Teacher takes legal action against Melbourne Catholic school group over refusal of pronouns

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State and federal anti-discrimination laws on collision course as Sacred Heart Girls College in Oakleigh refuses to recognise Myka Sanders’ gender identity

The Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (Macs) has refused to let a non-binary teacher use their preferred pronouns and title, in a case that has put state and federal anti-discrimination laws on a legal collision course.

Two years ago, non-binary teacher Myka Sanders – who uses they/them pronouns and Mx for their title – asked Sacred Heart Girls College in Oakleigh, Melbourne if their gender identity could be recognised at school.

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Months before triple zero failure, Optus claimed that giving live updates on outages would impose ‘huge burden’

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Telco had resisted new rules that will require greater sharing of information with authorities during outages

Optus claimed it would face a “huge burden” in having to provide real-time updates on emergency call outages to emergency services and the government, just five months before four people died during an Optus triple zero outage.

A 12.30am network firewall upgrade on Thursday last week blocked emergency service calls for Optus customers in South Australia, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and parts of New South Wales, with more than 600 calls not able to connect in the 13 hours it was offline.

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Rubio Pushes Back on Tusk Threat to Shoot Down Russian Aircraft – Bloomberg.com

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  1. Rubio Pushes Back on Tusk Threat to Shoot Down Russian Aircraft  Bloomberg.com
  2. Poland to Russia: ‘You have been warned’ so don’t ‘whine’ if your jets are shot down in NATO airspace  politico.eu
  3. Can NATO innovate fast enough to counter Russia’s growing drone threat?  CNN
  4. Poland will shoot down objects in clear-cut airspace violations, prime minister says  Reuters
  5. UK and Poland vow to confront Russian aircraft violating Nato airspace  The Guardian
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West Africans deported by the US were denied their rights, says lawyer

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Men were sent on from Ghana despite ‘risk of torture, persecution or inhumane treatment’

A lawyer for 11 west Africans deported by the US to Ghana said they had been returned to their home countries despite many fearing for their safety.

Under Donald Trump’s drive to ramp up expulsions, the US has sent migrants to third countries, including Rwanda, Uganda and El Salvador, prompting accusations that deportee rights have been violated.

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Middle East crisis: Trump to address UN general assembly as Israeli attacks on Gaza City continue – as it happened

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US president to address UN general assembly in New York after UK, France, Belgium, Canada, Australia and Portugal recognised a Palestinian state

The UN investigators cited examples of the scale of the Israeli killings, aid blockages, forced displacement and the destruction of a fertility clinic to back up its genocide finding.

The 1948 UN Genocide Convention defines genocide as crimes committed “with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such”. To count as genocide, at least one of five acts must have occurred.

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‘We’ll leave you to rot’ — UN report details horrific torture of Ukrainian civilians in Russian captivity – The Kyiv Independent

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  1. 'We'll leave you to rot' — UN report details horrific torture of Ukrainian civilians in Russian captivity  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Ukrainian civilians suffer systematic torture in Russian facilities, UN says  Reuters
  3. UN Slams 'Systematic' Russian Torture of Ukrainian Civilians  The Moscow Times
  4. Russia Uses Soviet-Era Psychiatry to Silence Anti-War Voices, UN Report Says  UNITED24 Media
  5. Human Rights In Russia In 'Seismic Decline' Amid War On Ukraine, UN Expert Says  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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A drone flyover above Copenhagen Airport prompts concerns that Russia was behind it – AP News

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  1. A drone flyover above Copenhagen Airport prompts concerns that Russia was behind it  AP News
  2. Drone Sightings Force Copenhagen and Oslo Airports to Close Temporarily  The New York Times
  3. Factbox-Drones and Cyber Outages Exposing Aviation Weak Spots Since 2017  U.S. News & World Report
  4. Drones shut Copenhagen Airport in 'serious attack'; NATO weighs tougher Russia action  NBC News
  5. Danish PM: airport drone incursion a ‘serious attack’ on critical infrastructure  The Guardian
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Which are the 150+ countries that have recognised Palestine as of 2025? – Al Jazeera

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  1. Which are the 150+ countries that have recognised Palestine as of 2025?  Al Jazeera
  2. World Leaders Recognize Palestinian State, in a Challenge to U.S. and Israel  The New York Times
  3. 'We need solutions': Palestinians in West Bank fear recognition is not enough  BBC
  4. September 22, 2025: UN two-state solution summit and Middle East news  CNN
  5. Palestinian statehood condemned by Israeli officials brings a 'glimmer of hope' for some Palestinians  NBC News
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Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza City with heavy shelling and explosions reported – CNN

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  1. Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza City with heavy shelling and explosions reported  CNN
  2. Recognition of Palestinian state brings no relief for exhausted Gazans  Reuters
  3. The Road  The New York Times
  4. ‘No humanity’: Thousands of Palestinians forced to flee amid new Israeli offensive  MSNBC News
  5. Israeli strikes kill more than 40 people in Gaza ahead of U.N. meeting, say health officials  NBC News
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