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The Southern White Rhinoceros is set to have a better chance at survival thanks to a new Australian breeding program.

Zoos SA and Taronga Western Plains Zoo joined together to exchange Southern White Rhinoceros breeding bulls to ensure breeding success and genetic diversity within the population.

Zoos SA Monarto Safari Park's 29-year-old Satara made the trip to Dubbo while Taronga Western Plains Zoo's 27-year-old Umfana made the trip to South Australia as part of the program.

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Keepers and staff last week undertook a 13-hour road trip to move the 2000 kilogram rhinos

Senior Keeper at Monarto Safari Park Mark Mills said the arrival of Umfana was a vital continuation of the breeding program.

"I was here when Satara first arrived at Monarto Safari Park and then was here to load him on the trailer for the next part of his journey in Dubbo," he said.

"It's great to now have Umfana here to broaden the gene pool and play an important part in our breeding program of this endangered species.

"He has settled in really well and is now out in his new habitat and is very happy and healthy."

Both bulls travelled well throughout their respective journeys in purpose-built crates, thanks to months of careful planning and preparations, Taronga Western Plains Zoo White Rhino Keeper Bobby-Jo Vial said.

Visitors can now see Umfana near the White Rhino Boma at Monarto Safari Park and keepers will soon introduce him to the female crash; Uhura, Umqali and Savannah.

Southern White Rhinoceros are classified as endangered with around 10,000 remaining in the wild.

One of the biggest threats to the population is poaching for the international rhino horn trade, which commands a high value on the black market.

A funeral has been held for the teenage father-to-be stabbed and killed at the Sydney Royal Easter Show nearly a fortnight ago.

Uati "Pele" Faletolu was knifed in the chest while on a break from working on one of the rides at the event.

Today dozens of loved ones dressed in black gathered at the Hillsong Church in Baulkham Hills, including his pregnant girlfriend.

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Mourners wore shirts emblazoned with Uati's face and the number 12, which was on his football jersey.

A traditional haka was performed as the 17-year-old's coffin was carried from the church, and family in New Zealand held their own service and released balloons.

Police were stationed around the complex, serving as a reminder that after 11 days the person or people responsible for the 17-year-old's murder have not been found.

A brawl broke out after the stabbing and a 15-year-old was arrested but is not thought to be responsible for Uati's death.

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Earlier this week detectives urged anyone who witnessed the fight or was in the carnival area of the Easter Show that night to come forward.

NSW Police Homicide Squad Commander Danny Doherty said investigators have combed through "hours and hours" of video footage since the attack, but have been unable to identify the person or people responsible.

"We can see that there are a significant number of people have their phones up filming this incident, not exactly the murder but at least the brawl straight after," Detective Superintendent Doherty said.

"They may have this image now on their phone and unknowingly recorded who is responsible and have not come forward.

"We are appealing for information not only from people who were present and may have seen something unusual, but who may have actual footage that may be incredibly vital to solving who was responsible for this murder of young Pele."

A hospitality giant has said rising meat prices have forced it to charge pub patrons more for their meals.

The Endeavour Group, which runs 344 hotels and clubs across the country, increased revenue by 3.8 per cent to $405 million in the 13 weeks up to April, as COVID-19 restrictions began to ease.

Chief executive Steve Donohue said that because of soaring red meat prices, they reluctantly passed on the costs to customers.

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"We've had to put up our steak prices by $1 or $2 which we don't like doing," he said.

Mr Donohue said the accommodation and gaming parts of the hotels were the strongest performers.

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"Food's been a bit tougher, and drinks too," he said.

The 258 Dan Murphy's stores, and 1411 BWS liquor outlets under the company suffered a 3 per cent slip in sales to $2.32 billion as more people ventured out to drink, instead of at home.

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Westpac has been ordered to pay a combined penalty of $113 million for what a Federal Court judge has described as "widespread compliance failures".

Justice David Beach today penalised Westpac $40 million for charging advice fees to over 11,800 deceased customers, marking the final judgement of six separate civil penalty proceedings against the bank.

Other judgements previously made by the court included rulings on the bank's duplication insurance policies (fined $15 million), failure to disclose fees (fined $6 million) and allowance of deregistered company accounts to remain open (fined $20 million).

Westpac was also fined $12 million for charging higher interest rates on credit cards and fined $20 million for charging customers commissions that had been banned.

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Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Deputy Chair Sarah Court said the court's decisions reflected a profound problem with Westpac's internal culture.

"The breaches found by the Court in these six cases demonstrate a profound failure by Westpac over many years and across many areas of its business to implement appropriate systems and processes to ensure its customers were treated fairly," Ms Court said.

"Westpac, like all licensees, has an obligation to be honest and fair in its provision of financial services. Despite this, Westpac failed to prioritise and fund the systems upgrades necessary to help fulfil this obligation."

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Ms Court said huge numbers of Australians had been affected by Westpac's failure to have adequate processes in place to comply with the relevant laws.

