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Two men accused of killing a much-loved 26-year-old man in an allegedly targeted attack have faced court, one with an injured wrist and another withdrawing from drugs.

Kwar Ater, 26, was shot on the corner of Elizabeth and Franklin streets, in Melbourne's CBD, about 3.40am on September 7.

He was taken to hospital with a gunshot wound, however he could not be saved and died from his injuries.

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Two men, aged 23 and 22, faced Melbourne Magistrates Court today, each charged with murder.

Ater Koth faced the court in person and Moses Laula via video link from Melbourne West police station, as the cells at the court's custody centre were full.

Laula's defence lawyer Alana Reader asked for her client to be seen by a nurse while in custody, as he had an injury on his wrist and required a prescription for nerve damage.

Meanwhile, Koth was vulnerable in custody due to his age and has been withdrawing from prescription drugs since his arrest, his lawyer told the court.

Magistrate Gregory McNamara requested both men be seen by nurses in custody.

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They did not apply for bail and were each remanded, to return to the court on January 21 next year.

Four men were arrested at South Melbourne yesterday, with assistance from Victoria Police's Special Operations Group, but two of the men were released without charge pending further inquiries.

Police previously said the shooting was "targeted" and the parties knew each other.

Ater's family have been "shaken by the tragic loss of our brother", who was loved by many in the community.

"A staple in our family, a prominent figure in our community and an amazing person who touched the lives of everyone who knew him," Akert Alaat said on a fundraiser for his funeral, which has reached almost $19,000.

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"To know Kwar is to know kindness, patience, love and loyalty.

"Our community as a whole are currently suffering, as senseless acts of violence continue to hurt and burden families of innocent victims."

He was a member of Point Cook Centrals Sporting Club, which held a candlelight vigil for Ater on September 13 to "say goodbye to loving brother and friend".

Shortly after his death the club said Ater was a senior ruckman in division one, who always lifted up his teammates and was a "a true mate to so many".

"We are absolutely shattered and he will be deeply missed by every single one of us," they wrote on Facebook.

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A man accused of running a fake whale euthanasia charity to sell drugs that aided a person with quadriplegia to take his own life will remain in custody.

Brett Daniel Taylor is one of three people charged over a police probe into the alleged assisted suicide of the Gold Coast man, with about 20 other deaths being investigated.

Taylor, a 53-year-old business owner, was not required to appear at Southport Magistrates Court on Queensland's Gold Coast today.

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During a brief court mention, Taylor's solicitor Billy Gee did not apply for bail and asked for an adjournment.

"We have a conference booked with Mr Taylor next week on Thursday," Gee said.

Taylor is charged with aiding in the suicide of 43-year-old David Llewellyn Bedford at Hope Island on April 11.

Bedford was a former chef who was left paralysed by a car crash in August 2022, according to his previous submission to a Queensland parliamentary inquiry into voluntary assisted dying in 2020.

Taylor is also charged with aiding in the suicide of a woman who was working undercover for police, possessing and trafficking in animal euthanasia drugs and receiving money from drug trafficking.

Taylor has been accused of sourcing the euthanasia drug under false pretences by setting up beached whale euthanasia charity Cetacean Compassion Australia Ltd and accessing it through a lawful supplier.

Police on Monday charged Taylor and two elderly people following an investigation into Bedford's death.

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Elaine Arch-Rowe, 81, faced court on Tuesday charged with attempting to arrange the supply of the drug to someone who turned out to be an undercover police operative.

Police have alleged she brought life-ending veterinary drugs to an RSL seminar in a bid to sell them.

Magistrate Deborah Mitchell heard police had intercepted communications with Arch-Rowe discussing with Taylor how to obtain two types of fatal drug.

During a video conference Arch-Rowe allegedly said "to get access to the product from the manufacturer we need to give a large percentage to be used legitimately".

Arch-Rowe was later released from a Gold Coast watchhouse after being granted bail despite the prosecution's opposition.

She is due to return to court on October 17.

An 80-year-old Ashmore man – who police allege is Taylor's father – has been charged with trafficking and possessing dangerous drugs, and is due to appear in court on Friday next week.

