Hill opened his first jewellery store in Whangārei in 1979.

Arachnophobes may be alarmed to hear that scientists have identified 55 new species of Australian wishbone spiders.

Coming from the same group as tarantulas and funnel-web spiders, wishbone spiders dig burrows and line them with silk to help them catch prey.

These burrows are where the spiders get their name, as they're shaped like a wishbone or the letter Y with one leg shorter than the other.

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Only one leg reaches the surface, providing an entrance to the burrow, while the other remains hidden underground and is believed to provide extra protection for the spider.

Found across mainland Australia, scientists from Queensland Museum, Western Australian Museum, and the University of Western Australia joined forces to conduct a groundbreaking two-year study on the arachnids.

The project involved extensive fieldwork in some of Australia's more remote ecosystems, which several species of whishbone spider call home, as well as cutting-edge molecular techniques used to study the spiders.

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Now they've published a landmark research paper that includes the description of 55 species new to science.

Some of the additions to the Aname genus include A. mulgana, named for the Mulga Lands of south-western Queensland where it's found, and A. lawrenceae, named for the study's project manager Melinda Lawrence.

These additions make wishbone spiders one of the most diverse and widely distributed groups of spiders in Australia.

But lead author Dr Jeremy Wilson said more than half of the Aname genus of wishbone spiders found in Australia remained undescribed, with many only found in remote or arid parts of the country.

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He said the two-year study has also led to "amazing observations" about the secretive spiders' burrowing habits, as well as physical differences between species.

"This work is a reminder of how much there is still to learn about our unique biodiversity, ensuring that future generations can appreciate the incredible diversity of life that calls Australia home," Queensland Museum chief executive Dr Jim Thompson said.

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From photo ops with babies, beers and plenty of high vis, to protesters interrupting press conferences and the prime minister taking a stage-top tumble, it's been a busy federal election campaign.

One Australian city has snatched a prized spot among the hubs of the super rich.

The Liberal Party has taken the 2025 federal election up a notch with a new tongue-in-cheek "diss track" targeting Labor's economic policies.

The Coalition dropped the song Leaving Labor today just hours after Peter Dutton's official campaign launch in western Sydney yesterday, marking the first studio-produced rap track of this year's election season.

The song is described by the Liberal Party as a "Kendrick [Lamar] meeting Question Time – lyrical, direct and as with all the best raps, political".

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"Bring them prices down, this is what we need, cause Albo's gotta leave, Albo's gotta leave," the unidentified rapper quips.

"I just want to buy some eggs and cheese, $100? You kidding me?… I just want to put food on the table."

The song, shared via SoundCloud, already has close to 1000 streams after it was released earlier today.

"It's a serious message in a new format," a Coalition spokesperson said of the minute-long track.

"This drops harder and faster than interest rates under Labor."

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An album cover using Anthony Albanese's face photoshopped onto the iPhone shrug emoji was also used to promote the song.

The Coalition hired a commercial artist, who remains unknown, to sing the lyrics.

It's not the first time the Liberals have used catchy lyrics during an election campaign.

Voters may not soon forget Scott Morrison's campaign song with the lyrics "there's a hole in your budget, dear Labor", which drew inspiration from the children's rhyme, There's a Hole in My Bucket.

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The iconic Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, also known simply as 'Coachella', is now in full swing in the sunny Californian desert.

A body found in a river. A 53-year-old mystery. A gold signet ring that could help solve it.

These are just a few of the strange details surrounding a cold case that detectives from Victoria's Alexandra Crime Investigation Unit believe could be solved.

On the afternoon of Christmas Day, 1971, a group of children discovered the body of an unknown man in the Steavenson River, about 60 metres downstream from the Maroondah Highway bridge.

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Believed to be in his 40s or 50s, with dark hair and a large build, the man was dressed in blue jeans with a belt, a white shirt, a vest and desert-style boots.

Other items found on his person included a thick waist belt to support the abdominal muscles, a gold Unicorn watch and a black signet ring with an inscription which read "21.4.71 P.U.C.K".

But detectives couldn't find any evidence to suggest how his body ended up in the river

Despite the discovery being widely publicised at the time, no one came forward to identify the man and interstate law enforcement agencies had no information about him.

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Dental analysis didn't turn up any additional clues and while an autopsy revealed the man had heart disease and cirrhosis of the liver, the body had decomposed to the point where it was impossible to tell if he had sustained any physical injuries before he died.

A coronial inquest held almost a year after the body was found determined that the cause of death was consistent with drowning.

Still unidentified, the man was buried in a metropolitan grave and the case largely forgotten by the public – until now.

More than 53 years after the body was discovered, detectives are investigating the man's signet ring in the hopes it could hold further clues about his identity.

It's believed that the inscription, originally reported to be "21.4.71 P.U.C.K", could have actually been the Cyrillic 'Р.И.С.К', which means 'risk' in English.

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An image from the case file believed to depict what the ring found on the man resembled has been released along with a press release with support for the theory.

"The man was described at the time of the discovery as 'continental migrant' and a Ukrainian youth camp was, and remains, 4km upstream from where the man's body was found," the release read.

Victoria Police have made enquiries with the Ukrainian embassy and the camp. No additional information about the man's identity has emerged yet.

