Residents in an area of south-west Sydney are up in arms after council bin collectors were caught out mixing recycling with regular rubbish.

Council collectors in the Canterbury-Bankstown LGA were caught on camera picking up red-lidded rubbish bins and dumping them into the same truck as the contents of yellow recycling bins.

Even though residents have sorted through their waste, it's all being taken to the same place: landfill.

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Earlwood local Anne Papoutsis is among those who are upset.

"They should be doing better and they should be telling us the truth," she said.

Residents like Papoutsis have previously had their bins left full on the street after council cameras picked up garbage put in their recycling by mistake.

"They didn't pick it up because it was a plastic cover and then I find out it doesn't really matter, I can throw anything in there now," she said.

The Canterbury-Bankstown mayor Khal Asfour says the issue is isolated to a handful of narrow streets, but confirmed it'll be looked at in a review.

To fix it, they'd need to use smaller rear-loading trucks, doing double the trips, which will cost 10 times more.

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Asfour said it is also a safety issue.

"We can't have large garbage trucks coming into narrow laneways… doing six-point turns or having to reverse," he said.

"When the review recommendations do come through we will make the changes we need to make."

Several other Sydney councils with similar narrow streets have confirmed they collect the bins separately, prompting residents in Canterbury-Bankstown to ask why their council can't do the same.

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An animal welfare charity in Melbourne will soon be bulldozed as the Victorian state government moves ahead with plans to redevelop the Arden Street Precinct in North Melbourne.

Jade Pfeiffer travelled from Geelong to the Lost Dogs' Home on Thursday to adopt a new pet.

"We're looking for a new dog for our family and so we thought coming here would probably be the best bet."

The family was shocked to learn the 114-year-old organisation is being forced to re-locate.

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Deputy Premier Jacinta Allan defended the decision, saying the development would be a new health and innovation precinct which would create thousands of jobs.

"This has been something that we've been working with the Lost Dogs' Home for some time now," she said.

"We really appreciate their cooperation and their understanding."

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Location will be key for the charity, which needs to find a central space large enough for the 15,000 cats and dogs that come through its doors every year.

Lost Dogs' Home spokesperson Suzana Talevski told The Age the organisation was told on Wednesday that the Gracie Street shelter and its headquarters would be compulsorily acquired.

"We have to move, so we're just trying to get the best deal for the animals and for our staff. What that might look like, we're not sure yet," she told The Age.

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Talevski said the state government had promised to assist in its relocation, but the shelter was concerned about finding a new space in a suitable location.

The precinct is set to include more than 12 hectares of open space, including a one-hectare neighbourhood park and apartment towers 40 storeys tall.

The Lost Dogs' Home expects to remain in North Melbourne for the next three to five years before it all takes shape.

Inflation in Australia is expected to peak at an eye-watering 7.75 per cent by year's end, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has forecast.

Currently, Australia's annual rate of inflation is 6.1 per cent for the June quarter.

Chalmers said Treasury expects inflation to track towards 5.5 per cent by the middle of 2023, falling to 3.5 per cent by the end of 2023 and staying there until the end of 2024.

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The Treasurer told members of parliament that while Australia's economic performance is good on a global scale, it provides little relief for residents who are doing it tough.

"Once again Australia is outperforming much of the world but that doesn't make it any easier to pay bills at home," he said.

"More Australians are in jobs than ever before and that is a very welcome outcome but fewer Australians are feeling confident about the choppy waters our economy is in.

"Every extra dollar Australians have to find to service the mortgage is a dollar that can't help meet the high costs of other essentials."

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He described Australia's economic landscape of record-low unemployment and soaring inflation as a "once-in-a-generation" challenge.

"The economic picture I have set up today represents a convergence of challenges, the kind of which comes around once in a generation," he said.

"This a generational challenge that represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity for our country as well."

He said real wages – wage growth minus inflation – won't start growing again until 2023 or 2024.