Magistrate Veena Goverdhan adjourned Taylor's matter and remanded him in custody to next appear in court on October 7.

Gee did not comment as he left court.

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Two of South Australia's most senior cabinet ministers, Deputy Premier Susan Close and Treasurer Stephen Mullighan, will quit politics at next year's state election in March.

Premier Peter Malinauskas was visibly emotional when he announced the pair will not be contesting their seats at a sudden press conference this afternoon.

He said he was taken aback when he was approached by the ministers separately a few weeks ago and tried his best to convince them not to leave, but they both shared personal reasons for their departures.

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"'I'm here today to make it very clear that my persuasive powers failed, and they have both announced their resignation to our cabinet earlier today," Malinauskas told the media.

"I'm really sad by this. I've known Susan and Stephen for a long time, and they're good friends of mine, and they've been incredible support to me in different ways over the last few years, and I'm really sad to see them go."

Malinauskas paid special tribute to them both and said he would miss them in their roles.

"It's really tough, and all of the service and loyalty they provided to the party and to the government and to me personally, demands nothing but gratitude from me for everything they have done, and nothing but the absolute best wishes for their journeys into the future outside of the political realm," he said.

"In my capacity, I feel I can safely say on behalf of everyone in the cabinet and the caucus and the party, I'm going to miss them."

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Close, who was first elected in 2012 to the seat of Port Adelaide, said she had run out of energy to serve in her roles as deputy premier and minister for climate, environment and water, industry, innovation and science and workforce and population strategy.

"Life is really short. I have been watching my mother disappear into dementia over the last four years, and it was for me an alarm bell reminding me that life is finite and it's precious and it is way shorter than you think when you're young," she said.

"I want to do something else, I want to have some freedom, and I feel that I've given what I can give to public life."

Close denied her resignation was due to the state's ongoing algal bloom, saying she feared people may believe that's the reason. 

"Ironically, it made me hesitate because I was concerned that people might think that there was a connection between the two and that I was somehow fleeing the algal bloom, which is not the case at all," she said.

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Mullighan was elected to the seat of Lee in 2014 and also acts as minister for police and defence and space industries.

The treasurer said that while he had been "tremendously lucky" to have been granted opportunities in politics, the job was "extremely demanding".

"It's not necessarily just us that's required to make that sacrifice or to commit that dedication, it's our families and it's our loved ones," he said.

"I didn't feel I had another four years of committing this much time and effort to these roles, to the exclusion of the time that I can show at home, as a husband and as a father."

Mullighan added that he had lost both his parents and his wife had lost her father.

"It takes a village to raise children, and our village is a little bit smaller than most, so I want to make sure the kids are still young, and I'm relatively young that I can I can be around more and be more present," he said.

Close and Mulligan will be replaced by new ministers in the coming days, but will remain in their seats until the state election in March. 

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In late 2015, Donald Trump appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! for the first time.

He'd just been announced as the frontrunner for the Republican nomination and sat comfortably on an armchair opposite Kimmel, while the pair gabbed like old friends.

Ten years, one more Kimmel appearance and two Trump administrations later, the US president is seemingly hell-bent on getting the long-running late-night show cancelled for good.

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Trump celebrated Kimmel being pulled off air over a controversial comment about Charlie Kirk's assassination in a scathing post on Truth Social, describing his former talkshow chum as having "zero talent" with "worse ratings" than Stephen Colbert, whose own show was recently cancelled.

They were once friends – or at least amicable entertainment industry colleagues.

So, where did it all go wrong for Kimmel and Trump?

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Kimmel's early criticism of Trump over healthcare bill

Their now-public feud subtly began in 2017 after Trump secured the presidency in a race against Hillary Clinton the previous November.

Kimmel had already moved towards light political satire and spent a great deal of his opening monologues poking fun at Trump.

This time, it was personal.

He spoke on-air about Trump and the Republican Party's bid to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.

An emotional Kimmel told viewers his own son was born with a rare heart defect.

He tearfully said that, before Obamacare, people like his child may not have been able to have health insurance due to it being labelled a "pre-existing" condition.

Later that year, he accused Trump on his show of being willing to "sign anything if it meant getting rid of Obamacare", referring to the Graham–Cassidy health care amendment.

