Amelia Adams has been recognised for her outstanding work with two major honours at the prestigious Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism.

Adams was honoured for her work as US Correspondent, including coverage of the US Capitol riots earlier this year, winning the Tom Krause Award for Outstanding Foreign Correspondent and Outstanding TV News Reporting.

60 Minutes' Liz Hayes, Gareth Harvey and Natalie Clancy took out the Paul Lockyer Award for Outstanding Regional Broadcast Journalism and the 9News team won the Outstanding Online News Breaking award for the second successive year.

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A return trip across the Sydney Harbour Bridge could soon cost drivers double, according to documents released by the NSW Government.

Labor has accused the state government of a "secret plan" to introduce a northbound toll on the bridge.

Premier Dominic Perrottet rejected the claims during Question Time today.

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"The government has not made a decision," Mr Perrottet said.

Labor said the revelations are based on a line buried in a Transport for NSW report.

A two-way toll on the Sydney Harbour Bridge would cost motorists $3 travelling each direction.

This could set the average city worker back around $600 a year.

Currently, there is just a southbound toll on the bridge.

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Opposition leader Chris Minns said the community was "outraged about the number of tolls in the city".

"Sydney is already the most tolled city in the world," he said.

"The government needs to come clean with the people of New South Wales about its sneaky plans to impose a new toll on the Sydney Harbour Bridge."

When Mr Minns was pressed about Labor's plans for tolls, he refused to rule out any changes.

"It's difficult for us to outline our policy position."

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For many of us grocery shopping is a mundane task, but for people living with dementia hitting the shops can be an overwhelming excursion.

Coles has partnered with aged care provider HammondCare to build mini supermarkets within their facilities nationally.

Former NSW Premier and now Hammondcare CEO Mike Baird said the organisation's dementia-friendly village in Melbourne's east will be the first to open a mini Coles on site.

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"Research shows that those with dementia — often the activity they miss the most is shopping," Mr Baird told 9News.

"It is all about independence, it is about dignity, it is about choice … about residents doing the activities they enjoy."

Coles Group CEO Steven Cain said the stores would be small in size, but big in range.

Supermarket shelves will be stocked with items that reflect the tastes of their more senior consumers.

"Quite often what they are looking for is smaller cuts of vegetables, smaller cuts of meat," Mr Cain said.

"A lot of them like brands they've got used to over their time."

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HammondCare resident Una Daniel is among 500,000 Australians living with dementia.

The 83-year-old is excited about the concept of having a mini supermarket just a short walk from her aged care cottage.

"I'm very definite about what I want … and that needs to be taken into account," Ms Daniel said.

"I love soup and I love fish … and I love things like French bread."

Unlike major modern grocery stores, residents will not have to grapple with self-checkouts.

They can simply choose the items they need and take them back to their accommodation.

The first Coles/HammondCare mini supermarkets will open in Caulfield, Victoria, followed by outlets in Adelaide and Sydney.

While the final designs are still in progress, the aim is to allow visitors such as residents' family members to also patronise the little supermarkets.

Mr Cain said the supermarket giant was not eyeing off a major move into aged care, but the company was cognizant seniors account for a large proportion of their consumer base.

"As people go through their life stages from being a baby to being more elderly, we want to be able to serve them right through their life."

Recaptured fugitive Mostafa Baluch has arrived in Sydney after being extradited from Queensland.

The alleged drug smuggler landed at Bankstown Airport on a PolAir aircraft just after 6.50pm.

Footage shows police officers standing nearby as the small aircraft, a Cessna Grand Caravan, taxied on the runway in Bankstown.

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Mr Baluch is set to be transferred into the custody of Corrective Services NSW and charged at the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre.

The 33-year-old had been on the run for two weeks before police found him sitting in a Mercedes-Benz stored inside a shipping container on a truck early yesterday.

Mr Baluch was wanted over an alleged $270 million cocaine smuggling operation and had been on the run for two weeks after allegedly skipping bail when breaking free from his ankle security bracelet.

He faced Southport courthouse today where NSW Police applied for extradition back to Sydney where it was granted.

He was recaptured at a Tweeds Head border checkpoint at 1am yesterday when a Queensland police officer knocked on the side of the suspicious white container.

He then heard a knock back from inside. Police believe it was a pre-arranged signal.

Police said Mr Baluch was "shocked" to be met by uniformed Queensland police officers and not alleged underworld figures.

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Moving through the night for some hours, police said Mr Baluch probably believed he'd reached his final destination, somewhere in Queensland, where he allegedly hoped to make a jump overseas.

Mr Baluch was suspected to be involved in the biggest-ever plot to allegedly import cocaine into Sydney, including 900 kilograms seized off Ecuador.

The driver was already of interest to NSW Police, Detective Critchlow said, describing the man and his trucking company as "involved in transportation but he also transports other commodities from time to time".

The Australian Federal Police, the NSW, Queensland, Victorian and South Australian police forces were involved in the manhunt for Mr Baluch.

A truck driver has also been arrested and implicated in broader alleged smuggling operations.

Mr Baluch was granted local court bail, in an application opposed by police, and walked from jail after putting up his $4 million property as bond and agreeing to wear an electronic monitoring anklet.

