Crime by Bronwyn Farr
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Subscriber only AN EXTRADITION request is expected to be issued to India in the very near future as family members cry out for authorities to track down a person of interest in Toyah Cordingley s brutal murder. Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter is working closely with Queensland Police to finalise a brief of Âevidence before applying to India for extradition of a person of interest in the murder of Toyah Cordingley, federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch said. Toyah, 24, was murdered at Wangetti Beach on October 21, 2018, after taking her dog for a walk. Her father found his daughter s remains the next morning, about 800m from her car.
âNo doubt about it, that is difficult. But by the same token we need to be sure we donât have another round, we donât have another spread of this infectious disease getting out of control in our community,â he said.
âWe know how easily it can happen, we know what the community has gone through.â
Premier Daniel Andrews has said in recent months that Victoriaâs upgraded contact tracing processes rivalled NSWâs contact tracing as the best in the country.
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Yet Victoria has imposed tougher travel restrictions than NSW, where visitors from WA can enter but must get tested and isolate until they receive a negative result.
Planeload of WA politicians took off minutes before Perth lockdown announced
Some of the MPs pushed to have the plane turn around and head back to WA
Flying to Canberra for three Parliamentary sitting weeks: now must quarantine
Parliamentary authorities ordered them to report to staff immediately on arrival
ACT Health asks the plane-load of passengers to go directly to their hotels
Scott Morrisonâs five major challenges for 2021
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Scott Morrison set a simple rule when he invited cabinet ministers to his Australia Day barbecue this week: wear thongs. The dress code was as relaxed at The Lodge as it was in most parts of the country after a summer that could have been so much worse.
Australia avoided a third wave of the pandemic despite the worst fears of doomsayers only weeks ago. But the cycle is not over. The community rolls from lockdown to release, from border bans to booking flights.
Scott Morrison cannot be sure which challenge will come next. But there are five big ones for the year ahead.