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AFP and Victoria Police release CCTV crucial to finding perpetrators of Adass Israel Synagogue arson attack

16 hours ago | abc.net.au | Ali Moore

The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) has released images of those believed responsible for the Adass Israel Synagogue arson attack. Assistant Commissioner Stephen Nutt from the Australian Federal Police Counter Terrorism and Special Investigations Command joined Ali Moore to appeal for further information, particularly about a blue VW Golf involved in the attack. Press play to hear the full interview on 774 ABC Radio Melbourne Drive. Melbourne, Ripponlea, Crime, Police
Concerns over lifting of sea cucumber ban in Solomon Islands

16 hours ago | abc.net.au | Finau Fonua

Conservationists in Solomon Islands are questioning a decision by the Solomon Islands government to lift a ban on the harvesting of sea cucumbers. The ban which has been in place since 2022, after a study revealed a dwindling sea cucumber population. The Government says the decision will economically benefit communities, but environmentalist Lawrence Makili (Mah-Kee-Lee) says it's unsustainable and threatens the species' survival.
Pioneering Māori scholar Mākereti Papakura to receive posthumous degree from Oxford University

20 hours ago | abc.net.au | Finau Fonua |Dinah Lewis Boucher

Groundbreaking Māori scholar Mākereti Papakura will be posthumously awarded a degree from the University of Oxford nearly 100 years after starting her studies. Born in Aotearoa New Zealand in 1873, Papakura is believed to be the first Indigenous woman to attend Oxford, and her pioneering research on Māori culture has had a lasting impact on both academic and Māori communities.
Police hunt attacker after Australian Border Force workers stabbed, assaulted in Western Sydney

21 hours ago | abc.net.au | Danuta Kozaki

A Tongan national is reportedly on the run in Sydney's west after two officials connected to Australian Border Force were allegedly stabbed and assaulted this morning. NSW Police officers were called to James Ruse Drive in Clyde about 4am to find a 54-year-old man stabbed in the cheek and neck and a 36-year-old man assaulted. The two men have been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Why one woman became a "reproductive refugee" to achieve her dream of parenthood

22 hours ago | abc.net.au | Kate Uebergang

There are around 20,000 babies born in Australia and New Zealand each year, conceived through assisted reproductive technology. But not everyone has equal access to IVF. One West Australian woman says she was forced to become a "reproductive refugee" and cross the country to access the medical care she needed to become a mum.
'Razor' Ray Chamberlain says AFL and umpires need to rebuild trust

1 day ago | abc.net.au | Sharnelle Vella |Bob Murphy

The AFL have backflipped on claims that umpires didn't know about Lachie Schultz' injury when they continued play on Thursday night. In a statement AFL took 'full responsibility' for the mistake. Former umpire 'Razor' Ray Chamberlain told Sharnelle and Bob that the AFL and umpires will have to both work to rebuild their relationship. "I think that's going to take some work to go about rebuilding trust and mutual trust and mutual respect."
Māori Party MPs temporarily suspended over haka in NZ parliament during Treaty bill debate

1 day ago | abc.net.au | Emily Clark

In New Zealand, three members of the Māori Party will be temporarily suspended from parliament over a haka performed during the first reading of the controversial Treaty Principles Bill last year. Māori Party member Hana-Rawhiti Maipi Clarke will be suspended from the house for seven days for "acting in a manner that could have the effect of intimidating a member of the house".
Greens defend internal complaints process after Tammy Franks’s shock resignation

1 day ago | abc.net.au | Thomas Kelsall

The South Australian Greens have hit back at former party co-leader Tammy Franks, a day after the upper house MP walked out on the party, labelling her comments "deeply regrettable and inappropriate". A day after Greens internal tensions exploded into public view with Ms Franks's resignation, the party said its investigation into complaints against her found she had "engaged in misconduct". Ms Franks denies any wrongdoing, describing allegations against her as "unsubstantiated and false".
Why ASIC lost patience with Macquarie's incompetence

1 day ago | abc.net.au | Ian Verrender

The ghost of scandals past has returned to haunt the Millionaire's Factory. Just a week ago, the corporate regulator slapped down Macquarie Bank's management for repeatedly breaching its reporting obligations for at least a decade and ignoring suspicious trades in the electricity futures market.
Kangaroos rescued from open water channel in central Victoria as rescuers call for roo-proof fence

1 day ago | abc.net.au | Emile Pavlich |Rebecca R. Norman |Shannon Schubert

An open water channel in central Victoria has become a wildlife graveyard. A wildlife carer says a kangaroo-proof fence could protect other wildlife from drowning in the waterway. A local MP and a researcher want wildlife to be better considered during infrastructure and housing development planning. Wildlife rescuers are calling on authorities to build a kangaroo-proof fence around a central Victoria waterway to stop animals from drowning.