Major flood levels easing in Victoria after dozens of homes and businesses were inundated in floodwater, Former labour minister Craig Emerson has been appointed to lead a national review into Australia's supermarket sector, Tom Glover has plays his part in a memorable night for Middlesbrough in the League Cup semi-final.
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- Major flood levels easing in Victoria after dozens of homes and businesses were inundated in floodwater.
- Former labour minister Craig Emerson has been appointed to lead a national review into Australia's supermarket sector
- Tom Glover has plays his part in a memorable night for Middlesbrough in the League Cup semi-final.
Victoria will remain mostly dry today with the flood threat now at Murchison and Shepparton, and later in Echuca.
Floodwaters are receding in the towns of Seymour and Yea and Rochester in the north, but rivers are expected to rise within the next 24 hours in the northern regional city of Shepparton.
Over 1,800 requests for assistance have been made to the SES so far, but call numbers have dropped over the last day as switches to recovery in many places.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to visit Victoria to discuss emergency relief as some towns shift focus to recovery.
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Prime minister Anthony Albanese says all options are on the table for changes to supermarkets to lower the cost of groceries.
It comes as the government announced former Labor minister Craig Emerson will a review into the sector.
The review of the food and grocery code of conduct comes as major supermarkets, who are bound to the conduct agreement, face accusations of price gouging customers.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told ABC news that the review was one of the government's efforts to reduce store prices. and to examine whether further mandating is required.
Mr Albanese also said while there had been a reduction in the cost to supermarkets, those savings had not been passed on in an appropriate way to consumers.
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A surfer has been bitten on the leg by a shark off Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.
The 64-year-old was attacked about 200 metres off Elliston, and paddled to shore, before arriving at the local hospital.
He's been airlifted to Adelaide and is receiving treatment for non-life threatening injuries.
It comes after teenager Khai Cowley was fatally mauled by a suspected great white shark off the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia two weeks ago.
Three people were killed and two injured in shark attacks in the state, last year.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is urging Israeli leaders to avoid harming civilians amid intensifying conflict in the Gaza Strip.
It comes during Mr Blinken’s fourth visit to the Middle East since the war between Hamas and Israel erupted on October 7.
International concern has mounted over the large number of Palestinian death toll from the Israeli attack and a potential escalation of war.
Mr Blinken called for an end to the conflict but once again refrained from calling for a ceasefire.
"We know that facing an enemy that embeds itself among civilians, who hides in and fires from schools, from hospitals makes this incredibly challenging. But the daily toll on civilians in Gaza, particularly on children, is far too high."
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Thousands of mourners in south Lebanon have attended the funeral of Hezbollah commander Wissam Tawil.Mr Tawil and another Hezbollah fighter were killed by an Israeli missile when the car they were in was struck in the village of Majdal Selm. Wissam al-Tawil was the deputy head of a unit within Hezbollah's elite Radwan force, and his death has sparked fears of a wider war. A woman at the funeral who identified herself as mother of another fighter killed says they will not back down in the fight.
“We send a message, first to the enemy, not to think that if they commit massacres and if we have martyrs, we will be afraid and scared. We are people who hold the slogan 'what a mistake'. Don't think at all that what they are doing will affect us at all. What they are doing is just a reaction and anger as a result of the painful blows from the resistance. Thank God.’’
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The youngest and first openly gay person has been appointed as new Prime Minister of France. 34-year-old Gabriel Attal succeeded Elizabeth Borne who resigned on Monday following political turmoil over an immigration law that strengthens the government’s ability to deport foreigners.During the handover, Mr Attal who was previously France's Education Minister promised to strengthen public services including schools and the health care system during his tenure as Prime minister.
"With the president of the republic, I would have one objective: to keep control of our destiny and release our French potential. Keeping control of our destiny means fighting to control our social model. It means acting for solidarity between French people, it means assuming responsibility for making authority and respect for others a top political value and making security an absolute priority."
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Former Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover has played his part in a memorable night for Middlesbrough as they beat EPL powerhouse Chelsea in the first leg of their League Cup semi-final.
Sydneysider Glover, who signed for Boro on a three-year deal in July 2023, kept a clean sheet as Michael Carrick's side won 1-0 to leave Chelsea with plenty to do in the second leg at Stamford Bridge on January 23.
21 year old Hayden Hackey, scored the only goal a smooth finish off an Isaiah Jones feed in the 37th minute at Riverside Stadium.
