Sole surviving mushroom lunch victim Ian Wilkinson, his family and the loved ones of three people murdered by killer cook Erin Patterson have delivered emotional statements as she faced court for her pre-sentencing hearing today.

Patterson was on July 7 found guilty of three murders and the attempted murder of Wilkinson over a death cap mushroom-laced beef Wellington lunch.

She deliberately served up the poisoned dish during lunch at her Leongatha home to her former mother and father-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson and her husband Ian.

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Today, those directly affected by her crimes told the Victorian Supreme Court of their pain.

Ian Wilkinson

• "I would like to begin with a few words about my beautiful wife Heather. She was a compassionate intelligent, brave, witty, a simply delightful person who loved sharing life with others."
• "She was a wonderful wife, we shared a very close marriage relationship for 44 years. Heather was full of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control."
• "It's one of the distressing shortcomings of our society that so much attention is showered on those who do evil, and so little on those who do good."
• "I continue to carry a heavy burden of grief over her untimely death, it is a truly horrible thought to live with – that somebody could decide to take her life. I only feel half alive without her."
• "I encourage Erin to receive my offer of forgiveness for those harms done to me with full confession and repentance. I bear her no ill will."
• "I am no longer Erin Patterson's victim and she has become the victim of my kindness."

Simon Patterson, estranged husband of Erin Patterson

• "My children … are left without grandparents as a result of these murders."

• "The grim reality is they live in an irreparably broken home with only a solo parent, when almost everyone else knows their mother murdered their grandparents."

• "The fact these hurdles were actively put in front of them by their own mother is an impact we will wrestle with for the rest of our lives."

Ruth Dubois, daughter of Ian and Heather Wilkinson

• "It is difficult to comprehend how someone could spend months planning this out, researching, collecting the items needed, making the lunch invitation, preparing the meal, sit through eating it and then to carry on with normal life all while knowing the tremendous harm that was being caused."

• "There are multiple times through this process she could have stopped – she could have cancelled the plans, she could have thought about the consequences, been honest, helped the medical staff, potentially change the outcome – instead, at every step of the way, she chose to follow through.

• "It is particularly revolting to experience our family's tragedy be turned into entertainment for the masses."

Lynette Young, sister of Heather Wilkinson

• "It was Don's birthday this week. We are missing them from so much of our family's lives."

• "I'm just so angry and so sad."

Martha Patterson, aged 100, Don Patterson's mother

• "I was the mother of four wonderful sons, one has been taken from us in horrific circumstances."

• "The whole family is broken."

• "At the age of 77 Don taught me how to use the computer … he kept me in touch with others."

• "May God help our family to heal."

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Colin Patterson, brother of Don Patterson

• "As the younger brother of Don, I never knew a time without him in my life. As Christians, they were people of hope."

• "It was Don who took on the major share of helping mother as she got older, Gail too contributed …. to making mum's life richer. Their deaths have left a large gap in our family."

Tim Patterson, Don Patterson's nephew and son of Colin

• "The week following the lunch was the worst of my life … I wrote in my diary 'why did God decide to end such amazing lives in such a horrific manner?"

• "Why did she decide to focus her expert wrath on the wonderful people I know?"

Anthony Albanese has opened the door to making much-needed changes to Australia's tax system, while at the same time tempering expectations for an overhaul anytime too soon.

The prime minister was questioned by reporters about his appetite for reform following the government's three-day productivity roundtable last week.

And while he insisted his focus was on the policies Labor took to the last federal election – pointing to the so-called "top-up" tax cut from this year's budget – he hinted further change could be on the table.

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"We have an agenda for tax that is decreasing tax next year and the year after," Albanese said.

"That is our focus, the policies that we are implementing now.

"But of course, governments must always look to what they'll do in the future.

"The job of reform is never done.

"You need to be continually making policy."

The comments appear to be a slight change of tune from the prime minister, who was far more cautious and guarded when asked about tax reform than Treasurer Jim Chalmers in the lead-up to the roundtable.

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The summit finished with widespread consensus from those within the room – which included politicians, economists, unions and business groups – that something needs to be done to address the generational inequality baked into Australia's economy.

But exactly what the solution is remains a source of contention.

Albanese and Chalmers have both distanced themselves from economists' proposals to raise and broaden the GST to bring it into line with comparable taxes in other nations, and the prime minister has previously poured cold water on changes to negative gearing and the capital gains discount for property investors.

