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- An elderly woman dies after an alleged rape at a New South Wales nursing home
- Hamas accused of breaching the terms of a truce with Israel in a hostage release
- Australia's Patrick Kisnorbo sacked by Troyes in France
An elderly woman has died in hospital almost two weeks after being allegedly sexually assaulted at her aged care home on the New South Wales Central Coast.
New South Wales Police have confirmed the 90-year-old woman passed away this morning.
They say a Strike Force Easterbrook investigation into the alleged assault on November 15 at Bateau Bay will continue.
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The family of a hostage freed from Hamas captivity says their 13-year-old loved one was separated from her mother before being returned home.
The uncle of Hila Rotem Shoshani says Hila was separated from her mother, Raaya Shoshani, two days before being released.
Yaeir Rotem says her mother was kept behind as one of the 184 hostages still being held in Gaza by Hamas.
He says the act is a violation of the truce agreement, which specifies that hostages who are children would be released with their mothers.
"I think it's really inhuman to do something like this. The deal specifically said you should release kids - children - together with their parents, or mothers. And in this case it was a real violation of the agreement by Hamas. And just cynical I think. I mean, why do something like this? They were clearly held together."
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Ukraine's military has been praised for pressing on in their fight against Russia, despite extreme weather hitting much of the country.
At least eight people in Ukraine and neighbouring Moldova are feared to have been killed in the high winds and heavy snow that has hit the Black Sea region, with electricity blackouts and road closures in 10 regions from Kyiv in the north to Odesa in the south.
The damage from the storm is the latest blow for Ukraine, 21 months after the Russian invasion began.
But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his forces are to be commended for continuing on.
"Now when it's so difficult in such conditions we should all be grateful to those who defend our country, who carry out Ukrainian offensive operations, who are in combat positions, at combat posts, on duty in mobile fire groups and in all our other units that protect Ukraine."
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Women are still earning much less than their male colleagues, despite the biggest single year drop in Australia's gender pay gap in almost a decade.
An annual update from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency ((WGEA)) confirms the total gender pay gap this year has fallen to 21.7 percent down from 22.8 percent in 2022, driven largely by an increase in the proportion of women in senior management roles.
The agency's CEO Mary Wooldridge says there are still approximately 50 per cent more women than men in the lowest pay quarters and double the numbers of men than women in the highest.
She says Australia cannot take it for granted that the trend will continue and has called for further action to address the gap even more.
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Authorities have launched a search for an individual released from indefinite immigration detention after they refused to wear an electronic tracker.
Under a deal brokered with the coalition the government introduced mandatory monitoring of the released detainees - but five of the 141 people have refused to wear ankle bracelets.
Australian Federal Police have refused to comment, but it is understood they are looking for at least one person.
Government Services Minister Bill Shorten has told Channel 9 the government is confident the situation will be resolved soon.
"No, I've got no doubt that the federal police will find this fellow. There's not much more I can add to what's been in the story this morning. We don't comment on individual matters. As I understand 132 detainees agreed to wear bracelets, five didn't; they were referred to the AFP."
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Australia Post has revealed that more than 50 postal workers each week are falling victim to dog attacks.
The postal service says there has been a spike in attacks, especially in Queensland and New South Wales - with an average of 7.5 incidents recorded each day since July this year.
Australia Post Safety General Manager Rod Maule says dog owners need to take action to protect their postie as the busiest time of the year approaches.
"The main thing is be careful when you're opening your front door to ensure that your dog doesn't run out from behind you. Keeping them safely in another room when you answer the door is a great way to prevent this both for our posties or some other visitor to the home."
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To sport,
Australia's Patrick Kisnorbo has been fired as the manager of the Troyes football club in France.
The Melbourne-born manager was appointed by the City Football Group on November 23rd last year as Troyes slipped from France's top flight to the second division.
But Kisnorbo won just three of 40 games while he in charge of Esperance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne, known as Troyes.
Kisnorbo had been the first Australian to be appointed manager of a club in Europe's top five leagues.
