Two First Nations leaders are suing the federal government for failing
to protect Torres Strait Islanders from harm caused by climate change. Final arguments are being made at the Federal
Court in Cairns......
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Legal bid by Traditional owners for climate justice enters final stretch.
Gaza Strip
A maritime pier
being built by the US military off the coast of the Gaza Strip, in an image
released on 29 April, 2024.
Odessa, Ukraine
A building of the Odessa
Law Academy is on fire after a Russian missile attack in Odessa, Ukraine. AP
Houston, US
Mick Jagger on stage during a Rolling Stones performance at NRG Stadium in Texas.
Photograph: Kevin Mazur/Getty for RS
Stuttgart, Germany
Defendants arrive on the first day of the Reichsburger trial. Nine men are facing trial over an alleged conspiracy to try to overthrow the German government and revive the German Empire.
Photograph: Thomas Lohnes/EPA
Edinburgh, Scotland
Humza Yousaf leaves after a press conference at Bute House, the First Minister’s official residence, where he said he would resign.
Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA
Canberra, Australia
Yesterday, Donald Morley, 93, was sentenced to nine years in prison, with a non-parole period of four-and-a-half-years over the death of his wife of 69 years.
His barrister Jon White SC told the court that the act was a 'mercy killing' due to Mrs Morley's worsening dementia and his client's declining health.
But ACT Supreme Court judge Justice David Mossop showed no sympathy as he handed down his sentence.
Monday, April 29, 2024
Violence Against Women protest
Protest
organiser of the No More! National Rally Against Violence march Sarah Williams
has accused the PM of lying to rally attendees. NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman
No mention of this was made on ABC 7.30 tonight. They replayed the video without showing Sarah Williams accusing the PM of lying.
Yangebup, south Perth
An elderly woman’s body was discovered this morning at a home in Yangebup, south Perth.
Detectives are
investigating the circumstances surrounding her death and are speaking to a
54-year-old man, who the ABC understands is her son.
Ballarat, Victoria
Rohan Cosgriff, was 17
when he took his own life in July 2022.
A scammer from Nigeria, pretending to be a girl, sent him a nude photo and pressured him into sending one of himself. Soon after, the Nigerian threatened to send his photo to his family and friends unless he paid him $1,000
He said he didn’t have any money, that he was just a kid.
Thereafter, according to police, the pressure that was put upon him was immense and within an hour of him first being asked for money, he received the chilling message that read: “Right, now you’ve got half an hour until we ruin your life.”
Jeep and trailer sunk at Fraser Island
The holidaymakers were camping at K'gari, formerely known as Fraser Island, when disaster struck.
They were heading towards Coongal Creek when they became bogged. The tide quickly rose and completely submerged the Jeep and trailer - which is estimated to be worth $54,000.
Some social
media users said the campers made the mistake of trying to traverse difficult
terrain during high tide.
The 4WD and trailer were recovered by Fraser Island Towing and Rainbow Beach
Towing, with extra caution due to the unforgiving terrain on that side of the
island.
Anna Crenshaw settles her lawsuit with Hillsong Church.
Hillsong
Church has reached an 11th hour agreement to settle its lawsuit with a female
parishioner over her indecent assault at the hands of a church employee.
The civil case related to Ms Crenshaw’s indecent assault by a
church staffer, Jason Mays, when she was 18-years-old. She said she was sexually assaulted by Mays
while he was employed by Hillsong as a worship leader.
In the Penrith Local Court in January 2020, Mays pleaded guilty to
one count of indecent assault and was sentenced to a two-year conditional
release order and no conviction was recorded.
Cairo, Egypt
A Coptic Orthodox Christian priest throws holy water during a Palm Sunday mass at the Samaan el-Kharaz monastery in the Mokattam Mountain area.
Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
Corinth, Greece
The Belem, a three-masted sailing ship from 1896 that is carrying the Olympic flame from Greece to Marseille in France, sails after crossing the Corinth canal.
Photograph: Louiza Vradi/Reuters
Gaza City
Palestinian Christians hold Palm Sunday mass at the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius church amid the ongoing conflict.
Photograph: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters
Washington DC
Demonstrators gather to protest again the attacks on Gaza outside the Washington Hilton, the site of the annual White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday.
Photograph: Celal Gunes/Anadolu/Getty
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Coptic priests mark the
Palm Sunday procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where many
Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead, in the
Old City of Jerusalem. AP
Baby crying Sumo contest
Amateur sumo wrestlers
hold babies during ‘Nakizumo’ or a baby-crying sumo contest where a referee
makes faces and loud noises to make them cry and determine the winner based on
the loudest baby, at Sensoji temple in Tokyo, Japan.
