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The council knew the caves could flood without warning but kept no flood data.

A polar blast across Australia's south-east has brought year-low temperatures and snow to several states, including temperatures that are set to drop to as low as one degree tonight.

Earlier today, the Bureau of Meteorology forecasted a top of just 14 degrees for Melbourne today, its coldest day of the year so far, and temperatures later today are set to drop to as low as 10 degrees.

The nation's capital reached just 12 degrees and is expected to get as cold as one degree by midnight, while Adelaide (17 degrees) and Hobart (13 degrees) also felt the chill.

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Sydney reached tops of 19 degrees, but that's still very cool for 2026, and the city is set to drop to 10 degrees later tonight.

The temperature across the region will rise by a couple of degrees from tomorrow, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, but will remain in the same range for several days.

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A marine wind warning is now in place until tomorrow for parts of the NSW coastline including the Macquarie Coast, Illawarra Coast, Batemans Coast and Eden Coast.

Weatherzone has also predicted "showers of small hail and snow" across areas as far north as the NSW Central Tablelands, as well as parts of Victoria, Tasmania, and the ACT.

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The former prime minister spoke about the reason behind her resignation.

A controversial $50 million plan to chop a Sydney golf course in half for public parkland has been finalised by the NSW government with a compromise.

Moore Park Golf Course in the city's eastern suburbs will be cut from 18 holes to 12 – three more holes than the original plan.

The change will make way for a 20-hectare parkland which will include new pathways, a fenced off-leash dog area, and community sports fields and courts.

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There will also be new amenities such as toilets, park furniture, space for food kiosks and lighting.

Work on the new parklands will start in July and will take about three years to complete.

Golf NSW chief executive Stuart Fraser said the organisation was consulted by the NSW government about the course layout.

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"The preference has always been to retain 18 holes however this was physically not possible," Fraser said.

"Internationally recognised golf course architect Harley Kruse has, however, configured a 12-hole layout that would be practical and still offer a challenge for golfers of all abilities."

NSW Planning Minister Paul Scully said the open-plan space would act as a backyard for thousands of people in one of Australia's most densely populated communities.

"We're re-imagining Moore Park South and delivering a new 20-hectare park with everything from a new community sporting field, walking, running and cycling paths and trails and relaxation and picnic areas," Scully said.

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Youthline now refers an average of four young people a day to emergency services.

The woman can now be named, and set a building on fire last year.

Act also received more donations in 2025 than Labour.

An Australian passenger aboard the nightmare cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak has reportedly returned home.

Another passenger told Spanish newspaper El Pais that a group of 23 people left the MV Hondius at St Helena on April 21 and began their journeys home, about 10 days after the first death.

"There are 23 people wandering around there, and until three days ago, no one had contacted them," the passenger, who asked the newspaper to remain anonymous, said. 

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"The Australian went back to Australia, the one from Taiwan to Taiwan, the Americans to all corners of North America. The Englishman to England, the Dutch to their homes… I don't remember the rest, but no Spaniards."

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is aware four Australians are among the 88 passengers and 68 crew on board the ship but is not aware that any have been affected by the hantavirus outbreak.

"Owing to privacy obligations we are unable to comment further," a spokesperson said.

"DFAT stands ready to provide consular assistance if required."

The luxury cruise ship has been suspended in waters off Cape Verde on the African coast, which was meant to be the ship's final destination, since May 3 following the outbreak.

Eight cases of hantavirus have been recorded, but only five of those were confirmed by laboratory testing.

Three people have died. One body remains on the ship, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). 

The ship is destined for the Canary Islands, a plan which has been met with local objections.

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One patient with hantavirus returned to Switzerland 

The passenger also told El Pais that at least one of the members of the group appeared to have been infected with hantavirus and was admitted to a hospital in Switzerland. 

The Swiss government confirmed one patient was being treated for hantavirus in hospital after returning to Switzerland from the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius, which is in the midst of a deadly outbreak of the rodent-borne disease.

"The man had returned from a trip to South America with his wife at the end of April," the government said in a statement.

