What we learned; Tuesday 27 May
And that’s where we’ll leave you this evening. Here are the headlines from today:
A 24-year-old Aboriginal man has died in police custody in Alice Springs after being restrained when police intervened in an altercation at a Coles supermarket.
Western Australia will provide a support scheme for Aboriginal people removed from their families as children under Stolen Generations policies, leaving Queensland the only Australian jurisdiction yet to offer financial redress.
The former Labor minister Ed Husic has called for the government to move beyond words to action over Israel’s blockade of aid into Gaza, and said sanctions on Israel are “probably under consideration”.
More than 1,000 artists, writers and performers have signed an open letter to the government, calling on Australia to honour its international obligations over the conflict in Gaza and safeguard the rights of workers who speak out in support of Palestine.
Current and former Liberal party MPs and senators have said the party’s focus on culture wars lost them the election.
The Woodside boss Meg O’Neill has criticised young people for being ideologically against fossil fuels while ordering cheap online consumer goods “without any sort of recognition of the energy and carbon impact of their actions”.
The Australian Turf Club has rejected a plan to sell Rosehill racecourse to the NSW government.
The federal government will not offer buybacks to residents affected by the NSW floods, Anthony Albanese has said, saying that decision is a state issue.
The NSW police minister, Yasmin Catley, has announced a new effort called Taskforce Falcon after a spate of gangland violence.
Queensland nurses are set to walk off the job after 96.5% of union members voted to strike this week.
A 32-year-old woman has been charged with murder after the death of a child at a home in a Queensland coastal town.
Adelaide residents have pushed back at Tesla’s bid for a new factory in the city’s south, targeting Elon Musk and the company’s environmental and ethical credentials.
Norway’s Princess Ingrid Alexandra will move to Australia to study at the University of Sydney.
Thanks so much for your company. We’ll be back early tomorrow morning for a big Wednesday of news. See you then.
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Man charged over alleged looting in mid-north coast after flooding
A man has been charged over alleged looting in the flood-affected mid-north coast.
At about 3.45am today, police were called to Mortimer Street in Wingham after concerns about suspicious activity.
Police allegedly saw a man placing items into a hatchback. A police search of the vehicle found tools, paintings, family photos, DVDs, a fish tank, lamp, tyres and other personal items.
The man, 44, was given a roadside drug test and allegedly returned a positive detection for methamphetamine. He has been charged with goods in personal custody being stolen and breach of bail.
Manning/Great Lakes police district crime manager, Det Insp Natalie Antaw, said extra resources had been assigned to prevent offending in the area.
“We encourage the public to report any suspicious behaviour to police as soon as possible so that we can take action,” she said.
“I’d also like to remind people that taking any goods that are not yours, no matter where they are found, is an offence – even if the items have been moved from their original place by flood waters.”
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