A woman has been charged after police say she intentionally hit a man with her car following an argument in Noosa on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

Investigators say the 34-year-old woman from Maroochydore had a verbal stoush with a group inside a venue on Noosa Drive at 8.45pm on Friday.

The group left the venue on foot shortly afterwards.

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Police say the woman then drove towards them on Edgar Bennett Avenue in a white Mazda CX-3 and hit a 29-year-old man before driving away.

The man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police later found the woman and the Mazda at a property on Quamby Place in Noosa Heads.

She was arrested and charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle, adversely affected by an intoxicating substance and failing to stop.

She is due to appear in Noosa Magistrates Court next month.

Anyone who witnessed the crash or has information is urged to come forward.

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It was only a few months ago that US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last met in the Oval Office, but today's face-to-face between the two leaders looked markedly different.

For much of their February exchange, during which Trump and Vice President JD Vance blasted Zelensky as “disrespectful” and warned about future American support for his country, Zelensky crossed his arms and looked warily at the US leaders.

The presidents often spoke over each other, also gesturing disagreement. A conservative reporter, Brian Glenn, even asked Zelensky why he wasn't wearing a suit.

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Today's meeting was rounded out with more smiles and pleasantries between Trump and Zelensky, as well as agreement on some points regarding Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine.

Both men largely sat with their hands clasped in their laps, affably fielding questions from reporters.

Glenn, when called upon by the Republican U.S. president to speak, complimented Zelensky, saying, “You look fabulous in that suit.”

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Trump chimed in right after: “I said the same thing!”

"I apologise to you. You look wonderful," Glenn said, and as he tried to segue to an actual question.

Zelensky, a comedian before he became president, quipped to Glenn, "You are in the same suit. I changed, you did not."

Afterwards, Trump claimed the meeting with Zelensky was a "very good meeting".

– With CNN, AP

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Josh Heins and his partner moved into a tiny house to save money.

Now it could cost them a small fortune in legal fees as they fight council eviction orders.

The NSW couple were ordered to remove or demolish their home by Bega Valley Shire Council, which deemed it an 'unauthorised structure'.

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Failure to do so could cost them up to $1 million in fines.

But Heins argues their tiny house on wheels (THOW) falls under vehicle regulations, not building rules.

Now the matter has been escalated to the Land and Environment Court of NSW, where Heins has been told even "simple" case can cost up to $25,000 to resolve.

"We've had to divert all of our energy to this thing that just honestly feels like a waste of time," Heins told 9news.com.au.

"To be completely honest, it's a shit show."

And with no clear rules around how tiny houses fit into the Australia's national, state or local regulations, he fears other vulnerable Aussies could be left homeless.

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Woolworths has announced it is discounting 100 extra products in August, delivering a fresh blow against supermarket rival Coles in the industry's ongoing price war.

The grocery giant said it will slash the prices on essential items including pasta sauce, rice, olive oil, cereal and muesli bars as part of its "lower shelf prices".

Woolworths claimed the total savings could slash up to $110 on a customer's grocery bill for a basket of all 100 newly-discounted products.

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Comparing against original shelf prices, Woolworths said the total savings by the end of August would be $50 million since May.

The supermarket has added 700 products to to its lower shelf prices catalogue so far.

"This is not about temporary specials, but about long-term shelf price certainty on the products that matter most for families," Woolworths Group chief executive Amanda Bardwell said.

"Since launch we have seen the lower shelf prices resonate with our customers and we're seeing families embrace the savings on key staples such as bread, yoghurt, cheese and baby wipes."

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Some of the discounted prices are $3.50 for a jar of Sacla Pasta Sauce and $12.50 or a 1.1kg of National Confectionery Co. lollies.

All the products available on the lower shelf price will be shared online from tomorrow.

Both Woolworths and Coles have moved to slash prices over the past few months as the supermarket giants scramble to attract budget shoppers following a damning report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

In a 400-plus-page report, the ACCC called for action on shrinkflation, price transparency and confusing promotions.

In May, Woolworths pledged to lower the on-shelf prices for almost 400 items by an average of 10 per cent.

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The lower prices will continue until "at least 2026", Woolworths said at the time.

That same month, Coles announced plans to cut the price of 500 items following the competition watchdog backlash.

Coles also introduced a loyalty bonus program in June to give shoppers 10 times the number of points on 800 products.

Both supermarkets are scheduled to report their full-year results next week.

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Mark Lim has been forced to temporarily close the street library outside his home after being robbed four times in one year.

The 48-year-old Sydney man is an avid street bounty and recyclables collector, often going through bins to hunt for items to save from the landfill.

He began noticing that dozens of books were being thrown out.

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"I go out, I see all these lovely books, so I rescue them," he said.

Lim would take those books and put them into a street library he opened outside his home in Enfield.

But late last week, he found that someone had completely cleared out the library in the span of a few hours.

"I'm mad. Why do they want to take so many books for?" he said. 

"I try to give back to the community."

This was not the first time this had happened to Lim.

He said his street library has been cleared out three other times in the past year.

