🚨 UPDATE: SYDNEY SWANS CEO ADDRESSES SEXUAL ASSAULT INCIDENT

Sydney Swans CEO Matthew Pavlich has released a full video statement following the alleged incident involving several players at the club’s Melbourne hotel.

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🚨 ARMED ABORIGINAL MOB ATTACKS POLICE IN NT COMMUNITY

Police were confronted by a large group of armed Aboriginal males approaching the remote Indigenous community of Wadeye, with officers allegedly pelted with rocks, metal bars and other projectiles as the group continued to advance.

Police say one person even fired an arrow from a compound bow into a police vehicle, forcing officers to deploy pepper spray to disperse the group. It marks the fifth outbreak of unrest in Wadeye in less than two weeks.

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🚨 MAN ESCAPES POLICE GUARD AT WESTERN SYDNEY HOSPITAL

Police are hunting Abdalla Narouz Khila, 35, after he allegedly escaped lawful custody while under police guard at a hospital on Blacktown Road in western Sydney on Monday morning.

Police describe Khila as being of Mediterranean/Middle Eastern appearance, while the reason he was originally in custody has not been publicly revealed.

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🚨 ONE NATION WANTS TO SLASH TOBACCO TAX BY 75%

Pauline Hanson has unveiled a plan to cut Australia’s tobacco excise by 75% and freeze further increases for three years, bringing the price of a legal $46.50 pack of cigarettes down to roughly $21–$22.

Hanson argues Australia’s extreme tobacco taxes have handed the market to organised crime, with illicit cigarettes now selling for as little as $12–$25. ABS estimates show illicit sources supplied 80% of nicotine consumed in Australia in 2025, despite years of tax increases intended to reduce smoking.

The plan would be paired with tougher border enforcement, faster shutdowns of illegal tobacco stores and stronger asset seizures targeting criminal networks.

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🚨 18-YEAR-OLD CHARGED OVER GUN AND MACHETE CHAOS AT MELBOURNE SHOPPING CENTRE

An 18-year-old man has been charged after two groups of youths allegedly clashed at Craigieburn Central in Melbourne’s north, with machetes wielded and at least one shot fired as terrified families fled or hid inside stores.

The groups involved have been reported as African migrant youths. Police arrested the 18-year-old days later and allegedly found him carrying a pen pistol, ammunition, machete and extendable baton.

Other alleged offenders remain outstanding.

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🚨 PUSH TO BLAST ISLAMIC CALL TO PRAYER OVER SYDNEY SUBURB HITS ROADBLOCK

Lakemba Mosque’s plan to broadcast the Islamic call to prayer over loudspeakers in Sydney’s south-west is facing likely rejection, with Canterbury-Bankstown Council raising concerns over noise and the impact on surrounding residents.

The mosque wants four loudspeakers installed on its minaret to broadcast the Adhan every Friday, but more than 1,600 objections have been lodged against the proposal.

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⚠️ CCTV RELEASED OF FIREBOMBING LINKED TO $20M EXTORTION

Victoria Police have released CCTV showing two men pouring accelerant over cars and the front of a Yarraville home before throwing Molotov cocktails and fleeing. A woman and young child were inside, while both vehicles were destroyed and the house badly damaged.

Police believe the attack was linked to an incident one month earlier, when three Bandidos confronted the 47-year-old resident, assaulted him and demanded $20 million, threatening to burn his home down if he failed to pay. The three bikies have since been sentenced.

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⚠️ HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN SUSPECTED MORTGAGE FRAUD UNCOVERED

AUSTRAC has uncovered potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent home loans after analysing mortgage data from 10 major banks, with much of the suspected activity linked to Sydney property.

Investigators found alleged fake incomes, employment and businesses, along with offshore money being used to fund settlements and repayments.

Hundreds of brokers, accountants, lawyers and companies have now reportedly been referred to authorities as they investigate how deeply the fraud has penetrated Australia’s housing and banking system.

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🚨 UPDATE: FIVE SYDNEY SWANS PLAYERS BANNED FOR REST OF 2026 SEASON

Isaac Heeney, Nick Blakey, Chad Warner, James Jordon and Riley Bice will not play again this season, including finals, following the Swans’ internal investigation into the Melbourne hotel incident.

The club says the bans relate to breaches of its behaviour standards and are separate from Victoria Police’s ongoing sexual-assault investigation. The AFL has backed the sanctions.

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🚨 THREE 17-YEAR-OLD BOYS CHARGED OVER ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF TEEN GIRL

Three 17-year-old boys have been charged after a 17-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted at a home in the Macarthur region on Saturday. Police launched an investigation after the incident was reported the following day.

Detectives raided several homes on Wednesday, seizing electronic devices before arresting the three boys. One faces 11 charges, another eight, and the third two counts of aggravated sexual assault in company. All three were refused bail.

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