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News.com.au
8 hours ago
- News.com.au
Third charged in murder of Sunshine Coast man Zdravko 'Zed' Bilic
Police have charged a third person with the murder of Sunshine Coast man Zdravko Bilic, who was fatally stabbed outside his multimillion dollar home. A third person has been charged with the murder of Zdravko 'Zed' Bilic who was allegedly stabbed outside his multimillion home on the Sunshine Coast. Police allege Mr Bilic was confronted by two teenage boys, aged 15 and 17, who had broken into the Warana property about 11.30pm on July 13. Following extensive investigations, an 18-year-old woman from Bethania was also arrested on Tuesday. Queensland Police on Tuesday said the woman has been charged with murder, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, breaking and entering with intent, burglary, attempted break and enter with intent to commit an indictable offence, and attempted burglary. She is scheduled to appear in Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Wednesday. Emergency services were called to a home on Napalle Street about 735pm on Monday July 14, after a neighbour found Mr Bilic unresponsive in his front yard. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
ABC News
8 hours ago
- ABC News
Third person charged with murder of Sunshine Coast man Zdravko Bilic
Police have charged a third person with the murder of a Sunshine Coast man who was found dead in his front yard last week. Zdravko Bilic, 57, was allegedly murdered last Sunday night during an alleged break-in. His body was discovered outside his Warana home the next day, with two stab wounds to his stomach. An 18-year-old woman from Bethania, south of Brisbane, was charged with murder on Tuesday. She was also charged with unauthorised use of a motor vehicle, enter dwelling with intent by break, enter dwelling and commit, attempted enter premises with intent to commit indictable offence, and attempted enter dwelling and commit. She is expected to appear in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Wednesday. It follows the arrest of two teenage boys, aged 15 and 17, who were charged with his murder last Thursday. Their cases were mentioned in the Maroochydore Children's Court last week, where they were remanded in custody. Last week, Detective Inspector Chris Toohey said Queensland Police would allege the murder occurred at around 11:30pm on Sunday, July 13, during an altercation after an alleged break-in. The victim's wife, skincare business founder Gry Tomte, was interstate at the time. Mr Bilic's body was discovered when Ms Tomte asked a neighbour to check on him because she had not heard from him on Monday. Mr Bilic has been remembered as a "gentle person" with a "beautiful energy" who was heavily involved in the local community. In a statement on social media last week, Ms Tomte said he was her "everything". "There is no way I can capture the immense grief I feel over losing the most beautiful man. My world for 28 years," she wrote.
The Herald
11 hours ago
- Business
- The Herald
AI systems from Google and OpenAI soar at global maths competition
OpenAI's breakthrough was achieved with a new experimental model centered on massively scaling up "test-time compute". This was done by allowing the model to "think" for longer periods and deploying parallel computing power to run many lines of reasoning simultaneously, according to Noam Brown, researcher at OpenAI. Brown declined to say how much computing power it cost OpenAI, but called it "very expensive". To OpenAI researchers, it is another clear sign AI models can command extensive reasoning capabilities that could expand into areas beyond maths. The optimism is shared by Google researchers, who believe AI models' capabilities can apply to research quandaries in other fields such as physics, said Jung, who won an IMO gold medal as a student in 2003. Of the 630 students participating in the 66th IMO on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, 67 contestants, or about 11%, achieved gold medal scores. Google's DeepMind AI unit last year achieved a silver medal score using AI systems specialised for maths. This year, Google used a general-purpose model called Gemini Deep Think, a version of which was previously unveiled at its annual developer conference in May. Unlike previous AI attempts that relied on formal languages and lengthy computation, Google's approach this year operated entirely in natural language and solved the problems within the official 4.5-hour time limit, the company said in a blog post. OpenAI, which has its own set of reasoning models, similarly built an experimental version for the competition, according to a post by researcher Alexander Wei on social media platform X. He noted the company does not plan to release anything with this level of maths capability for several months. This year marked the first time the competition coordinated officially with some AI developers, who have for years used prominent maths competitions such as IMO to test model capabilities. IMO judges certified the results of the companies, including Google, and asked them to publish results on July 28. "We respected the IMO board's original request that all AI labs share their results only after the official results had been verified by independent experts and the students had rightly received the acclamation they deserved," Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said on X on Monday. OpenAI, which published its results on Saturday and first claimed gold medal status, said in an interview it had permission from an IMO board member to do so after the closing ceremony on Saturday. The competition on Monday allowed cooperating companies to publish results, said Gregor Dolinar, president of IMO's board. Reuters
ABC News
15 hours ago
- Science
- ABC News
Wildlife rangers search for Noosa crocodile after potential sighting
Authorities are continuing to search for a crocodile reportedly seen in a Sunshine Coast waterway, hundreds of kilometres south of its typical Queensland habitat. Rangers have been scouring the area from the air, land and water following the potential sighting by long-time angler James Graham. He said he spotted the croc-shaped silhouette on his "fish finder" on the weekend, prompting a search of the Noosa River that continued last night. A drone has been deployed and the search will continue today and into this evening. Program coordinator Scott Booth said there had not been other public sightings since Mr Graham's report. "We'd also expect to see a crocodile sitting out for long periods trying to soak up any sunshine on exposed banks near the edge of the water, and we just haven't seen that," Mr Booth said. He said there was a chance the sighting involved a different animal. "That's probably more indicative of potentially a dolphin or shark, or something like that moving across the bottom of the water," Mr Booth said. Yesterday Mr Graham told the ABC he had spent time fishing off northern Queensland and had seen crocodiles on the fish-finder monitor before. The habitat for Queensland crocodiles is thought to end at Gladstone's Boyne River, about 300km north of Noosa. In recent months a crocodile was euthanased at Mary River and another was photographed at Inskip Point. University of Queensland professor Craig Franklin said there were sometimes "stragglers" outside traditional crocodile habitats because a larger male has forced them out of their territory. Professor Franklin said there were historical cases of crocodiles recorded as far south as the Brisbane and Logan rivers. He said the reptiles generally made their way back north to warmer waters.
Yahoo
16 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
‘Tough call' made after businessman's death
The family of slain Brisbane businessman Greg Josephson have been forced to close their businesses in the wake of his death. Mr Josephson, 58, died at his inner-city home on June 26, and a 15-year-old boy who is known to him has been charged with murder. Following the sale of the Universal Store clothing business that he founded with his brother, Mr Josephson amassed a network of real estate and commercial interests, but his family is now selling some of these ventures. 'His beautiful family has been forced to make a tough call, so it is with heavy hearts that we announce the closure of Cafe Noosa, Noosa General Store and Eumundi Sourdough Co, effective since Monday 14th July,' a spokesperson for Cafe Doonan said. Cafe Doonan is inland from Noosa Heads, north of Queensland's Sunshine Coast. 'Cafe Doonan will remain open. We will all do our absolute best to honour Greg's dream,' the spokesperson said. Following Mr Josephson's death last month, he was farewelled at a funeral near the family home last week. 'Words can do this loss no justice. Greg was on his way to create an amazing hub of businesses with a passion and drive that was unmatched,' the spokesperson said on Monday night. The Noosa businesses opened in 2023, and the Eumundi shop opened in November 2024. 'He loved being a part of this community and had an impressive vision for the four locations. 'He was a kind and gentle man who is missed dearly by all staff. We are deeply saddened by this loss.' Rosecliffe Boutique Farm Cottages in the Noosa Hinterland, also in Mr Josephson's name, is listed for sale. Mr Josephson founded the Universal Store clothing outlet with his brother Michael in 1999, later selling the business for a reported $100m.
