A truck driver has been arrested and a man taken to hospital after a suspected road rage incident brought traffic to a standstill on the Hume Highway in Victoria today.

Paramedics were called to the highway in Wallan, 45 kilometres north of Melbourne, about 12.50pm.

It is understood the men were involved in a minor traffic collision before they got out of their vehicles and confronted each other.

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Witnesses have told 9News they saw the truck driver allegedly push the other man onto the ground and stand over him.

It's understood the man in his 60s hit his head on the ground and was taken to the Northern Public Hospital in a stable condition.

Police are investigating.

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Big celebrities, but often, not-so-great ads.

The Super Bowl presents a formidable challenge to advertisers, trying to justify the giant price tag for 30-second spots (as much as US$7 million each, per Variety, for ads between kickoff and the final gun) by coming up with campaigns that feel as big as the game.

This year the scales tipped heavily toward celebrity talent – in several cases, thrown together in incongruous bunches – in commercials that were loud but frequently didn't make a whole lot of sense.

For starters, it helps when the talent has some kind of logical connection to the product, or at least figures into the creative in a way that advances that message. Being cute for its own sake can be fine, but it's seldom particularly memorable.

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Using that logic, bravo to Rakuten, a shopping site, for enlisting Alicia Silverstone to reprise her Clueless role as the shopping-obsessed Cher, which she slid into like an old private-school uniform; and thumbs down to a celebrity-studded spot for Michelob Ultra featuring Serena Williams, Brian Cox and a host of others in an odd tribute to Caddyshack.

Then again, this year's crop of beer ads were mostly flat, especially given the high bar that Budweiser has customarily set for Super Bowls past. The main exception would be the Miller-Coors-Blue Moon spot, which was fun, if a little confusing.

As was noted before the game, crypto ads that sought to make a splash at Super Bowl LVI sat out this year's showcase, a reminder that newer product categories brave entering the Super Bowl derby at their own peril.

Where were the other highlights, which were outnumbered (as usual) by the middling or low ones? Here's a snap-decision breakdown of who scored and who fumbled on TV's biggest stage. While this doesn't include every spot that aired, if an ad featured four or more celebrities, assume it leaned toward the "loser" column.

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WINNERS

Movies: The movie business hasn't rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, but the number of ads for upcoming blockbusters (and hoped-for blockbusters) felt like a collective vote of confidence in theatrical movie-going. Hollywood will likely never completely bounce back in the streaming age, but the studios appeared to serve notice that they're not giving up without a fight.

Of that roster of titles, give the nod to The Flash, which should stoke enormous interest in that Warner Bros. title (like CNN, a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery), and put the focus on the film instead of star Ezra Miller's off-screen issues. Give honorable mention to Indiana Jones and Creed among the sequels, which also included pregame spots for Transformers and Guardians of the Galaxy. Also featured: Air, based on Michael Jordan's Nike deal.

Ram: There were again several electric-car ads, but give Ram the gold medal for its cheeky double-entendre about "premature electrification."

Rakuten: Would Silverstone waste this kind of opportunity to bask in a little of that Clueless nostalgia? As if.

T-Mobile: Bradley Cooper and his mother were pretty adorable, especially when she told him that while he's been nominated for stuff, he hasn't won anything. Much better, alas, than its John Travolta "Grease" homage.

Pepsi Zero Sugar: Steve Martin and Ben Stiller gave mini-classes on acting. So, do they really drink this stuff? Probably not, but it was fun to watch them pretend, and enhanced by the one-two punch of it.

PopCorners: Just the idea of a Breaking Bad reunion gets high marks (plus the line "We don't eat our own supply"), even if the snack-food product might not have been the ideal vehicle for it.

Farmer's Dog and Amazon: Two winners about our canine companions: Watching a dog's life unfold, and thinking about losing one, served as one of the few genuine tearjerkers of the day; and on a lighter note, getting a destructive pooch a pal, via Amazon.

CrowdStrike: If only the cyber-security company had been around during the Trojan War. A great visual idea.

Google: Another spot that brought together unlikely celebrities — Amy Schumer, Doja Cat and NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo — but in a clever demonstration of how its pixel product can "fix" old photos.

Kia. If you forget your baby's binky, this is definitely the car for you.

Disney: Marking its 100th anniversary, the studio ran a spot to demonstrate the sweeping depth of its content, and its intricate hold on childhood memories.

Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen: After the histrionics of Fox's pregame show (never mind the issues with the sound being off), the announcers – handling their first Super Bowl – rose to the occasion, with a solid call that identified the problems with the field, debated a "game-altering penalty" at the end; didn't get in the way of the action and reminded everyone this was, after all, a football game.

NOT BAD, BUT…

General Motors and Netflix: GM teamed with Netflix shows to push its EV cars, with Will Ferrell as the guide through shows like Bridgerton and Stranger Things. Not great, but at least it felt big and inventive.

Dunkin': Ben Affleck (mostly) and Jennifer Lopez brought some celebrity sizzle to the idea of a star moonlighting at a donut store.

Paramount+: The advantage of featuring Sylvester Stallone in a streaming show, apparently, is one more star to help promote Paramount Mountain.

HeGetsUs.com. The ads for this evangelical campaign were certainly arresting in reminding people, say, that Jesus was a refugee, and to love everyone. Yet despite being one of the few ads about something that played Sunday, the goal of its message seemed muddled, a perception reinforced by details about the group behind it.

Workday: Rock stars differentiate between calling someone a rock star and actually being one. A fun idea, indifferently executed.

Etrade: Nobody ever went wrong with talking babies, but that said, talking babies is a pretty tired gimmick.

Weather Tech: A solid "Made in America" pitch.

LOSERS

Beer ads: Miles and Keleigh Sperry Teller seem like a cute couple to have a beer with. What the ad didn't do is make a case for that being a Bud Light. Ditto for Budweiser connecting a six-pack of Bud to "Six Degrees of Separation" (or Kevin Bacon), which had the right vibe to it but felt like a bit of a stretch.

Booking.com: Hey, who couldn't use a vacation? But why are we watching Melissa McCarthy sing about it?

Doritos: Jack Harlow, Missy Elliott and Elton John pushing triangles? Another case of trying to be too hip and just looking square.

Downy Unstoppables: Danny McBride likes it so much he'd change his name. But the whole thing was pretty McSilly.

DraftKings: Kevin Hart and a host of celebrities appeared, but will it be remembered as a great Super Bowl ad? Don't bet on it.

Hellmann's: Jon Hamm and Brie Larson in a refrigerator? Yes, mayonnaise goes with ham and Brie, but as Hamm said at the end, "That's weird."

Remy Martin: Serena Williams' speech was stirring, but the product was a complete afterthought.

Planters: A Friars Club-style celebrity roast of Mr. Peanut felt like a weak attempt to butter up consumers.

Jeep: The "Freedom is electric" tag line worked. The CGI dancing animals, not so much.

Pringles: Another version of the hand stuck in the can campaign? That just feels like their creative is stuck in the '90s.

Squarespace: Adam Driver is already pretty overexposed, but that commercial – featuring dozens of him – made him really overexposed.

Tubi: Someone should have talked the ad agency and marketing team out of going down that bizarre rabbit hole.

M&Ms: The only real comment to that Maya Rudolph spot was "???"

Limit/Break: Yes, saw the bar code. No, did not scan now.

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Energy Australia has been fined $1.5 million after a veteran Yallourn power station employee suffered fatal burns to 90 per cent of his body in an electrical explosion.

Graeme Edwards had worked at the power station for more than 30 years when he volunteered to connect a high voltage cable to the segment of the power station he worked on.

The racking in procedure involves placing a high voltage circuit breaker into position in a cabinet while wires are live or energised.

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Edwards was fully trained and had undergone his required three-yearly retraining two months before his death in November 2018.

An infill panel above the 6.6kW control panel he was working on was loose and at just the slightest pressure it exposed him to live wires.

On November 12 as he worked on the unit an arc flash and explosion occurred while he was racking in, believed to be the result of the control cable making contact with live components.

Edwards suffered serious burns to 90 per cent of his body and died in hospital the next day.

Energy Australia Yallourn pleaded guilty to three charges of breaching Occupational Health and Safety Act.

The company admitted failing to properly install and inspect the infill panel, failing to properly train employees to connect the cables, and failing to provide and require employees to wear appropriate arc-rated personal protective equipment while they worked on circuit breakers on live high voltage switch boards.

"There is absolutely no excuse for it," the company admitted during a pre-sentence hearing last year.

