bruce James Saunders at a property near Gympie in November 2017.

Graham had been accused of plotting to kill 53-year-old Saunders in order to inherit his house, car and more than $800,000 in superannuation and life insurance.

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It was alleged Graham procured her new lover Gregory Lee Roser to carry out the murder of Saunders before his body was partially fed into a woodchipper to create the appearance of an accidental death.

The jury had been told it was not in dispute that Saunders had been "deliberately and unlawfully killed" by Roser under the guise of helping a widow clear trees on her land.

Saunders had been helping clear the rural property in Goomboorian, north of Brisbane, with Roser and another man, Peter John Koenig, at the time.

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Graham was about an hour's drive away from the scene when the murder took place.

However, the court was told Graham engaged in the "counselling and procurement" of Roser to murder Saunders.

Koenig was the only person to see Roser hit Saunders from behind with a metal pipe and then repeatedly strike the victim's head before the body was fed into the chipper, the jury was told.

The trial before Justice Peter Callaghan was on Tuesday adjourned until October 9 with Graham remanded in custody.

There was scrambling on a massive scale by mid-afternoon, said Phil Wilson.