AFP raids the ABC
The AFP have raided the ABC yesterday for information about a piece the ABC had written in 2017 called the Afghan files.
ABC reporter John Lyons via twitter has reported there have been approximately 50 files that the AFP have seized from the ABC.
The Australian federal police have said about the raid via a press release “This is the result of supporting documentation or material being presented to the court which provides sufficient suspicion that a criminal offence has been committed.”
Queensland is the worst Australian state per capita for suicide
Queensland is the worst Australian state per capita for suicide: statics show that 804 people committed suicide last year in Queensland, more than three times the number of people who died on the state's roads.
In an attempt to halve this number, the Queensland Government will commit $62 million in next week’s state budget to fund suicide prevention and support services.
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Hotel owner in Woolloongabba goes to court
The owner of the derelict Broadway Hotel in Woolloongabba has taken the Australian Institute of Architects to court, claiming the peak body defamed him in an email to its Queensland members.
East Brisbane general practitioner Malcolm Nyst, the Broadway’s owner, lodged a claim in the Brisbane District Court on March 29 against the national peak architects body and the executive director of its Queensland branch Melissa Greenall.
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New report reveals one in six women face physical or sexual abuse before 15
A report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reveals that one in six women in Australia experience physical or sexual abuse before the age of 15 and one woman is killed by her partner every nine days.
Rates of partner violence and sexual violence in Australia have remained relatively stable since 2005, despite a decline in the rate of overall violence.
Stadiums Queensland implement facial recognition surveillance
Stadiums Queensland has confirmed it is trialling facial recognition software on sports fans and concert goers, following New South Wales and Victoria in implementing mass surveillance technology at major stadiums.
Stadiums Queensland oversees nine of the state’s biggest venues, including Lang Park, the Gabba and the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, but would not confirm which venues were involved in the trial for security reasons.
Bodies in overcrowded cemeteries proposed to be stacked and reburied
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has proposed extracting bodies from overcrowded cemeteries to be reburied on top of each other in a bid to combat overcrowding currently facing Gold Coast cemeteries.
The proposal is one of several being considered by the council, including building a new cemetery and offering a burial-at-sea service inside the new dive precinct off Main Beach.
Scott Morrison defends AFP raid on journalist's home
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended a raid by Australian Federal police on the Canberra home of journalist Annika Smethurst, over a story published in 2018 on new powers for Australian intelligence agencies.
Mr Morrison says it never troubles him that our laws are being upheld and Australia strongly believes in the freedom of the press.
Attorney-General Christian Porter denies accusations the government orchestrated the raids and says the investigation is about the disclosure of classified information, not the journalist.
Lebanese-Australian doctor fearful to visit Lebanon
Lebanese-Australian doctor Jamal Rifi can no longer visit Lebanon out of fear he will be arrested for visiting Israel, which is illegal for Lebanese citizens to do without government approval.
Dr Rifi visited Israel to carry out his role with Project Rozana, an organisation committed to providing medical treatment to sick and injured Palestinian children in Israeli hospitals.