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Aussies who dream of calling holiday hotspots like Thailand and Indonesia home might soon have their prayers answered as the nations attempt to lure foreigners with an enticing new offer.

In a bid to rebuild its economy, the Thai government has announced it will grant Australian retirees a 10-year visa to relocate – and for a fraction of the price that it would cost on home soil.

Similarly, Indonesia's Second Home Visa program – offering foreigners a five- or 10-year permit to live – comes into effect next month.

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For some Australians fed up with cost-of-living woes, the timing couldn't be better.

"I decided to move to Thailand because I can buy a property here for about a third of the price," Australian retiree David Astley said.

Astley is now settled in a three-bedroom home, which he says cost him only $270,000.

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"I pay less than $2 (here) for a flat white … I pay about $4 for lunch," Astley said.

The Indonesiam government is also welcoming "foreigners with open arms", founder of the Indonesian Institute Ross Taylor said.

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"We're getting more and more inquiries of people wanting to come, not just to retire but to come here and set up a business and have a lifestyle," Liam Hayes of the Indonesia Institute said.

Under the Second Home Visa scheme, Australians will need proof of at least two billion rupiahs, which is equivalent to around $200,000.

The new visa will also make it easier for residents to return home to Australia without the need for yearly renewals.

Police have described the scene of a freight train derailment near Geelong as "carnage". 

Containers spilled off the tracks before 6am on Monday, near the Hamilton Highway between Inverleigh and Gheringhap in Victoria's west.

Vision taken from the 9News helicopter showed carriages piled up on top of one another in the aftermath of the crash.

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Victoria Police Sergeant Craig Grant said it was lucky the driver was not injured and there were no passengers on board.

"We don't go to a lot of train accidents however there were multiple carriages piled on top of each other," he said.

The State Emergency Service (SES) has said eight wagons were on the train, none of which were carrying dangerous goods.

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An Australian Rail Track Corporation spokesperson said the derailment occurred at 5.30am and led to the closure of the Melbourne-Adelaide rail corridor.

"The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator has been notified and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has taken control of the site," the spokesperson said.

"ARTC has immediately commenced working with customers on a recovery plan.

"Further details will be provided once a full assessment of the area is complete."

A man accused of slashing Benjamin Suttie's throat in a late-night altercation between two groups south of Brisbane has been found guilty of murder.

Harley David Wegener, 34, was arrested after Suttie's neck was cut at Woodridge in August 2018.

He pleaded not guilty to murder in the Brisbane Supreme Court trial after Suttie, 37, died when his carotid artery was sliced in half in the Prince Park incident.

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Suttie's life support was turned off three days later after suffering multiple organ failure caused by severe blood loss.

The jury at the trial – which has entered its third week – took only a handful of hours on Monday to find Wegener guilty.

It heard he had responded aggressively after being greeted by Suttie as their respective groups passed in the park in 2018.

Suttie, a father-of-five, tried to de-escalate the situation but Wegener reached into a satchel and started slashing towards the face and then neck.

Wegener said he had received a 30cm sharp fishing knife as a birthday gift from his brother and carried it around to feel safe at Woodridge.

A specialist had never seen a cut as clean as Suttie's slashed artery in their 15 years at Princess Alexandra Hospital, the court heard.

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Medical evidence indicated the weapon used had a sharpness almost identical to a surgical scalpel.

The knife has never been found after Wegener claimed to have dropped it as he fled the park.

Wegener is set to be sentenced by Justice Melanie Hindman on Thursday.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed he will meet with China President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit tomorrow.

After stepping off a plane in Bali ahead of the G20 summit that begins tomorrow, Albanese confirmed to reporters formal talks had been locked in between the two leaders.

"Tomorrow, I will be having a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi. That will take place tomorrow afternoon and I'm looking forward to that constructive meeting," he said.

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It will be the first formal bilateral meeting between an Australian prime minister and the Chinese president in six years and comes at a time when the relationship between the two countries is tattered.

Albanese said he would enter the conversation with Xi with "goodwill" and expected to push China to lift its trade sanctions imposed on Australian goods.

"There are no preconditions on this discussion," he said.

"I've said since I became the prime minister, but before then as well, that dialogue is always a good thing.

"We need to talk in order to develop mutual understanding."

