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Perth Now
3 days ago
- Sport
- Perth Now
Update in alleged A-League betting fraud
An offer to resolve charges against a former A-League soccer player accused of betting corruption has been rejected by prosecutors, a court has been told. Riku Danzaki, 25, was arrested by police in late May amid an investigation into allegations of gambling corruption during the A-League season. The Japanese-born player, who played 49 games with Western United until his contract finished at the end of the last season, was charged with 10 offences including four counts of engaging in conduct that would corrupt a betting outcome, four counts of facilitating corrupt conduct and using corrupt conduct information for betting. Riku Danzaki totalled six goals and 10 assists across 49 league games. NewsWire / Nadir Kinani Credit: News Corp Australia At the time of his arrest, Victoria Police alleged four matches in April and May 2025 had been subject to 'player to be carded wagering manipulation'. Mr Danzaki appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday morning with the assistance of a Japanese interpreter as lawyer Lewis Winter asked the court for a three week adjournment. He did not enter a plea. Mr Winter told the court he'd put forward an offer to resolve the case with diversion, which allows some first-time accused people to avoid a criminal conviction by meeting conditions, and was awaiting a response from prosecutors. 'I would be seeking around three weeks,' he said. 'I am confident it would be considered by them.' Mr Danzaki attended court with his lawyer Lewis Winter (right). NewsWire / Nadir Kinani Credit: News Corp Australia Mr Danzaki's case was adjourned by Magistrate Tara Hartnett until August 13. But a few hours later, as a second soccer player accused of involvement in the alleged betting corruption, Yuta Hirayama, 27, appeared in court, a police prosecutor indicated diversion would not be accepted for Mr Danzaki. 'I've spoken to Mr Winter … diversion is not going to be on the table,' the prosecutor said. Mr Hirayama, who played last season with the Bayside Argonauts after several years playing for clubs in Queensland, was arrested the same day as Mr Danzaki on May 30. Bayside Argonauts striker Yuta Hirayama is expected to return to court. NewsWire / Nadir Kinani Credit: News Corp Australia He was charged with 16 offences including 11 counts of using corrupt conduct information for betting purposes and four counts of facilitating conduct that corrupts or would corrupt a betting outcome. Lawyers acting for Mr Hirayama told the court the matter has been resolved with a plea however the case was stood down until the afternoon sitting. Mr Hirayama is expected to return to the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday afternoon.
Perth Now
14-07-2025
- Perth Now
Update after 2yo hurt, two killed in crash
The two-year-old boy who was seriously hurt in a collision that claimed the lives of another two people has been discharged from hospital. The boy was being walked by two people - believed to be the boy's grandparents - on Coleman Rd in Wantirna South at about 12.20pm on Thursday when they were struck by an out-of-control Toyota Yaris. The 91-year-old driver is believed to have lost control of her vehicle, striking the trio before ploughing through a fence and hitting a park bench. The Toyota Yaris hit the trio who were on a walk through Wantirna South last week. NewsWire / Nadir Kinani Credit: News Corp Australia The two adults are reportedly the grandparents of the two-year-old boy, as per The Herald Sun. The 59-year-old woman died at the scene. The 60-year-old man - understood to be the woman's partner - was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries, but died on Saturday night. Two people, aged 59 and 60, were killed in the crash. NewsWire / Nadir Kinani Credit: News Corp Australia The two-year-old was rushed to the Royal Children's Hospital in a serious but stable condition. A hospital spokesman confirmed on Monday that the child had been discharged from hospital. Tracey Jean, one of the neighbours who was first on the scene and shielded the child after the crash, told reporters she had been in contact with the child's parents and confirmed he was coming home and appears healthy. 'I'll get to hold him again this afternoon,' she said per The Daily Mail. 'I've got a photo of him and he looks great. He really is OK.' Ms Jean said the child's mother rushed to the hospital to be by her father's side before he died. 'The (boy's) mum was texting me while she was in the hospital saying goodbye to her dad,' Ms Jean said. 'She told me that her dad is now with her mum.' Witnesses recounted the horrific details of the tragic crash. NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw Credit: News Corp Australia Witness Heather Webber told reporters last week she 'ran straight out' of the house after haring a 'funny, weird sound'. Outside, she discovered the 60-year-old man lying on the footpath. 'There he was, the poor chap, lying on his back,' she said, adding she was 'first one to see the … gentleman on the path'. She recalled the young boy 'clinging' to Ms Jean, who picked him up while Ms Webber's husband called paramedics. Ms Webber told reporters she was 'very disturbed' by the crash and was unable to sleep on Thursday night. The child has been discharged from hospital. NewsWire / Nadir Kinani Credit: News Corp Australia The 91-year-old driver remains in hospital with minor injuries. Victoria Police Superintendent Justin Goldsmith said last week the elderly driver was 'terribly shaken' by the incident, and taken to hospital for minor injuries. Superintendent Goldsmith said the incident was 'not believed to be intentional'. Police told NewsWire on Monday the investigation remains ongoing and they are yet to interview the elderly driver, who remains in hospital. It is unclear if the she will be charged.
