Thieves have driven off from a petrol station with the servo's owner clinging onto the stolen car's bonnet in south-east Queensland.

Owner Clint Weber was working at his service station in Toowoomba when he recognised a car on the shop's security camera feed, as it had stolen fuel earlier in the week.

When the thieves got back inside the car without paying yesterday, Webber stood in front of it but they hit the accelerator and collected him on the bonnet.

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"He just decided he was going to run over me so he proceeded to do that," Webber said.

"At that point, I held on for grim death I suppose."

His wife and other customers watched as the thieves drove off with Webber still on the bonnet.

They eventually stopped and Webber was able to walk away.

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Queensland Police senior investigator Jason Kitto confirmed the vehicle was stolen from a home in Toowoomba on Saturday.

"We believe those responsible for the offence yesterday at the service station are also responsible for a number of other offences within the Darling Downs district," Kitto said.

Police are still searching for the driver and passenger who stole the fuel.

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This 97-year-old Western Australia resident is no stranger to a cyclone. He's experienced 27 of them, but Tropical Cyclone Ilsa has him worried.

Arnold Carter has lived in Port Hedland for 63 years, where he worked as an accountant in the iron ore industry.

The great-great-grandfather has lived through 27 cyclones and says not one of them has been the same as the other.

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"You always feel a little anxiety – first of all you don't know what's going to happen," he said.

But Tropical Cyclone Ilsa, which is steamrolling towards Western Australia's north coast between Port Hedland and Broome, has an extremely destructive core bringing nearly 300km/h winds, heavy rainfall and abnormally high tides.

Residents between Port Hedland and Pardoo Roadhouse are preparing to hunker down ahead of an expected red alert this afternoon, which will mean it's too late to leave and they must ride out the storm.

"I'm a bit concerned about this one, about where it's going to come across – I do think it will be Pardoo and Pardoo is only about 80km away," Carter said.

"We'll get the outside of it.

"We'll get some (wind) and we'll get a lot of rain."

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But Carter, who is a tropical cyclone veteran, has been preparing for Ilsa's landfall for days.

He said the key to getting through the storm is being prepared well in advance.

"Make sure food is there, make sure you've got water, make sure your car's all ready to go," he said.

"They're the basic things you do in the last two or three days."

Carter and his family have stocked up with seven days worth of food and water supplies to weather the storm.

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"You got to remember once the cyclone's gone you won't be able to go shopping, so you've got to have your seven days," he said.

As Carter and his family bunker down, their pet pug Razor will join them – although he isn't too fond of a storm.

"The only thing about Razor, soon as the thunder starts, Razor starts barking and when he starts barking it sounds like there's a cyclone in the house," Carter said.

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Emergency services in Western Australia's north said communities in coastal areas should already be "hunkered down to ride this one out" while communities inland are finalising their preparations.

"We do not want to see anybody outside, outside of structures, once the red alert is put on," DFES commissioner Darren Klemm said.

"Category 5 cyclones are incredibly dangerous, wind gusts in excess of 250km/h, that's going to cause a heap of damage to trees and vegetation."

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A Melbourne man who consumed his body mass in hommus has been officially knighted today for his recognition and love of the popular dip.

Obsessed with hommus, the man, who refers to himself as "Hommus Knight" ate 37 tubs of hommus over the past year, keeping the empty tubs to make a suit of armour.

He soon filmed his own video about the achievement, sparking the interest of Yumi's, a popular brand of hommus.

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"I came out of the womb loving hommus. I have always known hommus," told 9News.

"It is the most refreshing of all condiments across the land."

Yumi's today celebrated the man's passion and commitment to their product with an official knighting ceremony.

Workers at the Hallam Factory were on hand to help with the ceremony and cheer on their new hero.

"I am honestly blown away by his dedication, the fact that he has eaten so much hommus, and he kept the tubs, touched my heart," Yumi's Susan Booker said.

"We love it."

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Queensland is looking to follow other states and territories to ban mobile phones on school grounds.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is seeking to introduce a blanket state-wide ban on mobile phones.

"It's an issue that's not going away so it might be time to have a fresh look in the way in which these issues are dealt with," she said.

Here is a breakdown of the different rules across the country.

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Queensland

Queensland is the only state and territory that hasn't banned or is in the process of banning mobile phones in schools.

But Palaszczuk said she'd like to see national guidelines implemented.