Photograph: Reuters
Winning team of LIV Golf Adelaide
Australia's
Lucas Herbert (L) of Ripper GC watches teammate Cameron Smith doing a shoey as
they celebrate winning the team competition after the final round of LIV Golf
Adelaide at the Grange Golf Club in Adelaide, Australia.
Photograph: Brenton Edwards/AFP/Getty
End violence against women rallies across the country
Prime minister Anthony Albanese at a Canberra rally to a call for action to end violence against women yesterday (Sunday)
Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP
Another Australian woman murdered by partner
On Friday, a 35-year-old man was charged with the alleged murder of Erica
Hay, a mother-of-four who was found dead after a house fire in Perth's south.
Police allege the accused physically assaulted the victim at their shared home and set the property alight while the victim was still inside.
He then fled the property with the victim's
three-year-old child who was treated at Rockingham Hospital for smoke
inhalation.
How the rise of autism and ADHD fractured Australia’s schools
Almost a million Australian schoolchildren now have a
disability – that’s one in four enrolments. Parents, teachers and advocates say
education is at crisis point.
….after
“trying everything” – including a third school – Alicia made the difficult
decision to pull her son out. “It was
just causing everyone so much distress that we had no choice,” she says. “It
was devastating.”............
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Young woman dies by suicide in Sydney's Liverpool Hospital
Concert pianist Florence Le was having a mental health crisis.
The 28 year old much-loved music teacher was picked up to celebrate the last day of Chinese New Year in Cabramatta and posed for happy photos with her family.
Forty-eight hours later, Florence died by suicide inside Liverpool
Hospital.
The hospital assured her family that she would be placed under the
highest level of care, which included 24/7 supervision.
But on February 26, when she was left alone for more than 20
minutes, she took her own life.
A spokesperson for the South Western Sydney Local Health District said that as the case had been referred to the coroner, they were unable to make any further comment.
Tesla's Cybertruck at Bondi Beach
Tesla’s Australian Division uploaded
an image of the Cybertruck at Bondi Beach on its Instagram account, even though it
may never be built in right-hand drive for sale in local showrooms.
But if there’s enough interest, I bet
it will be.
Another missing woman in Victoria
Samantha,
33, whose surname was not released, was travelling along the Princes Hwy on
Friday when her car broke down at Tamboon about 8.15am. “It is believed a passerby stopped to assist
Samantha and she has not been seen since,” Victoria Police said on Sunday.
Samantha has a medical condition and her disappearance is out of character, prompting serious concerns for her welfare.
Let's hope it's a false alarm.
Australia gives additional $100m for Ukraine
Yesterday, Defence Minister
Richard Marles has unveiled an additional $100m aid package for Ukraine,
including critical precision weapons.
The announcement brings
Australia's total military assistance to Ukraine since early-2022 to $880m,
including 120 Bushmaster vehicles and six Howitzer artillery guns.
Saturday, April 27, 2024
National Firearms Register planned
The federal government has announced plans for a National Firearms Register,
almost three decades on from the Port Arthur massacre that saw the country's
gun laws drastically changed.
The Albanese government will spend just over $160 million over four years to establish the register by 2028.
"This National Firearms Register will help ensure that police know what guns are in the community, where they are and who owns them... The National Firearms Register will help connect Commonwealth, state and territory firearms information and share it in near real time with state police departments across the country."..........................
Abdullah family were able to forgive the man who killed their children
The Abdullah family before the tragedy
When Danny and Leila Abdallah announced the arrival of a new
baby girl into their family on 20 April this year, they received well wishes from the
driver who killed three of their six children.
The driver responsible, Samuel William Davidson was driving recklessly at high speed when his vehicle mounted the curb and struck the group of children.
“There are no winners in this, in any tragedy like this, so all we can do is show forgiveness, move forward in the best way we can and try to find joy in the midst of pain,” Mr Abdallah said.
The Abdullah family worship at same Christian church where Bishop Mar Mari
Emmanuel was stabbed in Sydney10 days ago.
14 year old bail approved, awaiting challenge
A 14-year-old boy trying to secure bail over terrorism-related
charges appeared before the same court a fortnight ago on gun possession
charges and released on bail.
His mobile phone contained videos of beheadings, people being run over by vehicles and violence towards homosexual men. Magistrate Paul Mulroney described the footage as depicting "the worst behaviour of humanity".
Bail has been approved but the Acting Director of Public Prosecutions is appealing the decision.
It will be interesting to see if he gets it.
How news of the alleged church stabbing spread across the city
It took less than 30 minutes for a video of an
alleged stabbing attack at a church in western Sydney to snake its way through WhatsApp groups across the city.
