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Residents in two Victorian towns have been warned to boil their drinking water or risk vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal pain.

The safety of the drinking water in Kyneton and Malmsbury, in the Macedon Ranges, was compromised after a water main burst about 1am on Tuesday, resulting in low pressure in the water system.

A health alert was issued to advise residents to boil any water being used to drink, prepare food or beverages, brush teeth, freeze for ice or to make baby formula to avoid "gastro-like symptoms".

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Water needs to be brought to a rolling boil "until a continuous and rapid stream of air-bubbles is produced from the bottom of a pan or kettle".

"After heating, water must be allowed to cool before using it," Coliban Water said.

"It can then be stored in a clean, closed container for later use."

Kettles with automatic cut-off switches will boil water enough for it to be safe, but variable temperature kettles need to be set to boil.

"Care should be taken to avoid scalding injuries especially around children," the warning read.

Unboiled can be used for washing hands, clothing, and dishes, but dishes should be dry before use.

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It's also safe for toilet flushing and gardening use.

Showering or bathing in the water is fine as long as you don't ingest any.

Coliban water has not advised how long the measures need to be taken to avoid "gastro-like symptoms".

Gastro is known to cause symptoms including vomiting, watery diarrhoea, nausea, fever, abdominal pain, headache and muscle aches.

Anyone suffering these symptoms who have already consumed unboiled water in the area are urged to contact a doctor. 

Residents can access safe drinking water at Kyneton Showgrounds and Malmsbury Botanic Gardens.

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A $500,000 reward is on offer for information that solves the case of a young Indigenous woman's disappearance more than a decade ago.

Mother-of-two Allison Bernard was last seen at Archer River Quarry in Far North Queensland at 11pm on February 10 in 2013.

The 23-year-old had been seen at the Exchange Hotel in Coen before she disappeared. 

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She was expected to travel to Kowanyama but she never arrived.

A large-scale search was carried out in the area at the time, while another in 2021 used drones and new camera technology, but no trace of Bernard has ever been found.

Bernard is described as First Nations, about 155cm tall with a slim build and brown hair.

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Detective Superintendent Sonia Smith said police remained determined to find Bernard.

"We will not give up," Smith said.

"Ms Bernard's disappearance has had a devastating impact on this community and together we won't stop until we find answers.

"We would like to thank the local community who continues to support our ongoing investigations and urge members of the public to continue spreading the word – anyone with information should immediately contact police."

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There were red flags about risks involved with a permanent female contraceptive as early as 1999, lawyers representing women who were later forced to undergo hysterectomies have claimed.

Hundreds of thousands of women worldwide were implanted with the Essure device.

Designed to permanently block the fallopian tubes, they were used in Australia for nearly two decades until 2017.

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Bayer, which bought Essure's creators, Conceptus, in 2013 is being sued in a class action in Victoria's Supreme Court along with other companies involved in the manufacture, distribution, marketing and sponsoring of the device.

The action is focused on Patrice Turner, who underwent a hysterectomy at 32, five years after getting the devices and suffering severe chronic pain and abnormal bleeding.

Fiona Forsyth KC, representing the women, said the companies presented studies which they claimed showed device defects could not be discovered, but she argued they showed the opposite.

"There were red flags from an early point in time of precisely the sorts of issues we are now raising," she said.

A 1999 Conceptus document showed one pathologist believed inflammation could be expected to last "the implantation life of the device".

The device could only be removed with abdominal surgery, and likely removal of organs through a hysterectomy or removal of fallopian tubes.

In a later document Conceptus claimed "we believe the worst case expectation resulting from the inflammatory response will be pain, tenderness, menstrual changes or discharge".

"We already have a recognition in 1999 that the worst case expectation from the inflammatory response includes precisely the things that we're complaining about today," Forsyth said.

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Those issues should have been front of mind she said, noting they also acknowledged the need for long-term studies.

"Only two years later it's approved and it goes to market," she said.

"It was already being put into women's bodies and at this point the device is permanent – and that's where we say there's a real issue."

Essure worked by inserting tightly wound 4cm coils through the vagina and uterus into the fallopian tubes, and expanding them to cause inflammation and then scar tissue, resulting in a contraceptive effect.

In a joint defence, the companies say there's no "signature" Essure injury that the women can point to as the cause of their symptoms.

They're jointly represented by David Collins KC, who on Wednesday argued Turner's symptoms were caused by adenomyosis.

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But Forsyth previously told Justice Andrew Keogh that while that was an early suspected diagnosis given by her doctor, it was not confirmed by pathological studies post-surgery, which is the only way to diagnose the condition.

Collins said the device was the subject of numerous clinical trials and tests which established that the device was safe, and no studies over the 20 years it was available showed safety risks.

"The device provided an important alternative means of permanent contraception and was used by many hundreds of thousands of women," he said.

"Despite this extensive use over a long period, there is still no evidence to establish the critical safety risks that the plaintiff alleges."

The trial is expected to run for 12 weeks.

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A "lovely" Melbourne bus driver is confirmed to be one of two swimmers found dead in a suspected double drowning at a waterfall near Cairns.

Sisira Gajanayake, 59, was found unresponsive with a 21-year-old man at Crystal Cascades, 25 minutes drive from the city, last night.

The other man is believed to be his son.

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Gajanayake was on holiday along with some of his colleagues, transport company Ventura Bus said.

Emergency services were called when the two men started "struggling to get out of the water" about 5pm.

Gajanayak worked for Ventura in Melbourne for more than eight years.

Ventura said the "much loved" man had worked with the company for over eight years.

"Our thoughts are with Sisira's family and his work colleagues from Melbourne that were holidaying with Sisira in Cairns at the time of this tragic incident," Managing Director Andrew Cornwall said.

A Queensland Ambulance spokesman said the men were declared dead at the natural pools.

Police said there were no suspicious circumstances, and a report will be prepared for the coroner.

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