Courier-Mail
13-07-2025
- Courier-Mail
Second person dies after Wantirna crash
Don't miss out on the headlines from Breaking News. Followed categories will be added to My News. A second person has died following Thursday's horror crash in Wantirna South in Melbourne. Victoria Police confirmed late on Saturday night that a 60-year-old man had succumbed to the injuries he suffered in the crash and passed away in hospital. A 59-year-old woman also died in the crash. A two-year-old boy was hit and received non life-threatening injuries. The trio are believed to be from the same family and the two adults are reportedly the grandparents of the little boy. The police have arrested a 91-year-old woman, who has yet to be interviewed. She received minor injuries in the crash. 'The investigation into the exact circumstances surrounding the collision remains ongoing,' the police said. A second person has died following Thursday's Wantirna South crash in Melbourne. Picture: NewsWire / Nadir Kinani The woman is believed to have lost control of her Toyota Yaris on Coleman Rd in Wantirna South, Melbourne at about 12.20pm on Thursday. The vehicle struck a man, woman, and child before ploughing through a fence. Witness Heather Webber told reporters she 'ran straight out' of the house after hearing a 'funny, weird sound'. Outside, she discovered the 60-year-old man lying on the path. 'There he was, the poor chap, lying on his back,' she said, adding she was 'first one to see the … gentleman on the path'. 'He was nicely dressed … just a (cardigan), I think, and the bleeding was excessive,' she said. Ms Webber's husband called the paramedics 'straight away'. She told reporters she was 'very disturbed' by the crash, and was unable to sleep on Thursday night. She recalled the young boy 'clinging to someone who helped him'. The trio who were struck by the vehicle are believed to be from the same family. Picture: NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw 'There was another lady who picked him up,' she said. Locals could be seen paying respect to the victims at the scene of the crash, including the Wong family, who lay flowers on the path. Police said they were still working to establish the speed of the car at the time of the incident. 'It is a downhill section of road, so if there has been a lack of control to some degree, there is a possibility that the car would have picked up speed as it streamed down,' Superintendent Justin Goldsmith said on Friday. 'We don't have enough information to say that it's a high-speed crash or that speed is a contributing factor at this stage.' It is unclear if a medical episode contributed to the incident. The crash happened on Thursday about 12.20pm. Picture: NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw Police said the car mounted the footpath for about 40-50m before hitting the pedestrians who were on the path. 'Tragically that vehicle has collided with a couple and a child,' Mr Goldsmith said. 'That driver has then continued with some degree of lack of control down Coleman Rd and has collided with a street sign, and then has ended up in the reserve about 200m from the collision scene.' The heavily damaged car remains in the park appearing to have crashed into a bench. The crash is the latest in a string of road fatalities in Victoria. 'Unfortunately, we're facing a horrific month for road trauma,' Mr Goldsmith said. 'We've had 14 people lose their lives in seven days. Consider that for the month of July, compared to June, where we lost 12 people for the entire month … we've lost so many lives and had so many life-threatening injuries over the course of last week (and it) is completely horrific and unacceptable.' Originally published as 60-year-old man dies after Wantirna crash in Melbourne
Perth Now
12-07-2025
- Perth Now
Horrific update in Wantirna crash tragedy
A second person has died following Thursday's horror crash in Wantirna South in Melbourne. Victoria Police confirmed late on Saturday night that a 60-year-old man had succumbed to the injuries he suffered in the crash and passed away in hospital. A 59-year-old woman also died in the crash. A two-year-old boy was hit and received non life-threatening injuries. The trio are believed to be from the same family and the two adults are reportedly the grandparents of the little boy. The police have arrested a 91-year-old woman, who has yet to be interviewed. She received minor injuries in the crash. 'The investigation into the exact circumstances surrounding the collision remains ongoing,' the police said. A second person has died following Thursday's Wantirna South crash in Melbourne. NewsWire / Nadir Kinani Credit: News Corp Australia The woman is believed to have lost control of her Toyota Yaris on Coleman Rd in Wantirna South, Melbourne at about 12.20pm on Thursday. The vehicle struck a man, woman, and child before ploughing through a fence. Witness Heather Webber told reporters she 'ran straight out' of the house after hearing a 'funny, weird sound'. Outside, she discovered the 60-year-old man lying on the path. 'There he was, the poor chap, lying on his back,' she said, adding she was 'first one to see the … gentleman on the path'. 