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Suspect to face court over suspicious packages | Sky News AustraliaFederal Police have confirmed a Victorian man has been arrested and charged in relation to a number of suspicious packages sent to more than a dozen consulates and embassies across Australia.\n\nThe 48-year-old man from Shepparton, northeast of Melbourne, has been charged with sending dangerous articles to be carried by postal service and is due to appear in court on Thursday. \n\nThe man allegedly sent 38 parcels to consulates and embassies in Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney, with substances suspected to have been sourced from his home.\n\nPolice have recovered 29 packages that will undergo forensic testing to determine the material inside. \n\n\n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n
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Govt rolls out 10,000 senior home care packages | Sky News AustraliaThe federal government has rolled out an additional 10,000 high-level home care packages to help senior Australians maintain independence in their own homes.\n\nDementia Australia CEO Maree McCabe has told Sky News the packages grant recipients around $50,000 annually, covering daily requirements such as nursing, home care assistance and hygiene.\n\nWith dementia diagnoses always accompanied by a ‘loss of function’, Ms McCabe says the funds allow the elderly to live at home in an environment important to them.\n\n\n\n\n
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US House Democrats unveil ethics reform package | Sky News AustraliaHouse Democrats have unveiled a new anti-corruption, campaign finance and ethics reform package. \n\nThe proposal takes aim at presidential tax returns amid concerns about President Donald Trump’s possible conflicts of interest between his actions as president and his family business.\n\n\n\n
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Vic father arrested over asbestos-filled packages | Sky News AustraliaA Victorian father has been charged for allegedly mailing envelopes full of asbestos to consulates in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. \n\nSavas Avan, 49, was arrested in Shepparton, north of Melbourne, on Wednesday after allegedly ripping open walls of his home, packaging the carcinogenic material and mailing it to diplomats. \n\nMr Avan, who faces 10 years behind bars, is due to front court again in March. \n\n\n\n\n\n
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International tourists to Australia spent a record $43.2 billion | Sky News AustraliaInternational tourists spent a record $43.2 billion in Australia last year, an increase of five per cent.\n\nOf the 8.4 million foreign visitors, 2.84 million travelled outside the major cities.\n\nTourism Minister Simon Birmingham says the rise in tourism beyond the nation’s capitals is ‘great news for regional towns’.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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International tourists to Australia spent a record $43.2 billion | Sky News AustraliaInternational tourists spent a record $43.2 billion in Australia last year, an increase of five per cent.\n\nOf the 8.4 million foreign visitors, 2.84 million travelled outside the major cities.\n\nTourism Minister Simon Birmingham says the rise in tourism beyond the nation’s capitals is ‘great news for regional towns’.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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