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NSW Labor rejects conference motion to repeal anti-protest and youth bail laws – as it happened

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Turning to US politics, Greber says:

It’s a massive shift. You can see it in the way the Democrats feel the momentum.

One of my old sources, I used to be a correspondent in DC, one of my old sources it was as if a month ago the doctor walked in and said, “I’m sorry the test results are terrible, you got three months to live.”

They don’t have many options other than hitting people with mortgages to reduce demand in the economy, which by the way has been driven by an awful lot of federal and state government spending.

The RBA needs to get on top of this and unfortunately people who have mortgages will be the ones who are hit hardest.

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Ceasefire ‘needed desperately’, PM says in joint statement – as it happened

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Q: Will Malarndirri McCarthy, the assistant minister for Indigenous Australians, replace you?

Linda Burney said that was “way above [her] pay grade” but that McCarthy was a dear friend:

The most important thing is for me to support whoever it is in the role and to give them the space to be able to chart their own path … Aboriginal affairs is every minister’s responsibility, not just the minister for Indigenous Australians.

My job is to support that person as much as I can.

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Elizabeth Struhs’ accused killers ‘felt at peace’ after deciding to stop her diabetes medication, court hears

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Police recorded mother Kerrie Struhs saying child’s insulin was withheld after her father ‘experienced the power of God’, Queensland trial hears

A mother accused of killing her daughter told police she “did a lot of praying” when the eight-year-old stopped breathing after six days without her diabetes medication, a judge has heard.

Kerrie Elizabeth Struhs, 49, refused to enter a plea to the charge of manslaughter over the death of her daughter Elizabeth Rose Struhs on 7 January 2022.

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Man dies after trying to drive truck on to NSW ferry; global sea ice levels hit record low – as it happened

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Q: Why target the individuals when it’s state policy?

Penny Wong said the Australian government has been “clear in terms of state-to-state relations about our view on settlements”.

They are unlawful under international law. We’ve been clear about that … We have also said that we want to continue to take steps towards a two-state solution.

That may not be the view of some people in the Israeli government, but that is the view of the Australian government.

These individuals have been involved in violent attacks on Palestinians, including things such as beating, sexual assault and torture, resulting in serious injury and in some cases death.

We have imposed these after careful consideration and we would expect that all Australians would recognise the weight of these.

Settlements are unlawful under international law. We are continuing to act in ways that we can to look to how we protect a pathway to a two-state solution, and part of that is to ensure we also impose penalties who perpetrate violence against Palestinians.

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Ex-coalminer awarded $3.2m for black lung in Australian first

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A judge accepts Craig Keogh will never work again after developing pneumoconiosis from working in NSW and Queensland mines

A coalminer who developed black lung due to his employers’ negligence has been awarded a landmark legal victory and a multimillion-dollar payout.

Craig Keogh, a machine operator at New South Wales and Queensland mines, became the first Australian to win a black lung case at trial, paving the way for other sufferers to make successful compensation claims.

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NT military exercise suspended after pilot escapes crash – as it happened

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Import ban fails to curb flow of Nazi-linked items

The number of items imported into Australia bearing Nazi imagery has not been slowed by a national ban on the symbols, AAP reports.

The importation into Australia of Nazi memorabilia, both historically genuine items and modern recreations, has not abated with the passage of [the ban].

Where these goods are imported in quantities which indicates the goods are likely to be traded, the Australian Border Force refers the goods to the Australian federal police to consider investigation under the criminal code.

Consumers are crying out for clear information on how to save money, protect their health and reduce emissions – and they want that information online where they make their purchasing decisions.

We call on the state and federal governments to give consumers the real truth about the risks of gas appliances, by mandating comprehensive pollution labels on all their ads and websites.

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US ‘committed’ to Aukus regardless of who is president, admiral says – as it happened

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‘Tumultuous’ coverage must not worsen post-3G, farmers say

Telcos face the ire of rural Australians if the 3G network shutdown goes awry and are being warned they will be held publicly accountable for any fallout, AAP reports.