'He was nicely dressed … just a (cardigan), I think, and the bleeding was excessive,' she said. Ms Webber's husband called the paramedics 'straight away'. She told reporters she was 'very disturbed' by the crash, and was unable to sleep on Thursday night. She recalled the young boy 'clinging to someone who helped him'. The trio who were struck by the vehicle are believed to be from the same family. NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw Credit: News Corp Australia 'There was another lady who picked him up,' she said. Locals could be seen paying respect to the victims at the scene of the crash, including the Wong family, who lay flowers on the path. Police said they were still working to establish the speed of the car at the time of the incident. 'It is a downhill section of road, so if there has been a lack of control to some degree, there is a possibility that the car would have picked up speed as it streamed down,' Superintendent Justin Goldsmith said on Friday. 'We don't have enough information to say that it's a high-speed crash or that speed is a contributing factor at this stage.' It is unclear if a medical episode contributed to the incident. The crash happened on Thursday about 12.20pm. NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw Credit: News Corp Australia Police said the car mounted the footpath for about 40-50m before hitting the pedestrians who were on the path. 'Tragically that vehicle has collided with a couple and a child,' Mr Goldsmith said. 'That driver has then continued with some degree of lack of control down Coleman Rd and has collided with a street sign, and then has ended up in the reserve about 200m from the collision scene.' The heavily damaged car remains in the park appearing to have crashed into a bench. The crash is the latest in a string of road fatalities in Victoria. 'Unfortunately, we're facing a horrific month for road trauma,' Mr Goldsmith said. 'We've had 14 people lose their lives in seven days. Consider that for the month of July, compared to June, where we lost 12 people for the entire month … we've lost so many lives and had so many life-threatening injuries over the course of last week (and it) is completely horrific and unacceptable.'
Perth Now
11-07-2025
- Business
- Perth Now
Hidden victims of $3m super tax
Australian farmers are shaping up as the hidden victims of Labor's proposed $3m superannuation tax. The tax has been dubbed a bill for the ultra-wealthy, and The Australian National University has run the numbers on who will be impacted and how many Australians can pay it back. While the usual list of Australian chief executives, business professionals and senior managers are estimated to be slugged this new tax, one group stands out from the pack. Australian farmers, due to the values of their farms and the expensive equipment needed to run them, will likely be asked to pay a little more to the taxman. Farmers will be slugged more in taxes due to the expensive land and machinery costs that will be part of the unrealised gains. NewsWire / Nadir Kinani Credit: News Corp Australia Nationals leader David Littleproud previously said it was an unfair tax on Australian farmers. 'What happens is that people who are caught up in this are going to try whatever they can to get themselves out of it,' he told Sky News in June. 'And when you think about farmers, they've bought large capital assets costing millions of dollars and look to actually pass that on to their kids through succession through their superannuation fund.' Mr Littleproud said Australia needed more young people seeing farming as a career instead of discouraging the work through taxes. 'What's going to happen is that you can have farmers that have tens of millions of dollars worth of property in their self-managed super fund, they pay a rent back to that every year,' he continued. 'But if there's no crop, if they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a crop and then the rain stops, they have no cash flow to pay the tax. 'And so what they're doing now is they're going to have to get it revalued and all get revalued every year. Nationals leader David Littleproud called it an unfair tax on farmers NewsWire / Nadir Kinani Credit: News Corp Australia 'There could be hundreds of thousands of dollars every year just in valuation costs.' In a proposed change to superannuation taxes, the Albanese government plans to raise earnings tax on superannuation balances above $3m to 30 per cent, up from 15 per cent. The government also plans on taxing unrealised gains as part of these figures. This will still mean Australians are paying less tax on their superannuation compared with income tax rates. ANU Associate Professor Ben Phillips and researcher Richard Webster found doctors, business professionals, senior managers, farmers and engineers were the most likely to pay the new 30 per cent tax on earnings on balances more than $3m, including unrealised gains. According to the figures, the median total wealth for these Australians is more than $11m, with about 87,000 people set to pay the taxes in 2025-2026. This is about 7000 more than initially forecasted by the government. It also shows the majority of Australians will be fine paying the additional tax burden, with just 500 or 0.6 per cent of households facing financial difficulty in funding the extra liability. 'Stress testing suggests most of these households faced with an increased taxation burden as proposed by the government would have ample funds to cover most reasonable scenarios,' Professor Phillips and Mr Webster said. Using the example of a person with a $4m superannuation balance who posts a 10 per cent increase in value to $4.4 million over the 12 months, the researchers show the taxpayer would face an extra tax liability of $19,091.
