1. Father of slain sisters faces court
The father of the Melbourne sisters murdered on Easter Sunday will face Melbourne Magistrates court today, charged with their murder.
Charles Mihayo, 35, is reported to have been living in a granny flat at the back of the property where they were killed. He had seperated from the girl’s mother about a year ago.
The family released images of the girls, Savannah, 4, and Indianna, 3, yesterday with a statement saying “We are utterly devastated at the loss of Savannah and Indianna.”
2. Father abandons three-year old toddler in burning car
A father has been arrested after allegedly leaving his three-year old daughter in a burning car while he fled the scene.
WA Police were called to the scene of a domestic incident where a 25-year-old man fled the scene taking his three-year old daughter with him in a stolen car. Police monitored the car finding it crashed into a concrete barrier and on fire a short time later.
The man had run away leaving his daughter in the burning vehicle. She was taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition.
Her father was arrested at a later stage and refused bail.
3. Missing swimmer
A massive search which took place for a missing swimmer at the Gold Coast beach of Currumbin yesterday may resume at first light today. There is confusion now over the reported missing woman with a member of the public coming forward to claim the clothes police thought to be the woman’s.
Beachgoers reported that a blonde woman about the age of 30 entered the surf yesterday and did not return. The Westpac Surf Life Saving helicopter, lifesavers, water police and members of the public searched for the blonde woman until dark.
4. Manus Island Riots footage
Fairfax Media has obtained exclusive footage of PNG Nationals employed as security guards attacking asylum seekers on Manus Island 24 hours before Iranian national Reza Berati died.
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I fully support the co-payment for a bulk billed GP visit. Will this also apply to an Emergency hospital visit? I recently had my first experience in the emergency unit at our local hospital. It was a real eye opener! To me it appeared that the majority of people sitting in the (packed) waiting area were there for minor ailments and could not be considered emergency by any stretch of imagination.
8> What a beat up. Good luck finding a GP in Tassie that bulk bills anyway. We have to find $70+ before we can see a doctor. Sure we get ~$35 back but still need the rest up front. Can't remember anyone dying from not being able to afford a GP visit and those on low income with a health care card are exempt anyway.
I'm sure there are many people who didn't bother going to the GP for things like shortness of breath, chest pains, headaches, stomach aches, moles, etc that turned out of the heart attacks, strokes, ectoptic pregnancies, melanomas etc.
Some people are laisse faire about their health at the best of time - having to pay for a GP visit for something that is "probably nothing" is just another excuse, that could lead to an avoidable death.
Fair call, then let's up the Medicare levy and pay that way. There is not enough money for the government to pay all our medical fees so that money has to come from somewhere.
There is a doctors surgery in Gladstone St, Salamanca that bulk bills. Only one I know of though. My doctor bulk bills for children...
Reading this comment made me feel shortness of breath, chest pains, headaches and stomach aches. I need get a free check-up just to be sure though.
The thing is, there are also many people who abuse the system as well, going along the lines of "it's probably something".
We can both approach this from our own angle, surely though you must agree there needs to be a balance between the extremes of what you and I have said.