Brisbane Olympic Swimmer Madeline Groves has revealed in an interview on ABC yesterday that she was sexually abused from the age of 13 by a person who still works in the sport. 

It comes after the swimmer withdrew from the Tokyo Olympic Trials in June accusing leading coaches in the sport of misconduct and a culture of ‘misogyny and perversion’ in the sport.

Groves has said that she was ‘molested by an adult male’ while another coach would control what she ate and make sexist comments to her.

QLD Greens MP Michael Berkman has filed a complaint in regards to a number of ‘deeply concerning’ social media posts allegedly made by QLD prison officers. 

The comments were made by individuals on a Facebook post made by the page of the Together Queensland Prison Officers’ Union about a riot at the Capricornia Correction Centre in Rockhampton and according to Berkman, ‘include descriptions of incidents inside correctional centers with details that appear to breach confidentiality.’

In an Australian first, Victoria Police has launched a specialist unit to investigate serious cases of family violence involving its employees following the recommendation of the Royal Commission into Family Violence. 

The Professional Standards Command will review Victoria Police policies and procedures relating to police employees and family violence and will also investigate cases where the victim is a Victoria Police employee as well as current and historical allegations of sexual assault. 

Traditional owners on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula are preparing to challenge the decision to build a nuclear waste dump on their land. 

Last week, the Federal Government determined the national radioactive waste storage facility would be built at Napandee, a property near Kimba. 

Barngarla Determination Aboriginal Corporation's (BDAC) primary argument against the decision is that traditional owners were not included in discussions with local landholders and townspeople, who were asked to vote on whether they supported the choice of site. 

France is sending additional security forces to the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Protesters in Guadeloupe and neighboring Martinique have erected barricades and blocked roads this month as anger mounted over an order also in place in mainland France requiring health workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. 

Numerous arrests have been reported in Guadeloupe and Martinique since the protests began including attacks on police and other security officers. 

New Zealand has announced that it plans to outlaw the purchase of tobacco by 2025.

The Smokefree 2025 Action Plan will increase the legal smoking age every year, with the goal of ensuring that young New Zealanders would not take up the habit. 

The plan includes other measures to make smoking unaffordable and inaccessible, including reducing the legal amount of nicotine in tobacco products, cutting down the locations where cigarettes can be legally sold, and increase funding to addiction services all with the goal of making the nation entirely smoke-free by 2025.