The Samoan Government has implemented a precautionary zone.

Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden says disruption should have consequences.

Emergency services were called to the address at 5.25pm.

Their comments come as a man is jailed for three years.

A man was elbowed and punched during a late-night scuffle with Melbourne Storm star Shawn Blore and his brother, a court has been told.

The alleged target of the assault, Naaman Mikhael, 31, who was also accused of affray over the incident, had the charge dismissed on mental health grounds on Monday after a magistrate heard he did not start the violence.

Both Shawn, 24 and Dean Blore, 26, have pleaded not guilty to an affray charge following the alleged melee outside a Lebanese restaurant on Sydney's Little Hunter Street shortly after 2.30am on July 7.

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The violence started after Mikhael was asked to leave the restaurant for acting aggressively towards another person, Downing Centre Local Court was told.

Outside, he was singled out by the Blore brothers while several other unrelated skirmishes took place around the group, the 31-year-old's lawyer George Thomas said.

"The event has started with people pointing at him and saying words to the effect of 'that's him, that's him'," Thomas said.

CCTV footage of the incident showed "multiple skirmishes between different groups of people" taking place outside the restaurant, the lawyer added.

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He described the footage as "quite extraordinary to watch".

"In that context [Mikhael] was set upon," Thomas said.

"He has very little recollection of the events. He was concussed, in shock."

Thomas said his client was elbowed and then punched, prompting him to take off his shirt and lift a bollard from outside the restaurant above his head.

Magistrate Jennifer Price accepted that the prosecution case indicated Mikhael did not instigate the violence and initially at least might have been acting in self-defence.

"A scuffle has broken out between about 15 people," she said.

"The facts indicate the co-accused stood over the applicant and assaulted him.

"It certainly appears he has come off worse for wear initially."

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The Blore brothers grabbed Mikhael by the collar and one of them appeared to forcibly push an elbow into his jaw after they were seen "aggressively standing in each other's faces and arguing", the court was told.

The 31-year-old ended up on the ground, after which he was allegedly punched again before responding by grabbing the bollard.

"He doesn't appear to have been the initiator of the physical violence and doesn't appear to have been the main player in terms of it unfolding," Price said.

The magistrate granted an application to dismiss the charge against Mikhael, instead placing him into the care of a mental health professional.

Both Blore brothers' matters are due to return to court in August.

Shawn Blore was swapped to the Storm from previous team Wests Tigers before the 2024 NRL season.

A US woman who flew to Australia with a gold-plated pistol in her luggage has been sentenced to a year in jail, despite claiming she brought it with her for protection.

Liliana Goodson pleaded guilty to charges of illegally importing an unauthorised firearm and illegally importing ammunition.

Today, the 30-year-old was sentenced in Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court to the 12-month jail term, of which four months will be served in full-time custody.

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Goodson was taken into custody immediately following the hearing and forced to remove her extensive jewellery before being handcuffed and led from the court.

She was initially arrested at Sydney Airport in April 2023, after customs officers uncovered the 24-carat gold-plated pistol, worth about $3000, in her luggage.

The court was previously told she had come to Australia to attend clown school and claimed she brought the gun for protection.

Goodson had searched online whether she was allowed to bring the weapon into Australia, despite telling officers at the time she forgot she had it with her.

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When asked at the airport if she was carrying any prohibited items with her Goodson claimed she was not, the court was told.

"What about the gun in your bag?" she was asked by a customs officer.

Goodson replied: "Oh yeah, I forgot about that."

A review of Goodson's phone revealed she had searched online "can I have a gun in my suitcase?" and set a calendar entry with a note reminding her to "put gun in suitcase".

Magistrate Susan Horan said there was a strong need to deter others from committing similar offences in the future, which could only be achieved by way of a period of incarceration.

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"Australia has a strong stance against firearms," she said.

Prosecutors submitted earlier that the gun looks particularly confronting and would "terrify members of the community", which Horan agreed with.

Goodson told police she was actually "scared" of shooting the gun and hoped simply producing it would be enough to deter potential threats.

"If that didn't do it I would probably just pistol whip," Goodson was quoted as having said.

When asked where she planned to store the gun while she was in Australia, she indicated under a vehicle's passenger seat, the court was told.

The court was told in recent years, Goodson was using psychedelic drugs, synthetic cannabis and crystal meth amphetamines.

Private health insurers have been warned they will be named and shamed unless the industry cleans up its act and stops using secretive, "underhanded" tactics to increase premium prices.

The Commonwealth ombudsman has found insurers are frequently engaging in so-called phoenixing – a loophole-exploiting practice of ending a product, only to replace it with a near-identical service with a much higher price not long after.

In one case, an insurance premium increased by 21 per cent in the space of a year after it had been phoenixed, which Health Minister Mark Butler said was tantamount to price gouging.

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"If two members of the same fund with essentially the same product are paying prices that might be 20 or more per cent different because of this phoenixing practice, you'd have to describe that as price gouging," he said.

The ombudsman investigation came after consumer group Choice first reported on the practice in February and found some insurers had increased prices by up to 47 per cent over three years.

Any private health insurance price increases must be approved by the minister, and while phoenixing isn't illegal, Butler said it was "clearly against the spirit of the law".

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"It is an underhanded, largely secret way of health insurers raising their prices outside of the usual approval process," he told reporters.

Butler said the practice was widespread across the entire industry, particularly in relation to "gold" products, which was the only option Australians had to access products like maternity and major surgery cover.

He said the government would change the law to make phoenixing illegal, and name and shame insurers, unless the industry stopped the practice.

"If there has not been a really substantial change to the behaviour of insurers, who quite openly have admitted that they engage in this practice, and up until now at least, intend to continue engaging in this practice, then I will reserve my right to consider legislative options to outlaw the practice into the future," he said.

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"All options, as far as I'm concerned, are on the table and that will include naming insurance providers that we know are conducting this practice," he added.

The warning comes after Australia's 29 private health insurers submitted their price increase proposals for next year in November.

Butler said that fter receiving advice from regulator and health department advice, he had rejected those proposals and would write to all insurers, telling them to "sharpen their pencils" and come back with lower price hike proposals.

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A weather system brewing off Australia's north-west coast may lead to an increased risk of tropical cyclone activity ahead of Christmas, according to Weatherzone.

Communities in northern Western Australia near the Pilbara and Kimberley coasts are being advised to keep an eye out for cyclone warnings throughout the week, with a moderate risk of extreme weather tomorrow and Wednesday.

Abnormally warm ocean temperatures in the region have increased the cyclone risk, with some areas as hot as 32 degrees – more than two degrees above the average at this time of year.

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"One tropical low has already formed near the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. This system is expected to cause increased shower and thunderstorm activity over the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the next few days, although at this stage it only has a low chance of developing into a tropical cyclone," meteorologist Ben Domensino explained.

"Another low is forming closer to Australia, sitting to the north of the Pilbara coast on Monday morning.

"A third tropical low could form over the Timor or Arafura Seas later this week, roughly to the north of WA's Kimberley coast. While it's too far out to have high confidence with this system, some computer models suggest that it could develop into a tropical cyclone off the north coast of WA later this week or early next week.

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"At this stage, there is a moderate chance of this system developing into a tropical cyclone this weekend or early next week."

Warm seas provide more energy to developing storms and low pressure systems, which can help them strengthen into tropical cyclone.

There is no guarantee cyclones will hit before Christmas, but residents in the area should keep an eye out for further updates.