January 1, 2016 General News Police and protesters clash outside the G20 Forum in central Melbourne, Saturday, Nov 18 2006. Protesters attack a police van outside the G20 Forum in central Melbourne, Saturday, Nov 18 2006. Protesters attack a police van outside the G20 Forum in central Melbourne, Saturday, Nov 18 2006. Police shelter while protesters attack their police van outside the G20 Forum in central Melbourne, Saturday, Nov 18 2006. With only two weeks to the start of summer, a group of girls from Mount Macedon enjoy Melbourne’s coldest day in fifty years. With only two weeks to the start of summer, a group of girls from Mount Macedon enjoy Melbourne’s coldest day in fifty years. A three car pile up on the Princess Freeway in Altona North, left six people in hospital, one with serious head injuries, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. The pile up which occurred around 4:00 pm, caused traffic chaos, with all lanes of the freeway closed till 6:00 pm, when police re-opened the road. Taxi drivers protest in central Melbourne, Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2008. The drivers are demanding better security after several recent attacks have left several of their colleagues dead or either seriously injured. A fire damaged sign in Narbethong, north of Melbourne, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. At least 181 people have died and over 1000 homes have been destroyed in the worst fires in the world in 150 years. (AAP Image/Raoul Wegat) NO ARCHIVING Destroyed cars in Narbethong, north of Melbourne, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. At least 181 people have died and over 1000 homes have been destroyed by the fires. (AAP Image/Raoul Wegat) NO ARCHIVING A car destroyed by fire at Blue Views Cottages in Narbethong, north of Melbourne, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. At least 181 people have died and over 1000 homes have been destroyed by the fires. (AAP Image/Raoul Wegat) NO ARCHIVING Marysville resident Anastasia Scott stabds outside the evacuee center in Alexandra, north of Melbourne, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. Mrs. Scott lost her home in the fires in which at least 181 people have died and over 750 homes have been destroyed in the worst fires since Ash Wednesday in 1983. (AAP Image/Raoul Wegat) NO ARCHIVING A sign warning looters sits on the roadside near Taggerty, north of Melbourne, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009. At least 181 people have died and over 1800 homes have been destroyed in the fires. (AAP Image/Raoul Wegat) NO ARCHIVING Lori Mansfield stands alongside the ruins of her and her husband Stephen’s, seven room home, Boolarra, Victoria, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009. Up to 28 houses, 60 out-buildings and 6,300 hectares of bushland and timber plantations have been destroyed by the fire which began last Thursday. (AAP Image/Raoul Wegat) NO ARCHIVING Country Fire Authority strike team trucks at Taggarty, in north-central Victoria, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009. At least 35 people have died and over 100 homes have been destroyed in the worst fires since Ash Wednesday in 1983. (AAP Image/Raoul Wegat) NO ARCHIVING A Country Fire Authority volunteer returns to the Alexandra Staging Ground from a 12 hour shift fighting the Kilmore East fire, Alexandra, in north-central Victoria, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009. At least 35 people have died and over 100 homes have been destroyed in the worst fires since Ash Wednesday in 1983. (AAP Image/Raoul Wegat) NO ARCHIVING Country Authority Firefighters return to the Churchill Staging Area from an overnight shift mopping up after fires in the Strzelecki Ranges in Gippsland, Victoria, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. Up to 29 houses, 60 out-buildings and 6,500 hectares of bushland and timber plantations have been destroyed by the fire which began last Thursday. (AAP Image/Raoul Wegat) NO ARCHIVING Phillip Watt, 9, holds up his drawing depicting his experience in the bushfires, at the Buxton Primary School, Buxton, north of Melbourne, Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. Today was the first day back at school for Phillip and the other pupils at his school after the fires in which at least 181 people died and over 1800 homes were destroyed. (AAP Image/Raoul Wegat) NO ARCHIVING Department of Sustainability and Environment firefighters performing blacking out in the Strzelecki Ranges in Gippsland, Victoria, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009. Up to 28 houses, 60 out-buildings and 6,300 hectares of bushland and timber plantations have been destroyed by the fire which began last Thursday. (AAP Image/Raoul Wegat) NO ARCHIVING Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, giving the John Batman Oration at The Official Australaia Day 2009 Luncheon at the Crown Casino Paladium, Melbourne, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. (AAP Image/Raoul