Then, quicker than most news outlets could report on the incident, large WhatsApp groups that connect people across western Sydney – some with more than 800 members – were inundated with forwarded videos, photos and voice notes.....................
Rafah, Gaza
Displaced Palestinians cool down at the beach to escape the searing heat of the refugee camp.
Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty
Muslim group wants terrorism laws changed
An alliance of peak Islamic groups has
called for Australia's terrorism laws to be changed, to remove the concept of
"religiously motivated terrorism" from the legislation.
It comes as a sixth teenager, aged 15, was charged after
counterterrorism raids were carried out in Sydney on Wednesday.
The teenagers, aged 14 to 17 - all associates of the teenager who allegedly
stabbed the Bishop - were previously charged with several offences and are
before the courts.......................
Sixth teenager arrested yesterday over religiously motivated violent ideology
NSW Police and the AFP
this week arrested seven teenagers between the ages of 14 and 17 who were all associates
of the 16-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel. One teen was released yesterday, without
charge.
Police alleged they all
subscribed to a "religiously motivated violent extremist ideology".
A number of items were
seized as a result, including a significant amount of electronic material.
Investigations by a
joint-counter terrorism team comprising of members of the AFP, NSW
Police, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and the NSW
Crime Commission are ongoing.
Meghan Markle launches her strawberry jam
King Charles’ Highgrove Estate strawberry
preserve which sells for $13 a jar, recently sold out.
Meghan Markle recently sent out numbered
jars of her own homemade strawberry jam, the first product from her lifestyle
brand, American Riviera Orchard (ARO).
Friday, April 26, 2024
Bruce Lehrmann to pay Peter FitzSimons legal costs
Federal court orders for Bruce Lehrmann
to pay Peter FitzSimons’ costs, amounting to $4,616, were made by consent of
the parties and publicly released today (Friday).
A costs hearing is scheduled
for 1 May.......
Police search for Jessica Zrinski
Jessica Zrinski, 30, was last seen in Sydney’s Bossley Park area on 27 November 2022. Her parents believe she is dead.
Detectives have begun a three-day search for her body in bushland in the Jenolan Caves area.
Photo: NSW
Police
Yet another Australian woman lost.
Zonnebeke, Belgium
A photo and flag are
left at the grave of WWI Australian soldier Alan Humphrey Scott during an ANZAC
Day dawn service at Buttes New British Cemetery in Zonnebeke, Belgium. Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in
Australia and New Zealand for those who served in all wars. AP
100 stranded pilot whales in WA
Stranded pilot whales
seen at Toby’s Inlet near Dunsborough in Western Australia in this photo taken
and released by the Department of Biodiversity and Conservation. Marine biologists raced to save more than 100
whales with officials fearing many will have to be euthanized. AFP
Chinese astronauts attend send-off ceremony
Chinese astronauts for the Shenzhou-18 mission, from right Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu, wave as they attend a send-off ceremony for their manned space mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwestern China. AP
Rio Grande, Mexico
Haiseli, seven and
Deimar nine, both from Venezuela, brush the hair of their new friend Dayana 15
from Columbia, as migrants take rest along the dry riverbed of the Rio Grande
while searching for an entry point into the US along the international boundary
between Ciudad Juarez in Mexico and El Paso, Texas
Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters
Lisbon, Portugal
A woman dances in Carmo Square as Portugal celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 1974 Carnation Revolution, which ended Europe’s longest dictatorship.
Photograph Pedro Nunes/Reuters
The Carnation Revolution
ended a 40 year dictatorship established by Antonio Salazar.
It also paved the way for
Portugal’s 1986 entry into the European Union, then called the European
Economic Community.
At the time, the turmoil and political
uncertainty in Portugal, a NATO member, caused alarm in Western capitals as the
Portuguese Communist Party appeared poised to take power. Moderate parties,
however, won at the ballot box.
Venice, Italy
People protest against the introduction of a registration and tourist fee for day trippers, intended to preserve the lagoon city.
Photograph: Manuel Silvestri/Reuters
Muslim leaders were not informed until after raids began
Police outside Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Sydney's southwest last week.
The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC), the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC), and the Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA), confirmed to SBS News on Thursday they were only told about the raids hours after they began — and after the media was alerted.
Bilal Rauf said the safety of Australians was paramount but believed police had not handled the matter sensitively.
"Such a high-handed police approach towards teenagers without and involvement of community elders and organisations or social workers risks entrenching and promoting violence amongst disillusioned youth; alienating communities; and creating distress and anxiety about the attempt to conflate what is occurring with religion, rather than misguided ideology," he said.
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