A 15-year-old boy charged with stabbing another teen at a Cairns school has been granted bail. A magistrate found new evidence, including text messages, weakened the prosecution's case regarding premeditation, suggesting a defensive mindset. The injured boy was released from hospital.
A Queensland magistrate has suppressed the name of a high-profile individual (MM) involved in an extortion case in Cairns, citing the need to protect potential future complainants, despite opposition from media outlets arguing the order was unnecessary and potentially motivated by embarrassment.
Australian immigration detention centres face security failures, leading to detainee escapes and staff injuries. Meanwhile, US-Iran peace talks progress, Donald Trump faces Republican criticism, and Australian politics becomes a target for prediction market bets. The EPL concludes with Arsenal winning the title.
Australia's immigration detention centres face scrutiny over security failures, while US-Iran peace talks advance and Donald Trump faces Republican backlash. Other news includes a fatal shark attack, rising Australian travel to Vietnam, Russia's use of a hypersonic missile in Ukraine, and UK police investigating Prince Andrew.
A 39-year-old man has died after a shark attack at Kennedy Shoal on the Great Barrier Reef, south of Cairns. Emergency services were alerted on Sunday afternoon after the man was attacked while fishing and later succumbed to his injuries at the Hull River Heads boat ramp.
