The Feed Rounds Up the Top Stories Making Headlines Across Australia Today
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The Feed delivers Australia’s most significant stories today.
An Australian couple have created quite the spectacle by transforming a dilapidated bus into an impressive mansion complete with golf hole, helipad and basketball court – take a peek inside.
Peta Credlin believes there is no single solution available from government that will eliminate domestic violence.
1. The Prime Minister travels to Alice Springs
After several incidents of violence shook Alice Springs, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull traveled there to meet with community leaders and local businesspeople. He reported on live Sky News Tonight episode with Paul Murray that their $250 million support package has shown tangible results in helping keep peace.
The Prime Minister’s visit comes on the heels of an emergency state of emergency and youth curfew declaration, overseen by extra police patrols. Justice advocates cautioned that punitive measures like curfews don’t address crime’s root causes; rather they funnel more people into criminal justice systems. Meanwhile, an upcoming Tesla van hybrid vehicle promises to change how Australians drive. Using two fuel sources simultaneously, its motor will power itself.
2. A policeman loses his legal battle
Senior Constable Ben Falconer and Leslie Finlay’s legal fight to overturn former Police Commissioner Paul Hodson’s order that they receive the Covid-19 vaccine has failed. Their appeal against his order to get vaccinated has been dismissed.
Victorian nurses are threatening to close one-quarter of hospital beds and cancel scheduled surgeries unless they secure a better pay deal from the state government.
Bernice Sternberg left an indelible mark on McLaren Vale schoolchildren, making an impactful contribution that they were truly loved by her community. When news of her untimely passing broke, her heartbroken family were left reeling. To add insult to injury, Penrith added Paul Alamoti as rising centre on a one-year contract and revealed their recruitment expert gave advice about making extra efforts during job interviews to secure success.
3. A young woman is found dead in a Sydney unit
Today morning in North Bondi, police were alerted of an elderly female, believed to be 19 years old, found dead. Paramedics arrived and confirmed her demise – however police have yet to disclose her name.
An impending cyclone threatens to bring heavy rainfall across Australia’s eastern coastline.
Elon Musk’s X company is challenging a request from Australia’s online safety watchdog that it remove content related to the stabbing of a priest during live streaming service in Sydney.
Today marks the tenth anniversary of National Sorry Day, in which Australia’s parliament officially apologized for past mistreatment of Indigenous Australians – particularly Stolen Generations – including past mistreatment during WWII and during NAIDOC Week (National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Documentation Centre Week). We remember some key events which have shaped Australia’s history since that day in 2007!
4. The NSW police minister says ‘everything is on the table’ to stop knife violence
NSW police minister Paul Fletcher has pledged his efforts in combatting knife violence. He plans to present various options and put everything on the table for consideration.
Commenters made these statements following an individual being brutally stabbed at a Sydney shopping mall and an attack against a church in Western Sydney which was livestreamed online.
Wakeley church members stabbed during service are believed to have been attacked by a teenaged male attacker, whom the church strongly denounced and asked its followers not to respond in any way. The attack came two days after another knifeman stormed a Sydney shopping mall with intent of stabbing shoppers without provocation – with livestreamed attacks leading to increased vigilance measures and demands for Queensland-style wanding laws to be implemented here in NSW.
5. A mum left her daughters to die in a hot car
An inquest is underway into the deaths of Darcey-Helen, aged two years and half years, and 13 month-old Chloe-Ann who both passed away due to hyperthermia in November 2019. Their mother was reported for using hard drugs.
Elon Musk’s social media platform X will fight an order to remove posts about the brutal stabbing of a Sydney priest during a livestreamed church service.
An ongoing defamation case between a Queensland senator and her former staffer has taken an unusual turn. A Brisbane hotel decorated with rooms themed like UFOs, Christmas grottoes and bondage prison cells. There is even an abandoned pirate ship and shipwreck museum on site at this resort! According to its owner, this experience has been “life-altering”, hoping that it will attract new visitors.