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Accused killer mother was due for parole meeting before Elizabeth Struhs’ death, court hears

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Kerrie Struhs was scheduled to meet a parole officer before her daughter died from diabetes medicine being allegedly withheld, a Queensland trial has been told

A mother accused of killing her daughter had a parole meeting scheduled a day before the eight-year-old girl died allegedly from her diabetes medication being withheld, a judge has heard.

Kerrie Elizabeth Struhs, 49, has refused to enter a plea in the Brisbane supreme court to the charge of manslaughter over the death of her child Elizabeth Rose Struhs at Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, on 6 or 7 January 2022.

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Murder accused faced ‘constant religious push’ to adopt belief that God could cure daughter’s diabetes, court told

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Elizabeth Struhs died after her parents and 12 other members of a Toowoomba sect allegedly withheld the eight-year-old’s insulin

A father accused of murder was viewed by his friend as a “broken man” torn between giving his daughter life-saving medication and his family’s beliefs against medicine, a judge has heard.

Elizabeth Struhs died at the family home in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, on 7 January 2022 after her parents and 12 others allegedly withheld the eight-year-old’s insulin for six days as they gathered around her in prayer.

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Nine Entertainment journalists vote for industrial action – as it happened

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Biden has been ‘a great fan of Australia’: Albanese

Anthony Albanese is speaking with ABC RN after Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the US presidential race.

The president has been a great fan of Australia. [A] very significant economic relationship has grown out our trade during his presidency … He’s someone who has stood up for values of social inclusion, and importantly as well for Australia and for the world he’s been a leading figure on climate action.

He was a gracious host to myself and Jodie during our state visit last year … [He] will continue to be over the coming months the most important leader in our globe. Of course, the United States is our most important ally.

The policies won’t change much. I mean, he’s obviously very interested in policies around tariffs and trade. I don’t think that will change much from his first term.

I think the challenge for us with with Donald Trump is to remind him that one of America’s unique advantages is its network of allies and partners and to make the maximum use of that. And there’s been great progress … in terms of Aukus [and] many groupings in the Indo-Pacific … and all these need to be sort of maintained and strengthened and that requires American leadership.

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Sydney commuters face delays as light rail workers strike – as it happened

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Emergency meetings to assess IT outage fallout

Further emergency meetings will be held to examine the fallout of a global IT outage in Australia, AAP reports.

We are still in recovery stage … there is still more work to do to make sure that the residual issues arising from this outage are able to be addressed.

There will be opportunity in time to reflect on what’s occurred over the last couple of days, whether it exposes vulnerabilities that we are able to address.

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Young woman charged with murder after allegedly driving SUV into pedestrian she knew

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Police allege the 24-year-old mounted the footpath and deliberately hit the 23-year-old mother in Daisy Hill in south-east Brisbane

A young woman has been charged with the murder of another young woman, who had just dropped her daughter off at daycare and was allegedly run down and killed while walking along a Brisbane footpath.

Police will allege a 24-year-old woman was behind the wheel of an SUV that mounted the footpath and deliberately struck the 23-year-old mother in Daisy Hill in Brisbane’s south-eastern outskirts shortly before 9am on Friday.

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‘No turning back’: how Elizabeth Struhs’ father went from sceptic to speaking in tongues and alleged murder

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Jason Struhs, his wife Kerrie, and 12 other members of Toowoomba religious sect the ‘Saints’ are on trial over the eight-year-old girl’s death

For 17 years, Jason Struhs was the sceptic in the family, Queensland’s supreme court heard.

He refused to pay a tithe to the leader of religious sect the “Saints” that his wife, Kerrie Struhs, was a member of, saying: “God doesn’t need the money”. He even testified against Kerrie in exchange for a lower sentence, when the couple were charged with failing to supply the necessaries of life for their young diabetic daughter, Elizabeth, after she was taken to hospital in a coma in 2019 , a court heard this week.

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CrowdStrike has ‘issued a fix’ to Windows outage – as it happened

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Shorten says last CFMEU Labor donation was over two years ago

Earlier on the Today Show, the NDIS minister, Bill Shorten, was asked about the CFMEU and said that the last donation received by the Labor party from them was more than two years ago.

