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Mushroom cook's 'frantic' state after guests fell ill
Your web browser is no longer supported. To improve your experience update it here Erin Patterson will continue giving evidence in her high-profile murder trial, having described her state of mind after serving a deadly mushroom meal. The 50-year-old has pleaded not guilty to three murders and one attempted murder charge over the July 2023 lunch. Her former in-laws Don and Gail Patterson, 70, and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson, 66 died after eating beef Wellingtons which contained death cap mushrooms, while Heather's husband Ian was the sole survivor. Patterson had earlier conceded she may have unintentionally added foraged wild mushrooms into the beef Wellingtons she made for the lunch. (Marta Pascual Juanola) Accused killer Erin Patterson. (Anita Lester) Patterson, who will give evidence for a fourth day before a Supreme Court jury in regional Victoria on Thursday, maintains the poisonings were not deliberate. The jury has heard Patterson's account of how she felt after being told three of her ex-husband's family members were very ill in hospital. She recalled feeling "frantic" after returning from hospital and said she took a mushroom dehydrator to the rubbish tip fearing it might incriminate her given she had used it to dry foraged mushrooms weeks earlier. Don and Gail Patterson. (Supplied) Patterson had earlier conceded she may have unintentionally added foraged wild mushrooms into the beef Wellingtons she made for the lunch. The jury was taken through text messages sent between Patterson and her former in-laws, in response to Simon's earlier evidence of "extremely aggressive" messages she had sent to a group chat after he questioned her parenting. Defence barrister Colin Mandy SC asked the accused about her relationship with her in-laws in the months prior to that exchange. She denied any exchanges were rude or had upset or hurt anyone. "Apart from that time in December 2022 (were there) any other times (where there was) any difficulty in your relationship with them?" Mandy asked. "No there wasn't," Patterson said. courts crime murder Victoria Australia national CONTACT US Property News: The last inner Sydney suburbs where houses cost under $2m.
9 News
31-05-2025
- Business
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Is working from home behind a drop in national production levels?
Your web browser is no longer supported. To improve your experience update it here The new report looked at the "productivity bubble" in which labour productivity rose during the COVID-19 pandemic between January 2020 and March 2022, and the reasons for its subsequent decline. "The COVID-19 pandemic was a rollercoaster for productivity, but we are now back to the stagnant status quo," commission deputy chair Dr Alex Robson said. The COVID-19 lockdowns have led to a lasting change in Australia's workforce. (Getty) The report found productivity grew in that time because those industries hardest hit, such as accommodation and food services, were those with the lowest labour productivity. This meant the workforce by default shifted to have an emphasis on more productive sectors. Productivity experienced more genuine growth from December 2020 to March 2022, as worker output improved and the labour market began to recover. Working from home is not deemed threatening to productivity, a new report has found. (Getty) But it's the phase after that - the "productivity loss" phase between June 2022 and June 2023 - which the report was built around. It found that the investment in equipment, tools and resources needed to get the most out of work didn't keep pace with the increase in hours worked post-lockdowns. People were working longer hours, but with less support to help their productivity. Also, many younger and less experienced people joined the workforce after years in and out of lockdown and shrinking employment. But working from home was not among the report's culprits for lost productivity. While it found research suggested fully remote working with no in-person interaction could make people less productive, the report also found hybrid models helped boost job satisfaction, worker retention, and potentially productivity. Working from home "all or most days" of the week has also tripled around the country from the start of the pandemic (12 per cent) to August 2024 (36 per cent). The report did note that less experienced and younger workers may benefit from more in-person work. "However, given most studies find hybrid work to be either neutral or positive for labour productivity, there is no evidence to suggests that the trend towards hybrid working has contributed to the productivity loss phase of the productivity bubble," the report said. Robson said the "big lesson" of the burst productivity bubble was that there were "no shortcuts" to growing productivity. 'Tackling our productivity problem will require dedicated effort and reform from business and government," he said. The commission will pass the results of five inquiries into the issue to the government this year. employment workplace Workers work jobs Australia national CONTACT US Property News: You can only access this beach shack at low tide.
9 News
11-05-2025
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Police release CCTV after Sydney grandmother shot dead inside home
Your web browser is no longer supported. To improve your experience update it here Kim Duncan, 65, suffered a gunshot wound to her leg inside a home on Dickens Road in Ambarvale, south-west Sydney, at around 11pm on April 14. It's alleged the occupants of a black sedan fired nine shots into the home before driving off. Kim Duncan, 65, was shot in the leg while in a front lounge room in Ambarvale, south-west Sydney. (Nine) It is understood that Duncan was in a front lounge room when a bullet hit her. Paramedics tried for about an hour to save her, but she died at the scene. Police have released CCTV footage appearing to show three men who were seen in the area at the time. The first man is described as Caucasian, 180cm tall, with thin build and in his 30s. Police today released CCTV footage appearing to show three men who were seen in the area at the time of the incident. (NSW Police) Two cars, a white SUV and a blue sedan, were also seen leaving the area at the time of the incident. (NSW Police) The second man is described as Middle Eastern, around 185cm tall with athletic build and in his 30s. And the third man is described as Pacific Islander, about 180cm tall with a large build and in his 20s. Two cars, a white SUV and a blue sedan, were also seen driving off. Anyone with information about the men or the cars, including dashcam or CCTV, is urged to contact CrimeStoppers. Sydney New South Wales police crime shootings Australia national CONTACT US Property News: The Perth suburbs where residents rarely leave.