"Having noticed symptoms, he telephoned his GP and went to the University Hospital Zurich for further assessment."

The man was "immediately placed in isolation" in hospital, before lab tests revealed a positive test for the American-strained hantavirus variant.

The man's wife, who accompanied him on the cruise, is not showing any symptoms of the virus but is self-isolating as a precaution.

The WHO says the risk to the global population from this outbreak is low.

"This is not the next Covid, but it is a serious infectious disease," the WHO's top epidemic expert, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, said.

"Most people will never be exposed to this."

The Swiss health department said while person-to-person transmission has been documented in some rare cases it only occurs through close contact.

"The FOPH therefore considers the occurrence of further cases in Switzerland unlikely," the department said.

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Three evacuated 

Three people suspected of having hantavirus were evacuated from Cape Verde and will travel to the Netherlands, WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said yesterday.

One of those individuals is the ship's British doctor, who was originally bound for the Canary Islands but is headed for the Netherlands now that his condition has improved, the Spanish health ministry said.

Two specialist doctors from the Netherlands will also arrive and remain with the vessel after it leaves Cape Verde, the tour operator said on Wednesday. Another doctor is already on board.

The cruise ship had been cleared to continue its voyage and the three patients were evacuated from the country "with maximum safety", National Director of Health Angela Gomes said in a statement this morning.

Plans to dock at Canary Islands met with objections

The Spanish government has said it would allow the ship to dock at the secondary port of Granadilla de Abona in Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands.

This was because it had been asked by the WHO and the European Union to take MV Hondius "in accordance with international law and humanitarian principles", according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

But Fernando Clavijo, the Spanish archipelago's leader, yesterday said he was opposed to the ship docking there and requested an urgent meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Sánchez.

"This decision ​is not based on any technical criteria, nor is there sufficient information to reassure the ​public or guarantee their safety," ​Clavijo told radio station COPE, according to Reuters.

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Investors in the radio giant which aired Kyle Sandilands and Jackie 'O' Henderson's now-defunct show have delivered an overwhelming backlash against the network's executive pay packets, as share prices plummet over the ugly legal fight between the former hosts.

More than 90 per cent of ARN shareholders voted against the company's latest executive pay report at its annual general meeting (AGM) this morning.

That makes it the largest remuneration strike in recent Australian corporate history – bigger than the 83 per cent rejection Qantas received at the nadir of the airline's popularity in 2023, and the 88 per cent for NAB in 2018, in the wake of the banking royal commission.

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ARN's remuneration report included a $1.1 million pay packet for relatively new chief executive Michael Stephenson.

The strike means it will need to deliver an amended remuneration report taking investor concerns into account.

A second strike would occur if 25 per cent or more vote against the next executive pay report, which would force a vote on whether to spill the ARN board.

During the meeting, ARN chair Hamish McLennan addressed the ongoing $170 million combined lawsuits filed by Henderson and Sandilands and assured investors that ARN is "committed to defending these claims and actively pursuing the cross-claims".

"As these matters are now before the courts, we do not intend to comment further," he said.

McLennan was re-elected as chair with an 80 per cent majority vote, despite earlier investor calls to resign over ARN's handling of the Sandilands and Henderson fallout.

He told the board he would be investing $500,000 into the company as a show of confidence.

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Stephenson spoke before the AGM and addressed the network's decline in revenue and noted a $26 million dip in advertising dollars last year was mostly due to client concerns over "brand safety".

He said $22 million in advertising revenue was directly related to "clients who had chosen not to advertise with ARN because of issues relating to brand safety".

"Over time, I expect that a significant percentage of the $26 million of revenue that was lost through the year because of brand safety concerns to return," Stephenson said.

ARN is currently locked in a combined $170 million in courtroom showdowns its two former leading stars, Sandilands and Henderson.

Both Sandilands and Henderson are suing ARN following an on-air spat that blew up their top-rated show in early March.

The pair are both seeking the full payout of the remainder of their 10-year, $100 million contracts signed at the end of 2023.

The contracts were due to expire in 2034.

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