"We are confident that there is someone out there who knows something that can help determine who this man was," Alexandra Crime Investigation Unit Detective Sergeant Flyn Loughlin said.

"This may have occurred back in 1971 but this man was someone's son, he had a family, and there were those who loved him."

Loughlin added that even the "slightest bit of information" could help.

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At least 50 people were killed in weekend attacks in Congo’s conflict-battered east, with the government trading blame with Rwanda-backed rebels over who was responsible for the violence that quickly escalated the conflict.

The renewed violence that residents reported in and around the region’s largest city of Goma — which the M23 rebels control — was the biggest threat yet to ongoing peace efforts by both the Gulf Arab state of Qatar and African nations in the conflict that has raised fears of regional warfare.

Goma resident Amboma Safari recounted how his family of four spent the night under their bed as they heard gunfire and bomb blasts through Friday night.

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“We saw corpses of soldiers, but we don’t know which group they are from,” Safari said.

In the second city of Bukavu, which the M23 also controls, dozens of the armed Wazalendo local militia members who fight alongside Congolese forces marched for a few hours towards the local airport as they appeared to stage a challenge against the rebels.

The group, which later retreated, declared a ceasefire on Sunday to give ongoing peace talks “a chance".

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The decades-long conflict between Congo and the M23 rebels escalated in January, when the rebels made an unprecedented advance and seized the strategic eastern Congolese city of Goma, followed by the town of Bukavu in February.

The latest fighting has killed some 3,000 people and worsened what was already one of the world's largest humanitarian crises, with around 7 million people displaced.

In a statement, Congo’s Ministry of Interior said 52 people were killed between Friday and Saturday, including a person shot dead at Goma’s Kyeshero Hospital.

The ministry blamed the attack on M23.

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M23 spokesman Lawrence Kanyuka blamed Congolese forces and their allies for the attacks.

Kanyuka said in a statement that Congo's joint operations with local militias and southern African troops “directly threaten the stability and security of civilians” in the region.

The group said it has been compelled to “reconsider its position to prioritize the security” of the people in the area, suggesting the crisis could worsen.

Christian Kalamo, a civil society leader in the North Kivu province that includes Goma, said at least one body was seen on the streets on Saturday.

“It is difficult to know if it is the Wazalendo, the FARDC (Congolese forces) or the M23" that carried out the attacks, Kalamo said. “Now, we don’t know what will happen, and we live with fear in our stomachs, thinking that the war will resume.”

At least 32 people have been killed in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, officials say.

Two ballistic missiles struck the heart of the city about 10.15am (5.15pm AEST) as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, according to officials.

Images from the scene on official channels showed lines of black body bags lying on the side of the road, while more bodies were seen wrapped in foil blankets among the debris.

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Video footage also showed fire crews as they fought to extinguish the shells of burned-out cars among the rubble from damaged buildings.

At least 32 people were killed as a result of the attack, including two children, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said in a statement. A further 99 people were injured, including seven children, it said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that rescue efforts were ongoing and said "dozens" had been killed in the double missile attack.

"According to preliminary information, dozens of civilians were killed and wounded. Only filthy scum can act like this — taking the lives of ordinary people," he said.

The head of the Ukrainian president's office, Andriy Yermak, said that the strike had also used cluster munitions in an attempt to kill as many people as possible. The Associated Press was unable to verify the claim.

Zelenskyy called for a global response to the attack. "Talks have never stopped ballistic missiles and aerial bombs. What's needed is an attitude toward Russia that a terrorist deserves," he said.

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Other world leaders also condemned the attack, with French President Emmanuel Macron saying that the strike undermined Washington-led peace talks between the two sides.

"Everyone knows: This war was initiated by Russia alone. And today, it is clear that Russia alone chooses to continue it — with blatant disregard for human lives, international law and the diplomatic efforts of President Trump," he wrote in a statement.

Elsewhere in Ukraine, a 62-year-old woman was killed in Russian shelling on the Ukrainian city of Kherson, regional Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin said Sunday.

The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, also said Sunday that a Russian strike had hit one of the city's kindergartens, shattering windows and damaging the building's facade. No casualties were reported.

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The strike came less than a day after Russia and Ukraine's top diplomats accused each other of violating a tentative US-brokered deal to pause strikes on energy infrastructure, underscoring the challenges of negotiating an end to the three-year-old war.

The two countries' foreign ministers spoke at separate events at the annual Antalya Diplomacy Forum, a day after US envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss peace prospects.

"The Ukrainians have been attacking us from the very beginning, every passing day, maybe with two or three exceptions," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, adding that Moscow would provide the US Turkey and international bodies with a list of Kyiv's attacks during the past three weeks.

His Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sybiha, fiercely contested that claim, saying on Saturday that Russia had launched "almost 70 missiles, over 2200 (exploding) drones, and over 6000 guided aerial bombs at Ukraine, mostly at civilians", since agreeing to the limited pause on strikes.

The attack on Sumy on Sunday was the second large-scale attack to claim civilian lives in just over a week.

It followed a deadly missile strike on Zelenskyy's hometown of Kryvyi Rih on April 4 that killed some 20 people, including nine children.

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Police said the lone officer was approached by an ‘aggressive person’.