Australia comes in at 18th, the UK in 30th and the USA is all the way down in 128th.

NRL star Brandon Smith has been charged with dangerous drug supply, as well as using inside knowledge for betting, by police in Queensland.

The South Sydney Rabbitohs hooker was questioned by officers at Gold Coast Airport earlier this month.

Police have now confirmed the 29-year-old Smith was charged last week – before taking to the field in Souths' win over the St George-Illawarra Dragons on Thursday night – and is due to appear in court next month.

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"A 29-year-old man has been issued with a summons by Queensland Police on August 20 for supplying dangerous drugs and using or disclosing inside knowledge for betting," a Queensland Police spokesperson said.

"The man is expected to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court on September 18.

"Investigations by detectives from the Organised Crime Gangs Group, Taskforce Maxima, South Eastern Region, are continuing."

Maxima is the taskforce established by Queensland Police in 2013 to combat outlaw bikie gangs, but in 2017 had its remit expanded to include all forms of organised crime.

In a statement, South Sydney said it was aware of the charges against Smith.

"The South Sydney Rabbitohs are aware of allegations made by Queensland Police against player Brandon Smith," a spokesperson for the club said.

"The club has informed the NRL Integrity Unit about the allegations.

"As this matter is part of a Queensland Police investigation, the Rabbitohs will be making no further comment at this stage."

An NRL spokesperson told 9news.com.au that the league is "aware of the matter and is liaising with the club".

After he was questioned at Gold Coast Airport, police had said there was no suggestion Smith had done anything wrong, although they did acknowledge the investigation was running.

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"It was opportunistic for us," Queensland Police Commissioner Shane Chelepy told 4BC radio on August 14.

"But we spoke to him, he cooperated with us and we have an ongoing police matter there."

At the time, the NRL told Wide World of Sports it had "no information relating to a potential breach of the NRL rules by the player".

Smith has played 152 NRL games in a nine-year career for the Melbourne Storm, Sydney Roosters and Rabbitohs.

He won the 2020 premiership with the Storm and has represented New Zealand in more than a dozen rugby league internationals.

Injuries have limited him to just four games for Souths this season.

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A critical incident has been declared in Sydney after a man died after falling from a unit balcony while he was being pursued by police.

Police allege the 49-year-old man robbed a nearby grocery store with a knife in a "frightening" confrontation before he fell from the home in Surry Hills about 9.10pm yesterday.

CCTV from Aruma Grocery on the next street shows a man in a mask wielding a large knife.

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The man allegedly threatened two people in the shop around 8pm yesterday and took a cash register containing around $180.

Shop owner Faris Alwiswih said a customer in the shop, on Devonshire Street tried to stop him using a mop.

"We refused to give him him any cash, he took the whole cash register and ran away from the shop," Alwiswih said.

He met up outside with a woman police allege is Tiahna Hatch, 21, and they bolted across the busy road and light rail track to an apartment block.

Police headed to the apartments in Belvoir Street an hour later as part of their investigations.

A man and woman were in the hallway of the units when police arrived, with police saying he ran when he saw officers.

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"As police approached the unit a man believed to be aged in his 40s has run from the unit block and jumped over a balcony and has fallen five storeys and is unfortunately deceased," Acting Assistant Commissioner Scott Tanner said.

Police gave the man first aid until paramedics arrived.

He was rushed to hospital but died on the way.

Hatch faced court today on charges including robbery with an offensive weapon.

She was granted bail and walked from Surry Hills police station early this afternoon.

A critical incident team from Inner West Police Area Command will investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.

The investigation will be subject of an independent review by the Professional Standards Command and oversight by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission.

A report will be prepared for the Coroner.

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.