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Albanese was also asked whether he will pressure Xi to take more action on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

"We have a very clear position and it's a consistent position, that there is a need for Russia to withdraw from this aggressive action that is against international law and that is creating hardship, particularly of course in Ukraine, but is also damaging the international economy and damaging international food security," Albanese said.

The las formal bilateral meeting between an Australian prime minister and the Chinese president was with Malcolm Turnbull in 2016, although former prime minister Scott Morrison had a brief informal discussion with Xi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in 2019.

US President Joe Biden and Xi have also agreed to hold formal bilateral talks on the sidelines of the G20 in the wake of a dramatic decline in US-China relations.

Biden is expected to raise concerns over China's aggression towards Taiwan and its ties with Russia.

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Today's announcement comes after Albanese had a brief discussion with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the ASEAN gala dinner in Cambodia, in what was the most significant meeting between the two countries in three years.

Albanese said he had a "very positive" chat with Li, the second most powerful man in China.

"I think it's a good thing that happened," Albanese said yesterday.

"I've said repeatedly about the relationship with China, that we should cooperate where we can, and that dialogue is always a good thing. And last night's dialogue was very positive."

Police are probing the motive behind a drive-by shooting in Sydney's west overnight that left bullet holes in the home of the infamous Skaf family.

Officers were called to the Greenacre home around 9pm on Sunday after reports shots were fired at the home.

CCTV shows three bullets fired at the home before the car takes off.

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No one was injured and no other property was damaged.

Police believe it was a planned and targeted attack after the getaway car pulled into the street at 6.25pm, laying in wait for two-and-a-half hours.

The property is home to members of the Skaf family.

Brothers Bilal and Mohammed were convicted of a series of gang rapes in Sydney's south-west in the 1990s.

Bilal remains behind bars and Mohammed lives at the Greenacre property on strict parole.

Younger brother Hadi, who was not involved in the crimes, also lives at the home.

Detectives are now investigating whether the target of the shooting was Hadi, 22, who was in court last week after being charged with possessing a loaded firearm in public.

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Residents have been left shaken by the brazen crime.

"I looked and I was like, 'Oh my God, we've got a crime scene, the police are here'," local Mary Dojas said.

"I thought maybe somebody had been shot.

"It does worry us but we have to live it."

Forensic crews spent the night combing the street for evidence while detectives returned today and doorknocked for clues to help them close in on the gunman.

A bus driver who drove a double-decker businto a low-roofed garage, causing $NZ98,000 ($89,000) worth of damage, was not unjustifiably dismissed, New Zealand's Employment Relations Authority has ruled.

Ivan Young was a bus driver for Wellington bus company Cityline, which operated in the regions of Eastbourne and Kaiwharawhara.

In March, Young drove a double-decker bus into a Cityline garage built for single-decker buses.

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The "substantial" damage cost $NZ98,000 ($89,000) to repair and ultimately contributed to Young's dismissal, the authority said.

On top of the crash, Cityline alleged Young failed to stop at a compulsory final stop outside the depot and exceeded the depot speed limit of 5km/h.

Cityline operations manager Kenneth Pearson​ told the authority the incident was a concern for the business.

"Bus drivers must drive with due skill, care and attention at all times. Any failure to do so can have very serious, and indeed fatal, consequences," Pearson​ said.

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Following an investigation, Pearson​ reached the conclusion that a dismissal was warranted.

"Having a driver who is so disconnected from their driving that they do not know what speed they are going, do not know how big their bus is and manage to drive a bus into a building going twice the speed limit is deeply concerning," he said.

"The company cannot accept such a level of inattention on the job."

A union representative, on behalf of Young, raised two previous incidents in which bus drivers had driven double-decker buses into the low-roofed garages and were not dismissed.

But Pearson​ said that as Cityline had previously warned drivers "not to drive double-decker buses into the barn", and Young was driving faster than in the previous incidences, the accident was more serious.

Young​ submitted a claim for unjustified dismissal to the authority and alleged Cityline acted inconsistently by dismissing him for an accident other workers had previously been warned for.

At the time of his dismissal, Young​ was the fifth bus driver to drive a double-decker bus into the low-roofed garage, the authority heard.

The union argued that as Young​ was the first driver of the five to be dismissed for such an incident, the decision was not fair or reasonable.

