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1. Luke Shambrook’s family thank the public for their support.

The parents of Luke Shambrook have thanked emergency services and volunteers for their help in finding their 11-year-old son, who was lost for more than five days.

Luke was found on Tuesday, after disappearing from the family’s campsite at Lake Eildon in Victoria on Good Friday.

His mother Rachel thanked emergency personnel and said the public played an important role in comforting the family.

“To have such support coming from all across Victoria and even further around Australia, we were just overwhelmed by it,” she told ABC News.

“It was just something that we were immensely grateful for at the low times and obviously very much when Luke was found.

“Our immense thanks to anyone who had any involvement whatsoever.”

Ms Shambrook said it was a stressful weekend.

“We were feeling incredibly helpless, there was nothing we could do that would bring him back quickly, we just had to put our trust in all the services that were out there and helping us,” she said.

2. Caroline Byrne’s partner to sue NSW for millions in compensation for wrongful murder conviction.

Gordon Wood is suing the state of New South Wales for maliciously pursuing his prosecution relating to the death of Sydney model Caroline Byrne.

In 2012, Wood was acquitted of murdering his then-girlfriend, whose body was found at the bottom of notorious suicide spot The Gap in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs in 1995.

Now, ABC News reports Mr Wood has announced he is suing the state for multiple costs and damages, including malicious prosecution and false imprisonment, and claims the state pursued him “regardless of his guilt or innocence”.

Mr Wood alleges he suffered damage to his reputation, and that his wrongful imprisonment in Goulburn jail caused him physical and emotional harm.

He also claims he was earning between $400,000 to $800,000 a year prior to his initial conviction, in part as a chauffeur for late Sydney businessman Rene Rivkin.

He claims he has not been able to find employment since and estimates his lost earnings to be between $8.9 million and $17.8 million.

3. Ben Cousins has turned himself into police.

Troubled former AFL star, Ben Cousins, handed himself into police in Perth this morning after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Cousins failed to appear in a Fremantle court yesterday on charges of failing to submit to a breath test, after he was seen driving erratically.

Cousins’ lawyer stated he was unable to attend the court hearing due to medical appointments, but a warrant was issued after failing to submit medical certificates by 4pm, ABC News reports.

4. Australian Federal Police says 250 Australians with child sex convictions travelled to Philippines last year.

By ABC.

About 250 Australians with child sex convictions travelled to the Philippines last year, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) has revealed.

Filipino police are currently pursuing a case against Australian man Peter Gerard Scully for what they allege are some of the worst child sex offences in the nation’s history.

The AFP was involved in the investigation and arrest and says 250 known Australian child sex offenders travelled to the Philippines last year alone.

A spokesman has told the ABC that Australia alerts Filipino authorities when a sex offender boards a flight, but it is up to them whether to refuse entry.

Mr Scully, 51, who has no previous convictions for child sex abuse, was arrested and charged with sexually abusing 11 children aged between 18 months and 13 years.

He allegedly spent years sexually abusing and torturing young children and streaming his crimes online, where the AFP says he charged between $US100 and $US10,000 for the videos he filmed.

The Melbourne man has also been charged with the murder of one of his alleged victims, a 12-year-old girl, along with rape, torture, human trafficking and violating cyber laws.

On Saturday, authorities in the Philippines said Scully was working with foreign accomplices in his child pornography operation and launched a manhunt for four foreigners believed to be involved.

The Australian embassy held an emergency meeting late last week in relation to the case.

This article was originally published by the ABC. 

5. Fire at pig stud farm kills up to 200 animals in NSW southern highlands

Up to 200 pigs are thought to have been lost in a fire on stud in the New South Wales southern highlands.

Fire fighters have been working for three hours to contain the blaze at the Boen Boe piggery at Joadja, near Bowral.

Police and a department of primary industries vet are also on the scene.

Inspector David Bartlett from the highlands Rural Fire Service said crews arrived to find multiple sheds alight.

“The sheds were holding livestock. From what I understand there has been multiple livestock losses due to the fire,” he said.

“We do have a fire investigator investigating the fire as we speak but those circumstances of the fire are yet to be determined.”

This article was originally published by ABC.

6. Dallas Buyers Club company want internet pirates shut down.

The US-based company responsible for the Dallas Buyers Club is pushing to have the internet connections of Australian film pirates turned off.

A Voltage Studios executive told Triple J’s Hack program ramifications for copyright infringement are not always going to be financial — and suggested ISP connections be shut down as a “public notice”.

Read more: I illegally downloaded Dallas Buyers Club, what now?

Dallas Buyers Club LLC won a landmark case earlier this week, requiring iiNet and other internet providers to turn over individual ISPs of Australian people who illegally uploaded the Dallas Buyers Club.

Fairfax Media reports the trial did not mention shutting down users’ internet connections as a potential measure.

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