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Wieambilla home where three innocent people shot dead put up for sale

The home where two police officers and a civilian were shot dead in Queensland has been listed for sale.

The house at 251 Wains Road, Wieambilla, is where Gareth, Stacey and Nathaniel Train engaged in a three-hour shootout with police, killing constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow in late 2022.

They also killed neighbour Alan Dare, before the trio were shot dead by specialist police.

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The house is not connected to the electricity grid, and has no running water.

The now dilapidated home has been listed publicly on Realestate.com and Domain for a price of $190,000, being described as a 43-hectare block with dwelling and "history".

"Large lifestyle block, two-bedroom house, small dam and house paddock," the listing says.

"Being sold as part of executor responsibilities for a deceased estate. Hoping for a quick sale to someone who will be respectful of the property, considering its history."

The listing also mentions the house is not connected to the electrical grid or to water.

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The house has fallen into a dilapidated state.

Images of the house show a copy of a gun magazine in the lounge room, and a gun safe in another room, revealing it has apparently not been changed from when the Trains lived there.

Realestate.com.au claimed it had removed the listing after it was deemed inappropriate.

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The Queensland Police Union wants to purchase the property to avoid it falling into public hands, but Aiden Train claims negotiations have stalled.

"The images on the listing were removed as soon as they were brought to our attention," a spokesperson for the company told 9News.

At the time of writing, however, it is still visible on their website.

Aiden Train, Nathaniel's son, is the person trying to sell the house, and has been in negotiations with the Queensland Police Union (QPU) to sell the house to them, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.

Speaking to the newspaper, he said negotiations had stalled.

"It reached a point where a conveyancing contract was drawn up, price agreed, comments went back and forth and amendments were made, however it was never signed and things have sat dormant, with no update from them since October 2025," he told The Sydney Morning Herald.

"I still remain open to selling it to the [union] but it has reached a point where I need to keep my options open to ensure the sale of the property progresses at a reasonable pace."

QPU president Shane Prior said he was "surprised" to see it listed, as the organisation was looking to buy it to keep the property out of public hands.

"The QPU has been negotiating in good faith," he said.

"The QPU is currently undertaking appropriate due diligence in considering the option to purchase the Wains Road property. This includes fiduciary considerations relating to expenditure of member funds for both the purchase and the ongoing property maintenance."

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern moves to Australia

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has moved to Australia.

A spokesperson for the 45-year-old confirmed she and husband Clarke Gayford have taken up work on our shores.

"The family has been travelling for a few years now," the spokesperson said.

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Former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern has moved to Australia.

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"For the moment they're basing themselves out of Australia.

"They have work there and it brings the added bonus of more time back home in New Zealand."

The spokesperson did not confirm how long the family would be in the country or the nature of the work.

Media reports have said Ardern, Gayford and their daughter Neve were seen looking at homes on Sydney's Northern Beaches, in the beachside suburbs of Curl Curl and Freshwater.

The 45-year-old became prime minister of New Zealand in 2017.

She resigned from her role six years later in 2023.

She has since spent time abroad in the US, where she took up dual fellowships at the Harvard Kennedy School.

She was appointed as a trustee of the Prince William's environment award the Earthshot Prize the same year.

Ardern released her memoir A Different Kind of Power in June last year.

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The surprising reason supermarket shelves are being emptied across the country

Viral social media trends are emptying supermarket shelves across the nation as retailers struggle to keep up.

Trends like the viral Biscoff cheesecake have turned yoghurt into a vacant spot at supermarkets.

"It's a constant battle for us to keep up with the trends because they're so fast-moving," Coles development chef and ambassador Michael Weldon said.

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Weldon said the viral Japanese cheesecake saw yogurt sales "go through the roof".Michael Weldon, Coles Development Chef and Ambassador

"The viral Japanese cheesecake has gone a bit crazy.

"We've seen our yogurt sales go through the roof."

Cottage cheese also boomed by 68 per cent in the first half of the financial year.

Some trends are less about flavour and more of a guessing game, such as the viral Clinkers trend that caused shortages of the chocolate.

The trend saw people promising to do something if they were able to correctly guess the colour of the Pascall Clinker they were biting into.

"We saw last September Clinkers went up, they doubled in sales from the year before," Weldon said.

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Purpose built supermarket test kitchens now existing to chase and evolve social trends.Social media trends are now physically emptying supermarket shelves.

Supermarkets and brands are looking to capitalise on the popularity of the products.

Purpose-built supermarket test kitchens are chasing and evolving social media trends.

"We have a team here who's concentrating on looking at what the next big thing is," Woolworths head of commercial rewards Jessica Loader said.

"They're working in our innovation kitchens, they're looking at trends in restaurants and around the world."

"Off the back of trends, we'll develop products to match those trends," Weldon said.

