1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with 2 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. Police have returned to the rural 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: property where four year old Gus Lamont vanished several months ago. 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:16,279 Speaker 1: Detectives from the South Australian Police Task Force assembled to 5 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: investigate the boy's disappearance will stay at Oak Park station 6 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: for at least two days. Gus was last seen playing 7 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: outside on the station around five pm on September twenty seven. 8 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: In early February, police said they had identified a person 9 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: of interest who they said was known to Gus. They 10 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:37,839 Speaker 1: also said they were treating his suspected death as a 11 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: major crime. Police said then that the person of interest 12 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: had withdrawn their cooperation with the investigation, and stressed Gus's 13 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: parents aren't suspects. The four year old's grandparents, Josie and 14 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: Shannon Murray, separately secured legal representation and jointly released a 15 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: statement saying they were absolutely devastated by the police's statement. 16 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 1: No charges have been laid. Alleged Bondai killer Navid Akram 17 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:09,119 Speaker 1: made his first appearance in court since December fourteenth. Fifteen people, 18 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,279 Speaker 1: including a child, were killed in the attack when Navid 19 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: and his father, fifty year old Sajid Akram, allegedly opened 20 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: fire on a Hunnaker festival at Bondai Beach. Sajid Akram 21 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: was killed by police at the scene and Navid Akram 22 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 1: was injured. On Monday, Navid Akram briefly appeared at the 23 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: Downing Center Local Court in Sydney via video link. He's 24 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: being held at Goldban's Supermax prison and was wearing prison greens. 25 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: The matter will return to court on March eighth. Navid 26 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: Akram's lawyer, ben Archboldt, who's been assigned to the case 27 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: by the taxpayer funded Legal Aid Service, answered questions outside courting. 28 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 2: The more said that himself been on conversations to see 29 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 2: with this stage and what his reasons for at the. 30 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: End of the night, that's not my Gordan, Australia's competition 31 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: watchdog says supermarket chain Coals wanted shoppers to believe its 32 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: down Down price promotion was lowering the cost of living, 33 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: even though it wasn't. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 34 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: opened its case in the Federal Court in Melbourne on Monday, 35 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: its suing Coals for allegedly misleading customers Behabc told the 36 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 1: court Coals artificially lifted prices, then lowered them to pretend 37 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: they were real discounts. Cole says they were legitimate price 38 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:33,399 Speaker 1: cuts on products whose real costs had risen dramatically. Check 39 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: out those stories live right now at the Australian dot 40 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 1: Com dot u, and come back to the front first 41 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: thing in the morning for a close look at a 42 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: big twist in the case of Ben Roberts Smith