What we learned today, Wednesday 30 October
And with that, we are going to put the blog to bed. Before we go, let’s recap the big headlines:
The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, is “giving consideration” to whether a restricted section of the robodebt royal commission report should be publicly released.
The driver of the car that led to the fatal crash through a school fence in Hawthorn East, Melbourne, has been released. The crash is being investigated by Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives.
The annual consumer price index for the July-September period was 2.8%, or the lowest since the March quarter of 2021, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported.
Climate activists protested outside Whitehaven Coal’s annual meeting in Sydney on Wednesday, when clean energy lobbyists Market Forces attempted to lead a shareholder revolt against the company for a second year.
The owners of an island volcano in New Zealand that erupted in 2019 killing 22 people launched an appeal against their criminal conviction for violating safety laws.
More than 40,000 stolen limited edition Bluey coins have been recovered during a search in Wentworthville, NSW police have said.
Patricia Karvelas is set to host Afternoon Briefing, the ABC’s afternoon political show, from next year, taking over from Greg Jennett.
We will be back tomorrow to do it all again.
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Sydney man charged over alleged domestic trafficking of children from Indonesia
Australian federal police have charged a Sydney man with the alleged domestic trafficking of children after a complex AFP-led human trafficking investigation in Australia and Indonesia, AAP has reported.
The man, 30, appeared before Manly local court today after he was arrested yesterday and charged with the domestic trafficking of children and possession of child abuse material.
The AFP will allege the man was a senior member of an organised crime syndicate which profited from trafficking women and children from Indonesia to Australia for sexual exploitation.
The man allegedly trafficked a child for sexual exploitation in Sydney on two occasions between January and March 2024.
As a result of the investigation, the AFP has removed multiple potential victims from sexual exploitation in Australia.
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