"For Donald Trump, this isn't about the Graham-Cassidy bill. It's about getting rid of Obamacare, which he hates, primarily because Obama's name is on it," Kimmel said.

"At this point, he would sign anything if it meant getting rid of Obamacare.

"He'd sign copies of the Koran at the Barnes and Noble in Fallujah, if it meant he could get rid of Obamacare."

He also claimed Trump "doesn't know anything" about the bill.

When he faced criticism for straying outside of comedy with political commentary, Kimmel fired back once again on-air.

"I feel like it's my duty to remind these people who are so concerned about my qualifications: the guy you voted for president – his job qualification was this: he fired Meatloaf. And you put him in the White House," he said.

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Emotional plea to Trump for action on gun violence

Kimmel has been vocal in his criticism over America's gun laws.

In 2018, he took aim at the president for his response after 17 were killed at a mass shooting in South Florida.

"Children are being murdered," Kimmel said.

"Do something. We still haven't even talked about it, you still haven't done anything about it."

He also pointed out that Trump nullified an Obama-backed rule which added people with mental illnesses to a national background check database for gun purchases.

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Trump blasts Kimmel's show as 'fake news'

Trump was an early adopter of so-called "fake news" media critique and used this term to describe Kimmel's late-night show in 2020.

Kimmel claimed on his show that then-Vice President Mike Pence delivered fake boxes of PPE during the pandemic in 2020.

Trump took to his former platform of choice Twitter, now X, and said: "More Fake News, this time from Jimmy Kimmel's last place show!"

That same year, Trump called the host a "wacko 'last placer'" in a post congratulating TV presenter Greg Gutfield on his ratings.

Trump administration tries to intervene

Rolling Stone reported in 2023 that members of the Trump administration once complained to Disney, the parent company of ABC which airs Jimmy Kimmel Live!, over the constant Trump barbs.

The publication claimed the White House pressured Disney to censor Kimmel's monologues which included any anti-Trump sentiment.

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An Oscars rant

Kimmel was the host of the Oscars in 2024 and used the stage to openly mock Trump's real-time online criticism of him.

Between his monologue and returning to the stage, Trump penned a fiery message on Truth Social where he slammed Kimmel's performance.

"Has there EVER been a WORSE HOST than Jimmy Kimmel at The Oscars. His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not, and never can be. Get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed up, but cheap, ABC 'talent,' George Slopanopoulos," Trump wrote.

"He would make everybody on stage look bigger, stronger, and more glamorous."

Kimmel used his sharp wit to hit back on-stage.

"Blah, blah, blah… OK, now, see if you can guess which former president just posted that on TruthSocial. Anyone? No?" he said.

"Well, thank you, President Trump. Thank you for watching, I'm surprised you're still – isn't it past your jail time?"

In response, Trump tried to hit Kimmel where it hurts: his ratings.

"His ratings are terrible, he's not a talented guy," Trump told Fox News shortly after.

"I hear he hits me all the time, so I figured I'd hit him, because I thought he was a lousy host."

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Feud reignites after 2024 election

When Trump clinched the 2024 presidential election against Kamala Harris, Kimmel returned to air with a piercing criticism of the re-elected president.

He was visibly emotional as he addressed viewers in the aftermath of the election.

"Let's be honest. It was a terrible night last night," he said.

"It was a terrible night for women, for children, for the hundreds of thousands of hard-working immigrants who make this country go, for health care, for our climate, for science, for journalism, for justice, for free speech.

"It was a terrible night for poor people, for the middle class, for seniors who rely on Social Security, for our allies in Ukraine, for NATO, for the truth and democracy and decency."

Final straw for Trump

Kimmel and Trump's historic fallout reached new heights when Kimmel's show was pulled off the air.

The host accused the MAGA movement of scoring political points off the death of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, a comment which prompted Disney's ABC to suspend the show.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live will be pre-empted indefinitely," an ABC spokesperson told CNN, declining to share any further details.

Trump was fast to respond with celebratory post on Truth Social.

"Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED," Trump wrote.

"Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done. Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that's possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!! President DJT."

Kimmel is yet to respond, however is said to be "livid" over the decision, according to US media reports.

