Natarsha Belling

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Hi, Natasha Belling with you and welcome to the afternoon edition of The Briefing.

Coming up in our deep dive, what is MND?

After the death of former AFL great and charity campaigner Neil Danaher, many are asking what is motoneuron disease?

What are the warning signs and what can we do to help prevent it?

All those details coming up in just a moment.

But first, let's check the afternoon headlines this Tuesday, the 26th of May.

Two men have been arrested in Victoria's northeast as investigations continue into the movements of Desi Freeman, who was shot dead by authorities in March.

Freeman was on the run for seven months after shooting dead two police officers and injuring a third at Pawpunka in regional Victoria last year.

Victoria Police have today released a statement saying the two men, aged 48 and 35, were arrested in separate locations and will be interviewed by police, adding as the investigations remain ongoing, no further details will be provided.

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Power prices are set to drop for some households this winter, with discounts also on the horizon for businesses.

Benchmark energy bills will fall by between 3.4% and up to 10% in July across parts of New South Wales and South East Queensland, according to the Australian Energy Regulator.

But it's not good news for South Australian households with flat rate prices set to increase by 1.4%.

This comes as a new industry survey found record levels of renewables and batteries in the power grid.

Here is Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen.

A key development in the ongoing search for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont in Outback, South Australia.

Detectives have today confirmed they have returned to Oak Park Station to search numerous locations over the next three days.

Gus was last seen outside the homestead on the station in September last year.

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