A woman's body was likely partially buried in the basement of a Queensland apartment complex at least seven years ago as police release bodycam footage of when her remains were found.

Cleaners came across the skeletal remains wrapped in plastic and covered in dirt, clothes and bedding in a void behind a Besser block wall at a unit complex on Alderley Avenue in Alderley on December 7, 2022.

Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham said police are still trying to identify the victim, who was identified as female last year, but have discovered more details about her death.

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"One of the biggest pieces of the jigsaw puzzle is the identification of the victim," Massingham said.

Massingham said the woman likely died between 2009 and 2015 but it remains unclear whether she died at the unit complex or somewhere else.

He added police have a "high degree of confidence" the body was in the basement unit complex in November 2015 but it is "credible" that the woman died in 2009.

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"Investigations have revealed the woman has been deceased for at least seven years and her body is believed to have been at the unit block where she was located in early December, for that period of time," he said.

"My belief is that they've definitely been here in situ since November 2015. As to their location prior to that, it is unclear if they were at another location or moved here."

Massingham said the time of death for the woman could extend out to 2019.

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He said the woman was Caucasian and aged between 30 and 55-years-old.

"Extensive forensic examinations have confirmed the remains to be of a Caucasian woman, approximately 155-165cm tall, who wore size 10 clothing and had dark brown hair," he said.

"We also know she wore prescription glasses."

Massingham said the unit complex was built in 2006 and contains 16 one-bedroom units.

"We are most of the way through interviewing all past residents in this unit block. We have some 50 remaining to do and so far this lady is not yet identified," he said.

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Police are appealing to anyone who lived in Alderley Avenue or the general area between 2009 and 2015 who may have knowledge of the woman to come forward.

"If you have any information relating to a female who fits this description that may have been a colleague, a friend, an associate who simply disappeared for you to contact Crime Stoppers," Massingham said.

"It's important we give this lady a voice and we find the true circumstances of this tragic death."

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Neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell has avoided time behind bars over a brutal attack on a Nine security guard.

The 29-year-old leader of the European Australia Movement was convicted and sentenced to an 18-month community corrections order with 150 hours community service on Thursday in Melbourne Magistrates Court, where he was previously found guilty of recklessly causing injury and affray.

Sewell, who represented himself in court, asserted the incident was not racially motivated, saying he would have acted the same way regardless of the guard's race or culture in circumstances where he believed his colleague was under attack.

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Magistrate Stephen Ballek previously found Sewell was "itching for a fight" when he visited the Nine building in Melbourne with cameraman Jacob Hersant and demanded to speak to someone from A Current Affair on March 1, 2021.

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Sewell claimed a segment on the program showed his group to be terrorists and said he was not contacted for comment.

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After staff declined to meet, Hersant began filming Sewell inside the foyer, prompting the security guard to put his hand on the lens and tell the pair to stop filming.

"Members of the public who witnessed this ugly event were understandably terrified by what they saw," Ballek said on Thursday.

"The offending is sickening to watch on video. It would have been worse to observe live."

Sewell apologised to one witness to the attack who said in a victim impact statement they had nightmares after the incident.

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The 29-year-old told the court the victim's fears that his supporters would try to intimidate them were unfounded.

The magistrate took into account his work history, along with his fiancée being 36 weeks' pregnant – a factor Sewell emphasised would lead to "undue suffering" through his sentence.

He also asked the court to consider his employer, saying he worked full-time as a labourer and apprentice.

He previously served as a rifleman in the army and worked with disadvantaged youth, he said.

Sewell is due to face a separate County Court trial in August and spent seven months on remand in solitary confinement because of that case.

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Every single bite is a potential source of worry for seven-year-old Oliver Clark, who suffers from a peanut allergy.

However, a breakthrough study by Australian researchers could soon bring some promising relief for many allergy suffers, like Oliver across the country.

The year-long Australian clinical trial found if children eat boiled peanuts it could help them overcome their allergies.

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It is welcomed news to Oliver's mum Cassie Clark, who said her son recently suffered a severe reaction after unwittingly eating a nut fragment in some party lollies.

"It's a matter of life and death," she told 9News.

"You can't be too complacent you have to be strict with it. Just unfortunately he misses out on a lot of the fun things.

"It's really hard for us."

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The Flinders University, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) trial involved 70 children with peanut allergies, who were aged between six and 18 years old.

By the end of the 12-month period, 80 per cent of those children were able to sit down and eat 12 peanuts in one go without having an allergic reaction.

Senior author associate professor Tim Chataway said heat affected the protein structure and allergic properties of peanuts, which means that they were less likely to cause a severe allergic reaction.

"Small and increasing doses of boiled nuts were first given to children to partially desensitise them," he said.

