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A man has drowned and another swimmer has been rescued after the pair got into trouble in the surf at Marley Beach in Sydney’s south. The beach was unpatrolled when the two swimmers were spotted struggling in the water. One man died, while the second was brought to safety.

Twenty-one people have been assessed after a bus crash on an isolated rural road in Glenburn, about 90km north-east of Melbourne. Emergency services attended the scene on Thursday afternoon, with an Air Ambulance Victoria helicopter crew and multiple Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance and Advanced Life Support paramedic teams involved in the response. A teenage boy was airlifted to The Alfred hospital in a serious condition with upper-body injuries. A man in his 50s was taken by road ambulance to Box Hill Hospital, also in a serious condition. A teenage girl was transported to the Royal Children’s Hospital in a stable…

At least one person is believed to have died and several others were injured after a bus and car collided on the Melba Highway in Glenburn, north-east of Melbourne. Emergency services were called to the crash at about 2.40pm on Thursday, roughly 100km from the city. Footage from the scene showed the car badly crushed and pushed off the road, while the bus had veered into an embankment. People were seen stranded on the highway. Witnesses reported that a number of vehicles were involved in the collision, although the full circumstances remain unclear. The Melba Highway has been closed in…

New vision from an optical tracking trial at the MCG has emerged during Lachie Neale’s appeal against his suspension, with the AFL seeking permission to show the footage to the appeals board. AFL counsel Andrew Woods KC told the hearing that the additional camera footage was discovered on Wednesday afternoon and immediately shared with the Brisbane Lions. It was not available during the original case. The appeals board must decide whether the material can be admitted as new evidence. It can allow fresh evidence if it could not have been obtained before the initial hearing. Neale’s counsel, Adrian Anderson, is…

Fremantle face a key grand final selection decision, with Oscar McDonald and Brennan Cox competing for a place in the Dockers’ defensive line-up. The club must choose whether to retain McDonald or recall Cox for the AFL grand final.

Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to use his address to the United Nations to attack New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, in a public clash that underlines the Israeli prime minister’s growing international isolation ahead of a potentially difficult election at home. Netanyahu is making his first visit to New York since Mamdani took office in January. He is expected to deliver his speech on Thursday before returning to Israel, in an unusually brief visit to the United States. In a video statement this week, Netanyahu said he was travelling to New York “to tell the truth about our heroic soldiers” and…

The San Francisco Bay Area is set for the second and final day of a warm spell on Thursday, with temperatures expected to range from the upper 60s along the coast to the low 90s inland. Inland valleys are likely to see the hottest conditions, while coastal areas remain noticeably cooler under the influence of the Pacific. Areas around the bays are expected to fall between the two extremes. The National Weather Service has identified pockets of moderate HeatRisk in parts of the interior, including areas near San Jose, the East Bay and the Santa Lucia range. Forecasters said the…

A 15-year-old boy has died after a concrete slab fell on him at a precast concrete factory in Dandenong South, in Melbourne’s south-east. Emergency services were called to the site on Carter Way at about 10.45am on Thursday following reports of an industrial accident. The teenager is understood to have been struck by an upright concrete panel while several staff members were nearby, many of them on their smoko break. Multiple ambulances, police cars and a fire truck attended the factory. Paramedics treated the boy at the scene, but he could not be saved. Detectives remained at the site for…

A bus crash near Healesville has reportedly left 20 people injured, with the Melba Highway closed in both directions. Police and volunteer firefighters are responding to the multi-vehicle collision at Glenburn, which was reported at about 2.40pm. Police said one of the vehicles involved was a bus. The impact sent it off the road and down an embankment, with at least 18 people understood to have been on board. Emergency services remain at the scene, while further details about the crash and the condition of those injured have not been released.

Fremantle’s bid for premiership silverware will be underpinned by a simple message about unity when Justin Longmuir’s side faces Brisbane in Saturday’s grand final at the MCG. The Dockers’ coach gave every player a section of chain during last year’s exit meetings, using the links to underline the importance of connection and the danger of any weakness within the team. Longmuir also asked his players to choose a word with personal meaning and explain it to their team-mates. The exercise produced a series of candid accounts about family, identity and resilience. Defender Karl Worner chose “resilience”, reflecting on his mother’s…