A psychotherapist says the family dynamic showed cult-like traits.

The welcome burst of springtime sun has brought with it gale-force winds to five Australian states and territories, triggering mass power outages for thousands.

A severe weather warning for damaging wind gusts is in place for residents in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, the ACT and southern parts of NSW.

Wind gusts reaching up to 90km/h have ripped off a roof from a home in north-east Melbourne, while the airport has recorded the strongest winds of more than 100km/h.

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The wind also brought down what appeared to be a corrugated roof on a road in Fawkner, north Melbourne.

The SES said it is responding to more than 500 incidents across the city.

Train lines are also impacted as the ferocious winds damaged cabling and ripped up power lines.

Thousands of residents in Melbourne and greater Victoria are without power this afternoon after a surge in wind gusts.

Extreme weather conditions have caused unexpected power outages for more than 3000 people across the city.

The surge of warm air has whipped up a windy frenzy before a cold front which is due to arrive tomorrow, Weatherzone reports.

Power outages also impacted thousands of people in Tasmania earlier today after wind gusts topping 102km/h were recorded in Hobart.

Despite the windy conditions, it will remain a sunny one for the rest of today.

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Warmer weather for most of the country

Springtime sun will wash across much of the land early this week in a break from repeated, successive cold fronts.

Sydney is set for a top of 26 degrees today with sunny skies, rising towards 28 tomorrow, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

Temperatures will sway between low and high 20s for the rest of the week, with possible showers on Friday and Saturday.

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Melbourne today has a top of 24 degrees, with the possibility of a late shower.

After today, temperatures in the Victorian capital will dip again, however, and rain will remain a possibility throughout the week.

A sunny Brisbane will peak at 25 today, but Wednesday is set to be the hottest day of the week with a top of 30 degrees.

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There are possible showers forecast toward the end of the week.

Adelaide is running counter to most capitals with rain forecast throughout the week, but temperatures will still top out at 25 today, before plummeting back to 17 degrees tomorrow.

Hobart in Tasmania will top at 23 degrees today, but temperatures are set to remain below 20 for the rest of the week.

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Canberra also is seeing a high of 21 today compared to frostier temperatures and rain the rest of the week.

Darwin will remain at tops of 33 or 34 degrees all week.

Perth will reverse the trend of most capitals, starting out the week chilly and rainy with a top of 17 degrees today.

However, by the end of the week the WA capital has sunny tops of 26 degrees predicted.

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Sharanjit Kaur killed Jono Baker while driving recklessly in an oncoming lane.

A woman who bagged and threw a newborn baby out a window has pleaded guilty to the shocking crime.

Irine Jerotich, 26, briefly faced Melbourne Magistrates Court today accused of reckless conduct endangering life.

An infant was found with life-threatening injuries outside a Dandenong North home about 2.40am on August 30, 2024.

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The newborn was taken to hospital, suffering serious injuries.

Jerotich, who is on bail, attended the brief hearing dressed in a white hoodie and a long braided ponytail placed over her shoulder.

She was not required to speak, other than to indicate to magistrate Leon Fluxman that she was pleading guilty to the single offence.

No details of the crime or allegations were aired in court today.

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But charges previously alleged Jerotich placed the baby in a plastic bag and threw the child out the bathroom window onto concrete "that placed (the) unnamed infant in danger of death".

The offence occurred between August 29 and 30, 2024, the court documents reveal.

Jerotich was also previously accused of reckless conduct endangering injury to an infant, but that charge was discontinued.

Her bail was extended until the matter goes to a pre-sentence hearing in the County Court of Victoria in February.

While she is on bail, Jerotich cannot leave Victoria and must reside at her home address.

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The family of a mother stabbed and set alight by her estranged husband are seeking answers after evidence emerged of police dismissing her domestic violence complaints.

Kelly Wilkinson was accused of "cop shopping" by Queensland Police who did not act on her complaints days before her badly burnt body was found outside her Gold Coast home, a pre-inquest conference was told.

Wilkinson, a 27-year-old mother-of-three, was repeatedly stabbed, doused with petrol and set on fire by Brian Earl Johnston at her Arundel home on April 20, 2021.

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Johnston had been subject to a domestic violence order and was on bail, accused of sexually assaulting Wilkinson, when he murdered her.

Wilkinson's family said they wanted to learn details about the police review into the handling of her domestic violence case at an upcoming inquest into her death.

Wilkinson's sister Danielle Carroll said police review details had so far been kept hidden from the family.

"We are very interested to see what's in it," she said outside Southport Coroners Court after the pre-inquest conference today.

"There's a lot we have not been exposed to yet. There is still a lot for our family to process and go through."

Carroll said she was seeking closure at the inquest, the final stage of a series of court proceedings.