Wegat) NO ARCHIVING Protesters gather at an outdoor Muslim prayer meeting calling for peace in Gaza, Werribee, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. (AAP Image/Raoul Wegat) NO ARCHIVING Frank Eyre, aged 73, father of Constable Damian Eyre and oldest serving member of Victoria Police at the Victoria Police Academy, Melbourne Friday, July 18, 2008. Mr. Eyre was at the Police Academy to announce his resignation from Victoria Police, and to present the Tynan-Eyre 20th Anniversary Award to graduating Constables Lauren Crew and Brendan Humby in memory of his son who was murdered at Walsh Street, Melbourne in 1988. (AAP Image/Raoul Wegat) NO ARCHIVING Police recruits waiting to graduate, practice their marching at the Victoria Police Academy, Melbourne Friday, July 18, 2008. (AAP Image/Raoul Wegat) NO ARCHIVING Donna Thomas, mother of Daniel Thomas, is helped by mourners as she looses grip on her sons coffin at the Glenmorus Gardens Cemetery, Albury, Friday, Jun. 20, 2008. Two year old Daniel Thomas was reported missing from his home in Myrtleford, 280 km northeast of Melbourne, on October 17, 2003, but extensive police searches failed to find him. His remains were found by a dog under a house in Myrtleford on March 18, 2008. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 21: An exhibition piece entitled “Drift” is seen ahead of the opening of the new Ron Mueck exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria on January 21, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. The exhibition will feature 12 of Mueck’s hyper-realistic sculptures from the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, along with 4 new works. (Photo by Raoul Wegat/Getty Images) MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 21: An exhibition piece entitled “In Bed” is seen ahead of the opening of the new Ron Mueck exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria on January 21, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. The exhibition will feature 12 of Mueck’s hyper-realistic sculptures from the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, along with 4 new works. (Photo by Raoul Wegat/Getty Images) MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 21: An exhibition piece entitled “Two Women” is seen ahead of the opening of the new Ron Mueck exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria on January 21, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. The exhibition will feature 12 of Mueck’s hyper-realistic sculptures from the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, along with 4 new works. (Photo by Raoul Wegat/Getty Images) MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 21: An exhibition piece entitled “Youth” is seen ahead of the opening of the new Ron Mueck exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria on January 21, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. The exhibition will feature 12 of Mueck’s hyper-realistic sculptures from the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, along with 4 new works. (Photo by Raoul Wegat/Getty Images) MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 21: An exhibition piece entitled “Two Women” is seen ahead of the opening of the new Ron Mueck exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria on January 21, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. The exhibition will feature 12 of Mueck’s hyper-realistic sculptures from the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, along with 4 new works. (Photo by Raoul Wegat/Getty Images) MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 21: An exhibition piece entitled “Dead Dad” is seen ahead of the opening of the new Ron Mueck exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria on January 21, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. The exhibition will feature 12 of Mueck’s hyper-realistic sculptures from the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, along with 4 new works. (Photo by Raoul Wegat/Getty Images) MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 07: Comedian Ryan Shelton poses for a photo in the Emirates marquee at Emirates Stake Day at Flemington Racecourse on November 7, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Raoul Wegat/Getty Images) MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 07: Race goers outside the Tabcorp marquee at Emirates Stake Day at Flemington Racecourse on November 7, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Raoul Wegat/Getty Images) MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 07: Race goers watch the Fashion on the Field awards at Emirates Stake Day at Flemington Racecourse on November 7, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Raoul Wegat/Getty Images) MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 07: Fashion on the Field judge waves a fan in the heat at Emirates Stake Day at Flemington Racecourse on November 7, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Raoul Wegat/Getty Images)