Two pupils were robbed after they disembarked a school bus. The offenders are at large.

Police say they’re making “broader inquiries” to locate the man.

Junior doctors across multiple states and territories are banding together to sue health services over unpaid overtime, excessive hours and dangerous rostering.

Lawyer Hayden Stephens is leading the class action which will sue health services in Victoria, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.

Doctor Lucy Crook said the centre of the issue was the dangers of treating patients when doctors are exhausted.

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"What these class actions are more about is the fact that these hours are unsafe both for doctors and for the patients that we look after," Crook said on Weekend Today.

"No one wants their loved one to be looked after by a doctor who is tired and overworked and burnt out… I think that is the reality in many situations."

She said no one got into the job thinking it would be easy but now a significant number were thinking about leaving the profession.

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"All of us have had to do many years of study to do this job and for many of us it has been something that we have worked towards our entire lives," Crook said.

"To get to the point where a significant proportion of us are saying we are not only going to get a new job or leave our current health service, we are completely going to leave the profession and do something else… I think that has to start ringing alarm bells."

She said it was devastating that so many doctors were feeling burnt out, overworked and feeling like they had no other option but to quit.

The maximum shift length in Victoria has been reduced from 16 to 14 hours.

In surveys conducted across the country, 60 per cent of doctors fear making a clinical error because of fatigue and long hours.

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Approximatly 45,000 health workers could be impacted by the class action.

Stephens said it was clearly a widespread systemic problem.

"What I think this demonstrates that is this is a problem that's very much embedded in the business of running health right across our country and doctors are now banding together to say enough is enough," he said.

"This practice of excessive hours, dangerous hours, must stop."

The class action will aim to show the hours doctors are working to improve staffing to prevent fatigue and improve patient health outcomes.

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Indian low-cost airline SpiceJet grounded two of its pilots after they allegedly consumed coffee and pastries inside the cockpit – a snack break that could have gone horribly wrong had one of the hot drinks spilled.

A photograph showing an uncovered cup with the airline's logo placed dangerously close to the control levers inside the cockpit sparked outrage among the aviation community in India and online.

The pilots, whose faces were not shown in the image, also held gujiyas – a sweet fried pastry typically eaten during the Hindu festival Holi, which took place on March 8 this year.

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A SpiceJet spokesperson told CNN on Friday that both pilots have been taken off the roster pending an inquiry.

"SpiceJet has a strict policy (regarding) consumption of food inside the cockpit which is adhered by all flight crew. Appropriate disciplinary action will be taken upon completion of the investigation," the spokesperson said.

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Shakti Lumba, a retired pilot and former head of operations of Indian carrier IndiGo, said the "feel-good social media photo-op" from the pilots was "immature" and "undesirable," especially as they are responsible for the safety of the aircraft and its passengers.

"It was totally inexplicable behaviour. All pilots are aware of the dangers of spilled liquids in the cockpit," he told CNN, adding that most company rules and aviation regulations prohibit placing any foods and liquids on the central pedestal console.

Underneath that console is a vast array of electrical wiring that is vital to controlling the plane – and spilling piping hot drinks on it might cause technical equipment to overheat or trigger the system to shut down.

CNN has reached out to India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for comment on the incident.

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The budget carrier has faced a slew of incidents last year, prompting several investigations from the aviation regulator.

Last May, a SpiceJet plane's autopilot malfunctioned and caused severe turbulence that led to multiple onboard injuries.

The regulator also ordered to halve the carrier's operational flights for a period of eight weeks after being involved in at least eight technical malfunction, CNN affiliate News 18 reported in July 2022.

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In his forthcoming memoir, actor Sam Neill, best known for his work in the Jurassic Park franchise films, reveals he recently battled stage III blood cancer, but he is now cancer free.

According to the Guardian, which spoke with Neill, he had angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma and underwent chemotherapy.

The outlet reports he is on a relatively new chemotherapy drug that he will take monthly for the rest of his life.

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"I'm not off the hook as such, but there's no cancer in my body," Neill told the publication.

A representative for Neill confirmed to CNN that he is in remission.

"I can't pretend that the last year hasn't had its dark moments," Neill added in the interview.

"But those dark moments throw the light into sharp relief, you know, and have made me grateful for every day and immensely grateful for all my friends. Just pleased to be alive."

Neill is now doing "very well and back at work," his representative added.

He is currently in production on "Apples Never Fall," a Peacock limited series based on "Big Little Lies" author Liane Moriarty's bestselling novel. The project also stars Annette Bening.

Neill's book, Did I Ever Tell You This? is set for release on March 21. It is available for pre-order.

