The presenter and professional saxophone player is being remembered for his ability to explore the humour and oddities of daily life on the airwaves.
Australia's envoy to combat antisemitism, Jillian Segal, has accused the ABC of being its own "judge, counsel and jury" and recommended an independent oversight committee to review its charter compliance. The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion heard complaints about the public broadcaster's Middle East coverage.
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a 36-year-old man died from critical stab wounds in Taree, NSW. The pair knew each other, and the teenager was denied bail.
A 13-year-old boy in Queensland, Australia, has been charged with plotting a school massacre. He allegedly told police he "wanted to kill people for months" and asked AI to write a "mass-shooting story" inspired by the Bondi attack. Police found evidence of radical views and plans for an attack on Albert State School.
A trainee surgeon, Ryan Cho, has pleaded guilty to 13 charges including stalking and installing hidden cameras to film hundreds of people in Melbourne hospital bathrooms. The crimes involved thousands of intimate images and videos, with victims able to provide statements at his pre-sentence hearing in November.
Disability support provider Yooralla has back-paid over 1,300 employees $2.05 million due to a clerical error in payroll systems from March 2018 to March 2024. The organization self-reported the issue to the Fair Work Ombudsman and entered an enforceable undertaking to upgrade protocols.
Opposition leader Angus Taylor defended shadow minister Sarah Henderson's unnecessary calls to the triple-zero system during a nationwide Telstra outage, stating she was "doing her job." He also dismissed concerns about Senator Kerrynne Liddle's unconfirmed claim of an elderly death due to the outage.