"The property is now forfeited to the state," NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Stuart Smith said.

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The grieving wife of a father-of-four killed in an alleged Melbourne hit-run has said the arrests made by police today would bring her family closure.

Police arrested two men this afternoon over the alleged hit-run that claimed the life of traffic worker Timmy Rakei and left his colleague, Shaun Kilmartin, seriously injured.

The pair had been setting up cones on the road near the corner of Hall Road and Lats Avenue in Carrum Downs when they were allegedly struck by a red Holden about 7.15am on Tuesday.

Mr Rakei died and Mr Kilmartin suffered life-altering injuries in the crash.

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Police allege the male driver was picked up by another man driving a black Hyundai SUV after the incident at about 7.45am.

Mr Rakei's son Ben and wife Tania Boyte today visited the site where he was killed.

Ms Boyte said the arrest of the two men had brought her closure.

"I'm glad that the police have them," she said in a statement.

"They let me know shortly after it happened and I just want to say how grateful I am to the police for all their hard work in bringing them in.

"It helps to bring a bit more closure to what has happened to us."

A 30-year-old man with no fixed address was arrested at a property on Boundary Road in Carrum Downs just after 2pm today.

He was taken to Frankston police station, where he will be interviewed by detectives from the Major Collision Investigation Unit in relation to the crash.

A second man was arrested after attending the same police station just after 3pm.

The 25-year-old man, from Carrum Downs, remains in custody.

Mr Kilmartin, 38, has since undergone surgery at the Royal Melbourne Hospital after the bone in his leg snapped through his skin.

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The Traralgon man today spoke from his hospital bed, paying tribute to his colleague.

"He was such a likable bloke and always took care of the people he worked with," he wrote.

"I can't imagine what his family are going through. They need all the support we can give.

"You just don't expect something like this to happen. It didn't have to happen."

Mr Kilmartin said he is looking forward to being released from hospital soon.

Mr Rakei's partner, Tania, said she had received an outpouring of support from his colleagues and the community since his death.

"The support has been overwhelming," she said in a statement.

"It's so emotional and just reminds me of what a good person he was."

Police said the investigation remains ongoing.

Detectives are yet to locate the black Hyundai SUV allegedly involved in the incident and urge anyone with information regarding its whereabouts to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

A torrent of wet weather has pummeled the town of Stanthorpe in Queensland's Southern Downs region, sweeping away roads.

The watery onslaught comes as the country's east coast prepares for a week of raging weather and potential flooding amid record-breaking rainfall.

A year ago, the town was battling a dire drought, with water trucked in to aid struggling farmers.

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Now, residents are enjoying the rain, with one local filming her dalmatian leaping for joy through the rare floodwater.

But it's not all good news, with more footage showing the destruction of a local road decimated by the rain.

The sheer volume of precipitation broke records, with close to one hundred millimetres dumped on the town overnight.

Locals have been warned to never drive, or walk through floodwater.

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Vic Pennisi, the Southern Downs Mayor, said the rain was a rare and welcome sight in the region.

"We've just come out of drought. We're actually still drought declared to be quite honest," Mr Pennisi said.

"We did have concerns in the early hours of this morning where we had to get a few sandbags out."

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One Applethorpe local, Ronda Speranza, woke to find ankle-deep water filling her house.

Ms Speranza said in 40 years of living in the region, she's never seen anything like it.

"Basically I just woke up in the middle of the night and stepped out of bed and stepped into water," she said.

"The entire house, it's a five-bedroom house and every room is flooded, the bottom of every wardrobe, every kitchen cupboard.

"Everything that could float was floating outside."

Ms Speranza said she's feeling shaken, and still waiting for electricity to return in her home.

The water also damaged her fruit shop next door, requiring all produce to be discarded.

"Obviously this is the worst that's ever happened," Ms Speranza said.

A Gold Coast man is being hailed a hero after chasing and tackling an alleged car thief he saw running from police through a playing field in Labrador.

Dramatic helicopter footage captured the moment the suspect exited his car and ran through the field, only to be run down and bundled to the ground by the speedy bystander.

The takedown unfolded near dozens of parents and spectators enjoying a children's OzTag semi-final.

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Police were able to catch the suspect moments later, praising the efforts of the Gold Coast man.

"It's probably the case this fellow should be on the field rather than being a spectator," Queensland Police representative Chris Ahearn said.

"Great effort and we're thankful for his assistance."

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Mr Ahearn confirmed police had been tracking the suspect and his alleged accomplice, who were driving a stolen Volkswagen Golf.

The pair were spotted weaving through traffic and driving dangerously through the Gold Coast's northern suburbs.

A police helicopter was tracking the vehicle by air, while other officers pursued by road from Coomera to Runaway Bay.

The man had refused to stop, forcing police to employ tyre deflation devices.

Afterwards, the suspect pulled the car over at the Labrador playing field and made a run for it.

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The alleged driver, a 29-year-old from Molendinar, has been charged with 12 offences including possessing dangerous drugs, stealing and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.

He was denied bail, appearing in the Southport Magistrates Court today.

His alleged accomplice, a 22-year-old Chevron Island man, was charged with 13 offences, including stealing.

He was granted bail to appear at the Southport Magistrates Court on November 24.

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