The Syrian government says Australia was the ultimate decision-maker in the delay of a group of four women and nine children with links to Islamic State leaving Syria for Australia.
Former chief governance officer Alyssa White admitted to the NSW corruption watchdog that she influenced recruitment processes to help friends and former colleagues. She agreed her actions made processes "unfair and opaque" and that she "placed her finger on the scales" for preferred candidates.
A truck lost its load of two 15-tonne concrete slabs on the North-South Motorway near Bolivar, Australia, striking parked cars and injuring two pedestrians. One pedestrian was hospitalized with a suspected broken arm, while others sustained minor injuries. Investigations are ongoing.
Alexander James Macdonald Terry, 69, was sentenced to nine years in prison for 13 offences including rape and sexual assault. A judge called him a "sexual predator" who "used and abused" vulnerable victims, some from overseas, between 2017 and 2023.
Telstra CEO Vicki Brady apologized for a national outage caused by a software fault affecting trains, transactions, and emergency calls. In sports, France advanced to the World Cup semi-finals. Australian politics features a Labor mayor's push for pokies reform.
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the death of 13-year-old Layla Jeffery, whose body was discovered in bushland in Donald, regional Victoria. Police are treating the death as suspicious and are continuing their investigation.
Broadcaster and former senator Derryn Hinch has died at 80. Remembered as provocative but courageous, he was a mentor to parliamentarians and a champion for victims of crime. Hinch was jailed multiple times for contempt of court, including naming a paedophile priest and airing details of a notorious killer's history.