We’ve said that we’re suspending all donations from the CFMEU. In fact, we’ve suspended the CFMEU from the Labor party … The last donations were over two years ago. We’ve taken the action to stop any financial relations with the CFMEU.

I want to make clear there is zero tolerance for anyone who tried to subvert the demerit and penalty system. This taskforce will help ensure the penalties apply to all road users.

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‘Harrowing’ footage sparks calls for Queensland government to remove children from police watch houses

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Exclusive: Labor MP Jonty Bush among those speaking out about state’s youth justice policies after Guardian Australia investigation

Queensland’s most prominent victims’ rights groups say the state government must remove children from police watch houses after the release of confronting footage showing the “brutal” treatment of children in the adult holding cells.

The videos, published after a year-long investigation by Guardian Australia and SBS The Feed, showed young people locked in “freezing” isolation cells, becoming panicked and struggling to breathe.

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Elizabeth Struhs’ father said he was a ‘new man’ after joining wife’s faith before daughter’s death, court hears

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Crown prosecutor alleges Jason Struhs stopped the eight-year-old’s insulin after converting to the ‘Saints’, causing the death of the type 1 diabetic

Jason Struhs told his wife, Kerrie, he was a “new man” after converting to his wife’s faith and speaking in tongues, just five months before their eight-year-old diabetic daughter, Elizabeth Struhs, died after allegedly being taken off insulin due to their religious beliefs, a Queensland court has heard.

Crown prosecutor Caroline Marcos alleges their Toowoomba religious group known as the “Saints” refused to use any medication and believed Elizabeth would rise from the dead. She said Jason resisted joining the Saints for 17 years and stopped Elizbaeth’s insulin after he did so, causing the death of the type 1 diabetic.

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Queenslanders melt with delight as snow spotted for ‘a few minutes’ north of NSW border

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Footage taken at a tourist lodge in Scenic Rim shows a brief snow flurry, the area’s first since 2015

A rare and short-lived dusting of snow has fallen on parts of Queensland and northern New South Wales, surprising residents in high-altitude border areas on Tuesday as Australia’s south-east shivered through a windy and wet start to the week.

Video footage taken at Spicers Peak Lodge at the Scenic Rim, west of the Gold Coast in famously sunny Queensland, showed snow flurries on Tuesday morning.

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‘Wouldn’t bury a bag of bones’: Elizabeth Struhs’ father refused to give her a funeral, court told

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All 14 adult members of Toowoomba sect the ‘Saints’ are on trial for the death of the eight-year-old girl in 2022

Elizabeth Struhs’ father, Jason, told a coronial counsellor he “wouldn’t bury a bag of bones” and said he didn’t believe in funerals, after his eight-year-old daughter died, a Queensland court heard on Monday.

Later, the father of one of the members of the Toowoomba religious group now on trial for the death of Elizabeth told the court he had warned his son he’d joined a “cult”.

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Adani’s Queensland coalmine a threat to important wetland, Indigenous groups and scientists say

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Letter urges environment minister to investigate alleged breaches at Doongmabulla Springs

There is growing concern that a culturally significant and nationally important wetland is under threat from Adani’s controversial coalmine in Queensland, with an Indigenous group demanding the government investigate alleged breaches of the conditions that protect the site.

Scientists say drops in water levels in bores around the Doongmabulla Springs have been detected hundreds of times since mining started, and allege hydrocarbons associated with coal have been found in bores and the springs themselves.

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Elizabeth Struhs’ father seemed ‘calm and collected’ after allegedly withholding diabetes drugs, murder trial told

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Queensland supreme court also told trial is ‘religious persecution’ by leader of group accused of killing eight-year-old

The leader of a religious group accused of killing an eight-year-old girl by withholding her medication has claimed the trial was “religious persecution” and they acted reasonably under their faith.

Brendan Luke Stevens, 62, was the leader of a Christian group that called itself the Saints and is on trial for murder along with the girl’s father, Jason Richard Struhs, 52, in the Brisbane supreme court.

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