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The family of a Melbourne man who died hiking in Peru have made a heartfelt tribute to the father of three.

52-year-old police sergeant Matthew Paton was on holiday with his wife on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu when local police say he tripped and fell about 400 metres.

In a statement, his family say they're shattered by the loss, and that family was the most important thing to him.

An Australian member of the Global Sumud Flotilla says she and other activists were physically abused while detained by Israeli forces.

Eleven Australians who joined hundreds of others in the Flotilla attempting to deliver aid to Gaza have now been released from Israeli detention.

Neve O'Conner says she was "brutalised" by the Israeli Defence Forces.

Israel’s foreign ministry has not responded to the allegations, and has previously denied accusations of abuse made by activists.

The Northern Territory Health Minister says the government has been proactive in its response to diphtheria while giving his first media interviews today, weeks into the outbreak.

There have been more than 150 cases of diphtheria in the Territory this year with health organisations expecting numbers to rise before they start to come down.

health practitioners and medical experts have criticised the speed of the NT government's response but Steve Edgington insists the it's been sufficient.

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A second group of Australian women and children with links to the Islamic State group have left a camp in north-eastern Syria, and are attempting to come home.

It follows four women and nine children touching down in Australia earlier this month.

The federal opposition has demanded the government do more to block this latest group from returning but legal experts insist there is nothing officials can do as they are Australian citizens.

The Albanese government has insisted it is not helping to repatriate the group.

A Jewish Australian activist who was aboard the Gaza aid flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces has described the ordeal she and ten other Australians went through after their capture.

Anny Mokotow spoke in Istanbul, where some released activists are being treated in the airport's hospital beds for injuries suffered during their captivity.

She says they were given hardly any food and water during the more than two days they were held, and guns were constantly pointed at them.

An Australian man has died in Peru after falling while walking on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

Matthew Cameron Paton was walking in a group of tourists on Wednesday when he tripped and fell through a damaged security barrier.

Authorities expect to transport his body to the Peruvian city of Cusco in coming hours.

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A second group of Australian women and children with links to the Islamic State group have left a camp in north-eastern Syria, and are attempting to come home.

It follows four women and nine children touching down in Australia earlier this month.

The federal opposition has demanded the government do more to block this latest group from returning but legal experts insist there is nothing officials can do as they are Australian citizens.

The Albanese government has insisted it is not helping to repatriate the group.

A Jewish Australian activist who was aboard the Gaza aid flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces has described the ordeal she and ten other Australians went through after their capture.

Anny Mokotow spoke in Istanbul, where some released activists are being treated in the airport's hospital beds for injuries suffered during their captivity.

She says they were given hardly any food and water during the more than two days they were held, and guns were constantly pointed at them.

An Australian man has died in Peru after falling while walking on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

Matthew Cameron Paton was walking in a group of tourists on Wednesday when he tripped and fell through a damaged security barrier.

Authorities expect to transport his body to the Peruvian city of Cusco in coming hours.

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An Australian man has died in Peru after falling from an embankment while walking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's position on immigration is consistent with the Coalition's, as he faces questions over a fresh controversy involving the Liberal Senator.

The 11 Australians onboard the Global Sumud flotilla have now reached Türkiye and are preparing to return home, after being intercepted and detained by Israeli authorities.

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