Authority member Michael Loftus​ concluded Cityline was within its rights to dismiss Young​.

There was no disparity between the company's response, because Young was accused of a higher number of additional charges than the previous accidents, he said.

"Young entered the depot at about three times the posted speed (15km/h) while the other driver's entry speed was double (10km/h). While the other driver slowed to the required speed before hitting the garage, Young did not," Loftus​ said.

Pearson​ said the most important factor in Young's accident was that warnings for drivers about the garage had been posted through three different methods.

Young's​ claim that "no-one reads these messages", was dismissed by the authority.

It ruled that Cityline's decision to dismiss was fair and reasonable. Young​ failed in his claim to have the dismissal ruled unjustified.

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Flooding across the New South Wales Central West is forecast to break records as a wild weather system wreaks havoc across multiple states.

Major flooding is occurring in multiple areas including Parkes, Forbes, Eugowra, Molong, Cowra, Canowindra, Blayney, Young, and Yass.

Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Steven Bernasconi warned Forbes could break the 1952 flood record of 10.79 as water levels are expected to rise to 10.8 metres on Thursday.

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At Eugowra there were 140 flood rescues in the town overnight with more than 100 of those from a roof, Emergency Services Minister Steph Cooke said.

"This means with a population of 700, more than one in five residents have been rescued by helicopter or boat," she said.

Bernasconi said the river at Eugowra reached major levels of 9.7 metres this morning and is now falling slowly.

Residents still have their sense of humour despite the flood emergency.

"Luke always wanted a creek running through his property, maybe he'll second guess that idea because we have a literal house surrounded by water," a Eugowra resident said.

Condobolin, which remains cut off by floodwaters, will see renewed river rises from tomorrow and the Lachlan River is currently at 7.3 metres.

Bathurst has also seen fast-flowing river rises with the peak expected this afternoon at seven metres, higher than the 1998 record of 6.7 metres.

In Canowindra, more than 120mm of rain fell in less than 12 hours shocking residents.

"I went to school in Canowindra and I've never seen a flood like this in my life," one local said.

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Cooke said 12 flood rescue operators have been recruited from New Zealand to help with the weather emergency as the Central West hits the 62nd day of the flooding event.

"They'll be heading straight to Parkes tomorrow to support the SES and other emergency service personnel," she said.

The government is also in talks with the US and Singapore for assistance.

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Isolated storms could bring more rain this week

Bernasconi warned there may be isolated severe storms over the state's north-east today, bringing damaging wind gusts which could fell trees in already saturated ground.

In terms of the forecast for the remainder of the week, Bernasconi said there could be a severe thunderstorm over the NSW North Coast on Wednesday afternoon.

"From Tuesday onwards, severe thunderstorms are still possible over parts of the Hunter and Mid North Coast and they're extending east of the ranges on Wednesday," he said.

"Cooler temperatures are forecast over much of the state on Tuesday and Wednesday in wake of the system. With that, you can expect temperatures for inland NSW which will fall 10C below average.

"Snow is forecast to develop on the alps on Tuesday with snow getting to around 900 metres on Tuesday night. There may be a dusting on the Central Tablelands."

Nearly 40 schools remain without power in South Australia

Meanwhile, in South Australia, nearly 40 schools remain without power after the savage weekend storms.

The intense thunderstorms generated more than 100,000 lightning strikes along with winds of up to 106km/h.

Department of Education chief executive Martin Westwall said hundreds of SACE students were meant to sit exams today.

"The SACE board's got a process, just as if it was a bushfire or the student was ill or something like that, to make sure that no student is disadvantaged by not sitting the exam today," he said.

More than 30,000 homes and businesses remain without power.

It follows a peak of 163,000 customers left in the dark as the state suffers its worst outage since the 2016 statewide blackout. 

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The SES has reported 145 calls for help today.

Matt Brady, who lives in one of the worst-hit areas in Hawthorndene, said parts of his home and cars have been damaged while his family of four has been left without power since Saturday.

"We don't have any mobile service, we don't have any power, we don't have two cars that have been damaged, we've just lodged three insurance claims yesterday and each slugs you a 1000 bucks excess," he said.

Paul Roberts from SA Power Networks said some people could be left without power until Wednesday and possibly even longer.

