Children under 14 are incapable of evil and should be protected from criminal responsibility, NSW review finds

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Review was led by former supreme court judge turned parole authority chair Geoffrey Bellew SC and former NSW police deputy commissioner Jeffrey Loy

A centuries-old legal presumption that children aged between 10 and 14 are not capable of evil should become law, a New South Wales review led by a former supreme court judge and a former senior NSW police figure has recommended.

In NSW, the criminal age of responsibility is 10 but the common law presumption of doli incapax – Latin for “incapable of evil” – can apply up to 14, offering protection for children being prosecuted on the presumption they don’t understand the difference between right and wrong.

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Newspaper headlines: ‘One out… by mistake’ and Prince Andrew ‘dislodged’ – BBC

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  1. Newspaper headlines: 'One out... by mistake' and Prince Andrew 'dislodged'  BBC
  2. Sex offender who sparked summer riots seen boarding London-bound train after release error, police say  The Guardian
  3. Epping migrant Hadush Kebatu's jail release mind-blowing says MP  BBC
  4. Frantic manhunt launched after asylum seeker who sexually assaulted teen accidentally freed from prison  Fox News
  5. Manhunt for Epping hotel asylum seeker, jailed for sexually assaulting girl, after accidental release  Sky News
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Revealed: some Australians have overpaid their Centrelink debt by more than $20,000

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Exclusive: Services Australia spokesperson says automatic BPay payments and Centrelink being unable to contact customers may be to blame

Approximately 44,000 Australians who have a debt with Centrelink have overpaid it, some by $20,000 or more, Guardian Australia can reveal.

It is the latest in a string of scandals to hit Centrelink after hundreds of thousands of people had their payments illegally cancelled, with several reviews concluding the welfare system is not working legally and the government announcing plans to undertake at least three remediation processes for separate issues – the robodebt class action, income apportionment and overpaid debts.

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Surgeons remove up to 100 magnets from New Zealand teenager’s intestines – The Guardian

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  1. Surgeons remove up to 100 magnets from New Zealand teenager’s intestines  The Guardian
  2. Boy, 13, Has Part of Bowels Removed After Swallowing Up to 100 Magnets Allegedly Purchased on Temu  People.com
  3. Boy who swallowed 100 magnets has surgery to remove them from his gut  NBC News
  4. New Zealand Teen Loses Part of His Bowel After Swallowing Nearly 200 Magnets  ScienceAlert
  5. Surgeons remove dozens of magnets from teen's stomach  CBS News
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Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit dies at 93 after more than a decade out of the public eye

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Prime minister Charnvirakul cancels trip to Asean summit in Malaysia after news of the Queen Mother’s death

Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, who brought glamour to a postwar revival in the country’s monarchy and who, in later years, would occasionally wade into politics, has died aged 93, the Thai Royal Household bureau has announced.

The palace said she had been hospitalised since 2019 due to several illnesses and developed a bloodstream infection on 17bOctober before passing away late on Friday.

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At least 1 killed, 10 injured in Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv – The Kyiv Independent

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  1. At least 1 killed, 10 injured in Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Deadly Russian air attacks force power cuts across Ukraine, as Trump-Putin summit shelved  CNN
  3. Trump-Putin talks 'waste of time' as Russia rejects ceasefire, strikes Ukraine  NBC News
  4. Children among victims in Russian strikes, hours after Trump-Putin talks shelved  BBC
  5. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 22, 2025 | ISW  Institute for the Study of War
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy urges US to broaden Russian oil sanctions and seeks long-range missiles – AP News

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  1. Ukraine’s Zelenskyy urges US to broaden Russian oil sanctions and seeks long-range missiles  AP News
  2. Ukraine allies pledge to 'take Russian oil and gas off global market'  BBC
  3. ‘Ukraine’s future is our future’: Europe’s ‘Coalition of the Willing’ vows to increase economic pressure on Russia  CNN
  4. Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy urges US to expand Russia oil sanctions  The Guardian
  5. Zelenskyy meets European partners to discuss arming Ukraine with more missiles, depriving Putin of more money  CBS News
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Homemade chilli paste products linked to cluster of rat poisoning cases in south-east Queensland

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Queensland Health has issued an alert for people to be aware of the products they warn could still be circulating in the Logan community

Health authorities have identified homemade chilli paste products as the source of a cluster of rat poisoning cases in south-east Queensland.

Five people from the same geographic area presented to hospitals earlier in October with symptoms consistent with being exposed to brodifacoum, the active ingredient in rat poison.

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