It took less than 30 minutes for a video of an
alleged stabbing attack at a church in western Sydney to snake its way through WhatsApp groups across the city.
Then, quicker than most news outlets could report on the incident, large WhatsApp groups that connect people across western Sydney – some with more than 800 members – were inundated with forwarded videos, photos and voice notes.....................
Displaced Palestinians cool down at the beach to escape the searing heat of the refugee camp.
Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty
An alliance of peak Islamic groups has
called for Australia's terrorism laws to be changed, to remove the concept of
"religiously motivated terrorism" from the legislation.
It comes as a sixth teenager, aged 15, was charged after
counterterrorism raids were carried out in Sydney on Wednesday.
The teenagers, aged 14 to 17 - all associates of the teenager who allegedly
stabbed the Bishop - were previously charged with several offences and are
before the courts.......................
NSW Police and the AFP
this week arrested seven teenagers between the ages of 14 and 17 who were all associates
of the 16-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel. One teen was released yesterday, without
charge.
Police alleged they all
subscribed to a "religiously motivated violent extremist ideology".
A number of items were
seized as a result, including a significant amount of electronic material.
Investigations by a
joint-counter terrorism team comprising of members of the AFP, NSW
Police, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and the NSW
Crime Commission are ongoing.
King Charles’ Highgrove Estate strawberry
preserve which sells for $13 a jar, recently sold out.
Meghan Markle recently sent out numbered
jars of her own homemade strawberry jam, the first product from her lifestyle
brand, American Riviera Orchard (ARO).
Federal court orders for Bruce Lehrmann
to pay Peter FitzSimons’ costs, amounting to $4,616, were made by consent of
the parties and publicly released today (Friday).
A costs hearing is scheduled
for 1 May.......
Jessica Zrinski, 30, was last seen in Sydney’s Bossley Park area on 27 November 2022. Her parents believe she is dead.
Detectives have begun a three-day search for her body in bushland in the Jenolan Caves area.
Photo: NSW
Police
Yet another Australian woman lost.
