⁉️ VICTORIAN PREMIER JACINTA ALLAN LOSES MAJORITY SUPPORT

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has reportedly lost majority support within the Labor caucus, with MPs urging her to step down ahead of a leadership spill expected on Tuesday.

Deputy Premier Ben Carroll has confirmed he will contest the leadership if a spill motion succeeds, but Allan says she has no intention of resigning.

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👀 UPDATE: JACINTA ALLAN QUITS AS VICTORIAN PREMIER

Jacinta Allan has resigned as Premier after losing the support of the Labor caucus, ending her leadership after 1,036 days in office.

Ben Carroll has been elected unopposed as her replacement and says his first act as Premier will be to establish a royal commission into corruption in Victoria's building industry.

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🚨 AFRICAN CHARGED OVER ALLEGED $18M NDIS FRAUD

A 39-year-old African woman and former Northern Territory public servant has been charged over an alleged scheme that funnelled vulnerable people into an NDIS business she co-owned.

Authorities allege the provider claimed more than $28 million in NDIS funding since 2019, with around $18 million identified as suspicious or fraudulent. She is accused of conspiring with Nigerian man Kingsley Ebelebe, who was charged earlier this year.

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🚨 AUSTRALIA SUES TELEGRAM

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has taken Telegram to Federal Court, accusing the platform of failing to remove videos of terrorist executions and mass shootings after users reported them.

Court documents allege 10 of 12 reported posts remained online, while the accounts responsible were not suspended or blocked. Telegram could be fined up to A$54.6 million, equivalent to around US$38 million.

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🚨 MASKED THUGS STORM MELBOURNE YOUTH CLINIC

Four people wearing balaclavas and surgical masks allegedly forced their way into the Parkville Youth Mental Health clinic in Sunshine while searching for a specific person.

Police say two members of the group pulled out machetes and assaulted two 19-year-old patients before fleeing. Neither victim was physically injured, while some staff are now being relocated or told to work off-site over safety concerns.

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🚨 NOTICER NEWS BLOCKED ON X AFTER LEGAL DEMAND

The @NoticerNews X account has been withheld from some users after the platform received a legal demand, with the notice displaying “XX” rather than identifying the country responsible.

The action appears to be a country-level legal restriction rather than a normal X suspension. No authority or specific post behind the demand has yet been publicly identified, while The Noticer’s website and Telegram remain active.

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🚨 EIGHT OFFENDERS CUT OFF ANKLE MONITORS

WA Police launched multiple manhunts after eight alleged offenders removed their court-ordered ankle monitors over a 48-hour period, with the Police Union estimating around 48 officers were diverted to the searches.

Seven have since been located, but Jeremy Miller, 40, remains on the run after allegedly cutting off his device in Midland.

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🚨 35,000 YOUNG HOME BUYERS EXPOSED AS PROPERTY PRICES FALL

Around 35,000 recent first-home buyers are at risk of negative equity after entering the market through Labor’s expanded 5% Deposit Scheme.

The scheme allowed young Australians to buy with deposits as low as 5%, with the government guaranteeing part of the loan and removing lenders mortgage insurance, encouraging many to purchase years before they had built the larger deposit and financial buffer normally needed to withstand falling prices.

More than $230 billion has now been wiped from Australia’s housing market in just four months. Further price falls could erase these buyers’ deposits and leave them owing more than their homes are worth.

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👀 ONE NATION PUTS “SOFT” VICTORIAN JUDGES ON NOTICE

Pauline Hanson has proposed an independent board to scrutinise judges whose sentences fail to meet community expectations, with consequences potentially including removal from office.

New Victorian One Nation leader Warren Pickering also vowed to scrap the state’s “tag-and-release” electronic monitoring system, while Hanson raised mandatory sentencing as another option ahead of November’s election.

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⁉️ 81-YEAR-OLD GUNMAN MAKES LEISURELY GETAWAY

An 81-year-old man allegedly tried to shoot a 23-year-old at a workshop in Hoppers Crossing, but the firearm failed to discharge and no one was injured.

CCTV then captured him slowly walking back to his Ford Falcon and driving away. Victoria Police’s Air Wing located the car nearby, where he surrendered without incident.

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👀 LABOR DELAYS MIGRATION CRACKDOWN AFTER CABINET PUSHBACK

Tony Burke’s planned speech announcing tougher migration controls was cancelled at the last minute after Labor ministers reportedly raised concerns about backlash from the Greens and accusations the government was “demonising migrants”.

The delay comes as net overseas migration remains above target and One Nation gains support. Labor insists the crackdown will still proceed, including tighter deportation appeal rules, but the announcement has now been pushed back.

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🚨 TEEN SHOT TWICE IN TARGETED SYDNEY ATTACK

An 18-year-old man has been hospitalised after being shot twice in the chest on Banksia Street in Greenacre, Sydney’s south-west, before being driven around the corner and left in an abandoned car.

Police believe the shooting was targeted. A burnt-out Toyota Hilux found in Granville hours later has been linked to the attack, while the gunmen remain on the run.

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