🚨 AFL CLEARS TRANS PLAYER FOR WOMEN’S FOOTY DESPITE SAFETY CONCERNS

The AFL has allowed transgender player Freya Golding to continue competing in Adelaide women’s football despite three clubs formally raising safety and duty-of-care concerns.

Golding previously played senior men’s football and is reported to be around 188cm (6’3”) and 92kg. The AFL ruled his participation did not pose an “unacceptable” safety risk.

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⚠️ MINNS TELLS INDIAN COMMUNITY “WE’VE GOT YOUR BACK”

NSW Premier Chris Minns has told Indians they are “hugely important for our future” and that his government “has got their back” during his first official trip to India.

Minns also said Australia needs to keep international education “open” and “warm” despite the ongoing debate over migration and student visas. The trip included the launch of Western Sydney University’s new campus in Uttar Pradesh.

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🚨 TEEN PLEADS GUILTY TO PREPARING ISIS-INSPIRED SYDNEY TERROR ATTACK

A 16-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to preparing a terrorist attack after being radicalised online from the age of 14.

The court heard he researched the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Marathon as possible targets, searched for pressure-cooker bomb instructions and discussed attacking large crowds.

He was arrested over the plot at his Western Sydney home in August 2024 and has now pleaded guilty, with sentencing set for October 29.

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⚠️ Former UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has admitted that Britain's mass immigration surge was the result of deliberate policy choices, not an accident.

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⚠️ NATIONALS LEADER WARNS SCHOOLS ARE PUSHING AN “ANTI-BOY IDEOLOGY”

Nationals leader Matt Canavan says boys are being alienated at school by what he calls the growing “feminisation” of education and an “anti-boy ideology.”

Canavan argues boys are too often lectured about gender and privilege instead of being supported, and says schools need more male teachers and role models.

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🚨 NT GOVERNMENT DECLARES “NO MORE CODDLING CRIMINALS”

Most members of the Northern Territory Justice Policy Partnership, a formal advisory group created to bring Indigenous organisations, justice experts and government together on Aboriginal crime and justice policy, have now resigned or suspended their involvement.

They say the NT Government repeatedly ignored their advice. Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby hit back, rejecting what she called “identity politics” and declaring there would be “no more coddling criminals.”

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🚨 FIVE TEENS CHARGED AFTER MACHETE BRAWL AT PENRITH STATION

Five teenage boys have been charged following an alleged armed brawl at Penrith railway station on Wednesday, where police say a machete was produced and a responding officer was assaulted.

The boys are aged between 13 and 16. Police allege one 16-year-old was found with a machete concealed in his pants, while one of the 15-year-olds charged was allegedly already on bail.


Police say the officer was not injured. Investigations are continuing.

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🚨 COALITION MOVES TO CRIMINALISE FLAG DESECRATION AND LOCK IN JANUARY 26

Angus Taylor’s Coalition is proposing new federal laws to make the serious public desecration of the Australian flag a criminal offence, with penalties of up to 10 years’ jail for deliberately damaging significant war memorials.

The proposal would also formally recognise January 26 as Australia Day, meaning any future change to the date would require a national plebiscite.

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⚠️ LABOR MOVES TO FINE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS $100M OVER “HARMFUL” CONTENT

The Albanese Government is preparing new laws that could see social media companies fined more than $100 million if they fail to reduce “harmful” content pushed through their algorithms.

The government says the laws are aimed at material such as illegal pornography, violent content and harmful material targeting children, but critics are demanding clarity over who ultimately decides what counts as “harmful”.

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has warned the plan could become a “serious threat to free speech.”

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🚨 NSW POKIE LOSSES HIT $4.75 BILLION IN SIX MONTHS

NSW residents lost $4.75 billion on poker machines in the first half of 2026, up more than $311 million on the same period last year.

Losses reached $2.38 billion in the June quarter alone, equal to almost $1.1 million every hour. Fairfield, Canterbury-Bankstown and Cumberland were among the hardest-hit areas.

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⚠️ AUSTRALIA TOPS DEVELOPED WORLD FOR ONLYFANS CREATORS

Australia has been ranked first for OnlyFans creators per capita in a recent analysis, with roughly 520 creators per 100,000 people, ahead of Canada, the UK and the US.

Economics writer Tarric Brooker says Australia has around 140,000 creators, which would put the number above the roughly 121,000 electricians working nationally.

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🚨 OVER 1 MILLION USERS EXPOSED IN MATHSPACE DATA BREACH

Australian education provider Mathspace says a data breach has affected 1,079,819 students, parents, school staff and other users across Australia and New Zealand after attackers exploited an unpatched flaw in its internal reporting system.

Stolen data may include names, usernames, email addresses and account activity, although Mathspace says passwords, academic results and login credentials were not exposed.

The NSW Department of Education says it is reviewing whether Mathspace met its obligations when reporting the breach.

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🚨 AUSTRALIA TO COMMIT $980M TO SOLOMON ISLANDS

Australia and the Solomon Islands have reached an in-principle agreement on a new bilateral treaty, with a leaked message from Australia’s High Commissioner indicating Canberra is prepared to provide more than $980 million in additional funding.

The proposed funding reportedly includes $280 million over the next two years and a further $700 million after that, covering education, security requests and direct constituency-development programs.

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