"The vast majority (will have power) back tomorrow. We're trying to manage expectations, obviously because this is such a major event in terms of the impact on the network," he said.

The damage and debris could take weeks to clear and repair as crews race to reach those affected.

In Melbourne, heavy rain and storms overnight left 500 Victorians calling emergency services for help.

Major to moderate flood warnings are in place for parts of the state, particularly in areas that were only recently inundated by water.

Drivers and machinery operators worked the most dangerous jobs in the country last year, a government report investigating workplace deaths has revealed.

The agriculture, forestry and fishing industries recorded the worst worker fatality rates, with 10.4 deaths per 100,000 people, the 2021 data from Safe Work Australia showed.

In total, 169 Australians died at work last year, leaving home to earn a dollar and never returning, almost all of them men.

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The report showed 96 per cent of worker fatalities were male – only six women died – and substantially more older people died compared to the young.

The most dangerous age demographic was 55-64 years old, with 43 deaths, followed by 33 fatalities in the 45-54 age range, and 29 fatal accidents for those aged 65 and over.

Vehicle collisions accounted for 64 deaths, or 38 per cent of all fatalities.

Twenty-four workers were killed by a moving object, 19 fell to their deaths, and 16 were fatally struck by an item falling from above.

Eleven people were fatally trapped by moving machinery, the report said.

After machinery operators and drivers, jobs which counted 68 deaths, labourers and managers recorded the next highest fatalities.

Other industries with high number of worker deaths included the transport, postal, warehousing, mining and construction sectors.

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New South Wales recorded most deaths in the country last year, with 46, followed by 43 in Queensland and 34 in Victoria.

The Northern Territory was by some margin the most dangerous state or territory by capita, with 3.1 fatalities per 100,000 workers.

From a peak of 310 deaths in 2007, the fatality rate of workers in Australia has decreased by 35 per cent over the past 10 years.

There were 130,195 serious workers' compensation claims in 2021; the most common complaint was "body stressing", accounting for 37 per cent of all injuries.

Median compensation was $55,270 per claim.

Mental health accounted for a relatively small but increasing proportion of claims.

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The AFL has confirmed one of the men arrested by police over suspicious betting activity linked to the Brownlow Medal is an umpire.

Four men were arrested today over the alleged release of voting tallies from matches this year.

"It's alleged that a person with knowledge of the voting tally of these matches distributed the information to a group of people known to them," a police spokesperson said.

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AFL executive general manager of football operations and general counsel Andrew Dillon said the body was made aware of the "potential suspicious activity" just days after this season's Brownlow Medal count.

"The AFL was made aware by one of our betting agency partners and the AFL Integrity Unit immediately gathered further information," he said.

"Given the nature of the alleged activity we engaged Sports Integrity Australia and Victoria Police to assist with the matter."

Dillon said the Brownlow votes were sealed and stored in a secure off-site location and not opened until they were delivered on stage on Brownlow night.

"The sealed vote cards are audited throughout the season by KPMG," he said.

Police are investigating exactly how much money was awarded from the bets.

Police said they have no information to suggest that the outcome of the votes was impacted by the alleged leaks.

The arrests came after police executed warrants at multiple properties in Melbourne's northern suburbs.

Police seized several mobile phones and electronic items and arrested two 32-year-old men from Glenroy, a 29-year-old man from Oak Park and a 27-year-old man from Drouin.

"We have a dedicated team of detectives at the Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit who are committed to investigating any and all allegations of corruption in sport," Deb Robertson, from Victoria Police's Intelligence and Covert Support Command, said.

"Victorians are well known for their love of AFL and in particular, the prestigious Brownlow Medal award, but equally they want to know that there is integrity, fairness and honesty behind this award.

"We have been working with the AFL and Sport Integrity Australia in relation to these matters, and we will continue to work together to target, disrupt and apprehend people who commit these offences.

"The public assistance is a really key part – we know there are people out there involved in sport who see or hear things they know are not right and we need them to speak up.

"This can also be done confidentially via Crime Stoppers."

All four men who were arrested have now been released from custody.

The Brownlow Medal, awarded to the best and fairest player across the home and away season, is decided by umpire votes after each match.

It was won this year by Carlton captain Patrick Cripps.