"I thought someone has an issue with me. I thought they were targeting me," he said.

The latest incident has been disappointing, forcing him to leave his street library empty.

"What's the point? I'll leave it empty for a while and see how it goes," he said.

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Street Library general manager Mel Lake confirmed there have been a few thefts across some of the nearly 6000 street libraries across Australia, but said Lim's situation seemed "really extreme".

"Certainly nothing particular to any area, but we do get some reports of street libraries being cleared out," she said.

"We don't want people who are abusing the system, and it really is a minority.

"We don't want them to wreck it for everyone."

Burwood Council does not regulate or manage the street libraries, and has not received any reports of thefts.

But a council spokesperson said the community may "reasonably" assume the books are free to take. 

Lake advises street librarians to let their neighbours know of any thefts, install solar lighting, place bells on the library door and write a sign explaining the purpose of the library.

"If no one has street libraries, then that's a really beautiful community initiative that's lost, and the people who are abusing the privilege of having them in their community win," she said.

"That's not what you want. You just want to figure out how to deter them from doing it."

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Up to four million Australians are using buy now pay later services (BNPL) to pay for cosmetic or dental surgery, new data has revealed.

A survey by savings comparison service Finder discovered 44 per cent of Aussies reported using BNPL, with 38 per cent of whom – or the equivalent of 3.5 million people – later regretting their purchases.

Whilst the most popular purchase was clothing and accessories, 15 per cent admitted they used BNPL for cosmetic or dental work.

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Financial expert Rebecca Pike warned of the dangers of using BNPL services for impulsive or vanity purchases.

"For major expenses like cosmetic procedures, a solid savings plan is often a more financially sound approach than taking on debt for something you want right now," she said.

"The repercussions of buyer's remorse can be far-reaching, especially when impulse purchases become a financial pitfall."

However, spur-of-the-moment purchases are not the only thing BNPL is being used by Aussies.

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A quarter of Australians admitted they have purchased essential items such as groceries or utility bills using a BNPL service.

Despite BNPL services being an attractive option to help afford a potentially pricey purchase, they can have a significant impact.

Around 12 per cent of those said the BNPL purchase had led to them experiencing some form of financial difficulty.

"While it provides quick access to credit, it's important to remember it's a debt that needs to be paid off," Pike said.

"If you're struggling to curb this costly habit, the best thing to do is sleep on it. If you still desire the item 24 hours later, it becomes much easier to justify the financial outlay."

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An Iranian man has been arrested in Sydney's west after being accused of planning to import 390kg of methamphetamine into Australia.

The 61-year-old man is accused of coordinating the import of the drugs, which have an estimated street value of $360 million. The methamphetamine was allegedly concealed inside crane parts.

The shipment was identified in June by the Australian Border Force (ABF), which suspected there were border-controlled drugs inside a shipping consignment that arrived in Sydney.

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ABF officers intercepted three shipping containers carrying yellow-coloured, metal crane structures, each of which displayed anomalies. 

Subsequent inspection and deconstruction of the consignment found plastic pipes and packages concealed inside the crane structures, allegedly containing a crystalline substance. 

Australian Federal Police (AFP) forensics later confirmed the substance was methamphetamine. 

The AFP seized the entire consignment of illicit drugs, which was confirmed to weigh a total of 390kg. 

As a result, officers from the AFP arrested the man on Sunday after a search warrant was executed at his Quakers Hill home.

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He arrived in Australia from Hamburg in Germany on June 25, where police allege he planned to take possession of the consignment containing the methamphetamine.

The search of the man's property and rental car led to multiple items being seized, including power tools and cutting equipment.

Police charged the Iranian national with one count of attempting to possess a commercial quantity of unlawfully imported border-controlled drugs and one count of participating in the business of importing commercial quantities of border-controlled drugs.

Both offences carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

The man faced Downing Centre Local Court yesterday.

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A young man who survived a spate of methanol poisonings among young tourists in Laos late last year is calling on the UK government to make information about the risks more widely known.

Calum Macdonald was one of a group of people who consumed methanol-tainted alcohol at a resort in the Laotian tourist town of Vang Vieng last November.

Six people died as a result, including two young Australian women, Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, both aged 19.

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Macdonald, 23, survived but was left blind.

Speaking to the BBC for the first time, he said staff had offered free liquor shots to guests at the resort.

But when he arrived at the Vietnamese border the next day with his friends, he said, he began to suspect something was wrong.

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"I remember having this sort of kaleidoscopic, blinding light in my eyes and to the point at which I couldn't see anything," he told BBC Breakfast.

"(We agreed) it was strange but we thought it was food poisoning and the light I was seeing was some kind of sensitivity."

But in their Vietnamese hotel, things escalated drastically.

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"We were sitting in the hotel room, my friends and I, and I said to them: 'Why are we sitting in the dark? Someone should turn a light on'," he said.

But the lights were already on.

Macdonald, who the BBC said was now learning to navigate the world with a cane, is calling on the UK Foreign Office to more widely publicise the dangers of tainted alcohol overseas.