"There's still a lot of information we don't know," she said.

"Hopefully we can learn something and move forward and make the world a bit safer for other victims."

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Queensland Deputy State Coroner Stephanie Gallagher today heard Wilkinson told a domestic violence prevention centre she was fearful of Johnston because he had military training and had threatened to kill her many times.

Counsel assisting Bernhard Berger told the pre-inquest conference police had not acted when Wilkinson complained nine days before her death about Johnston allegedly breaching a domestic violence protection order by contacting her.

"Records will reveal that the (Southport Police Station) officer has concluded the file with a comment that is quite critical of Kelly," Berger said.

"He comments 'it appears she is cop shopping to get the outcome she wants'."

Gallagher heard Wilkinson, assessed by the prevention centre as facing a high risk of violence, had earlier complained about protection order breaches at Runaway Bay Police Station.

Berger said the officers' actions at the stations were initially upheld by a police review.

One week later, Johnston, a former US Marine, entered Wilkinson's home wearing black clothing and a black mask while carrying a backpack with a hatchet, duct tape, zip ties and sedatives.

Wilkinson's body was found outside her home with Johnston located nearby by police after he collapsed and suffered burns.

Johnston was jailed for life in March 2024 after pleading guilty to murder.

Berger told Gallagher the inquest also proposed to look into whether the police response to domestic violence complaints about Johnston were in accordance with procedures and policies.

"(The second issue) is whether the Queensland Police Service has made appropriate changes to training, policies and procedures to address any shortcomings identified in respect of domestic violence," he said.

Queensland Police solicitor Tahlia Boettcher did not speak at the pre-inquest conference today.

Gallagher adjourned the matter for a three-day inquest to start on a date to be determined.

Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).

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Seth Rogen and The Studio turned the Emmys into a wrap party, winning best comedy series on Sunday (Monday AEST) and breaking a comedy record for victories in a season with 13, while Noah Wyle and The Pitt took the top drama prize.

The evening also brought meaningful wins for Jean Smart, Stephen Colbert and 15-year-old Owen Cooper, whose Netflix series Adolescence dominated the limited series categories.

“I’m legitimately embarrassed by how happy this makes me,” The Studio co-creator Seth Rogen said with his signature giggle, surrounded by cast and crew from the Apple TV+ movie-business romp after it won best comedy at the Peacock Theatre in a show hosted by Nate Bargatze and aired on CBS.

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Rogen personally won four, including best actor.

The Pitt from HBO Max completed a sentimental journey with its win for best drama series.

The character-driven medical drama won over viewers and gained emotional momentum during a season whose drama prizes once seemed destined to go to Severance.

Wyle won best actor in a drama for playing a worn-down, grizzled supervising doctor, getting his first Emmy after five nominations with no victories in the 1990s for playing a scrubbed young cub doctor on ER.

“What a dream this has been,” Wyle said.

“Oh my goodness.”

Katherine LaNasa, whose nurse is perhaps the show's most beloved character, was a surprise winner of best supporting actress in a drama, over three women of The White Lotus on a night when every acting Emmy but one went to a first-time victor.

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The first-timers included Britt Lower, who won best actress in a drama, and Tramell Tillman, who won best supporting actor, in the night's two biggest moments for Severance, the Apple TV+ Orwellian workplace satire.

Along with its creative arts wins, it ended up with eight for its acclaimed second season.

Lower’s win was a surprise in a category where Kathy Bates was considered a heavy favourite, for Matlock.

Cristin Milioti won best actress in a limited series for The Penguin.

Jean Smart bucked the rookie trend, winning her fourth Emmy for best actress in a comedy for “Hacks” and her seventh Emmy overall.

At 73, she extended her record for the oldest winner in the category.

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‘Adolescence’ triumphs

The six wins for Netflix’s acclaimed Adolescence, the story of a 13-year-old in Britain accused of a killing, included best limited series, best actor and best writing for its co-creator Stephen Graham, and best supporting actor for Cooper, who became the youngest Emmy winner in over 40 years.

Cooper said in his acceptance that he was “nothing three years ago".

“It’s just so surreal,” Cooper said.

“Honestly, when I started these drama classes a couple years back, I didn’t expect to be even in the United States, never mind here."

Best supporting actress went to Erin Doherty, who played a therapist opposite Cooper in a riveting episode that like all four Adolescence episodes was filmed in a single shot.

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A blockbuster night for ‘The Studio’

The Studio came into the evening having won nine Emmys already during last weekend's Creative Arts ceremony.

On Sunday night, it added four more, which all went to Rogen.

Along with the comedy series award, he won best directing with The Studio co-creator and longtime collaborator Evan Goldberg, and best writing with Goldberg and others.