"It was avoidable and it was preventable and he shouldn't have died. The reason why he died is due to the failings on the part of Energy Australia."

Edwards was wearing cotton overalls which one expert described as "manifestly inadequate".

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Appropriate arc-rated PPE, which had been provided to workers at a sister-company, provides thermal protection and is self-extinguishing, Victorian County Court Judge John Carmody said on Monday.

Energy Australia's manual also said the so-called elephant's trunk cable should be connected before the racking in procedure is completed, but employees commonly connected it afterwards.

Inconsistency between the manual, training and procedures was a breach of the law, the judge said.

He noted there was no evidence Edwards was carrying out his duties incorrectly, adding that coworkers described him as a helpful and respected colleague who always followed procedure.

Energy Australia has made significant changes over the past four years, many directed at the causes of Mr Edwards' death, the court heard.

"It raises the question, why wasn't all this done before November 2018," the judge asked.

The cost of fixing or replacing the panel was minimal, he said.

He noted Energy Australia created a picnic area at the power plant and established a scholarship at Federation University in Mr Edwards' name.

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has apologised for boycotting the 2008 national apology by then prime minister Kevin Rudd for the Stolen Generation.

Today marks the 15th anniversary of the national apology speech to victims of the Stolen Generation that came after recommendations in the Bring them Home report.

Dutton was the only opposition frontbencher to abstain from the apology in 2008 and didn't attend the chamber that day, he today apologised for not supporting the initiative.

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"I want to speak directly to those in the gallery today, and further afield, who are part of the Stolen Generation, and those who are descendants or are connected to the issue," he said.

"I want to say in an unscripted way, I apologise for my actions.

Dutton claimed 15 years ago he had only left the Queensland Police Force a few years earlier and was still living with the images of domestic violence crimes against Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander people he had witnessed during his time in the force.

"I remember clearly attending Palm Island where I brought back the body of an Indigenous woman in a body bag who had been thrust off a cliff to her death and I remember thinking at the time that those incidents were still occurring on a daily basis in 2008," he said.

He claimed the judgement he formed in 2008 was a national apology that should be taken when the federal government had curbed the rate of violence against First Nations people.

"I failed to grasp at the time the symbolic significance to the Stolen Generation of the apology," he said.

"It was right for prime minister Rudd to make the apology in 2008.

"It's right that we recognise the anniversary today, it's right that the government continues its efforts and, in whatever way possible, we support that bipartisan effort."

'It was and is one of the darkest chapters in our history'

Indigenous Australians minister Linda Burney thanked Dutton for his apology and said it was a good thing for politicians and Australians as a whole to "grow and learn" but now is a time for action.

"Now we have the chance to do something practical together, to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Australians, something that will have an impact on the ground and in communities," Burney said.

She began her address with lyrics from singer Archie Roach, who died last year, song Took the Children Away.

"One sweet day all the children came back. Back where their hearts grow strong. Back where they all back. Back where they understand. Back to their mother's land. The children came back," she recited.

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Burney said for many years children were removed from their families because of the colour of their skin by the government and many Australians were unaware of the tragic reality.

"For decades, there was a stubborn silence, many of those women have suffered a private pain of unbearable loss," she said.

"It was and is one of the darkest chapters in our history."

But Burney said the 2008 apology was a "call to healing" and opened the doors to a better chapter in Australian history.

"The apology delivered by prime minister Rudd was, at its core, about healing, healing deep wounds, closing a painful chapter of denial of our history and opening a new chapter of our collected story, a better chapter," she said.

We must reflect on the actions of the recent past: Rudd

Earlier, former prime minister Rudd reflected on the national apology and acknowledged it was taking action on the reality of the atrocities committed against First Nations people.

"For me, it was responding to the bringing them home report on the Stolen Generations, gathering dust on the shelves of this parliament for more than a decade after Keating first commissioned it," Rudd said.

"Some asked why should we apologise today, when all these things were done in the distant past?

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"Well, not really. Children were still being placed into church and state institutions well into the 1970s. And that is not exactly ancient history.

"We should reflect on this, if we as a people and as a parliament were happy and are happy to own and appropriate the acclaimed achievements of our more distant past, for example, the heroism of Anzacs, despite the fact none of us were on the shores of Gallipoli, and by the same measure, and equal measure.

"We should also be prepared to own and accept the darker chapters of our nation's story. We can't have it both ways."

