Victoria Police say they've located the partner and children of the man who's on the run in dense bushland 300 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, after allegedly shooting dead two officers.
Rural Australians are dying up to 13 years earlier than their city peers, with an annual healthcare spending deficit in the bush reaching $8.35 billion.
This year's National Drowning Report shows people born overseas are drowning in alarming numbers with 357 people drowned in the last twelve months- 27 per cent higher than the average over the last ten years.
