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1. Neighbour charged with murder of Victorian mum.
A neighbour has been charged with the murder of a Victorian mother after her body was found in scrub in the state’s northeast.
Michael Cardamone, 48, was remanded in custody at an out-of-sessions hearing at Wangaratta police station. He is charged with killing his neighbour, mother-of-two Karen Chetcuti, who was last seen alive a week ago.
A body, believed to be that of Ms Chetcuti was found yesterday 45km from her rural Whorouly home.
Homicide Squad Detective Sgt Sol Solomon told the hearing yesterday it was alleged Ms Chetcuti attended the home of the accused, which is behind her property, last Tuesday evening to obtain a punnet of tomatoes which are grown there.
It is alleged she was killed before her body was dumped off an unnamed track.
On Sunday Cardamone claimed to police that he was the victim of a kidnapping after he vanished following media attention.
Cardamone will face Wangaratta Magistrates’ Court this morning.
2. Public education to cost $75,000 per child.
New statistics have shown that a parent starting a child in a public school this year could pay $75,000 to school them.
Victoria ranks the highest in costs of public education –at $75,000, well above national average of $66,862 for public.