What we learned: Friday, 27 October
With that, we will wrap up the blog for the evening. Have a lovely night and take care of yourselves after another heavy week of news.
Here were today’s major developments:
Queensland is still grappling with ongoing bushfires as residents in Tara wait to see the wreckage fires brought to the town. There were three emergency warnings in place on Friday evening for Shellytop Road, Durong near Kingaroy, Moonie near Dalby, Tara and Wieambilla. Dozens of bushfires were still burning across the state ahead of a predicted temporary cool change.
Foreign minister Penny Wong has urged Australians in Lebanon to “consider leaving via the first available option” as the security situation continues to worsen.
A body was found in the ocean at Vaucluse on Friday morning after police established a second crime scene at the Gap clifftop, following the death of water polo coach Lilie James at Sydney’s St Andrew’s school.
Commuters in Sydney were warned to allow for plenty of extra travel time this morning as the train network experienced network-wide communication issues, which saw trains delayed and stopping at different platforms.
And still in New South Wales, police are urgently searching for a helicopter that was reported missing in Port Stephens yesterday morning.
Anthony Albanese raised concerns about the continued imprisonment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange while on his trip in the US, Sydney Morning Herald is reporting.
The outlet is reporting Albanese raised concern about Assange in discussions with president Joe Biden during meetings including an informal dinner, a discussion in the Oval Office at the White House and a formal meeting with Biden and his cabinet secretaries.
He told the outlet:
I’ve made it clear that enough is enough — that it’s time it was brought to a conclusion.
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