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Lance Reddick, a character actor who specialised in intense, icy and possibly sinister authority figures on TV and film, including “The Wire,” ″Fringe” and the "John Wick” franchise, has died. He was 60.

Reddick died “suddenly” Friday morning, his publicist Mia Hansen said in a statement, attributing his death to natural causes. His death was first reported by celebrity website TMZ.com.

Reddick was often put in a suit or a crisp uniform during his career, playing tall taciturn and elegant men of distinction. He was best known for his role as straight-laced Lt. Cedric Daniels on the hit HBO series “The Wire,” where his character was agonisingly trapped in the messy politics of the Baltimore police department.

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“I’m an artist at heart. I feel that I’m very good at what I do. When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a Black man and I wasn’t pretty, I knew I would have to work my butt off to be the best that I would be, and to be noticed,” he told the Los Angeles Times in 2009.

Reddick also starred on the Fox series “Fringe” as a special agent Phillip Broyles, the smartly dressed Matthew Abaddon on “Lost” and played the multi-skilled Continental Hotel concierge Charon in the “John Wick” movies, including the fourth in the series opening this month

He earned a SAG Award nomination in 2021 as part of the ensemble for Regina King’s film “One Night in Miami.” Reddick played recurring roles on “Intelligence” and “American Horror Story” and was on the show “Bosch” for its seven-year run.

His upcoming projects include 20th Century’s remake of “White Men Can’t Jump” and “Shirley,” Netflix’s biopic of former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. He was also slated to appear in the “John Wick” spinoff “Ballerina,” as well as “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.”

The Baltimore-born-and-raised Reddick was a Yale University drama school graduate who enjoyed some success after school by landing guest or recurring roles “CSI: Miami” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” He also appeared in several movies, including “I Dreamed of Africa,” “The Siege” and “Great Expectations.”

It was on season four of “Oz,” playing a doomed undercover officer sent to prison who becomes an addict, that Reddick had a career breakthrough.

“I was never interested in television. I always saw it as a means to an end. Like so many actors, I was only interested in doing theater and film. But ‘Oz’ changed television. It was the beginning of HBO’s reign on quality, edgy, artistic stuff. Stuff that harkens back to great cinema of the ’60s and ’70s,” he told The Associated Press in 2011.

“When the opportunity for ‘Oz’ came up, I jumped. And when I read the pilot for ‘The Wire,’ as a guy that never wanted to be on television, I realized I had to be on this show.”

Reddick attended the prestigious Eastman School of Music, where he studied classical composition, and he played piano. His first album, the jazzy “Contemplations and Remembrances,” came out in 2011.

Reddick had a recurring role as Jeffrey Tetazoo, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, on CBS’ “Intelligence.” On “American Horror Story: Coven,” Reddick portrayed Papa Legba, the go-between between humanity and the spirit world.

Reddick is survived by his wife, Stephanie Reddick, and children, Yvonne Nicole Reddick and Christopher Reddick.

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Lawyers for Prince Harry asked a judge on Friday to rule that a tabloid newspaper libelled the British royal with an article about his quest for police protection when he and his family visit the UK.

Harry is suing Mail on Sunday publisher Associated Newspapers Ltd over an article alleging he tried to hush up his separate legal challenge over the British government's refusal to let him pay for police security.

During a hearing at the High Court in London, Harry's lead attorney asked Judge Matthew Nicklin either to strike out the publisher's defence or to deliver a summary judgment, which would be a ruling in the prince's favour without going to trial.

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Lawyer Justin Rushbrooke said the facts did not support the publisher's "substantive pleaded defence" that the article expressed an "honest opinion."

He said the article was "fundamentally inaccurate."

Harry was not in court for the hearing. The prince, also known as the Duke of Sussex, and his wife, Meghan, lost their publicly funded UK police protection when they stepped down as senior working royals and moved to North America in 2020.

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Harry's lawyers have said the prince is reluctant to bring the couple's children — Prince Archie, who is almost 4, and Princess Lilibet, nearly 2 — to his homeland because it is not safe.

The 38-year-old prince wants to pay personally for police security when he comes to Britain, but the government said that wasn't possible.

Last year, a judge gave Harry permission to sue the government. That case has yet to come to trial.

Harry sued Associated Newspapers over a February 2022 Mail on Sunday article headlined "Exclusive: How Prince Harry tried to keep his legal fight with the government over police bodyguards a secret… then – just minutes after the story broke – his PR machine tried to put a positive spin on the dispute."

Harry claims that the newspaper libelled him when it suggested that the prince lied in his initial public statements about the suit against the government.

In July, Nicklin ruled that the article was defamatory, allowing the case to proceed. The judge has not yet considered issues such as whether the story was accurate or in the public interest.

