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Further legal action looms over Hillcrest tragedy
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Further legal action looms after the Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy
A UK art dealer jailed for selling art to a Hezbollah financier
Novak Djokovic still undecided on next year's French Open after his semi-final defeat Further legal action is looming after the operator of a jumping castle that became airborne and killed six children was found not guilty of criminal breaches. Maurice Blackburn lawyer Dimi Ioannou has said outside of the Devonport Magistrates Court the firm is helping the families of the children prepare for a public inquest, which had been put on hold when Taz-Zorb owner Rosemary Gamble was first charged. She also says that work on a class action filed in December against the state and castle operator Taz-Zorb will continue. "We have parents, witnesses, children, who have joined the class action... It's too early to say at this stage but we will be seeking pain and suffering [[compensation]] for the families and the children that suffered an injury on the day." Two bodies have been found in Tasmania in the search for a pair of missing tourists. Leannedra Kang and Takahiro Toya had been scheduled to fly from Launceston home to Brisbane on Wednesday, but had not boarded their flight or returned their rental vehicle. Inspector Luke Manhood says it appears Ms Kang and Mr Toya had been travelling over a bridge when their car left the roadway and ended up in the water off Tebrakunna Road, known as a mostly unsealed route through mountainous country. A British TV art expert has been sentenced to five years in prison for selling works to a suspected Hezbollah financier. The sentencing follows 53 year old Oghenochuko Ojiri's guilty plea to eight charges under the UK's Terrorism Act over art sales to Nazem Ahmad, who has been sanctioned by the UK and US over his ties to the militant Hezbollah group. Ojiri was one of the experts to appear on the BBC program Bargain Hunt. A man wrongly deported to El Salvador from the United States has finally been brought home. But Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains in the custody of US authorities, after being charged with transporting illegal immigrants. His family have maintained he has done nothing wrong and is not a gang member as the US government has insisted. orney-General Pam Bondi alleges that is not true. "The grand jury found that over the past nine years Abrego Garcia has played a significant role in an alien smuggling ring. They found this was his full time job, not a contractor." A US tech giant has rejected proposed changes to Australia's digital competition rules, saying some could put consumers and app developers at risk. Changes were proposed to the rules governing digital platforms following the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's Digital Platforms inquiry. But Apple argues that Australians could lose more money to fraudsters, miss out on cutting-edge tech features, and fail to see lower prices under the proposed reforms. The company says the changes would allow users to side-load third-party apps onto their devices, force the company to accept third-party payments without commissions, and demand interoperability with other platforms. Ten egg-like joeys have been confirmed as the newest members of mainland Australia's largest fleet of Tasmanian devils. The joeys have been found in the first pouch check of the 2025 breeding season at Aussie Ark's Barrington Tops sanctuary in northern New South Wales. The Tasmanian devils' mating season occurs over three cycles from February to June, with birth coming after 21 days' gestation. Operation manager Dean Reid says up to four more devils are expected to conceive in June in the final breeding window of the year. "So bubby Yeager here doesn't have any joeys. But her pouch is nice and red so it means she's going into her third oestrus. So we'll check her in a few months." To sport, Novak Djokovic says he is yet to decide if his French Open semi-final defeat against world number one Jannik Sinner is his final appearance at Roland Garros. The 24-time Grand Slam winner and three-time French Open champion is planning to play at Wimbledon later this month as well as the U.S. Open starting in August. But he has declined to commit to any tournaments beyond them at this stage.
"This could have been the last match ever I played here. So - I don't know. That's why I was a bit more emotional in the end. But if this was the farewell match at the Roland Garros for me in my career, it was a wonderful one in terms of the atmosphere and what I got from the crowd."
