Nicole Johnston

And McDonald's has won a court battle to build a 24-7 restaurant in a Melbourne street dubbed the world's coolest in 2024.

Northcote locals argued that McDonald's didn't fit the vibe of the area.

Council last year rejecting its application to build.

But that's now been overturned by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, which says the application can't be knocked back simply because it was made by a fast food giant.

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In October 2022, officers from the Australian Federal Police arrested Daniel Duggan in Orange, in regional New South Wales.

His wife, Safreen, was waiting to meet him for coffee.

To American prosecutors, Duggan is a former US Marine pilot accused of breaking arms trafficking laws by helping train Chinese military pilots in South Africa more than a decade ago, something he denies.

To Safreen, this is her husband and the man she built a family with.

I'm Nicole Johnston and you're listening to 7am.

Today, Safreen Duggan on her husband's fight for freedom from jail and journalist and member of the Free Dan Duggan campaign, Michael Sainsbury, on how an Australian pilot who worked in China has become the target of US prosecution.

It's Monday, April 27, and this is part one of a two-part episode.

Michael, could you start off by telling us who is Daniel Duggan and how did he end up in Tasmania?

So from there, how did he end up in a flying school in South Africa?

So what is it that US prosecutors are now saying happened in South Africa?

What was he doing?

Despite all of that, though, Michael, even by Dan's own account, he is a former Marine being asked to teach Chinese pilots.

So is there any reason that Dan...

perhaps should have had some concerns or alarm bells ringing?