What happened Sunday 4 December 2022
With that, we’ll wrap up our live news coverage of the day.
Here’s a summary of the main news developments:
The Socceroos pushed Argentina all the way in their World Cup round of 16 match in Doha on Sunday morning Australia time, though it wasn’t enough as the Australian team fell 2-1 and crashed out of the tournament.
Proud but dejected in defeat, Graham Arnold says he will take a proper break before having “some good discussions” with Football Australia about whether or not he stays on as Socceroos coach.
Tens of thousands of Australians woke in the early hours of Sunday and showed up to live sites across the country to watch the Socceroos match.
Brittany Higgins said she had not fully understood Australia’s “asymmetrical criminal justice system” before she raised rape allegations against a colleague, and has called for reform.
A Coalition frontbencher conducting a “grassroots” survey about nuclear power is using a website registered by a business that helps an American small modular reactor company, records reveal.
The federal government remains hopeful the commonwealth and states and territories can come up with a solution to quell swelling energy prices when they meet this week.
There has been a dramatic drop in youth crime on the Northern Territory’s Groote Eylandt, which elders attribute to justice reinvestment programs which have seen the community and young people working together.
Thanks for reading. We’ll back to do it all again tomorrow.
Updated
Covid fine cancellations have underlined a sense of unfair treatment in western Sydney, reports Mostafa Rachwani. While the move has come as a relief to many families, some say it has also damaged the ‘already fragile trust’ communities had in government’s decisions.
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