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Football game abandoned after players show signs of hypothermia

It takes quite a lot to get a country football game abandoned in Victoria. But one was called off at Newlyn near Ballarat yesterday after players and umpires started showing signs of hypothermia.

The Ballarat Courier reported the game between Newlyn and Springbank in the Central Highlands league was abandoned at half-time because of the freezing conditions.

Players and umpires had signs of hypothermia, the newspaper reported.

Bureau of Meteorology data for nearby Ballarat shows that at 3pm on Saturday, about the time the game was abandoned, the temperature was below 8C degrees, with an apparent temperature below zero.

There had been 5mm of rain and wind gusts above 50 km/h were recorded.

Man wanted for alleged robbery arrested after walking past police station

A Melbourne man has been arrested after allegedly robbing a retail store on Friday before strolling past a local police station on Sunday morning.

Police allege that the man robbed a store on Tunstall Road after threatening staff and demanding they hand over money on Friday.

Staff handed over cash and the man left in a vehicle.

Police were seeking to speak to the man about the incident when he was spotted walking past the Doncaster police station on Sunday morning at 8am where he was quickly arrested.

The 35-year-old man of no fixed address has been charged with robbery, making threats to kill, making threats to injure and possessing a drug of dependence.

He is due to appear before Melbourne magistrates court on Sunday.

Train drivers among ‘more experienced’: Sydney Trains

The chief executive of Sydney Trains, Matt Longland, says the two train crews were some of the “more experienced” drivers based at central but added that “clearly the nature of this incident was very confronting”.

Longland says there will be an investigation to determine the full circumstances of the incident.

Minns praises ‘instinctive bravery’ of twins’ father

The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, also praised the “instinctive bravery” of the two-year-olds father.

I hope over time they can gain some small solace knowing that the father died from an extraordinary, instinctive act of bravery. That’s not going to bring him or his little daughter back. But it shouldn’t go unremarked upon in the face of a terrible, terrible accident that he gave his own life to try and save his children.

Indian community ‘traumatised’ by incident: police

Dunstan says the family were members of the Indian community and have been left “traumatised” by the tragedy.

The mother of the two girls is receiving the support of friends and family, but Dunstan says is “clearly in a state of shock” and is “struggling with what’s happened today”.

Police praise ‘brave and heroic act’ of twins’ father

Dunstan says the two girls were twins and locals of the St George area.

There is no suggestion of wrongdoing.

Dunstan says the incident occurred after the family caught the lift down to the platform and as they’ve exited the lift, have taken their eyes off the pram “for a very, very short period of time”.

And whether it’s a gust of wind or we’re not quite sure, but it appears that the tram has instantly started to roll in the direction of the, of the mainline train lines.

The father than attempted to save his children.

He’s just gone into parent mode and tried to save his two young daughters if they’ve, you know, fallen on to the tracks and in doing so, it’s cost him his life. But it was an incredibly brave and heroic act.

Police rescued unharmed child from under train

Supt Paul Dunstan says that the incident occurred at 12.25pm today after witnesses saw a pram containing two small children roll under the path of an oncoming train.

Dunstan says that police heard the sound of a child from beneath the train, climbed down under the train and rescued one of the children, who was unharmed.

The other child died at the scene. Her father, who attempted to save the child, also died.

The mother and the surviving two-year-old girl have been taken to Saint George hospital where they are both in a stable condition.

Minns expresses deep sympathies to surviving family

The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has expressed his deep sympathies to the surviving family members of a man and a child who were killed at Carlton train station after a pram rolled on to the tracks.

The premier said that police were on the scene within two-to-three minutes of an emergency calling being made.

Police were able to grab one of the survivors, a two-year-old girl, and “keep her safe, and out of harm’s way.”

Obviously, this is a terrible, terrible tragedy. It’s a reminder of what goes on every single day of the week with New South Wales police force members as well as members of Sydney Trains, who often have to, without any warning, face a confronting scene every single day of their working lives.

NSW premier updates on train incident

The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, is speaking now with Supt Paul Dunstan, commander of the St George Police Area Command, to give an update on the death of a man and a child after a pram rolled on to the tracks at Carlton train station.

Follow here for updates.

Experts eye business data for signs of tax relief kicking in

Business sector data will offer insights on the health of Australia’s economy in the weeks since tax breaks and other cost-of-living support came into effect, AAP reports.

Experts will scour the first trickle of financial data for early clues on the state of Australia’s economy since tax relief kicked in.

The purchasing managers’ indexes for the manufacturing and services sectors land this week, as pay packets rise on cost-of-living tax breaks.

The start of the new financial year ushered in the cuts along with energy bill relief and other cost-of-living assistance expected to bolster household finances and improve the fortunes of Australian businesses.

The flash purchasing managers’ indexes from Judo Bank and S&P Global, due on Wednesday, will capture the early impact of the cost-of-living support on the economy.

Cost pressures, namely for energy and labour, persist as a major part of the challenge facing manufacturing.

The outlook for still-elevated inflation remains a key talking point ahead of the next Reserve Bank interest rate meeting on August 5-6.

Stronger-than-expected monthly inflation readouts have pushed back expectations for cuts, but recent overseas data suggests disinflation is still under way despite a few wobbles.

Near-term interest rate cuts are back on the agenda in the United States and New Zealand, and the Bank of Canada, the European Central Bank and other European central banks have already started easing.