"Over the course of 13 years, more than 70,000 customers have been affected by these failures, either by being incorrectly charged or given the wrong information," she said.

"The sheer scale of this impact suggests that, at the time, Westpac had a culture that did not prioritise compliance."

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While Westpac is the parent company, the six judgements affect a number of Westpac businesses including BT Funds Management, Magnitude Group and Asgard Capital Management Limited.

In a statement to 9News.com.au Westpac apologised to customers and said the $113 million in penalties have been provisioned in the banks full year 2021 results.

"Westpac acknowledges that the Federal Court has now heard all six civil penalty proceedings which were commenced by ASIC in November 2021 and ordered penalties in the amounts agreed with ASIC and previously disclosed," a spokesperson for the bank said.

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"In November 2021, Westpac announced it had reached agreement with ASIC to resolve six separate longstanding matters through agreed civil penalty proceedings filed in the Federal Court of Australia. The issues are all previously disclosed.

"Westpac and ASIC jointly submitted agreed proposed penalties for each of the proceedings, totalling $113 million. These penalties have been substantially provisioned (together with anticipated legal costs) in Westpac's Full Year 2021 results.

"Westpac again apologises to all affected customers. Remediation is now complete or substantially progressed."

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Rare new vision of an all white humpback whale captured by a Queensland teen has sparked speculation Australia's beloved Migaloo may have reproduced.

Brayden Blake spotted the white whale about 500 metres off the coast of Fingal Head, while holidaying in New South Wales on Thursday.

The 16-year-old instantly thought of the famed whale Migaloo, who hasn't been seen yet this season, but marine expert Dr Wally Franklin thinks the "extremely intriguing" footage could indicate an even more impressive sight – a new albino white whale.

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"If it is Migaloo, he's the only albino whale in the eastern Australian group, which now numbers over 40,000 whales and if it's a younger white whale, that'd only be two out of 40,000," Dr Franklin told 9News.com.au.

"So it's an incredibly rare occurrence.

"This is the first time that I've been able to say that the white whale I'm looking at could be a white whale other than Migaloo."

Brayden does drone shark surveillance for Surf Live Saving NSW and couldn't believe his eyes when he saw a white whale splashing in the water.

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He raced home to grab his personal drone to nab some footage, which has led to the potentially new discovery being pursued by experts.

"My heart was racing … it was just really, really cool," Brayden told 9News.com.au.

"I was so lucky to see it."

The whale can be seen frolicking with a pod of dolphins in footage exclusively obtained by 9News.

Dr Franklin said there is a strong chance this white whale may follow in Migaloo's footsteps and show up in Queensland's Hervey Bay, as Migaloo did in 1992.

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While Dr Franklin believes the new discovery is remarkable, he said at this stage "we are not close enough to affirm the individuality of the whale".

However, he said there are several things that indicate the whale is not Migaloo and instead a potential offspring.

One hint could be the timing of this sighting as younger whales are believed to begin their migration from Antarctica to Queensland before older ones.

"The timing of the sighting is consistent with it being a younger whale, because it's still very early in the season," Dr Franklin said.

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He said normally Migaloo turns up in late June, early July.

"He's been very consistent with those initial sightings so that could be a good indication that this might be a second white whale, which in itself would be quite incredible," the marine scientist said.

Dr Franklin has been able to identify Migaloo from photographs of his dorsal fin, "which has quite a distinctive shape".

"Along the backbone of the humpback whale, the knobs of the backbone do often show," he said.

"In in the case of Migaloo, he has two distinctive knobs on his backbone, relative to the dorsal.

"You've got to be able to photograph the dorsal on the back, which you can get because he does tend to flick up when he rises up out of the water."

"The trailing edge of his flute has a very distinctive shape as well because humpback whales have a serrated edge to their tale flute and that's quite unique.

"Humpbacks are the only whale out of the 80 odd species that have a serrated edge."

"It is like a fingerprint."

The new vision comes as major news to experts and Migaloo fans abroad, with Dr Franklin believing there to be more opportunities this whale watching season for people to view the spectacular animal.

"There will be opportunities for other people to sight him, possibly photograph him."

However, due to the hype that came about when the famous white Migaloo was first spotted in 1991, the Queensland government implemented legislation which aimed to protect him and any whale of his kind.

Queensland law requires that Migaloo, or any white whale, be given 500 meters of space under a Special Management Declaration.

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Who is Migaloo?

The all white was first pictured on June 28, 1991 passing Byron Bay.

The indigenous community in Queensland used the world "migaloo" to describe a "white fella" – sparking the name that's now been heard around the world.

At the time he was the only documented all-white whale on the planet.

Skin samples were collected from Migaloo in 2004, which allowed researchers from Southern Cross University Whale Research Centre to confirm he is a male bornin 1986.

He's been sighted along the east coast of Australia with another whale known as Milo, which provided "valuable insight into the migratory behaviour of humpback whales" along Australia's coast.

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