Cheryl Scanlon says youth crime is ‘complex’ while police minister says number of young people denied bail is proof of tough stance
The Queensland government is facing pressure to tighten its already strict bail laws after two teenagers were arrested for the alleged murder of 41-year-old mother Emma Lovell.
Lovell, originally from Suffolk in the UK, was stabbed in the chest at her home in North Lakes in Moreton Bay on Boxing Day, during an alleged home invasion.
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Two teenagers are dead and a man has been hospitalised after a crash in South Australia’s mid-north.
Emergency services were called to the Augusta Highway at Lochiel at 7.30pm on Tuesday after a northbound car left the road and crashed into a tree.
Continue reading...Hundreds rescued in NSW over Christmas break as hot weather sends people flocking to beaches and waterways
At least 10 people have died in water accidents around Australia over the Christmas period and lifesavers have pulled hundreds more from danger.
On Tuesday two girls aged 13 and 14 died when they hit a tree stump while being towed behind a boat on an inflatable at Tamworth in north-eastern NSW.
Continue reading...‘We’re going to succeed with the referendum,’ Noel Pearson tells crowd ahead of 2023 vote
Linda Burney has rejected as “rubbish” suggestions that Labor has not released enough detail about the Indigenous voice to parliament, as the Liberals continue to call for a free vote in the referendum.
The Indigenous Australians minister and Anthony Albanese both gave major speeches at the Woodford folk festival on Wednesday, countering claims from the Liberal National Coalition that the body would not help improve outcomes for First Nations people.
Continue reading...Former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison among politicians and celebrities whose details were in sample of allegedly hacked data published online
The former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison appears to have been caught up in a leak of partial data on 400 million Twitter users, along with celebrities including the model Cara Delevingne, US politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and pop singer Shawn Mendes.
Morrison’s Twitter account was included in a sample of data released by an alleged cybercriminal last week.
Continue reading...Authorities did not confirm if they were charging anybody over use of the restricted spray, which was posted on social media
Queensland police are investigating an officer who allegedly provided a man with pepper spray and allowed him to deploy it on himself.
In a video seen by Guardian Australia, a sole officer stands next to a young man at a pool party and watches him handle a can of pepper spray.
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Continue reading...Directive also orders personnel not to ‘sanitise’ reports and warns commanders of their potential liability for subordinates’ actions
The Australian defence force has warned its members they face criminal or disciplinary action if they plant weapons on people killed in action.
A directive obtained by Guardian Australia also tells ADF personnel not to “sanitise” official reports or to handle evidence inappropriately, after the inquiry into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.
Continue reading...The children, aged five, two and two months, were found alive at the crash scene near their Kondinin home
A couple who went missing with their three young children on Christmas Day has been found dead after their car crashed in country Western Australia, police have confirmed.
Their children, aged five, two and two months old, were found alive at the scene of the crash. The two-month-old baby has suffered serious injuries, police say.
Continue reading...Queensland police say the boys, both 17, were charged with murder, attempted murder and break and enter after the alleged Boxing Day home invasion
The woman killed in an alleged home invasion north of Brisbane has been described by her husband as a “beautiful person”.
Two teenagers have been charged with murder after 41-year-old Emma Lovell died after being stabbed in the chest at her home in North Lakes on Boxing Day.
Continue reading...Adelaide stayed at 27.4C overnight while Victoria is forecast to dip no lower than 26C, the state’s hottest night in four years
Adelaide has sweated through a 38C morning as millions of people in the country’s south endure the peak of a summer heatwave.
Heatwave warnings were issued for South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and isolated parts of Western Australia with temperatures 8C to 16C above average.
Continue reading...Cause of blaze unknown, but an incorrectly recycled battery or vape has not been ruled out
A fire that destroyed a recycling centre in Canberra’s south will cause a major setback to waste reduction efforts in the ACT and New South Wales.
Firefighters battled a blaze at the Hume facility that started late on Monday night and raged through to the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Continue reading...Survey finds 16% of Indigenous Australian staff experienced bullying or harassment – almost double the rate of their non-Indigenous coworkers
First Nations staff in the federal public service have reported higher rates of bullying and harassment in the workplace than their non-Indigenous colleagues for the past four years.
Each year the Australian Public Service Commission asks staff to complete a survey detailing their experiences, including whether they have been subjected to harassment and bullying in the workplace.
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Heavy rainfall expected across northern Australia: BoM
Howe says the tropical monsoon period is “very active” at the moment across northern Australia.
That’s associated with ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie which is continuing to deliver heavy rainfall across the NT.
There is a warning for intense rainfall and damaging winds. We’ve already seen rainfall totals of more than 200mm over the last few days, causing roads to be washed out. Reminding travellers to take care and check conditions before heading out.
We will see a cool change move through Adelaide late tonight and towards midnight, moving through western Victoria in the early hours of tomorrow morning.
We will see the cool change move through around lunchtime today for Melbourne and also tomorrow afternoon for Hobart.
Continue reading...Three Victorians and a South Australian woman die, while two young girls rescued in near-drowning at St Kilda beach in Melbourne
Three Victorians and a South Australian woman have drowned on Australian waterways in a deadly long weekend.
A 17-year-old Pakenham boy died near Mordialloc, south of Melbourne, on Monday afternoon.
Continue reading...Surveillance Australia handed six-year extension just three months after auditor general found home affairs’ management of contract ‘not effective’
The home affairs department must hand over a list of all expiring contracts due for renewal after it extended a contract for civil maritime surveillance for six years, just months after a critical report found it had paid for flight time when no planes were in the air.
The auditor general in October 2021 found the department’s management of the contract with Surveillance Australia was “not effective” and “as a result, while surveillance services have been provided, the quantum and range of those services has fallen short of the contractual requirements”.
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Continue reading...Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigating after two bodies found in aircraft wreckage at Appin
A light plane crash which killed two people and sparked a grassfire in south-west Sydney will be examined by the national transport safety agency.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Boxing Day crash.
Continue reading...With reports of surf lifesaving rescues up in some states, there are fears of a repeat of last summer, when 145 people drowned
Australians are being urged to be safe in the water this week, as the country enters the most dangerous time of the year for fatal drownings.
Two swimmers drowned on Christmas Day – a 36-year-old man in Sydney and a 19-year-old in Lorne in Victoria – and police divers in Western Australia are searching Black Diamond Lake near Collie in the state’s south-west after a 30-year-old man did not return from a swim.
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Ferry services resume in Sydney as fog clears
The fog looks to be clearing in Sydney, or at least the sun has just broken through the clouds where I’m sitting.
Passengers should continue to allow extra travel time and check information displays for service updates as services return to timetable.
Continue reading...Traces of contaminant found in Coles Finest Australian Organic Washed Rind Raw, sold in Victoria and Tasmania
A popular cheese has been pulled from supermarket shelves after traces of a dangerous contaminant were discovered.
The product in question – Coles Finest Australian Organic Washed Rind Raw – has been available for sale online and in-store throughout Victoria and Tasmania since 14 December.
Continue reading...Consumers are ‘freedom spending’ after an intense year, but on essentials rather than big-ticket items
With the cost of living crisis biting into budgets, Angela Jakovljebic decided to give her three daughters gift cards as presents, to spend on the post-Christmas sales.
Emily, Lilly and Mila weren’t too happy about their gifts when they received them, they say. But they felt better when they saw the sales in Parramatta.
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