What happened on Friday 14 April 2023
With that, we’ll wrap up our live coverage of the day’s news.
Here’s a summary of the day’s main news:
Federal police charged an Australian man with a foreign interference offence as part of an investigation initiated by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.
A New South Wales paramedic had stopped at McDonald’s during an early morning shift break before he was fatally stabbed outside the fast-food restaurant in Sydney’s south-west on Friday morning. Police say the 29-year-old father was grabbing a bite to eat with a colleague after finishing a job nearby.
Swimming Australia is searching for another new chief executive after the shock resignation of Eugenie Buckley with immediate effect on Friday.
Queensland police officers will be banned from using chokehold restraints immediately, bringing the state into line with other jurisdictions.
NSW premier, Chris Minns, has announced sweeping changes to the NSW public service less than a month after he led Labor to victory at the election, which he says are needed to support the state through significant budgetary woes.
Prominent Australian journalist Kerry O’Brien has delivered a passionate defence of the Indigenous voice to parliament, during the first day of hearings of the joint select committee on the wording of the voice referendum.
Communities in the path of Tropical Cyclone Ilsa are being warned to brace for dangerous weather, as it works its way inland.
Former NRL player Jarryd Hayne has been jailed ahead of his sentencing hearing after being found guilty on two counts of rape.
The acting prime minister, Richard Marles, says students’ leadership qualities shouldn’t be tied to their sexuality as a major church group calls for the right to exclude gay pupils from roles like school captain.
Have a pleasant evening.
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Australian arrested and charged over alleged foreign interference
Federal police have charged an Australian man with a foreign interference offence, after he returned from overseas to Sydney on Friday.
The Australian federal police (AFP) will allege the man, who normally lives overseas, was contacted by “an individual, purporting to be from a think tank” via social media “while he was offshore and made arrangements for him to meet with their representatives”.
In a statement, the AFP said:
It is alleged that on a number of occasions the man met with two individuals, known to him as “Ken” and “Evelyn”, who offered the man money to obtain information about Australian defence, economic and national security arrangements, plus matters relating to other countries.
It is alleged the Australian man compiled a number of reports for the individuals and received payment for those reports.
The AFP will allege “Ken” and “Evelyn” work for a foreign intelligence service and are undertaking intelligence collection activities.
The AFP believes other Australian citizens and residents may have been approached by “Ken” and “Evelyn” and is urging those individuals to provide information.
The 55-year-old man was arrested at a home in Sydney’s Bondi on Friday. He will face Parramatta local court on Saturday to face one count of reckless foreign interference, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years’ imprisonment.
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