Paving way for the Voice to Parliament: Albanese

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in light of 15 years since the national apology it wasn't the end of the story.

He said the 2008 apology was his "proudest moment in this chamber" but there is still a long way to go not only for achieving constitutional recognition of an Indigenous voice in a referendum later this year but also tackling the crime crisis in Alice Springs.

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"It is about action. Action that gives purpose and direction to our efforts to transform government, and enables the full participation and self determination of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander," he said.

It comes as the government has committed to a $424 million package to close the gap including $150 million for clean drinking water, $117 million for remote housing, and $21 million for victims of family violence.

Albanese said the next step on from the apology is enacting a Voice to Parliament.

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A third woman has accused legendary Australian Rules footballer Barry Cable of sexually abusing her when she was a child, but says she did not report it because "all of Australia loved him".

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, claims the now 79-year-old tried to have sex with her in a spa in the 1980s.

"He got me to sit on his knee and I do remember feeling the erection on my backside," she told the District Court in Perth on Monday.

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"He was holding onto my breasts and holding me onto his knee that way."

The woman, who was about 11 years old at the time, said Cable then pulled her bather bottoms to the side and attempted to penetrate her.

"I got off his lap because it was really uncomfortable," she said.

"I remember being scared and embarrassed and probably shocked."

The woman said the alleged assault happened when other children were in the spa.

She also said she did not report the incident to her parents or police because of Cable's fame.

"He was so famous my father had stars in his eyes about him. He said all of Australia loved him," she said.

"I was probably scared and intimidated."

The claims were made amid a civil trial brought by another woman against Cable over abuse that she allegedly suffered as a child and teenager.

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Two other women have told the Perth court the triple Sandover Medal winner was sexually inappropriate or sexually abused them when they were children or young teenagers.

Cable denies the claims and is not facing criminal charges.

The second woman to accuse the famous rover gave evidence on Friday.

She claimed the former North Melbourne player, who has not attended the hearings, inappropriately touched her in the 1980s and '90s when she was aged between eight and 14.

"He was rubbing my breasts and he had started to move his hands down south," she said as she detailed one of the alleged incidents.

"It's so weird, his face changed and I had never seen him like that before."

She also said he offered her money to repeat the abuse on another occasion.

The woman who launched the legal action against Cable claims he started abusing her when she was about 13 in the late 1960s.

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It allegedly continued through her teenage years and escalated from sexualised conversations and unwanted touching to "degrading" sexual violence and forceful intercourse.

During one incident, Cable allegedly forcibly sexually assaulted the then-teen at the Perth Football Club in 1971, where he was both captain and coach.

Cable also allegedly "relentlessly" assaulted her in his garden shed, his car and at a public swimming pool, and in his family home while his wife and children slept.

The assaults allegedly continued even when the woman became an adult and got married, with Cable accused of stalking her and coercing her to have sex on numerous occasions at her home and in hotel rooms.

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Cable claims the pair had a consensual relationship but the woman has denied this and gave confronting evidence to the court for two days about the alleged emotional and physical abuse.

She also detailed the trauma and tragic consequences she has suffered, including lifelong mental and physical health issues that have impacted her marriage, relationships, education and ability to work.

The trial continues.

A Sydney woman has delivered a warning to other drivers after she racked up almost $900 in parking fines due to a road rule she had never heard of.

Cherie Frankel told 9news.com.au she was trying to save money by housesitting at a property in Northbridge on the Lower North Shore last month.

Frankel had rented a car from the owner of the house and was parking it out the front on the street.

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"There were no signs, nothing to say that it was a no parking area," Frankel said.

It wasn't until Frankel got a message from the homeowner that she realised she was doing anything wrong.

"She messaged me to say I'm really sorry but I've received three fines," Frankel said.

Within the space of a week, Frankel had been fined three times for "parallel parking close to dividing line/strip" – with each fine worth $283.

Frankel said she did not receive the first two fines, which were paperless and delivered to the registered owner of the car, while the third she found on the windscreen of the vehicle.

NSW parking rules state drivers must not park a car "within three metres of any double dividing lines".

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This is to ensure parked cars do not block traffic, or force passing cars to cross the double lines in the centre of the road.

Frankel said she could see why the rule made sense, but it should have been made clear with a no parking sign.

"I had no idea this was a rule and everybody I have shown has had no idea," Frankel said.  

