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Victoria's opposition leader Brad Battin claims he will not give judges the option to bail certain offenders as part of his pledge to crack down on crime.

Despite Jacinta Allan's Labor government tightening bail laws and introducing a ban on machetes, knife crime is continuing in Victoria, with the latest incident seeing a teenager stabbed at a rugby event in Broadmeadows on Saturday.

Crime is set to be a key issue in next year's state election, and speaking to Today, Battin claimed he would take a hard line where he believes Labor has been soft.

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"The government weakened these laws and won't return them to the position they were in 2023," he said.

"Since then, that's when we've seen the crime increase."

"It is getting to a stage that this is the only topic people are talking about. And that's a huge concern because then the perception becomes reality and people feel unsafe in their own community."

"We've had 25 to 30 victims under the age of 25 who have died in the knife crisis here in Victoria, and they [the government] continue to have their head in the sand and won't answer the real questions of fixing the bail system, bringing in something like break bail, face jail and ensuring we have violent offenders off the street."

Battin said if the Liberals were returned to government, he would put laws in place that bar courts from granting bail to some offenders.

"One of the key points is 'break bail, face jail'. Those that are committing violent offences shouldn't continue to get bail," he said.

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"We'll ensure we'll tighten the laws to make sure that the judges don't have the choice to give them bail, that they have to keep them on remand rather than back out into the community."

Battin's comments come as senior police in Victoria call for greater government support.

Victoria Police Commander Wayne Cheeseman claimed the department was having to draft in police officers from regional areas of the state to police protests in Melbourne CBD.

One such protest last week left two police officers in hospital.

Battin said he would also increase funding to the state's police, claiming the overstretched department was equipped enough to deal with crime in Victoria.

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"Mike Bush [Victoria's chief police commissioner] has got over 1100 vacancies on the roster," Battin claimed.

"He can't just invent police, he needs funding to ensure they get there."

Battin said until the issue is fixed, a growing number of Victorians will not feel safe in their own home.

"It is getting to a stage that this is the only topic people are talking about," he said.

"And that's a huge concern because then the perception becomes reality and people feel unsafe in their own community."

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set for a week of high-level diplomacy with regional leaders, even as domestic controversy over ambassador Kevin Rudd persists.

After visiting Uluru to mark 40 year since the handback, Albanese landed in Malaysia tonight to meet with Pacific leaders at ASEAN.

"Jobs, security will be my focus in the coming days," he said.

The prime minister is buoyed by new opportunities stemming from the critical minerals deal signed in the White House.

"This is a program that could set us up for success. Just as iron ore and our resources have been in the last century," he said.

"This is absolutely critical."

After ASEAN comes the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Seoul, South Korea, and the week culminates in a summit of superpowers between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Nationals Leader David Littleproud said: "There's an opportunity for us to take a leadership role – particularly between the United States and China.

Close calls in the Pacific, the war in Ukraine and escalating tariffs are on the agenda.

"When you see two large trading partners going toe-to-toe there is a contagion impact that flows through to Australia as well," Littleproud said.

Rudd won't be there this time around. He'll remain in Washington – where Trump has forgiven but not forgotten

"I think a long time ago he said something bad. When they say bad about me I don't forget," Trump said this weekend.

Labor minister Murray Watt backed Rudd in.

"We measure these these things by results that are actually delivered. Ambassador Rudd is clearly done an excellent job," he said.

But the Coalition was seemingly back out on the ambassador

Deputy Nationals leader Susan McDonald called it "the biggest diplomatic slap down I can think of".

"He is trying to flag how impossible the situation is," she said.

When asked if he needed to "sub Kevin Rudd out", Albanese said no.

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The Louvre jewellery heist, where $157 million of artefacts were stolen in a brazen daylight robbery, may have been an inside job, according to detectives.

Last weekend, thieves broke into the world-famous museum in Paris, and stole priceless jewels after using a freight lift to break into a second-storey window.

The raid lasted just four minutes, with the thieves then making their escape on motorcycles.

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It's a heist that experts say would have required 'military style precision', and sources close to investigators in Paris believe the plotters may have had help from someone on the inside.

According to The Telegraph, the gang was given information about the Louvre's security system ahead of the raid.