"Shaker Salads has just launched a viral trend at the back of that classic cucumber salad in the Big Shaker Tubs."

The big supermarkets are already predicting the next big thing.

"The next big thing: fibre," Loader said.

"Dumpling lasagna, that one has taken off in the last couple of weeks."

"They're calling it 'swavoury': sweet and savoury," Weldon said.

"Who knows that could be the next one."

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Loud alarm to blare from every phone in Australia at once

A loud alarm will blare from almost every phone in Australia in five months as a new emergency system is rolled out, scrapping the old SMS alerts and providing a lifeline for people caught up in life-threatening situations.

AusAlert is the nation's latest emergency warning system, which will send urgent messages to compatible phones within up to 160m of an impacted area.

"It will alert people to the type of hazard that they are facing, its severity, whereabouts and importantly what action to take," Emergency Management Coordinator-General Brendan Moon said.

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Coordinator-General at the National Emergency Management Agency, Brendan Moon

The system will consist of two notifications: a critical alert that will sound a loud siren from the phone; and a second message that will detail priority information.

The $132 million system is slated to replace the current state-based SMS emergency alerts, and a nationwide test of the program is scheduled hit phones across the country on July 27 at 2pm.

The system will officially launch in October.

"AusAlert messages will appear differently to our current text-based message systems," Emergency Management Minister Kirsty McBain said.

"They will appear on locked screens of mobile devices and exist outside of the standard text messaging app."

The system will prioritise natural disasters, however, notifications can also be sent to alert people nearby to other life-threatening situations, such as serious public safety incidents or terrorism.

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The new SMS system is set to be rolled out later this year.

The technology is already used by more than 30 countries for emergency warning communications.

The government says the system will be more reliable, accurate and efficient than the current SMS alerts. 

All phones made in 2019 onwards will be compatible with the system, with testing on older phones ongoing.

Localised tests are set to begin from June 10 in some areas before the nationwide launch in October.

The rollout of AusAlert comes in response to the 2020 Royal Commission into National Nature Disaster Arrangements, with the commission ruling that emergency warning systems, including mobile alerts, are critical during disasters. 

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CCTV shows group of masked men carrying out brazen kidnapping

CCTV footage has captured the horrifying moment a Sydney man was allegedly kidnapped from a tobacconist shop in the city's south-west.

Footage obtained by 9News appears to show the 53-year-old man being approached by four men in balaclavas outside a tobacco shop on Meadows Road in Mount Pritchard about 6am on Tuesday before they try to snatch him.

He tried to fight them off, but was bundled into a Hyundai hatchback and taken to a property in Dural, according to police.

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The man was bundled into a hatchback early on Tuesday morning.

Police say a covert operation was set up to recover the kidnapping victim under Strike Force Martinook.

Detectives attended a property at Dural around 10.30am today, where they used megaphones to try and entice the alleged kidnappers outside.

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Police staged a covert operation to recover the man early this morning.

When there was no response, armed police moved in on the property.

They were able to recover the missing man as a result of the operation.

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The scene from the Mount Pritchard tobacconist where the man was allegedly kidnapped.

He was assessed by NSW Ambulance paramedics and taken to hospital in a stable condition.

A 16-year-old male was also arrested at the Dural property and taken to Castle Hill Police Station.

Inquiries are ongoing and investigations continue.

Police remain at the Dural house this evening, examining evidence and trying to track down the other individuals involved in the alleged kidnapping.

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Rescuers abseil down 350m cliff to rescue two hikers stuck in alps

Two hikers have been rescued after becoming stuck off a 350-metre cliff in the NSW Snowy Mountains.

Two women in their 20s called emergency services for help after becoming stuck on a rock near Geehi in the Kosciuszko National Park about 6pm on Tuesday.

A crew of 14 SES volunteers made their way to their location before hiking through steep and remote terrain into the night to reach them.

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Two hikers have been rescued after becoming stuck in challenging terrain in the NSW Snowy Mountains.

NSW SES Snowy Monaro Local Commander Chief Inspector Malika Bailey said the crews were also met with poor weather conditions, which made it difficult to safely retrieve the women from the rocks.

"We had to complete a 350-metre vertical rescue, and at times the fog meant we couldn't see two metres in front of us," she said.

"Thanks to strong interagency coordination and the preparedness of the hikers, all members of the group were located and safely retrieved."

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Two hikers have been rescued after becoming stuck in challenging terrain in the NSW Snowy Mountains.

The entire operation took almost 24 hours.

The women were treated by paramedics but did not require hospitalisation.

Luckily for them, they had food, water and weatherproof clothing with them when they became stuck.

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Two hikers have been rescued after becoming stuck in challenging terrain in the NSW Snowy Mountains.

Bailey said conditions in alpine regions change rapidly and even experienced hikers can find themselves in difficult situations.

