Two Rotorua officers went to hospital for treatment. One required surgery.

An investigation is under way after a World Heritage-listed fountain in Melbourne's north was vandalised.

The Hochgurtel Fountain outside the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens was defaced with graffiti and the water was turned bright red, police said.

Red paint was also splashed onto figurines in the middle of the fountain.

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Police allege unknown offenders targeted the fountain on Nicholson Street sometime between 6pm on Friday and 6am today.

City of Melbourne officials were alerted to the vandalism.

A council team has since cleaned the graffiti and drained the red water.

Police are hoping to speak to any witnesses or anyone who was in the area between Friday and today.

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Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

The Hochgurtel Fountain, built in 1880, stands 10-metres tall and was constructed ahead of Melbourne's first international world fair.

It underwent a major restoration in 1994.

The Royal Exhibition Building and the surrounding Carlton Gardens was granted listing as a World Heritage Site in 2004.

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Critics said the doco “Prime Minister” lacks depth into policy decision making.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has touched down in New York City ahead of the UN General Assembly, where he is expected to meet Donald Trump for the first time since the US election.

The PM told reporters at John F Kennedy International Airport that he hoped to boost "increased peace and security and stability around the world" as he arrived on American soil alongside fiancee Jodie Haydon.

"Australia plays an important role. We are a trusted partner and an ally," Albanese said.

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Albanese said his stopover at the UN General Assembly would provide a platform to promote Australia's interests on the global stage.

"We also have particular issues to advance, such as our social media ban, where Australia is leading the world," Albanese added.

It is anticipated the PM will meet Trump face-to-face during his time in NYC, however it remains unlikely the pair will organise an official sit-down.

A potential meeting between the two leaders has been a key topic looming over the first months of Albanese's second term as prime minister.

Any hopes of a meeting upon Albanese's arrival were dashed as Trump will be in Arizona to attend the funeral of Charlie Kirk.

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Albanese has remained coy on the prospect of sitting down with Trump after being asked about it repeatedly since the May election.

When asked by the ABC earlier this week if an official meeting had been scheduled, the PM would not confirm anything was locked in.

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"I gotta tell you as I go around Australia or indeed anywhere else, it is journalists who are obsessed by this," Albanese said of speculation over a potential meeting with Trump.

Albanese is also set to spruik Australia's fresh emissions reduction targets in NYC this week.

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has joined Albanese in the US following his announcement of the federal government's target of cutting emissions by 62 to 70 per cent by 2035.

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DoC staff say the whale showed signs of malnutrition and sickness.

OPINION: Triple zero is sacred in this country. We hold dear the ability to reach emergency services when faced with a crisis. Paramedics, police and fire crews are a simple phone call away.

As part of their licence to operate in this country, telecommunications providers must guarantee they can deliver calls to emergency services.

The failure of Optus to provide that essential service is beyond the pale and now tragic in the extreme, with confirmation of a fourth death as a direct result, including an 8-week-old baby boy.

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"Reprehensible" is how a furious South Australian Premier described Optus' actions – not just for the catastrophic triple zero outage, but for failing to keep police and government in the loop in the three affected states and territories – South Australia, West Australia and the Northern Territory.

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas says there was a 'bewildering' lack of information from Optus, with SA Police only given the names and addresses of those who died after the Premier made a direct call to the Optus CEO Stephen Rue. That is shameful.

It's staggering that a routine system upgrade could fail in such a catastrophic way, but it's made even worse by the fact Optus let the country down with a triple zero outage on a much larger scale only two years ago.

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In 2023, more than two thousand people across the country had no access to emergency services after a nationwide outage from Optus, which also failed to conduct welfare checks on hundreds of people who tried but couldn't get through to triple zero.

It was luck more than anything that no one died then.

Not this time.

600 people were not able to call triple zero during this outage, and four families are now grieving loved ones because of this corporate catastrophe.

Optus was fined $12 million dollars after the 2023 network outage and vowed it would never happen again. And here we are.

Optus has many questions to answer.

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Why was there no in-built alarm to alert the telco that the network upgrade had blocked Triple Zero calls? Optus had no idea the system wasn't working and did nothing to fix it for at least 13 hours.

It then took 32 hours for the public to be told.

Normal calls were unaffected, but two people contacted Optus directly hours after the emergency services system was down to alert the telco they couldn't get through.

Those customers were ignored by Optus which failed to escalate their calls.

Australians need to know that every telecommunications provider can function and allow them to reach emergency services in their time of greatest need.

If Optus can't deliver, perhaps it's time to reconsider the telco's licence to operate in this country.

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The hunt for accused cop killer Dezi Freeman is showing no signs of slowing down, with police swooping on a northeast Victoria home.

Heavily armed officers surrounded a home in Myrtleford, where officers detained and cuffed a hooded man.

His property was raided for a firearm prohibition order search.

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"All the army people were on the road, and they said we couldn't come down the street," witnesses said.

The hunt for accused double murder Dezi Freeman is now in it's 26th day with officers still working to bring justice for two of their own.

Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson and Senior Constable Vadim De Waart-Hottart were ambushed while serving a warrant in Victoria's high country.

Today, their colleagues and friends honoured them at Albert Park Lake in a 71 kilometre relay, raising money for the fallen officers' families.

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"We are one big blue family," Kim Bramwell of Victoria Police said.

"And we all do come together in times like this."

Victoria Police's Sarah Boyle worked with De Waart-Hottart.

"So it's very very near and dear to my heart as well and our units heart as well," Boyle said.

Run to Remember was organised by Senior Constable Alex Prestney who knows the pain of losing a loved one in the line of duty – his brother killed in the Eastern Freeway tragedy.

"We felt that we just wanted to do something knowing exaclty what it feels like and what the support from the community feels like and it was our way of giving back," he said.

As the officers ran around Albert Park, their minds were also on their colleagues searching in the state's north.

Despite police receiving hundreds of tips, there still haven't been any confirmed sightings of the fugitive.

"We feel for the members who are up there working tirelessly to try and get this to a resolution," Prestney said.

"We fully support and have our love for everyone that's involved in everything so far."

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Kiwi Lotto lovers have been hoping to be $5 million richer after tonight’s draw.

Strong wind and heavy rain warnings are in place over the South Island this weekend.