That has left the roughly $50 billion a year in concessions for the $4.1 trillion superannuation system looming as a potential avenue for reform that would allow the government to increase revenue for the budget while also cutting income taxes.

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"The major driver of this inequality is the treatment of income in retirement, where superannuation earnings and withdrawals are not taxed over the age of 60," Grattan Institute chief executive Aruna Sathanapally told the roundtable last week.

"And so a retiree household, earning $100,000 per annum, can pay less than half of the tax of a working household with the identical income, purely on the basis of age."

The government hasn't ruled in or out changes to superannuation tax concessions, with Albanese and Chalmers saying any decision on reform will be a matter for the cabinet.

"I said before the summit that it was a roundtable taking place in the cabinet room, it wasn't a meeting of the cabinet," the prime minister said this morning.

"And it's a good thing that there's a promotion of ideas out there.

"In particular, I welcome the fact that people around that roundtable recognise that we have to deal with intergenerational equity issues."

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Kiflay Abera had not taken required breaks before crash that killed Jason McEwan.

Passengers on a flight heading to Bali say they saw flames coming from the engine before the plane had to return to Perth Airport.

The pilot of AirAsia flight QZ545, which took off from Perth about 6.30pm yesterday, was forced to fly in circles near Rottnest Island, burning fuel so the plane was a safe weight for landing after engine problems.

During this time, the lights were completely out in the cabin.

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Some passengers took videos, which showed the plane being met by fire trucks.

"At first we thought it was lightning, but we were on the exit row so we had the full advantage," one passenger told 9News.

"You can see just going bang, and you can see the sort of explosion and the flames."

The airport confirmed the plane landed after having engine issues during take-off. 

The A320 Airbus landed about one hour after take-off.

A Perth Airport spokesperson said passengers were rescheduled onto two flights this morning.

Captain Achmad Sadikin, Indonesia AirAsia CEO, said in a statement: "This was a precautionary turnback made upon detecting an abnormality and our crew responded swiftly and in full accordance with established procedures.

"Throughout the situation, guests were kept informed by the crew, and arrangements were made to support their needs at the airport."

An Australian sunscreen brand has voluntarily stopped selling one of its products while it waits for new testing results on the SPF results.

Naked Sundays, a brand started by TV journalist Samantha Brett, said it will pause the sale of its Collagen Mineral sunscreen "out of precaution."

It comes after consumer company Choice found that out of 20 popular sunscreens on the market, 16 of them failed to meet their SPF claims.

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Naked Sundays was not one of those tested in the research and no claims have been made that it doesn't match up to the SPF it's being sold as having.

The company says while lab tests confirmed the $39.99 product, made both in Australia, and in the USA, met the SPF50 claims, it is waiting for more guidance.

"We are pleased to report that preliminary SPF results from a new independent lab for our Collagen Mineral produced by our US manufacturer, has returned preliminary results to support the label claim of SPF50," it said in a statement.

"We've since updated our listing with the TGA, for this version to be available locally in the coming days.

"Till then we've paused the mineral from sale in Australia out of precaution, while we await new, complete independent SPF results, and subsequent guidance from the TGA on their investigation into SPF testing.

"This precautionary pause only affects our Collagen Glow Mineral produced by one Australian manufacturer, and no other products in our range have been impacted."

MECCA, the cosmetics shop where the brand is sold, said customers can get a refund.

"MECCA and Naked Sundays have jointly made the decision to remove the SPF50+ Collagen Glow 100% Mineral Perfecting Priming Lotion (20ml, 50ml, 80ml) from sale, effective immediately," it said.

"Although there is currently no requirement to officially recall the product, we believe removing it from sale is the right thing to do until the retesting is complete."

Last week Australian sunscreen brand Ultra Violette pulled one of its products from shelves and is offering customer refunds over "concerning discrepancies" in SPF testing results.

Founders Rebecca Jefferd and Ava Matthews last week issued a statement apologising that the product had "fallen short of the standards we pride ourselves on".

Choice wants watchdogs the TGA and the ACCC to investigate sunscreen brands across Australia to make sure sunscreen safety matches people's expectations

TGA said in a statement it is reviewing existing SPF testing requirements.

A case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite has been identified in a person in Maryland who had traveled to the United States from Guatemala, according to four sources familiar with the situation.

The person, who received treatment in Maryland, is the first new confirmed case this year in the U.S. of New World screwworm, a parasite that eats cattle and other warm-blooded animals alive, as an outbreak escalates and moves northward from Central America and southern Mexico.