"The harsh truth is that households would feel the benefits of higher wages while inflation eats up these wage increases and then some. Real wages growth relies on moderating inflation and getting wages moving again," he said.

Real wages have already fallen by 4 per cent since June 2020 as inflation rapidly outstretched wage growth.

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The Treasurer's comments come after Australian senator Jacqui Lambie issued an ominous warning for households, saying she believes the nation is heading into a recession.

Speaking to Today this morning, Lambie said a roast lamb had now become a luxury for Australian families and she believed the economic writing was on the wall.

"People are cutting down on their fuel, doing what they can, carpooling and doing all that sort of stuff," she said.

"I hate to say this, and I don't want to say it, but I think let's be honest here, we're heading into recession.

"It's just what that recession is going to look like, and how bad it is."

In economic terms, a recession is defined as two consecutive quarters in which a nation's GDP falls.

A child has been airlifted to hospital after a "freak accident" at a daycare in regional Victoria.

9News understands the young boy was carrying a pencil before he tripped and sustained an eye injury at Nurture One Napier Street Centre in White Hills, Bendigo.

The preschooler was taken by air ambulance helicopter to the Royal Children's Hospital.

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A G8 Education spokesperson says the "care, safety and well-being of children in their care is the highest priority".

"The team followed our emergency procedures, immediately calling for an ambulance and contacting the child's family," they said.

"Our thoughts are with the child and their family and we will continue to offer our support."

The boy is in a stable condition.

Braving the Canberra chill, women's safety advocates huddled together out the front of Parliament House this morning, marking a day where a workplace right for domestic violence victims edged closer to becoming law.

They laid tulips in memory of those who've died at the hands of a current or former partner, then inside Parliament, they took to their feet to applaud, as Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke introduced legislation for 10 days of paid leave for victims of family violence.

It's a change 10 years in the making that started with the Australian Services Union's "We Won't Wait" campaign, pushing for the universal leave entitlement to be enshrined in the National Employment Standards.

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Without paid leave, union secretary Natalie Lang says it can be harder for women to flee unsafe relationships.

"They really need the ability to attend the bank, to be able to attend court and get safety orders for themselves, to be able to make a safety plan for leaving violence," Lang told 9News.

"A woman's right to safety cannot be dependent on who her employer is."

Frontline workers, including legal advocate Sam Parker, say women need to be given the means to leave safely, while knowing their employment is secure.

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"I've had women sitting in a safe room at court who have taken calls from an employer who's said 'if you don't come back to work now, you don't have a job'."

Currently, more than a third of Australian workers already have access to paid domestic violence leave, but advocates like Tracey Willow say making the entitlement a universal one will save lives.

"I always hope we're going to find the magic ingredient to stop this from happening, and when I hear another woman and children die, I think what more can we do as a society, because it seems we still haven't done enough," she said.

"This is a big step forward, but more needs to happen."

The family of an Australian mountaineer found dead on the world's second-highest peak said their loved one "lived life to the full".

The body of Sydney man Matthew Eakin was found on K2, after he vanished while climbing the mountain last week in northern Pakistan.

Richard Cartier, a physician from Quebec in Canada, was also found dead.

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Eakin's family is among those paying tribute to the men.

"Matthew was a highly experienced and capable high altitude climber who had climbed extensively in Nepal and in Pakistan over the past decade," the family said in a statement.

"Safety was his highest priority. His motto when climbing was 'safety before summit'.

"Any risk he took was calculated and analysed thoroughly, as only he could."

Eakin's family said the mountaineer described his passion for life before his death.

"Many may ask why not stop? Don't you have a death wish? The answers are simple; one day as a tiger is truly worth more than a thousand as a sheep," he said.

"Once you taste the forbidden fruit of adventure and what you truly love doing, you'll never look back. It's sad that many (almost all) don't find this.

"Some people's passions just happen to have a higher probability of death.

"As for having a death wish? Far from it, I have a life wish. A wish to live deeply."