"There is digital forensic evidence that shows there was co-operation with one of the museum's security guards and the thieves," the source said.

"Sensitive information was passed on about the museum's security, which is how they were aware of the breach."

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It is a major claim against security at the museum, which had a widescale security overhaul in January, which included a new command post and expanded camera grid.

However, the cultural ministry of France said it was still being rolled out, and the director of the Louvre earlier this week admitted there wasn't CCTV coverage in the area where the heist took place.

"Unfortunately, on the Apollo gallery side, the only camera installed faces west and therefore does not cover the balcony affected by the break-in," Laurence des Cars told a French Senate Committee.

The culprits still haven't been identified, and there are now grave fears the priceless jewels, some dating back to the Napoleonic era, will never be recovered.

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Among the stolen items were a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a matching set linked to 19th-century French queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense; an emerald necklace and earrings from the matching set of Empress Marie-Louise, Napoleon Bonaparte's second wife; a reliquary brooch; Empress Eugénie's diadem; and her large corsage-bow brooch – a prized 19th-century imperial ensemble.

This is because experts believe the jewels will be broken down.

"I think that the pieces are already abroad," Natailie Goulet of the French Senate said. "I think it's lost forever."

Christopher Marinello, the founder of Art Recovery International, believes the gang may look to break them down or recut the stones without regard for their rarity.

It led to him issuing a warning: "We need to break up these gangs and find another approach, or we're going to lose things that we are never going to see again."

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A man has died and another remains in hospital after a stabbing in a popular nightlife district in Hobart.

Police were called to the Morrison Street car park in Salamanca last night after reports of a fight between two groups.

During the incident, two men, one aged 20 and one aged 23, were stabbed.

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The 20-year-old man died at the scene, and the 23-year-old man remains in hospital.

His injuries are non-life-threatening.

The Salamanca district in Hobart is well known as a tourist attraction in the city, with many pubs, bars and nightclubs in the area.

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One 20-year-old was taken into police custody and is assisting with authorities.

The person has not been charged yet, and police say they are still searching for other people involved in the incident.

Despite this, police believe it was an isolated incident, and may have been linked to a previous incident involving a person from each group.

Anyone with information in relation to the incident is asked to contact police on 131 444, or to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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President Donald Trump said he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10 per cent because of an anti-tariff television ad aired by the province of Ontario.

The ad used the words of former President Ronald Reagan to criticise US tariffs, angering Trump who said he would end trade talks with Canada.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he would pull the ad after the weekend, and it ran Friday night during the first game of the World Series.

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“Their Advertisement was to be taken down, IMMEDIATELY, but they let it run last night during the World Series, knowing that it was a FRAUD,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform as he flew aboard Air Force One to Malaysia.

"Because of their serious misrepresentation of the facts, and hostile act, I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10 per cent over and above what they are paying now.”

It was unclear what legal authority Trump would use to impose the additional import taxes.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on when the 10 per cent hike would come into effect, and whether it would apply to all Canadian goods.

Canada's economy has been hit hard by Trump's tariffs, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has been trying to work with Trump to lower them.

More than three-quarters of Canadian exports go to the U.S., and nearly $3.6 billion Canadian ($3.9 billion AUD) worth of goods and services cross the border daily.

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A spokesperson for Carney didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Many Canadian products have been hit with a 35 per cent tariff, while steel and aluminium face rates of 50 per cent.

Energy products have a lower rate of 10 per cent, while the vast majority of goods are covered by the U.S.-Canada-Mexico Agreement, and are exempt from tariffs.

That trade agreement is slated for review. Trump negotiated the deal in his first term, but has since soured on it.

Trump and Carney will both attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Malaysia. But Trump told reporters traveling with him that he had no intention of meeting Carney there.

Trump said the ad misrepresented the position of Reagan, a two-term president and a beloved figure in the Republican Party. But Reagan was wary of tariffs and used much of the 1987 address featured in Ontario's ad spelling out the case against tariffs.

Trump has complained the ad was aimed at influencing the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of arguments scheduled for next month that could decide whether Trump has the power to impose his sweeping tariffs, a key part of his economic strategy.

Lower courts had ruled he had exceeded his authority.

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