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"When they showed no signs of an allergic reaction, increasing doses of roasted peanuts were then provided to increase their tolerance in the next stage of treatment."

The study however is not a green light for parents to give children with allergies roasted forms of peanuts as any desensitisation must be carried out under strict medical supervision.

It is still positive news for Cassie though, who said the change in her son will be "life-changing" for her family.

"This would put our minds at ease and would take the weight off our shoulders."

Snowboarder Blake Nielson was zig-zagging down the pristine slopes of Big Cottonwood Canyon in Utah when the mountain suddenly gave way below him.

Video, taken from Neilson's helmet, captures the moment he was carried away by the sudden avalanche, which occurred on Sunday.

Amid the sound of rushing wind, and a falling mountain, Nielson can be heard yelling, "Logan, I'm sliding, Logan, I'm sliding!"

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Riding down the avalanche on his back, he can be seen moving his arms in a swimming motion.

In total, Nielson was carried around 90 metres down the snowy slope, but he managed to stay on top of the debris the entire way.

When he got to safety, Nielson shared his experience with Utah Avalanche Centre, explaining he and his friend had tested for instabilities in the snow before setting out.

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Their plan was to drop into Greaseball Couloir, a route just north of the summit of Kessler Peak and ride out of Argenta – another route.

Nielson credits two actions with helping to keep him on top of the avalanche.

"I was able to keep the majority of my body above the snow and was able to radio my partner that I was sliding with the debris," he wrote.

"I made swimming motions with my arms and kicked my board to help keep me on top."

He said the incident has made him "respect the wind".

"Even a small 'manageable' wind pocket can break and carry you a long way in steep terrain with long runouts," he said.

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In the incident log, Nielson said the avalanche was a "soft slab".

It would continue down the slope for another 395 metres before it stopped.

According to the Avalanche Centre this type of avalanche occurs when low density snow is deposited under no wind or light-wind conditions.

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"The snow in a soft-slab avalanche pulverizes immediately after avalanche initiation," it wrote.

There are three-main types of avalanches: slab avalanches, loose-snow avalanches, and gliding avalanches.

Slab avalanches are considered the most dangerous, accounting for more than 90 per cent of avalanche fatalities.

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In grim news for renters, a new report has revealed Australia has recorded its steepest ever annual increase in rental rates.

The new Domain Rent Report, released today and covering the final quarter of 2022, showed that rents in the country's capital cities shot up 17.6 per cent for units and 14.6 per cent for houses in 2022.

"Nationally, asking rents are at historic highs across all cities (apart from Darwin and units in Perth), rents are rising at the fastest annual pace ever seen across the combined capitals and the number of vacant rental properties is at an all-time low for the month of December," report author Dr Nicola Powell said.

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And she said the situation was likely to continue, with tourism, overseas migration and foreign students putting more pressure on a limited supply of rental properties.

"The highly competitive rental market that we saw last year is going to be amplified as Australia embarks on the busiest period in the rental calendar in January," Powell said.

"Due to a seasonal lift, those on the hunt for a new lease this quarter will find slightly more choice as the rental market moves into its busy changeover period at the start of the new year, freeing up some homes for a short amount of time."

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Unit rental price increases

Of the capitals, Perth saw the largest increase in house rental prices year-on-year, rising 15.2 per cent.

It was followed by Brisbane (14.6 per cent), Sydney, (12.1 per cent), Adelaide (11.1 per cent), Hobart (10 per cent), Melbourne (7.9 per cent), Darwin (5.1 per cent) and Canberra (three per cent).

In Hobart, house rents rose 10 per cent, in Melbourne 7.9 per cent, in Darwin 5.1 per cent, in Canberra 3 per cent and in the combined regional centres, 11.1 per cent.

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House rental price increases

Individual areas saw truly jaw-dropping surges, including a 45.1 per cent rise in Paradise Point, Gold Coast, and a 40.6 rise in Adelaide's Hyde Park.

But it's in units where the pinch is really being felt.

"Amid Australia's cost of living crisis, we predict that units will be a popular option for those looking for a rental this year," Powell said.

"Unit rents have been growing faster quarterly than houses in most capital cities, likely because affordability concerns continue to persist."

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Melbourne saw the biggest unit rent rise with 20 per cent, followed by Sydney (18.6 per cent), Brisbane and Adelaide (both 14.3 per cent), Perth (10.3 per cent), Hobart (9.4 per cent), Darwin (8.3 per cent) and Canberra (5.7 per cent).

"There are many factors that have driven the rental market to its current state and there is no quick fix to ease its highly competitive nature," Powell said.

"The government's commitment to building more housing is a great start but we need to see further progress and a change in land use and planning rules to allow for more homes to be built in middle-ring suburbs.

