2+ hour, 47+ min ago (373+ words) The inquest is investigating whether Joel Cauchi's mental health was properly managed and if chances to detect his deterioration were missed. Joel Cauchi, 40, was experiencing acute psychotic symptoms when he killed six people and injured 10 others, including a nine-month-old baby, inside Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre Dawn Singleton, 25, Ashlee Good, 38, Jade Young, 47, Pikria Darchia, 55, Yixuan Cheng, 27 and security guard Faraz Tahir, 30, all died in the 13 April 2024 attack Cauchi had been successfully treated for schizophrenia since he was a teenager, but he was weaned off anti-psychotic medication and fell through the cracks before the incident Andrea Boros-Lavack, who treated Cauchi for eight years, initially gave evidence he did not have chronic schizophrenia and he was not unwell at the time of the attack "I honestly believe, that is my opinion, that it was nothing to do with psychosis," Boros-Lavack…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago (457+ words) Researchers said that in 2024, Aboriginal people were 15 times more likely to be searched by Victoria Police than white people....

2+ day, 32+ min ago (331+ words) Around 50 of more than 300 students kidnapped from a Catholic school in Nigeria have escaped and have been reunited with their families, while roughly 253 students and staff remain in captivity. But around 253 of those kidnapped, including 12 staff members and teachers, are still with the kidnappers, said CAN chairman Bulus Yohanna, a Catholic Bishop who is also the proprietor of the school In a statement, Yohanna said the pupils escaped between Friday and Saturday If confirmed, Friday's attack on St Mary's School in Niger state " roughly the size of Serbia " would be Nigeria's worst school abduction since the kidnapping of 276 Chibok girls by Boko Haram in the northeast in 2014 The Christian Association of Nigeria said 303 students and 12 teachers were taken from the school No one has publicly claimed responsibility for the latest assaults, although the perpetrators of a separate church raid on…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago (76+ words) Constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow were shot dead with high-powered rifles in an ambush. Source: Supplied / Queensland Police 'A force for good': How Queensland remembered the two police officers killed in Wieambilla Australia's most wanted man is a sovereign citizen. What do they believe? Conspiracies, off-grid living and tributes: What emerged after police officers, neighbour killed Families speak of 'all-consuming grief' as Wieambilla shooting inquest begins Published 21 November 2025 4:15pm...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago (59+ words) The consumer watchdog has warned people to be aware of increased shopping scams around Black Friday sales. Source: Getty / D3sign 'We now have a group chat': How five single mothers came together to reveal a love scam The $200 trick criminals use to turn some Australians into 'money mules' Published 18 November 2025 1:25pm By Olivia Di Iorio...

1+ week, 3+ day ago (162+ words) Swedish police said the driver had been arrested, but there was no information pointing to it being an attack. Swedish police said they had no information pointing to it being an attack, and there were no passengers on the bus at the time "It is being investigated as involuntary manslaughter The bus driver has been arrested but that is routine in such an incident," a police spokesperson said Police said they would not yet comment on the gender or ages of those killed or injured Police, rescue services and ambulances were working at the scene, police said A picture on daily Aftonbladet's website showed emergency services surrounding a blue double-decker bus, with debris scattered around the vehicle The incident occurred near the Royal Institute of Technology university, police said "We do not yet know the cause of this but right…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago (349+ words) Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians, dozens of local governments and around 2,000 businesses sued BHP over the collapse of the Fundao dam in Mariana in 2015. Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians, dozens of local governments and around 2,000 businesses sued BHP over the collapse of the Fundao dam in Mariana, southeastern Brazil, which was owned and operated by BHP and Vale's Samarco joint venture Brazil's worst environmental disaster unleashed a wave of toxic sludge that killed 19 people, left thousands homeless and flooded forests Enough mine waste to fill 13,000 Olympic-size swimming pools poured into the Doce River Judge Finola O'Farrell said in her ruling that continuing to raise the height of the dam when it was not safe to do so was the "direct and immediate cause" of the dam's collapse, meaning BHP was liable under Brazilian law O'Farrell said Australia-based BHP was responsible…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago (338+ words) Mike Burgess says foreign cyber attacks could cause major disruptions, from shutting off telecommunications to polluting drinking water. Addressing a business forum in Melbourne on Wednesday, ASIO director-general Mike Burgess said authoritarian regimes such as China and Russia are increasingly targeting infrastructure assets overseas, including Australia He said the impact of the disruptions could be "devastating" "I have previously said we're getting closer to the threshold for high-impact sabotage," Burgess told the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) forum on Wednesday morning "Well, I regret to inform you " we're there now." Burgess said cyber-enabled sabotage could cost the economy $1.1 billion per incident, according to modelling by the Australian Institute of Criminology He said the Chinese government was sponsoring Chinese hacking groups Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon to disrupt critical infrastructure Referencing reports that Volt Typhoon has been found to gain…...

2+ week, 14+ min ago (334+ words) Children as young as 14 could face possible life sentences under the proposed changes to be announced by the Victorian premier on Wednesday. Victoria will adopt an "adult time for violent crime" laws, mirroring Queensland, which implemented the tough approach in 2024 Children as young as 14 could face possible life sentences under the proposed changes to be announced by the premier on Wednesday "We're introducing Adult Time for Violent Crime," Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan announced in a social media post Former chair of the Law Institute of Victoria's criminal law section Mel Walker described the youth sentencing changes as "extraordinary, bad policy and counter-intuitive" "As a community, are we content to deal with children in that way, and in how many years in the future, when they're affected in such a profound way by going into adult custody, are we prepared for…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago (301+ words) Sarkozy entered jail on 21 October, becoming the first former head of a European Union state to be incarcerated. Sarkozy was sent to prison on 21 October after he was found guilty in September of criminal conspiracy over efforts by close aides to procure funds for his 2007 presidential bid from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi The former conservative leader, who was president from 2007 to 2012, told the court that being in jail had been tough This is a fact that life teaches us," he wrote on X after returning home on Monday local time He added that he would now focus on his appeal process, and that "the end of the story remains to be written" The court said he did not represent a flight risk and therefore did not have to remain in prison until his appeal His release was based on…...