"As soon as I realised this was the rule, I stopped parking there.

"But, the second I stopped, other people began leaving their cars in the same spot.

"Everybody is getting tricked."

Frankel said she had lodged an appeal over the fines but was told none of them would be rescinded.

"To be fined $900 when I was trying to save money by housesitting – it was like a punch straight in the face," she said.

Frankel said she was planning to fight the fine in court.

"It's pretty crazy … I don't think that this holds up," she said.

Frankel said she hoped sharing her experience would help other drivers avoid a similar fate.

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Rihanna was above it all.

She began and ended the Super Bowl 57 halftime show hovering high above the field at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

The performance delivered on fan expectations but it included a major surprise — the singer is pregnant with her second child.

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She wore a puffy, bright red jumpsuit with tight, rubbery garb underneath as she stood on a transparent rectangular platform that raised and lowered as she belted out the lyrics to B—- Better Have My Money over the turf where the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs were battling moments earlier.

Dancers wearing white ski-style suits and shaded goggles had their own suspended platforms that moved in concert with hers.

She and the dancers were lowered to a long stage that matched her outfit as she sped through hits including Work, Where Have You Been, and Only Girl, belting out “Want you to make me feel like I’m the only girl in the world.”

There were none of the instant costume changes, scene shifts or surprise guest appearances that have been a constant at other Super Bowl halftimes.

Her set included songs that were studio collaborations with Drake and Ye, but neither suddenly showed up.

The theme — and the colour scheme — stayed the same throughout the 13-minute show, with red lights bathing the stage at times and golden fireworks exploding in the air above her.

The long stage allowed for extended pull-away shots as she stared down the camera and overhead tracking shots of Rihanna and her dancers.

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At one point she powdered her face and checked it in a mirror before getting back on the mic.

Lights sparkled from the stands as she was hoisted alone back into the air and sang Diamonds — with its refrain of “shine bright like a diamond” — as the set closed.

Rihanna's performance was her first live event in years and her first since becoming a mother nine months ago.

A man has died of a suspected drug overdose and 12 other people were hospitalised after drug-related reactions at a music festival in Sydney on the weekend.

NSW Police were called to Bankstown Hospital about 3am on Sunday after a 26-year-old man died.

The man had attended Transmission Music Festival, a large indoor trance music rave hosting more than 18,000 people, at Sydney Showground on Saturday and arrived at the hospital about 1.30am.

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Investigations into his death are underway and a report will be prepared for the coroner.

More than 130 people were treated by medical professionals at the festival, with some suffering issues relating to drug use and heat exhaustion.

At least 12 people were taken to hospital after drug use, with seven of those people requiring intubation.

Meanwhile, six men, aged between 19 and 23, have been charged with drug supply offences after police found them in possession of MDMA.

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A 23-year-old man was charged with drug supply after he allegedly had 253 MDMA tablets on him.

He was refused bail to face court.

A 21-year-old man was also charged with drug supply after he allegedly had 149 MDMA tablets on him.

He was granted bail to face court on Thursday.

The four other men were issued Court Attendance Notices and will face court at a later date.

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A newly-born Australian baby who had fallen seriously ill in Bali will be medically evacuated to Brisbane for treatment.

Lucky, just seven-weeks-old, was in Indonesia – where she was born – with her parents Honey Ahimsa, father Pan and her older brother when she suddenly became unwell.

Indonesian doctors at Siloam Hospital discovered she was suffering from a severe bacterial infection, which had taken a serious toll on her lungs.

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Without specialist equipment, they were unable to diagnose exactly what condition and grave fears were held for the little one's life.

After a crowd funding page was set up for Lucky, which subsequently attracted heavy media coverage, the baby is now in the process of being transported to Australia on a flight equipped with a mobile intensive care unit.

Lucky's mother Honey grew up Melbourne but had recently relocated to Indonesia with her young family.

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She spoke through tears late last week as she pleaded for help for her "beautiful, sweet girl".

"She's only seven weeks old. She's so beautiful. She's such a sweet little baby girl, she's very gentle," she told 9News.

"We really just want her to live a long life.

"Please help if you can," Ahimsa said. "Even just one dollar… five dollars, anything.

"We don't want to lose her." 

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has been contacted for comment. 

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Northland and Gisborne are also under red heavy rain warnings.