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Two more men charged with murder after death of Baghsarian
Two men have been charged with murder following the death of Chris Baghsarian , 85, who police say was mistakenly kidnapped from his home in February.
NSW police said they executed a search warrant in the Sydney suburb of Shalvey on Tuesday morning, where they arrested a 19-year-old man. A short time later, they arrested another man, 21, in Silverwater.
Both have since been charged with murder and taking or detaining in company with the intent to ransom, occasioning actual bodily harm. They were refused bail and will appear before local court today.
Four other people have previously been charged in connection with Baghsarian’s death. They remain before the courts.
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Dfat lowers travel advice for slate of Middle Eastern countries after US-Iran deal, but still ‘high threshold’
The Australian government has lowered its travel advice for a slate of Middle Eastern countries, including Bahrain , Israel , Kuwait , Qatar and the United Arab Emirates from Level 4: Do Not Travel to Level 3: Reconsider your need to travel. Some parts of Israel remain at a do not travel warning.
The changes come after a deal between the US and Iran to end the conflict in the region, with Australia encouraging all parties involved to “pursue a durable and lasting peace”.
Still, Dfat notes that the situation there could deteriorate with little warning, saying in a statement:
double quotation mark Level 3 remains a high threshold. We continue to urge Australians to postpone non-essential travel. ‘Reconsider your need to travel’ also means ‘reconsider your need to transit’. If you need to transit these locations, stay as short a time as possible and eliminate unnecessary activities.
Many travel insurance policies do not cover travel to regions that include a travel warning in the level 3 or level 4 range.
Aside from the listed countries above, Dfat continues to advise Do Not Travel to Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Yemen, and Reconsider your need to travel to Jordan, Oman and Saudi Arabia.
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Victorian government introduces life sentences for ‘evil’ youth crime recruiters
The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan , held a press conference to announce new laws will be introduced to parliament today that will impose life sentences on crime figures who use children to carry out crimes such as arson and carjackings.
The bill creates a new aggravated offence of recruiting a child to commit a serious crime, which carries a life sentence. The legislation also removes the requirement for the offender to know that the child was underage.
It comes after the government increased the maximum penalty for child recruitment from 10 to 15 years in November last year. She said:
double quotation mark Hiring kids to do their dirty work is just pure evil, and Victorians are rightly horrified by the behaviour of organised crime figures who are using kids, particularly some with intellectual disabilities, to carry out crimes, particularly in the area of arson.
So today we are introducing legislation into the Victorian parliament to create a new aggravated offence of recruiting children to commit serious crimes, and perpetrators of these crimes will be facing life in prison. This offence will apply whether the crime has been carried out or not.
Two more men charged with murder after death of Baghsarian
Two men have been charged with murder following the death of Chris Baghsarian , 85, who police say was mistakenly kidnapped from his home in February.
NSW police said they executed a search warrant in the Sydney suburb of Shalvey on Tuesday morning, where they arrested a 19-year-old man. A short time later, they arrested another man, 21, in Silverwater.
Both have since been charged with murder and taking or detaining in company with the intent to ransom, occasioning actual bodily harm. They were refused bail and will appear before local court today.
Four other people have previously been charged in connection with Baghsarian’s death. They remain before the courts.
Childcare workers avoid major pay cut as government funds $3.6bn retention payment extension
Krishani Dhanji
The government will spend another $3.6bn to extend funding for a critical pay rise for 60,000 childcare educators, due to expire later this year, avoiding a major pay cut for the industry, following sustained pr…
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