"With the population increasing, rising investor activity is needed to assist with Australia's limited rental market supply, advancements to the build-to-rent sector and more assistance from the government to help shift more tenants into home ownership.

"Investors should be encouraged to participate in social, community and affordable government housing programs.

"On top of that, seeing meaningful improvements in gross rental yields this quarter will hopefully encourage investor activity helping to address supply issues."

Garry Taylor "pulled the pin" on his working life as a builder in February last year, bought a boat and planned to spend his retirement travelling up and down the River Murray.

Instead, he was unknowingly bitten by a mosquito, which caused him to suddenly become "very very sick" and contract Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV).

He is one of only 10 people in South Australia, and 45 across the country, confirmed to have contracted the virus since 2021, according to the health department's website.

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Of the 45 people who have contracted the virus in Australia, seven have died.

NSW Health issued a fresh warning over the potentially deadly virus this week, as it confirmed the first detection of Murray River encephalitis (MVE) – a localised strain closely related to Japanese encephalitis – in a mosquito in Menindee, in far western New South Wales.

The last time locally acquired cases of MVE were detected in New South Wales was 2011.

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Japanese encephalitis' effects

The 71-year-old believes he caught the virus around the time he bought a boat in Goolwa, and drove it along the River Murray back to his home at Sunnydale, near Punyelroo in South Australia's Riverland, in February 2022.

"I never knew I was bitten. I never noticed a mosquito bite or anything that could have indicated that," Taylor said.

Roughly 20 days after the bite, Taylor suddenly became incredibly sick.

"I wasn't feeling great so I decided I would have a shower and watch a movie and I don't remember even having the shower.

"Then I woke up in a hospital, I'm not even sure how many days later."

Taylor's partner Karen remembers exactly what happened.

"It was during the day, he came in from working outside," Karen said.

"He decided he wasn't going to do anymore work and I said, 'well that's fine'.

"It was all okay until we went to bed but then he vomited during the night."

The next morning, Karen called the ambulance as he was delirious and had a high temperature.

Once in hospital, Taylor underwent many tests and eventually got a diagnosis from an interstate hospital, as Adelaide's Lyell McEwin Hospital had never had a case before.

"He was very very sick – this virus just hits people," Karen said.

"He changed completely, he wasn't talking much and if he was talking it was very softly… he's got quite a strong voice."

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Taylor said when he woke up he felt weak and had no idea what had happened.

"I thought if this is what I have to look forward to, I'm not interested.

"There is no cure for this thing, it's like if you get it and you survive, you survive."

He said his partner came to visit him every day and gave him hope.

"I have no complaint about how I was looked after, I think everyone done as good as what could be done for me."

Taylor spent about six weeks in hospital, being admitted on February 20 and was finally released on April 3, 2022.

Since April, Taylor has improved physically since becoming very weak but he is still struggling mentally due to the swelling on his brain.

"I knew my brain wasn't working like it used to," Taylor said.

"I'd been using a computer for years but I couldn't do anything on the computer, couldn't remember codes, couldn't remember any of it.

"Before there were never issues just solutions. Now there are just issues.

"I was an extremely positive person, nothing was ever an issue and when you lose that, you lose a lot."

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Karen said she felt fortunate he didn't die from JEV.

"He has overall recovered very well from a very serious illness," she said.

On top of the diagnosis, the couple have also faced flooding on their property as the River Murray water levels slowly rose over the Christmas and New Year period.

Their house is located on a hill and floodwaters crept up to their front gate.

But they are more concerned about the increase in mosquitos the flood will bring.

'Worst ever' mosquito season ahead

Health authorities yesterday warned the state could experience it's "worst ever" mosquito season yet.

There are five mosquito-borne viruses currently active in the state, including the most common Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus as well as Japanese encephalitis, Murray Valley encephalitis and West Nile Virus.

SA Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said the state's flooding, a wet spring and a hot summer was causing mosquito populations to boom.

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The government is pushing South Australians, especially those in the Riverland, to protect themselves from being bitten by covering up and using mosquito repellent containing DEET or a lemon eucalyptus oil, on any uncovered areas.

"Don't just dab it on like you're using cologne, you have to cover all of your exposed skin's surfaces," Spurrier said.

"It's like sunblock, if you leave an area the mosquito will come and bite you there because you haven't covered up the smell of the skin."

She also suggested removing any excess water from around the house, using mosquito coils and replacing mosquito screens with holes.

What are the symptoms?

Virus symptoms include a fever, headaches, fatigue, muscles aches, joint pains and a rash.

Encephalitis symptoms include a "very serious" inflammation of the brain.

"You might start to get a bit confused, have a neck stiffness and that can lead to a coma and unfortunately we do see some people dying," she said.

Vaccinations for Japanese encephalitis are available for free for those who live or holiday near the river.