Emergency services were called to the scene in Courtenay Place about 8.25pm.

An alleged repeat youth offender is behind bars after being charged over a horrific crash that claimed the life of an elderly pensioner on a mobility scooter.

The same boy is accused of targeting the home of a blind man and several other serious crimes.

Allan Smillie, 76, was coming home from the shops on his mobility scooter on Saturday morning in the Logan suburb of Kingston when his life was cut short allegedly by the actions of a 17-year-old boy.

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Police arrested the Waterford West boy at the scene and announced a string of charges had been laid against him on Sunday night.

It's alleged the teen failed to stop the Ford Focus he was driving at a stop sign on Anthony Street about 10.40am, colliding with a Holden Barina and then Smillie.

Smillie's family member, Melissa Griffin, said: "It's just really hard to comprehend what's happened.

"The whole family is shattered."

Kristyn Marshall said Smillie had been "left him for dead".

Smillie's niece, Kaylee On, told 9News: "We're not going to hear his voice anymore, you know, as soft as he was, we will not ever hear that again, and it's devastating, it really is, mate."

Police will allege the child was behind the wheel of a car he took from his parents and was unlicensed.

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"The vehicle had three occupants in it, they all ran away from the vehicle after the incident," Mark White from Queensland Police said.

A member of the public pinned down the accused teen until officers arrived.

A girl filmed running from the scene is also understood to be assisting police.

The teenage boy was charged with seven offences over the incident including dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death whilst adversely affected by an intoxicating substance, leaving the scene of an incident without getting help, unlicensed driving and drug possession.

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He was also charged with nine property charges over alleged offences on Thursday in the Logan area.

He's accused of a string of crimes, including ramming a Logan family home in December.

Among those inside was a man who is legally blind.

He chased the group off his property.

Detectives are investigating a number of other break-ins and whether they're linked to the teen.

His case was briefly mentioned in the Beenleigh Magistrates court this morning.

He'll be back before a magistrate next month.

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A cyclist has opened up about the moment he was rammed by a car in an alleged hit-run in Melbourne's Bayside over the weekend.

Justin Spencer, 53, was riding at the back of a group along the Nepean Highway in Seaford just before 8am on Saturday when he was allegedly struck by a blue Volkswagen Golf, police said.

Vision filmed by a rider in front of Spencer shows him falling to the ground from the impact of the hit.

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Speaking to 9News, he described feeling like he'd been hit by "a freight train".

"A massive hit. I was just in total shock," Spencer said.

"I do concede how lucky I was because the outcome could've been a lot worse."

As the father of two lay injured on the ground, the Golf allegedly swerved at the group in front of him, before speeding off.

Spencer moved himself onto the Seaford nature strip before he was surrounded by witnesses wanting to help.

He was treated at the scene and is awaiting surgery for a broken hand.

Spencer says he still deliberately avoids cycling during weekdays and busy times.

"I can understand the frustration… people are going to work and they've got a cyclist blocking… I would be frustrated too," he said.

"The right-hand lane was clear for this guy, if he was in such a rush he could've gone past."

Police will allege the driver of the Golf fled the scene after the collision occurred.

Witnesses claim he had at least two other passengers in the car.

A 20-year-old Cranbourne North man has since been charged with a string of offences, including reckless conduct endangering life, dangerous driving and failure to render assistance.

He was bailed to appear before the Moorabbin Magistrates' Court on April 3.

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Doctors say a multibillion-dollar spend on Medicare will not hit bulk-billing targets because it doesn't match the actual cost of care.

With an election looming, both the federal government and opposition have now pledged to significantly increase rebates for visits to the doctor.

After announcing his planned $8.5 billion boost to incentives for doctors who bulk bill, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited a GP clinic in the Melbourne marginal seat of Chisholm today.

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"It makes a difference, the quality of health care," he said.

"We believe that people should be able to see a doctor for free."

He has set a bulk-billing target of 90 per cent by 2030 if he wins the election.

