What happened Monday 2 June 2025
With that, we’ll end our live coverage of the day’s news. Here’s a summary of the main developments:
Greens senator for Western Australia, Dorinda Cox, has announced she’s defecting to the Labor Party to serve in the Albanese government.
Lawyers for Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming have initiated bankruptcy proceedings against former state opposition leader John Pesutto after he failed to meet a deadline to pay her $2.3m in legal costs.
Erin Patterson has described her “never-ending battle” with low self-esteem, her weight and her religious conversion in emotional evidence to her own triple murder trial.
Anthony Albanese has again sidestepped US calls for Australia to drastically increase its defence budget, now by about $40bn each year, amid warnings from the Trump administration over China’s plans.
Queensland’s premier says there will be a full investigation into the death in custody of a Bundaberg mother accused of fatally stabbing her three-year-old daughter.
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Updated
Man arrested after body found with stab wounds, in Sydney’s Croydon Park
Police have arrested a man after a body was located at a home in Sydney’s inner west.
Just after 5pm on Monday, emergency services were called to a home on Kembla Street, Croydon Park, after a concern for welfare report.
Officers attached to Burwood Police area command found the body of man who is yet to be formally identified. The man, who is believed to be aged in his 50s, was found with stab wounds, New South Wales police said.
A 32-year-old man was arrested at the scene and taken to Burwood Police station.
Police have established a crime scene and started investigations. A report will be prepared for the Coroner, police said.
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