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Australia’s new prime minister and foreign minister will travel to Japan today for an international summit, Peter Dutton has emerged as the frontrunner to replace Scott Morrison as Liberal leader and the count is still close to call in several seats.
The court heard he had previously received three probation orders for property offences in 2013 and 2014. Sgt Johnstone argued Hill should be sentenced to actual jail time. Defence lawyer Bernard Bradley argued his client could instead serve a sentence in the community and receive further rehabilitation. "In my submission, here your honour would quite easily accept that my client's addiction to prescription medication or abuse of prescription medication is wholly responsible and a motive for his breaking into chemists in particular," Mr Bradley said. "This was a serious addiction and it ...