Two people have been shot in a drive by shooting in western Sydney. Police believed the shooting, which sent both men to hospital, one with life threatening injuries, could be an escalation in gangland tension. In New South Wales, over thirty two thousand residents remained stranded after widespread flooding. Emergency crews with Australia and New Zealand are assisting a while fourteen towns in northern New South Wales remain cut off. Floodwaters which have begun to recede have destroyed up to four hundred homes. Five people across the Mid North Coast down the Hunter region died in the disaster and emergency warnings have been downgraded. A man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a major incident at a Melbourne shopping center. Two males were arrested at the Northland Shopping Center in connection to the attack, one of whom just fifteen years of age. Victorian police say the fight involved up to ten people. It's understood knives and machetes were us used in the altercation. At least one male is at Royal Melbourne Hospital being treated for his injuries, who's in a serious but stable condition. It's believe the incident was targeted and the parties are known to each other. The Nationals are expected to receive six shadow cabinet positions and two in the outer ministry as part of front bench negotiations with the Liberals. Liberals leader Susan Lee and the National's leader David little Proud have been in talks to determine the opposition front bench. Former Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor is expected to be given either the Foreign Affairs or Defense portfolio. This is according to the Cydney Morning Herald. Anyway, a short lived coalition split and subsequent renegotiations between the Liberal and National parties have kept tensions high between the two of them. An announcement on the ministries is expected in the coming days. Some politicians, including the Prime Minister Anthony Albanizi, will be eligible to defer payments on Labour's superttax. The finn Review reporting this morning that public servants in old bat benefit pension schemes can defer paying the controversial tax until they retire and receive pensions at fifty five or older. Interest will be charged annually on the deferred tax liability at a rate of four and a half percent. The Australian Energy Market Operator says a blowout in costs to build poles and wires could trigger an increase in household power bills. Overhead transmission line projects and the costs for them have surged by fifty five percent and substations by thirty five percent compared with last year's estimates. These numbers in the Australian Today. The rises are attributed in part to the decision to avoid particularly complex areas as the Labour government tries to win over rural communities in the transmission rollout, and King Charles will become the first monarch since nineteen seventy seven to open Canada's Parliament. He'll also be just the second monarch in Britain's history to participate in the ritual, after Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee to it nearly half a century ago. King Charles and co Queen Camilla's two day visit is aimed at highlighting Canada's sovereignty. Donald Trump has made repeated calls for Canada has become a fifty first state and eliminate the arbitrary US Canada border. As a jump

Two people have been shot in a drive by shooting in western Sydney. Police believed the shooting, which sent both men to hospital, one with life threatening injuries, could be an escalation in gangland tension. In New South Wales, over thirty two thousand residents remained stranded after widespread flooding. Emergency crews with Australia and New Zealand are assisting a while fourteen towns in northern New South Wales remain cut off. Floodwaters which have begun to recede have destroyed up to four hundred homes. Five people across the Mid North Coast down the Hunter region died in the disaster and emergency warnings have been downgraded. A man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a major incident at a Melbourne shopping center. Two males were arrested at the Northland Shopping Center in connection to the attack, one of whom just fifteen years of age. Victorian police say the fight involved up to ten people. It's understood knives and machetes were us used in the altercation. At least one male is at Royal Melbourne Hospital being treated for his injuries, who's in a serious but stable condition. It's believe the incident was targeted and the parties are known to each other. The Nationals are expected to receive six shadow cabinet positions and two in the outer ministry as part of front bench negotiations with the Liberals. Liberals leader Susan Lee and the National's leader David little Proud have been in talks to determine the opposition front bench. Former Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor is expected to be given either the Foreign Affairs or Defense portfolio. This is according to the Cydney Morning Herald. Anyway, a short lived coalition split and subsequent renegotiations between the Liberal and National parties have kept tensions high between the two of them. An announcement on the ministries is expected in the coming days. Some politicians, including the Prime Minister Anthony Albanizi, will be eligible to defer payments on Labour's superttax. The finn Review reporting this morning that public servants in old bat benefit pension schemes can defer paying the controversial tax until they retire and receive pensions at fifty five or older. Interest will be charged annually on the deferred tax liability at a rate of four and a half percent. The Australian Energy Market Operator says a blowout in costs to build poles and wires could trigger an increase in household power bills. Overhead transmission line projects and the costs for them have surged by fifty five percent and substations by thirty five percent compared with last year's estimates. These numbers in the Australian Today. The rises are attributed in part to the decision to avoid particularly complex areas as the Labour government tries to win over rural communities in the transmission rollout, and King Charles will become the first monarch since nineteen seventy seven to open Canada's Parliament. He'll also be just the second monarch in Britain's history to participate in the ritual, after Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee to it nearly half a century ago. King Charles and co Queen Camilla's two day visit is aimed at highlighting Canada's sovereignty. Donald Trump has made repeated calls for Canada has become a fifty first state and eliminate the arbitrary US Canada border. As a jump