It's currently 77.5 per cent, with the gap widening between the Medicare rebate and what patients pay.

In NSW, Victoria and Western Australia, the average out-of-pocket cost for a standard visit to the GP is $43.

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GP visits in Queensland ($44), Tasmania ($48) and the ACT ($50) are all more expensive.

The cheapest are South Australia at $36 and the Northern Territory at $40.

Every state and territory is well above the $26.70 extra being offered to GPs to bulk bill. 

"Extending the bulk-billing rates to everyone doesn't mean that everyone's going to get bulk-billed because the Medicare rebates still don't exceed the cost of care in most places," RACGP president Dr Michael Wright said.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said he believed "the doctors are right to be sceptical".

Dutton has cut-and-pasted Labor's policy as his own, throwing in an extra half a billion dollars to restore mental health support.

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"We have to have a strong general practice network because if we don't, people just turn up to emergency departments," Dutton said.

It means no matter who wins the next election, Medicare is a multibillion-dollar winner.

When asked on Today how the government would afford it, Health Minister Mark Butler said it'll be laid out in the next budget update.

The health minister perhaps let slip there won't be a full budget in March, which would mean the nation will soon tumble into an official election campaign.

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Exclusive: The owner of a car allegedly stolen by former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann says she's never met him before and can't explain why it was taken. 

In the small Tasmanian hamlet of Mountain River, 30 minutes out of Hobart, Gail Oates and her Toyota Prado are making national headlines.

"I just don't understand it," she told 9News.

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Her 4WD was taken in the early hours of Monday, November 20, 2024.

The alleged thief was Lehrmann.

Oates, who had hidden her keys inside the car, says she noticed the vehicle was missing when she left the house at 7am to drive her son to work.

"Panic, panic, absolute panic, because I knew that was my pride and joy the Prado – so I rang the police straight away," she said.

But by midday, it was returned with the keys and a full tank of fuel.

"It was so weird and bizarre," she said.

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She says police showed her security vision of a man at a nearby service station.

"(He) put fuel in my car and bought a bottle of Coke," Oates said.

"(Police) then came and asked me if I could identify him and I did not know him from a bar of soap."

Oates only discovered today the man charged is the former Liberal staffer.

She says she's never met him before but her son briefly worked with him.

"I've never met that man before in my life, I've only seen him on the news," Oates said.

There are media reports the 29-year-old has been living in Tasmania since last year when he lost his defamation battle against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson when a judge found, on the balance of probabilities, he had raped Brittany Higgins inside Parliament House.

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Lehrmann dialled into Hobart Magistrate's Court today, charged with one count of stealing a motor vehicle.

He is yet to enter a plea and the case is expected back in June.

Police were called to an address on Emmett St about 4.40pm.

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Four teenagers have been charged after they allegedly broke into a home in Melbourne's east and confronted the residents inside.

A Kew couple woke about 4am today to find balaclava-clad intruders in their bedroom in Sackville Street.

It's alleged four teenagers broke in through a doggy door before confronting the pair.

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"I screamed, which woke him up, and then we realised another person came into the room and I really started screaming," the female resident told 9News.

The teens are accused of demanding the keys to two Porsches before stealing the woman's phone when she tried to call police.

When police arrived, after her husband managed to raise the alarm, the boys allegedly jumped the back fence, taking off with a phone, jewellery and wallet.

"I kept telling them, 'Don't do this, this is really silly, you steal the car, you will go to jail,'" the female resident claimed.

After a search by the AirWing and Dog Squad, the teens were located in a nearby yard on Bramley Court.

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Four boys, aged 15, 16, 16 and 17, were this afternoon charged with theft of motor vehicle, home invasion and theft.

The teens, all from the Dandenong area, have all been remanded into custody to appear at a children's court at a later date.

Police allege the group arrived in a BMW stolen from Cranbourne West earlier in the night.

The vehicle was towed from the scene in Kew.

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