Eakin's family said he cherished every second, whether it was in his work as a tax lawyer, mountaineering or spending time with loved ones.

"(He) did not waste a second of his life," the family said.

"He was a kind-hearted, passionate, generous and larger-than-life character with an enquiring mind."

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing consular assistance to Eakin's family.

"We extend our condolences to his family and friends," a statement read.

"Owing to our privacy obligations we are unable to provide further comment."

The family said it is "grateful and comforted by the outpouring of love and support to our family from around the globe".

"These messages have highlighted to us how Matthew's extraordinary life touched the lives of so many," they said.

It is understood Eakin and Cartier were descending when they encountered trouble.

It is believed the pair fell on a steep slope.

Quebec mountaineer, Justin Dubé-Fahmy, another member of the team, had been documenting the expedition on Facebook.

A post from July 21, explained the trio had reached Base Camp 4 at 7600 metres and would shortly begin their decent.

"Richard, Matt and I were burnt up," Dubé-Fahmy said.

"16 hours of climbing. And today we touched lower C4 (7600m). Heading back to base camp tomorrow. Its getting cold. We are tired after these long 2 days."

Eakin was an administrator of the Facebook group Mountaineers Downunder.

At 8611 metres, K2 is considered the hardest mountain to climb due to its variable weather and treacherous slopes.

Nearly 90 people have died trying to conquer K2 since 1954.

The mountain is located on the border of China and Pakistan.

Teachers, families and students have been left in tears after a private Victorian school was placed into placed into administration.

Parents were told at a meeting last night that the Colmont School in Kilmore, just north of Melbourne, would no longer be operating for its students in Year 3 to Year 10 from Friday.

The families were told the school had gone into administration, and that administrators would try to keep it open for Year 11 and 12 students for as long as possible.

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Students and teachers have been in tears at the school gates today.

"It's heartbreaking and it's terrifying because I don't know if I am going to finish Year 12," School captain Grace Heywood told 9 News.

"I thought COVID was the most absurd thing to happen in my education time, but I don't think anyone saw this coming, and I think this takes the cake."

"Everyone is in a state of shock, no-one really saw this coming.

"It was definitely a very emotional day.

"Everyone's really sad because we're such a tight-knit community and we just don't want to see this school closed so everyone's really emotional about losing their friends and teachers.

"It was a very heavy day."

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Parents have also taken to social media to express their concern.

"Devastated tonight to learn that my kids' school has gone into administration and that it will close in 2 days," one has posted.

"WTF are we meant to do now? The school was working out so amazing for both of them. It's going to be a tough few days."

"We're devastated," a tearful mother said.

However, the late notice of last night's meeting meant many parents and teachers did not attend, and did not become aware of the school's impending closure until they arrived at school this morning

An email was sent to parents yesterday afternoon advising that the school had been placed into administration by the school board, but no time frame for the school's closure was indicated.

"We understand that this will be unexpected and distressing news for your family," the email read.

"The administrators will make decisions about how long the school and school boarding premises will continue to operate and inform families about this decision."

The private school, which was previously known as the Kilmore International School, is one of the state's few International Baccalaureate World Schools, and has students who board as well as day students.

Parents and students will have to travel more than 50kms to get to the closest school for that same education.

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Mitchell Shire councillor and parent Nathan Clark said it was a "shock".

"It's completely out of the blue."

"We have a lot of questions and we are hoping to see some answers from the administrators and the board."

Premier Daniel Andrews has said his government will do anything it can to support the school, but explained the government's ability to help would likely be limited due to the school being private.

"But if there's anything we can do to support those parents," he said.

"We're ready and willing."

A Department of Education and Training spokesperson has said it is working with Independent Schools Victoria on "contingency planning for students affected" by the school closure.

"The Department and the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority will provide information to families about alternative schools," they said.

"Every Victorian child has the right to enrol at their designated local government school, or at another government school of their choice provided it has sufficient space to accommodate them."

9News.com.au has contacted the school for comment.

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