Welcome to the 9News.com.au live blog for Friday, August 5, 2022.
Police say the person suspected of gunning down a family on a rural Queensland property is in custody.
Comancheros boss Mark Buddle has faced court in Melbourne after he was extradited to Australia following a years-long pursuit.
Wharf workers will walk off the job in five states today, leading to major disruptions at key ports.
The Chinese military's Eastern Theatre Command said it conducted long-range, live-fire training in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, state broadcaster CCTV reported. - Suspect in deadly shooting on rural Queensland farm used rifle, police say - China conducts 'precision missile strikes' in Taiwan Strait in retaliation for Nancy Pelosi visit - Australians facing critical medicine shortage - Major ports disrupted as wharfies walk off the job We're going to close off the 9News live blog for today.
Here's what made headlines throughout Friday.
The suspect in a deadly mass shooting on a rural Queensland property allegedly used a rifle to kill three people and injured another during a planned meeting with neighbours.
A worker was killed when scaffolding and concrete collapsed on him at a Sydney high school.
Multiple flood warnings remain in place for the NSW Central West but in good news, a woman was found "safe and well" after her car was swept off a flooded causeway.
China has conducted "precision missile strikes" in Taiwan following US Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the country.
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More than million worth of cannabis has been seized in regional NSW after a five-month police investigation.
On Wednesday, police went to a rural property at Trundle, near Parkes, and when they arrived several people ran away into nearby bushland.
Officers found a number of large greenhouses being used to grow cannabis. "Police located and seized 27,484 cannabis plants, which have all been destroyed," NSW Police said in a statement. "It's estimated the potential street value of the cannabis was more than million." Police are working to identify those involved.
Tobias Friedrich Moran, accused of murdering his former German backpacker girlfriend, has returned to Perth after being released on bail by a Sydney magistrate.
The 42-year-old returned to Western Australia from where he was extradited.
These images show Moran arriving at Perth Airport.
Moran is charged with murdering his then-partner Simone Strobel and acting with intent to pervert the course of justice.
Western Australian police have charged five people after seizing more than 14 kilograms of methylamphetamine.
The five people were arrested and charged after two police operations over the past few days.
The drugs were found in multiple locations including a suitcase seized at Perth Airport, a backpack and a van.
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Access to 40 of the most visited academic cheating websites has been blocked, according to minister for education Jason Clare.
In a statement, Clare said the higher education regulator has used "new special protocols" to prevent access to the websites. "The 40 websites blocked by the regulator are visited about 450,000 times a month," Clare said. "Illegal cheating services threaten academic integrity and expose students to criminals, who often attempt to blackmail students into paying large sums of money. "Blocking these websites will disrupt the operations of the criminals behind them." It is unclear how the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency is preventing access to the websites.
Laws introduced in 2020 made providing cheating services on a "commercial level" a criminal offence.
Four people have been critically injured after a lightning strike outside the White House in Washington.
The victims were two men and two women.
Officers with the Secret Service and US Park Police witnessed the lightning strike and ran over to render first aid, officials said.
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