Dezi Freeman yelled abuse at a dying constable during a shooting that killed two Victoria police officers, a coroner’s court directions hearing was told on Monday. The officers, Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson, 59, and Senior Constable Vadim De Waart-Hottart, 35, died in August while investigating the alleged sexual assault of a child.
Freeman, also known as Desmond Filby, was shot dead by police seven months later after being discovered at a makeshift campsite about 150km away. The details of the incident were outlined during the hearing.
In other news, Paul Brereton has resigned as head of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nacc). Neale Daniher, AFL great and motor neurone disease campaigner, has died aged 65. A royal commission heard that Bondi Beach gunmen shot 11 people within 30 seconds of opening fire.
Independent MP Zali Steggall has said donation rules favour teals forming their own party, but other independents have ruled out the idea. Guzman y Gomez faces a class action from US workers over closed stores. The World Surf League event in New Zealand has been put on hold after an Australian photographer was bitten by a shark or sea lion.
In a lighter note, the Ballarat Beard & Stache competition celebrated its 10th year, founded by Jake Warren and Brayden Dorney to build community around facial hair.
