Punters will no longer be able to place bets on the Australian of the Year. The new ban follows an investigation into why the betting odds on last year s winner Grace Tame dramatically dropped.
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Victorian health authorities hope genomic sequencing will establish the source of four new COVID-19 cases among a family in Melbourne s north.
The family cluster - involving a man in his 30s, a man in 70s, a woman in 70s and a pre-school aged child from three households in the Whittlesea area - emerged on Monday.
Health Minister Martin Foley said there was no indication the infections were linked to exposure sites visited by a Victorian man who contracted coronavirus in South Australian hotel quarantine.
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Cocaine filled vessel seized off NSW coast, one man arrested
A 27-year-old South Australian man is expected to appear in Sydney Central Local Court today following the seizure of approximately 200 kilograms of cocaine allegedly located on board a vessel off the New South Wales coast.
Australian Federal Police obtained intelligence at the weekend in relation to a cargo vessel allegedly containing a large quantity of cocaine bound for Australia.
The AFP established Operation Poitiers with the New South Wales Police Force, Australian Border Force, New South Wales Crime Commission and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission on Saturday, 6 March 2021.
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission has been notified of potential betting irregularities involving the naming of the Australian of the Year winner Grace Tame. News Corp can reveal the National Australia Day Council has made a referral to the ACIC that a potential leak of the winner s name may have affected betting markets. Ms Tame went from an outside chance with the punters to a firm favourite in December. This was the period when she was chosen as the winner of Australia s top award, although her name was not announced to the public until Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed it on January 25.