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Bruce Morcombe, the father of murder victim Daniel Morcombe, has thrown his full support behind Peter Dutton’s bold plan to create a national publicly accessible child sex offender register.Announced on Monday morning, the trial $21.3m scheme would be modelled on WA’s register, which permits members of the public to check on men and women who interact with their children to find out if they are convicted sex offenders.Mr Morcombe, speaking with NewsWire ahead of the announcement, said the proposal passed the “pub test” and would add an “extra layer of protection” for Australians kids and the carers who look after…

BEIJING: China on Monday (Apr 21) said it “firmly opposes” other countries making trade deals with the United States at Beijing’s expense, warning it would take “countermeasures” against them. China will take the countermeasures in a “resolute and reciprocal manner” if any country sought such deals, its commerce ministry said, addressing news about the Trump administration preparing to pressure other countries to limit trade with China in exchange for tariff exemptions from the US. While the rest of the world has been slapped with a blanket 10 per cent tariff, China faces levies of up to 145 per cent on…

Joseph Aoun makes the comment as the Lebanese army says it foils a rocket attack on Israel.Lebanese President Joseph Aoun says he will not be rushed to disarm Hezbollah under unfavourable circumstances as the Israeli military continues to launch deadly air strikes on the country in violation of a November ceasefire. In comments to reporters after a meeting with a Maronite patriarch to mark Easter on Sunday, the former army chief said he considers disarming the Iran-aligned group a “sensitive, delicate issue” that must be handled with consideration to preserve national peace. “Any controversial domestic issue in Lebanon can only…

Pentagon reviewing Hegseth’s Signal usage What’s behind the Pentagon’s review of Hegseth’s Signal app usage? 03:28 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared classified details about impending U.S. airstrikes in Yemen with a private Signal group that included his wife, brother and personal attorney, according to sources familiar with the messages.The messages, sent on March 15, included flight schedules for F/A-18 Hornets tasked with striking Houthi targets, the sources said. The messages were sent the same day Hegseth shared similar operational details in a separate Signal chat that inadvertently included The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, sparking widespread concern over how senior officials handle…

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant with alleged ties to a violent gang who was deported to El Salvador, had been transferred from the country’s notorious mega prison, Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT), days before U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., arrived in the country last week to push for his freedom.Van Hollen told reporters after returning to the U.S. on Friday and again on Sunday that Abrego Garcia, 29, is no longer in CECOT, a claim that was filed in the government’s daily update, obtained by Fox News, and now confirmed in writing by the State Department.The filing…

All David Hyde Pierce has to do is step out on stage, and he gets applause, even before he launches into the idiotic tongue-twister from “The Pirates of Penzance”:I am the very model of a modern Major-General,I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral,I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historicalFrom Marathon to Waterloo, in order categoricalWith practically no expression on his face, babbling away, all kinds of commotion around him, he’s funny. I asked, “Why do you think ‘less is more’ can be funny?””Well, I think so much of theater, rightly, is MORE,” Pierce replied. “Sometimes, what’s…

Rookie sensation Ingrid Lindblad has broken through for her maiden LPGA Tour win as Australian stars Minjee Lee and Hannah Green tuned up nicely for golf’s first women’s major of the year.Lindblad converted a three-way share of the third-round lead into a nailbiting one-shot victory at the LA Championship with a closing four-under-par 68 on Sunday (Monday AEST).The 25-year-old former world amateur No.1 prevailed after fellow tour rookie Akie Iwai bogeyed the last hole trying to match Lindblad’s 21-under total to force a playoff.German Esther Henseleit fired a bogey-free 64 to share third with Iwai’s fellow Japanese first-year LPGA player…

Traffic moves along midtown Manhattan on February 19, 2025 in New York City. Earlier in the day, the Trump administration terminated approval of New York City congestion pricing. Alex Kent | Getty ImagesNew York City’s $9 congestion toll on drivers in Manhattan’s busiest areas will remain in effect, despite the federal government’s Sunday deadline to scrap the program.In a statement on the deadline, a spokesperson for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said, “The program is working. Traffic is down, business is up and the cameras are staying on.”The U.S. Department of Transportation on Friday said it expected New York to comply…

The Congolese government accuses former leader Kabila of backing M23 rebels.The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing one of the world’s largest displacement and humanitarian crises. Instability and violence have killed at least 7,000 people and forced millions to flee their homes since the start of this year. Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have taken large areas in the east, including the city of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. And there are fears the tense and fragile situation could worsen after former President Joseph Kabila returned from exile. Kabila says he returned to the DRC to “participate in…

President Donald Trump is “hopeful” Russia and Ukraine can make a deal this week after a temporary Easter ceasefire between the two countries ended.  “Hopefully Russia and Ukraine will make a deal this week,” Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social.”Both will then start to do big business with the United States of America, which is thriving, and make a fortune!”The war between the two countries has raged for more than three years and has cost the lives of tens of thousands of people on both sides. PUTIN ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY EASTER CEASEFIRE IN UKRAINE WAR President Trump says the…