What we learned today, Monday 20 May
We are wrapping up the blog for tonight. Here’s what made the news:
Millions of Australian children could be barred from using social media platforms under changes put forward by state premiers who want better protection of minors from online harm.
The defence minister, Richard Marles, has said that Australia is “standing by” to airlift the 300 Australians currently in New Caledonia.
The University of Queensland has warned pro-Palestine protesters they could face disciplinary action for chanting “out, out, Israel out” or displaying posters which read “intifada” at rallies.
The University of Melbourne has issued a loudspeaker announcement to pro-Palestine protesters camped within a department building, warning they are trespassing if they do not leave campus ground and could face police action.
The University of Sydney has underpaid casual staff an estimated $70.1m, its latest annual report released today shows.
New South Wales police have charged more than 550 people during a four-day operation targeting alleged domestic and family violence offenders.
NSW police say the death of a man and child is being investigated as a murder-suicide.
The federal court’s Justice Melissa Perry has handed down a decision rejecting the existence of a duty of care by the Australian government to limit the length of time non-citizens spend in detention.
The electoral commission says it is expecting deepfake videos and voice “clones” to feature in election misinformation at coming Australian polls.
A man who allegedly stabbed a police officer in the head in Sydney’s CBD has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent to murder.
The deputy Liberal leader, Sussan Ley, says Australian radio stations should ban the music of American rapper Sean Combs (AKA Diddy) after video was published of him beating his former girlfriend in a hotel in 2016.
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Queensland police and premier warn against vigilantism after former LNP MP allegedly assaulted
Queensland police and political leaders are urging people not to intervene in crime matters after alleged vigilantism, AAP reports.
Police were called to a disturbance in Holloways Beach near Cairns on Friday where officers seized weapons and arrested two people.
Four hours later police were back on the same suburban street after reports of people armed with weapons having hit several people and a car before leaving the scene on foot.
The former Liberal National party MP for Cairns Michael Trout said he was assaulted and left with facial injuries.
Police continue to patrol areas of Holloways Beach but have asked the community not to take matters into their own hands.
A 15-year-old boy and a 47-year-old man have been charged with being armed to cause fear after the first incident on Friday.
Later in the evening police said a 23-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man received non-life-threatening injuries and were treated at the scene and a 31-year-old man was taken to Cairns hospital for treatment.
The Queensland premier, Steven Miles, said there was no place in the state for vigilantism because it brought significant risk to the community.
He told reporters on Monday:
The police will constantly say that if you need their assistance call them.
You don’t want to make their job even harder and that’s what they say happens when people try to take things into their own hands.
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