The publisher's lawyer, Andrew Caldecott, said the argument by Harry's attorneys amounted to "straitjacketing the newspaper's right to comment."

He said it was vital the media speak truth to power, and "speaking opinion to power is every bit (as), if not more, important," as long as the opinion is based on facts.

At the end of the daylong hearing, the judge said he would rule at a later date.

Harry, the younger son of King Charles III, and the former actress Meghan Markle married at Windsor Castle in 2018 but stepped down as working royals in 2020, citing what they described as the unbearable intrusions and racist attitudes of the British media.

Harry's fury at the UK press runs through his memoir Spare, published in January. He blames an overly aggressive press for the 1997 death of his mother, Princess Diana, and accuses the media of similarly hounding of Meghan.

The couple has not hesitated to use the British courts to hit back at what they see as media mistreatment.

In December 2021, Meghan won an invasion-of-privacy case against Associated Newspapers over the Mail on Sunday's publication of a letter she wrote to her estranged father.

Harry is also among celebrities suing Associated Newspapers over alleged phone hacking, and he has launched a separate hacking suit against the publisher of another tabloid, the Mirror.

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A pantry item sold nationwide has been recalled due to salmonella contamination fears.

The Ceres Organics Australia Hulled Tahini and Unhulled Tahini 300g have been recalled over concerns it could contain the bacteria.

The products were sold in Woolworths and IGA stores across New South Wales and in Victoria IGA stores.

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Hulled Tahini 300g jars with the following best-before dates could possibly be contaminated:

25/05/2023, 22/08/2023 and 01/08/2024

Unhulled Tahini 300g jars with the following best-before dates could also be contaminated:

25/05/2023 and 22/08/2023

The products were also sold by independent food retailers in the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia – as well as online nationally.

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Consumers are being warned to not eat the product and to seek medical advice if they have already eaten it.

If consumed, foods contaminated with salmonella may cause severe gastroenteritis.

Symptoms may start between six hours and seven days after infection and include fever, diarrhoea and loss of appetite.

Most patients diagnosed with salmonella recover with fluid replacement programs and generally do not require antibiotics.

The items can be returned to their place of purchase for a full refund.

Queensland healthcare workers could be missing millions in wages as health staff have been both over and underpaid, the state government revealed today.

The issue was only recognised after a Queensland Health worker came forward saying their pay was incorrect. 

Over 2500 employees have been identified as being overpaid, totalling a collective $23,000.

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Another 1200 staff were then identified as being overpaid in a further investigation, totalling over $268,000 in overpaid wages.

"We have underpayments and overpayments every single year, we've got 120,000 staff, many are shift workers," Queensland Health Minister Yvette D'Ath said

She said those who have been overpaid have not been asked to return the money.

The health minister also admitted the number of people underpaid could soar as investigations continue. 

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"It could be in the millions. Our under and overpayments are in the millions every year because we've got a $16 billion payroll," D'Ath said.

Queensland Health says it hopes to repay those underpaid by the end of the financial year.

The organisation's director-general, Shaun Drummond, said the department is considering a rolling audit to help mitigate issues brought about by such a large payroll system.

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China says President Xi Jinping will visit Russia from Monday to Wednesday in an apparent show of support for Vladimir Putin.

No other details were given, but China has declared a "no-limits" friendship with Russia and refused to condemn Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine – even while declaring that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries be respected.

The Kremlin on Friday also announced the visit, saying it will take place "at the invitation of Vladimir Putin".

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Xi and Putin will discuss “issues of further development of comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction between Russia and China", as well as exchange views “in the context of deepening Russian-Chinese cooperation in the international arena", the Kremlin said in a statement.

The two leaders will also sign “important bilateral documents", the statement read.

Beijing has also condemned Western sanctions and accused NATO and the United States of provoking Russia.

Putin invited Xi to visit Russia during a video conference call the two held in late December. The visit, Putin said, could “demonstrate to the whole world the strength of the Russian-Chinese ties” and “become the main political event of the year in bilateral relations".

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In a rare phone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart on Thursday, China’s foreign minister says Beijing is concerned about the year-old grinding conflict with Russia spinning out of control and urged talks on a political solution with Moscow.

Qin Gang told Dmytro Kuleba that China has “always upheld an objective and fair stance on the Ukraine issue, has committed itself to promoting peace and advancing negotiations and calls on the international community to create conditions for peace talks,” China’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted on its website.

Kuleba later tweeted that he and Qin “discussed the significance of the principle of territorial integrity".

“I underscored the importance of (Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s)’s Peace Formula for ending the aggression and restoring just peace in Ukraine,” wrote Kuleba, who spoke the same day with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

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