"Before heading out, check the weather forecast, plan your route carefully, tell someone where you're going and when you expect to return, and carry appropriate clothing, food, water and communication equipment," she said.

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Accused murderer Greg Lynn makes bid for freedom

Accused murderer Greg Lynn is not an unacceptable risk to the community, his lawyers have argued as he makes a bid for freedom.

Lynn, 59, sat staring forward as he made the application for bail in the Victorian Supreme Court this morning.

He is charged with the murder of Carol Clay, 73, who went missing with Russell Hill, 74, from a remote campsite in Victoria's northeast in March 2020.

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Greg Lynn leaving the Supreme Court (court of appeals) after applying for bail.26th of February 2026, The Age news Picture by JOE ARMAO

It's alleged Clay was shot in the head by a projectile from Lynn's gun, senior crown prosecutor Mark Gibson KC told the court today.

Gibson argued the prosecution's case against Lynn was quite strong as he opposed the application for bail.

But Lynn's barrister, Dermot Dann KC, told the court his client should be released, arguing the case against him was weak.

"This is a case with particular problems," Dann said, , as he was challenged by Justice David Beach, who noted the allegations were "terrible and shocking".

The barrister said there were exceptional reasons to grant Lynn bail, including his difficult conditions in custody and his diagnosed heart condition for which he was awaiting surgery.

Prosecutors were also not alleging he was a risk of endangering the community, Dann said.

"He's not suggested to be an unacceptable risk," the barrister told the court.

"Your Honour can impose stringent conditions if there were any slight concerns."

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There could be more searches of a remote Victorian alpine region campsite where campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay were allegedly murdered.

Conditions could include a curfew and a prohibition from attending any points of departure, Dann said.

The defence barrister said Lynn also had strong family support, with his son Geordie and wife of 22 years Melanie in attendance today.

Geordie Lynn was also willing to provide accommodation and put forward his "life savings" as a bail guarantor, the barrister argued.

Gibson argued the range of circumstances did not reach the high bar of being exceptional.

"In our case, the applicant doesn't get to that point and bail should be refused," he said.

Justice David Beach reserved his decision on bail to March 5.

He flagged that Lynn could face a trial as early as July.

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Coroner rules NSW teenager died of a meat allergy from tick bites

NSW teenager Jeremy Webb has become the first Australian to have died from a tick-induced red meat allergy.

The 16-year-old had trouble breathing after he ate a dinner of beef sausages while camping with three friends on the NSW Central Coast on June 10 in 2022.

Jeremy's friends tried to revive him after he collapsed but the asthmatic teenager was pronounced dead after midnight at Gosford Hospital.

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Jeremy Webb died after eating sausages on a camping trip with friends.

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NSW Deputy State Coroner Carmel Forbes ruled Jeremy died from an anaphylactic reaction to mammalian meat which triggered an asthma attack in findings released today.

"The experts appear to agree that an acute exacerbation of asthma was the immediate cause of Jeremy's death and that the evidence is consistent that that acute exacerbation occurred because of a severe allergic reaction to mammalian meat," Forbes said.

"Without the anaphylaxis caused by the allergy Jeremy's asthma would not have caused his death."

The 16-year-old's death was initially ruled to be asthma.

Clinical immunologist and allergy physician Professor Sheryl van Nunen later diagnosed Jeremy with mammalian meat allergy after a tick bite.

Van Nunen told the ABC that Webb's death is the first documented case of mammalian meat allergy in Australia and the second in the world.

A 47-year-old man from New Jersey is believed to be the only other fatal case.

The court heard when Jeremy was about five years old, he and his family moved to a large block of land on the Central Coast which was surrounded by dense bush.

Over the years he experienced a number of tick bites.

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Myfanwy Webb holds a photo of her son Jeremy outside of Lidcombe Coroner's Court on the first day of the inquest into his death on November 17, 2025.

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Following his death, the teenager's parents Myfanwy and Johnathan Webb advocated for an inquest into his death to promote better education into mammalian meat allergy for the public and medical practitioners.

His mother previously told the coroner she missed her son dearly and thought about him every day.

"I may never be able to hold him again but he was and will always be an integral part of my life," she said.

Mammalian meat allergy is also known as alpha-gal syndrome.

In Australia, almost all cases are induced by bites of the eastern paralysis tick, which is endemic throughout the eastern coastal regions of Australia.

Van Nunen has diagnosed and managed more than 800 patients with mammalian meat allergy in the last 20 years.

She told the coroner's court that a tick causes the allergy by injecting an allergen into the body which cause the body to manufacture alpha-gal allergy antibody.

That antibody causes the body to become sensitised to a molecule known as alpha-gal that is found in most mammals including cows, pigs, sheep and kangaroos.

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