The show brought blockbuster buzz, and the Emmys ate it up from the start, whether because of Hollywood's love for stories about itself (with A-list guest stars) or the television industry's love for stories that mock the self-importance of movie people.

Backstage, Rogen clumsily tried to hold up all four Emmys at once.

Asked whether the night will be fodder for season two, he said no.

“This is like far too good a thing to have happen on our show,” he said.

“Our show is generally based on stress and disappointment and right now, we’re all very happy."

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A night of surprise winners

Smart's castmate and constant scene partner Hannah Einbinder, who had also been nominated for all four seasons but unlike Smart had never won, took best supporting actress in a comedy.

She said she had become committed to a bit where “it was cooler to lose".

“But this is cool too!” she shouted, then ended her speech by cursing the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and saying “Free Palestine!”

Political sentiments from the stage were otherwise rare.

In perhaps the biggest upset in a night full of them, Jeff Hiller won best supporting actor in a comedy for Somebody Somewhere, over Ike Barinholtz of The Studio and others.

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Colbert gets a rousing send-off

Colbert may have been the night's most popular winner, taking best talk series for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert for the first time.

He got huge ovations both when he took the stage to present the first award and when he won.

The win may have been something of protest vote and tribute to its host, weeks after its cancellation by the network.

Jimmy Kimmel, who was among his competitors, campaigned for Colbert to win.

“Sometimes you only truly know how much you love something when you get a sense that you might be losing it,” Colbert said in his acceptance.

Many perceived the end of the show as punishment of Colbert and placation of President Donald Trump after Colbert was harshly critical of a legal settlement between the president and Paramount, which needed administration approval for a sale to Skydance Media.

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Executives called the decision strictly financial.

He showed no bitterness to CBS, thanking the network, which telecast the Emmys and aired a commercial celebrating his win, for letting him be part of the late-night tradition.

Bargatze delivered his opening monologue only after the first award was handed out.

The show opened with a sketch where Saturday Night Live stars Mikey Day, Bowen Yang and James Austin Johnson joined Bargatze, who played television inventor Philo T. Farnsworth opining on what the future of TV will be like.

Bargatze-as-Farnsworth mentions that there will be a Black Entertainment Television. When asked if there will be a network for white people, he replied, “Why, CBS of course.”

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A 13-year-old girl has been arrested after a shopping trolley was allegedly tossed off a railing at a shopping centre on Sydney's north shore, hitting and injuring a 59-year-old man.

Emergency services responded to reports at 11.50am that a man was seriously injured after being struck by a shopping trolley while walking on the ground floor of a Chatswood shopping centre on Victoria Avenue.

The man was treated at the scene for head and facial injuries before he was taken to Royal North Shore Hospital in a stable condition.

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A 13-year-old girl was arrested at the scene and was taken to Chatswood Police Station for questioning.

Police have seized the shopping trolley for forensic examination.

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A former boarding school teacher accused of grooming a child on a dating app was not sure he was messaging with a real person, his lawyer says.

William Roberto Gulson taught at Knox Grammar School in Sydney's north before he was charged over his messaging with a 15-year-old girl, posing as a boy, in August 2024.

The 28-year-old faced a contested hearing today after pleading not guilty to procuring a child under 16 for unlawful sexual activity.

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The 15-year-old and another teenager were running a fake profile on the LGBTQI dating app Grindr to catch pedophiles, a prosecutor told the Downing Centre Local Court.

Their account was under a pseudonym and was being operated by the girl when Gulson began sending messages.

Though the fake profile presented as a 15-year-old boy in year nine, Gulson said he was keen on meeting and interested in "kissing, sucking, f—ing and cuddling".

The defence did not dispute the messages.

However, Gulson's lawyer pointed out that Grindr is restricted to adults, and the former drama teacher had not believed he was talking to a child.

"He wasn't even sure that he was dealing with a real person," lawyer Paul Glissan told the court.

"The text messages indicate his scepticism over whether he's dealing with a real person or a robot."

"His intention was never to have unlawful sexual activity with anybody – whether that be a real person or a fictitious person."

After requesting photos from the account, Gulson received an explicit image that appeared to be of an adult man, Glissan said.

Gulson eventually asked if he could pick up the person he believed he was talking to and offered to find a meeting place.

At that point, the 15-year-old ended the conversation and deleted the fake profile, the prosecution said.

It is not alleged that any sexual activity took place.

Gulson has been on bail since being charged a year ago.

Knox Grammar, on Sydney's upper north shore, is among Australia's most elite schools, charging annual fees of up to $43,170 per student.

Boarding sets families back another $39,210 per student.

Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).

For under 25s: Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800.

Christopher Luxon wouldn’t say if an in-principle decision had been made by Cabinet.

An altercation between two council hopefuls over campaign signage boiled over.