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"I felt, given that I was lucky enough to survive, I have a bit of a responsibility to try and prevent the same thing from happening to other people," he said.

Methanol, which is found in products such as antifreeze, can prove deadly to humans even in small amounts.

It has been known to be used to manufacture counterfeit alcohol in travel destinations such as Southeast Asia, and tourists are advised to be cautious.

The government's Smartraveller website advises if methanol-tainted alcohol is a known risk of a particular destination.

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A woman known as the "Ketamine Queen," charged with selling Matthew Perry the drug that killed him, has agreed to plead guilty.

Jasveen Sangha becomes the fifth and final defendant charged in the overdose death of the Friends star to strike a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, avoiding a trial that had been planned for September.

She agreed to plead guilty on Monday (Tuesday AEST) to five federal criminal charges, including providing the ketamine that led to Perry's death, federal prosecutors said in a statement.

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Prosecutors had cast Sangha, a 42-year-old citizen of the US and the UK, as a prolific drug dealer who was known to her customers as the "Ketamine Queen," using the term often in press releases and court documents and even including it in the official name of the case.

She agreed to plead guilty to one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, three counts of distribution of ketamine, and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury.

She admitted in the agreement to selling four vials of ketamine to another man, Cody McLaury, hours before he died from an overdose in 2019. McLaury had no relationship to Perry.

Prosecutors will drop three other counts related to the distribution of ketamine, and one count of distribution of methamphetamine that was unrelated to the Perry case.

Sangha will officially change her plea to guilty at an upcoming hearing, where sentencing will be scheduled, prosecutors said. She could get up to 45 years in prison. An email sent to Sangha's lawyers seeking comment was not immediately answered.

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She and Dr Salvador Plasencia, who signed his own plea deal on June 16, had been the primary targets of the investigation. Three other defendants — Dr Mark Chavez, Kenneth Iwamasa and Erik Fleming — agreed to plead guilty last year in exchange for their cooperation, which included statements implicating Sangha and Plasencia.

Perry was found dead in his Los Angeles home by Iwamasa, his assistant, on October 28, 2023. The medical examiner ruled that ketamine, typically used as a surgical anesthetic, was the primary cause of death.

The actor had been using the drug through his regular doctor as a legal, but off-label, treatment for depression, which has become increasingly common.

Perry, 54, sought more ketamine than his doctor would give him. He began getting it from Plasencia about a month before his death, then started getting still more from Sangha about two weeks before his death, prosecutors said.

Perry and Iwamasa found Sangha through Perry's friend Fleming. In their plea agreements, both men described the subsequent deals in detail.

Fleming messaged Iwamasa saying Sangha's ketamine was "unmarked but it's amazing," according to court documents. Fleming texted Iwamasa that she only deals "with high end and celebs. If it were not great stuff she'd lose her business."

With the two men acting as middlemen, Perry bought large amounts of ketamine from Sangha, including 25 vials for $US6000 in cash four days before his death. That purchase included the doses that killed Perry, prosecutors said.

On the day of Perry's death, Sangha told Fleming they should delete all the messages they had sent each other, according to her indictment.

Her home in North Hollywood, California, was raided last March by Drug Enforcement Administration agents who found large amounts of methamphetamines and ketamine, according to an affidavit from an agent. She was indicted that June, arrested that August and has been held in jail since.

None of the defendants has yet been sentenced.

Perry struggled with addiction for years, dating back to his time on Friends, when he became one of the biggest stars of his generation as Chandler Bing.

He starred alongside Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004 on NBC's megahit series.

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Countless reports of crime are being posted to community Facebook pages every day where they rarely ever get seen by investigators, according to Crime Stoppers Queensland.

A new campaign for Crime Stoppers Day is urging people to report their CCTV footage, eye-witness accounts and rumours of suspicious activity directly to authorities instead of posting on social media.

"This year's campaign focuses on busting the myth that social media is the best place to raise concerns about crime and suspicious activity," Crime Stoppers Queensland chief executive David Hansen said.

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"Social media might alert your neighbours, but it does little to help police track down offenders, prevent crime or keep communities safe."

Unconfirmed or inaccurate information can also be problematic.

"Unverified posts can fuel fear, spread misinformation, and even lead to vigilante behaviour or the public shaming of innocent people," Hansen said.

Hansen said if it was important enough to post on social media, it was important enough to report through the proper channels.

"We're asking everyday Queenslanders to move from online commentary to real-world impact," Hansen said.

"Whether it's a gut feeling, something you saw or something you heard – don't just talk about it online.

"Take that extra step and report it to Crime Stoppers."

In an emergency or if a crime is happening now, call triple zero.

If you need police assistance, but it's not an emergency, you can contact Policelink on 131 444.

Anyone with information about non-urgent crime or suspicious activity can contact Crime Stoppers Queensland anonymously at 1800 333 000 or visit www.crimestoppersqld.com.au.

Reports to Crime Stoppers can be made anonymously and you will not be made to give a police statement or attend court.