"The education minister had a discussion with me this morning and she's meeting with the federal minister Jason Clare today, and she very much wants to see some national consistency here," she said on April 13.

"I think we need fresh eyes over this issue."

At the moment, it's up to individual schools to decide.

But not everyone is in favour of the ban, with the Queensland Teachers' Union pointing out that phones are utilised in some learning settings.

"We're in a technological age and we can't forget that so it's really important that we educate our kids about how to use devices critically," Cresta Richardson from the union said.

"Things do change so quickly with, you know, technology, phones, apps, artificial intelligence and all those types of things so it's good to try to keep ahead of the curve."

Palaszczuk flagged a new panel will look into the issue.

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New South Wales

Phones are currently banned in public primary schools across the state but it's up to public secondary schools to decide on an approach.

But one of Labor's key election promises was to ban mobile phones in high schools and they're delivering it by the end of this year.

The ban would apply during class, recess and lunch times but students can carry their phone while travelling to and from school.

Minns has revealed the government will start consulting with schools on options to implement the ban.

"I know many parents who are anxious about the pervasiveness of phones and technology in our children's learning environments," he said.

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"It's time to clear our classrooms of unnecessary distractions and create better environments for learning.

"These bans will be applied with common sense and in consultation with the experts, to ensure it works to improve our children's learning outcomes."

Condell Park High School, a government school in Sydney's south west, has already implemented a mobile phone ban.

"Students deposited their phones on trolleys at the start of the school day and picked them up at the end of the day," the school's principal Susie Mobayed said.

"This means teachers and students are focusing on teaching and learning with no interruptions. There's also no room for cyberbullying, social media or taking photos and videos during the school day.

"Our approach is strongly supported by our P&C and parents."

Minns said a number of other high schools have also implemented the ban by requiring phones to be put in lockable pouches, lockers, bags or for students to hand them in at the beginning of the school day.

Mobile phones are banned in some independent secondary schools including Toongabbie Christian College.

Victoria

Mobile phones were banned in government schools across Victoria in 2020.

Students are required to switch off their phones and store them securely during the day.

South Australia

Public schools across South Australia have banned mobile phones from school grounds throughout the day from the first bell to the last.

The ban is enforced in 44 government schools.

Students aren't allowed to use their phones in class or during recess and lunch. Some schools have even deployed lockable phone pouches.

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas said the ban has been "overwhelmingly successful".

"Our experience in South Australia is that there is no harm done as the result of a young person not touching their phone from the beginning to the end," he said.

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Western Australia

Mobile phones are banned across Western Australian public schools.

Children from kindergarten to year 6 who bring a phone to school will have it stored with teachers until the end of the day.

Students from year 7 to 12 are allowed to have their phones on them but must turn them off and keep them out of sight until the end of the day.

Tasmania

Mobile phones are banned during school hours in government schools in Tasmania.

This includes no usage during recess and lunch.

Northern Territory

Mobile phones are banned for primary school students in the Northern Territory.

Secondary students can have their devices during the day but they must be "off and away all day".

They must be "switched off, not accessed, seen, or heard during the school and securely stored".

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A father who attacked a complete stranger with his son has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Jared Pihlgren stabbed the man multiple times in Melbourne's CBD, while his son stomped on his head – leaving him with life threatening injuries.

Jingu Kim was set upon by Jay Stephens as he walked home from an evening at karaoke in December 2021, punching him multiple times.

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Stephens' father, Pihlgren, then pulled out a knife and stabbed him on the ground.

Stephens then stomped on his head, the whole attack captured on CCTV.

The 35-year-old was left in a pool of blood, trying desperately to get up before bystanders rushed to his aid. The judge, noting he was lucky to survive, left with lifelong physical and psychological injuries.

"His heart stopped for three minutes. He was also in a coma for three days," Judge Helen Syme told the County Court.

Pihlgren and his son have a violent family history. Stephens was jailed after he and his brother bashed Victoria Police assistant commissioner Chris O'Neill in Toorak in 2019.

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Pihlgren was behind bars for almost 300 days, sentenced to time served after threatening police online.

Despite his long criminal history across four states, the court heard the father-of-five and his partner want to adopt a child internationally. The judge noted his violent history may be a concern to authorities.

"You do not present as the ideal parent," she said.

Pihlgren has already served 482 days behind bars for the Lonsdale Street attack. Stephens will face a further plea next month.

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