Man dies, twin survives as ute rolls down embankment into Victorian river and other top stories.

• Man dies, twin survives as ute rolls down embankment into Victorian river

  

  A man lost his twin brother when the ute they were travelling in rolled down an embankment in West Gippsland last night.Twin brothers Mark and Dale Lewis were driving down Evans Road in Bunyip about 9.30pm when Mark lost control of the vehicle.The ute tumbled seven metres down an embankment and landed in a river. The ute rolled at least seven metres, authorities said. (9NEWS) Dale, who was a passenger, escaped with only minor injuries while his brother’s body was pulled from the river around si..

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• Qld community in shock after funeral crash

  

  Melissa GrantAustralian Associated PressAn indigenous community is struggling to cope after a car crashed into a house where mourners were gathered in far north Queensland, killing a woman and injuring 25 others.Police say the tight-knit Kowanyama township is in shock but banding together as nine people remain in hospital with serious injuries.It's alleged a man drove a council-owned vehicle through the front of the home as about 50 people gathered to view the body of a woman, believed to be his..

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• 71yo dies after mobility scooter hit in SA

  An elderly Adelaide man has died four days after his mobility scooter was struck by a car in the northern suburb of Parafield Gardens. The 71-year-old was hit on Monday afternoon when crossing Salisbury Highway and died in hospital on Friday, police said. His death takes the state's road toll to 68 compared to 74 at the same time in 2015.

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• Political timebomb: Baird's greyhound ban backlash

  

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• Repeat offender involved in juvenile detention centre fires

  

  Repeat offender involved in juvenile detention centre fires Updated October 08, 2016 17:52:18 Juvenile detainees at Perth's Banksia Hill detention centre have been involved in a disturbance at the facility for the third time in five weeks, damaging a building.Police and firefighters were called to the centre at 10:00pm following reports of unrest.A Department of Corrective Services spokesman said a section of the centre was damaged by three inmates, who had gained acces..

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• Woman dead, child hurt in NSW jet ski crash

  

  Woman dead, child hurt in NSW jet ski crash Updated October 08, 2016 15:25:52 Police are trying to find out what caused a jet ski crash which left a woman dead and a child in hospital on the New South Wales mid-north coast.A boat and a jet ski collided on the Nerong Inlet at Nerong, south of Forster, about 5.30pm on Friday.A 54-year-old woman, who was driving the jet ski, was killed and her eight-year-old passenger was flown to the John Hunter Hospital in a stable condi..

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• Missing 97-year-old Queensland man may be going to Sydney

  

  A 97-year-old man reported missing in Queensland may be on his way to Sydney, police believe.Police are concerned for the welfare of Toowoomba man Emile Matile, who was reported missing from Surfers Paradise on Thursday. Police are concerned for 97-year-old Emile Matile, also known as George, who went missing from Surfers Paradise. Photo: QPS Media Mr Matile, who may also go by the name George, was last seen at an accommodation complex in Surfers Paradise wearing a red cardigan and a s..

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• Queensland to recruit more child safety workers to deal with caseloads

  

  Queensland to recruit more child safety workers to deal with caseloads Posted October 08, 2016 15:40:39 An extra 82 new permanent child safety workers will be employed to lower caseloads in Queensland's troubled Child Safety Department. The State Government said it would spend an extra $7.8 million annually to fund the new positions. The department has been under fire since the death of 12-year-old Logan schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer.Her foster father Rick Thorburn was ..

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• Victoria weather: Wangaratta residents return home after levee leak

  

  Victoria weather: Wangaratta residents return home after levee leak Updated October 08, 2016 15:33:44 Residents have returned to their homes after officials managed to stabilise a levee that began to leak at Wangaratta, in northern Victoria. About 150 properties were evacuated after the Parfitt Road levee began to leak on Friday. State Emergency Service (SES) officials and volunteers worked overnight on Friday to plug the leak, incident controller Andy Gillham said...

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• More women likely to have breast cancer screening after death of Rebecca Wilson

  

  Cancer does not discriminate but community awareness of it does.The luminous trail left by sports journalist Rebecca Wilson, who died from breast cancer on Friday, will include a new march of women to screening clinics, jolted by the reminder of their mortality. Rebecca Wilson died from breast cancer on Friday. Photo: Craig Wilson Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting Australian women, with 300 cases per 100,000 women, but survival rates are high when it is detected early.The..

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