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Brittany Higgins is appealing elements of her costly defamation battle loss to her former boss, adding another chapter to the bitter legal saga.

Linda Reynolds sued Higgins over a series of social media posts the ex-Liberal senator believed damaged her reputation.

The Western Australian Supreme Court in August found the posts were defamatory and awarded damages of $315,000 plus $26,109 interest to Reynolds.

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Higgins was also ordered to pay 80 per cent of Reynolds' legal costs, which are yet to be determined, in a judgment published last week.

The former political staffer is appealing the damages award and the costs order, according to documents filed in the WA Court of Appeal yesterday.

She's also seeking to challenge the finding that she breached a 2021 deed of settlement between the pair with an Instagram post referring to her being a defamation victim.

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Higgins previously apologised to Reynolds after the former defence minister emerged victorious from the duo's high-profile five-week defamation trial, which ended in September 2024.

Justice Paul Tottle found Higgins' social media posts carried an array of imputations.

They included Reynolds engaged in a campaign of harassment against Higgins, mishandled her rape allegation and engaged in questionable conduct during Bruce Lehrmann's aborted criminal trial for rape.

Justice Tottle's 360-page judgment made factual findings about the events involving Reynolds and Higgins, including her alleged 2019 rape and the events in the years after it.

Higgins made 26 false or misleading statements in media interviews after her alleged sexual assault, it said.

She alleges former co-worker Lehrmann raped her in the senator's ministerial suite.

A Federal Court judge overseeing a defamation case launched by Lehrmann against Network Ten found Higgins was, on the balance of probabilities, raped by her former co-worker in the office.

Lehrmann is appealing that finding.

He has always denied the rape allegation and his criminal trial was derailed by juror misconduct.

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A former radio host who went missing in Far North Queensland has been fondly remembered by his colleagues after a coroner found he had most likely been taken and killed by a crocodile.

Roman Butchaski was an avid fisherman and outdoorsman and formerly a host with Nine radio station 2GB, where he presented a fishing show.

The 76-year-old went missing during a fishing trip in the Olive River region of Queensland on November 12, 2023.

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Butchaski was last seen at Bramwell station at around 8am, but all that was found of him were his ATV buggy and some possessions.

At the time, two large saltwater crocodiles were known to be in the vicinity of where Butchaski was last seen, and the coroner believes one of them was responsible for his death.

"The fact that no sign of the missing person was located during the extensive and thorough search leads me to suspect the MP has entered the water and has been consumed by a crocodile," coroner Christine Roney said in her findings published on July 30.

"It is highly probable given the fact that there are large crocodiles which inhabit that section of water.

"It is also highly probable given the type of fishing the missing person was doing which involved him getting close to the water's edge and traversing snags in the form of fallen trees and steep banks and flicking small lures as close to these snags as possible."

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Despite an eight-day search by authorities, Butchaski could not be located.

Radio host Ben Fordham paid tribute to Butchaski today, saying he was glad closure could be offered to his friends and family.

"It's awful when something terrible happens to anyone, but when you don't know what happened, it's even worse," Fordham said on 2GB.

"So in many ways, we are relieved to know what happened to Butch.

"So to Butch's family who are listening, we're thinking of you guys, and we only hope that you feel the same way that we do that, even though it's not what we want to hear."

Michael Guest, who hosted The Outdoor and Fishing Show with Butchaski, said the coroner's finding was in line with what he suspected.

"It's not until it sort of touches you directly that you actually sort of feel this really strange sort of empty feeling where there's no closure," he told Fordham.

"So it's nice to get some closure through the words of the coroner.

"I agree totally with what she said and it's what I thought happened in the first place, early days."

Guest admitted Butchaski could be "gung ho" and the thrill of a catch sometimes meant risks were taken.

"I think as fishermen we get a bit complacent and especially when the fish are biting," he said.

"It's just one of those things, the hunting instinct, the instinct to catch that big fish sort of takes over and you tend to get a bit closer to the water than you should sometimes."

Butchaski's character was integral to the show's success, his old colleague Guest said.

"He represented the average Joe Blow fisherman so well and asked the right questions and created a really great banter."

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