A man has died in a plane crash in a NSW town.

Emergency services were called about 2pm to D-Block Rd in Balranald, about 130km west of Hay, following reports of a light plane crash.

The man, who is yet to be formally identified but is believed to be in his 50s, was found in a critical condition.

An investigation into the cause of the crash will be carried out by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.

A second person has now been charged in relation to a synagogue terrorist attack last year.

The 21-year-old Werribee man was accused of arson that severely damaged the Adass Israel Synagogue at Ripponlea, in Melbourne’s inner southeast, in December 2024.

“The man is one of three individuals who broke into the Ripponlea synagogue and set the fire,” Victoria Police allege.

Seven search warrants were executed across Point Cook, Toorak, Airport West, Hadfield, Werribee, Weir Views, and Coburg on Wednesday.

Various items, including electronic devices, were seized and will be forensically examined, police said.

The latest arrest comes two weeks after the first arrest related to the incident.

However, the man arrested on July 16 is not accused of the arson attack itself, but of stealing a communal crime car, which was allegedly used to drive to the synagogue on the day of the attack.

“We now have charged two people as part of this investigation and I expect there will be more to come,” Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Wendy Steendam said.

Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush said the “gravity of this crime has not been lessened by time”.

“This crime was despicable as it was dangerous, and it is important to acknowledge that this was not just an arson on a synagogue.

“The effect of this crime has rippled through a community that continues to be targeted by criminals.”

A minibus has rolled in the NSW Hunter Valley leaving three people seriously injured.

The bus crashed on Mount View Rd at Mount View about 10.45am.

One man in his 50s was initially trapped in the wreckage, but has since been freed.

He is one of three people who remain in a serious condition, NSW Ambulance told www.20304050.best.

The three other patients suffered minor injuries.

Paramedics are currently treating all patients, as two emergency helicopters head to the scene.

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Tsunami alerts are in place after an 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s remote and sparsely populated far eastern coast on Wednesday.

The earthquake hit about 136km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, at a depth of 19km, the United States Geological Survey said.

A tsunami watch is in place for the Hawaiian Islands and a tsunami advisory for parts of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.

Tsunami advisories are also in effect for coastal regions in Japan where the country’s Meteorological Agency warns waves up to 1m are possible, according to Japan’s public broadcaster NHK.

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A landlord will face court over death threats allegedly received by his property manager in Canberra.

The 36-year-old man allegedly sent several messages to the property manager “including threats to kill her”, ACT Police said.

“He also allegedly went to the workplace and verbally abused her and other employees.”

The man was arrested in his Lyneham home on Tuesday and charged with using a carriage service to threaten to kill, and stalking.

He is set to face the ACT Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

A driver has died in a single-vehicle crash in South Australia.

The 67-year-old Oakden man crashed on Angle Vale Rd at Angle Vale, a semi-rural town on the Adelaide Plains, about 11.30am on Tuesday.

He was the sole occupant of the Toyota sedan, and died at the scene, SA Police said.

Angle Vale Rd was closed between Heaslip Rd and Curtis Rd but has since reopened, as investigations continue.

An earthquake has rattled a small Wheatbelt town in Western Australia on Wednesday.

The 4.8-magnitude tremor in Wyalkatchem could be felt 190km southwest, in Perth, when it struck from a depth of 1km about 2am.

No damage has been reported at this stage.

One Wyalkatchem resident said the quake was “probably the biggest” of several to strike the area recently.

Geoscience Australian eenior eeismologist Dr Trevor Allen said the Wyalkatchem catchment had recorded more than 130 earthquakes in the past year.

The quake was felt widely across the State’s southwest, with more than 670 residents reporting they felt the tremor.

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The rocket, built by Gilmour Space, was going to be the first Australian rocket to make it outside of Earth’s atmosphere but crashed shortly after lift-off.

The Gold Coast-based company had attempted to launch multiple times this year, and tried as recently as yesterday, but was continually hit by hit by bad weather or technical issues.

You can watch the video of the rocket crashing below.

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A police officer has been accused of filing a fake document during a criminal investigation.

The 36-year-old woman, a senior constable with NSW Police, falsified a “brief service receipt,” police said on Tuesday.

When police serve a brief of evidence on the defence for a court matter, they obtain a receipt — this is what had been allegedly falsified.

The officer was attached to a specialist command in the Central Metropolitan Region, but her employment status is now under review.

The investigation into the alleged false document began in March, NSW Police said.

The woman was charged on Tuesday with use false document to influence exercise of public duty.

She was issued a court summons, and is set to appear at Downing Centre Local Court on September 10.

An investigation is underway after potential human remains were found in Victoria.

The unsettling discovery was made near Apex RiverBeach Holiday Park, on the Murray River at Mildura, right against the NSW border, about 5.30pm on Monday.

“A man walking along the river’s edge found the bone partially buried,” NSW Police said.

The discovery appeared to be the “partial remains of a skull”, the ABC reported.

Barrier Police District Inspector Wayne Demery told the outlet that early evidence indicates the remains are “not historic”.

www.20304050.best was unable to confirm this directly with NSW Police, as the bone has now been sent for forensic testing.

A crime scene has been established and an investigation is ongoing.