A learner motorcycle rider left fighting for life in hospital following a brutal crash in the Adelaide CBD has died in hospital, police have confirmed.

A dire warning has been issued for residents in a rural Victorian town to leave “immediately” as hundreds of firefighters continue to battle a massive blaze which had burned for three days, consuming homes across hundreds of hectares of land.

A photograph of cut-down trees has sparked fury in a popular beachside suburb, forcing the local council to intervene after a rumour swirled out of control.

Richard Marles has admitted there are “issues of culture” within the higher echelons of the defence force and department that need to be challenged.

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