Beth Thompson, South Dakota's state veterinarian, told Reuters that she was notified of the case within the last week by a person with direct knowledge of the Maryland case.

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A second source, who asked not to be identified, said they had seen emails sent by an executive of the industry group Beef Alliance on August 20 to about two dozen people in the livestock and beef sectors, informing them that the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention had confirmed a human case of screwworm in Maryland in a person who had traveled to the U.S. from Guatemala.

State veterinarians learned about the human case in Maryland during a call last week with the CDC, according to one source. A Maryland state government official also confirmed the case.

CDC deferred questions to Maryland on a call with state animal health officials, Thompson said.

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"We found out via other routes and then had to go to CDC to tell us what was going on," she said. "They weren't forthcoming at all. They turned it back over to the state to confirm anything that had happened or what had been found in this traveler."

A CDC spokesperson and a spokesperson for the Maryland Department of Health did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The confirmed case comes just over a week after U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and other government officials traveled to Texas to announce plans to build a sterile fly facility there as part of efforts to combat the pest.

What are screwworms?

Screwworms are parasitic flies whose females lay eggs in wounds on any warm-blooded animal. Once the eggs hatch, hundreds of screwworm larvae use their sharp mouths to burrow through living flesh, eventually killing their host if left untreated.

The maggots' feeding is similar to a screw being driven into wood, giving the pests their name.

Screwworms can be devastating in cattle and wildlife, and rarely infest humans, though an infestation in either an animal or a person can be fatal.

Treatment is onerous, and involves removing hundreds of larvae and thoroughly disinfecting wounds. But infestations are typically survivable if treated early enough.

The August 20 emails from the Beef Alliance executive, whose content was shared with Reuters, said the positive human case of New World screwworm in Maryland had been confirmed that day.

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A follow-up email from the same group said that due to patient privacy laws, there were no other details available. The person was treated and prevention measures were implemented in the state, the email said.

A livestock economist at Texas A&M University had been asked to prepare a report for Rollins on the impacts to industry of the border closure to Mexican cattle, according to the emails, a measure that has largely been in effect since November to prevent the arrival of screwworm to the United States.

The CDC was required to report the positive New World screwworm case to both Maryland health officials and the Maryland state veterinarian, one of the emails said, adding that the CDC also notified other agriculture stakeholders.

"We remain hopeful that, since awareness is currently limited to industry representatives and state veterinarians, the likelihood of a positive case being leaked is low, minimising market impact," the beef industry executive wrote.

A representative for the Beef Alliance did not respond to requests for comment.

Impact on beef and cattle futures

A confirmed screwworm case in the U.S. would likely rattle the beef and cattle futures market, which has seen record-high prices because of tight supplies, with the U.S. cattle herd at its smallest size in seven decades.

The case and the lack of transparency around it could also present a political challenge for Rollins, who pledged repeatedly to keep screwworm out of the country. The USDA has set traps and sent mounted officers along the border, but it has faced criticism from some cattle producers and market analysts for not acting faster to pursue increased fly production.

Rollins first announced plans for a sterile fly facility at Moore Air Force Base in Edinburg, Texas – near where a production facility to combat screwworm operated during the last major outbreak 50 years ago – in June, saying that the facility would take two to three years to come online.

A spokesperson for the USDA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Mexico has also taken efforts to limit the spread of the pest, which can kill livestock within weeks if not treated. The Mexican government said in July that it started to build a $51 million ($AU78.7 million) sterile fly production facility in the country's south.

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The sole operating plant is in Panama City and can produce a maximum of 100 million sterile screwworm flies each week. The USDA has estimated that 500 million flies would need to be released weekly to push the fly back to the Darien Gap, the stretch of rainforest between Panama and Colombia.

Screwworms have been traveling north through Mexico from Central America since 2023. They are endemic in Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and countries in South America, according to the USDA.

Mexico reported a new case about 370 miles south of the U.S. border in Ixhuatlan de Madero, Veracruz, in July. The USDA immediately ordered the closure of livestock trade through southern ports of entry, after previously halting imports in November and May.

The U.S. typically imports over a million cattle from Mexico a year to fatten in feedlots and process into beef.

Screwworms were eradicated from the United States in the 1960s when researchers began releasing massive numbers of sterilised male screwworm flies that mate with wild female screwworms to produce infertile eggs.

The USDA has estimated a screwworm outbreak could cost the economy in Texas, the biggest U.S. cattle-producing state, about $1.8 billion in livestock deaths, labor costs and medication expenses.

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