Police have released images of 12 men they believe can help with their investigation into the riot that erupted after a bishop was stabbed in an alleged terrorist attack.
The prime minister expected the week would be dominated by the unveiling of the government’s new defence strategy. Instead,Australia’s internal security was on the agenda.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus demands men “step up” and educate themselves,as the number of women killed in violent incidents across the nation this year reached 24.
The 16-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel at a western Sydney church had not attended school for more than six months,and his father had also seen signs of increasing “disobedience”.
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was preaching to a small congregation,but thousands were tuning in via a livestream. Within minutes,they were arriving by the carload.
Emmanuel is a prominent leader of an ultra-conservative sect of the Assyrian Orthodox known for being critical of lockdowns and vaccines.
When Lisa Pires saw women saying they were randomly punched in New York in the lead-up to her holiday there,it sounded too absurd to be true. Then it happened to her.
A mother and her baby were among those attacked by the man,who wandered the centre with a knife and attacked people on the first day of school holidays.
Residents in Sydney’s west can expect a heavy police presence across the next few days as authorities hope to make more arrests following the stabbing.
Funding will be spread across a range of initiatives,including primary prevention,education and a new peak body for the sector.
Essendon’s Nick Hind wore a black armband and a wristband bearing the name of his cousin,Hannah McGuire,whose body was found in a burnt-out car.