What we learned: Monday 27 May
And that’s where we’ll leave you this Monday evening. Here’s a summary of what we learned today:
Human rights groups are urging the Albanese government to denounce the opposition leader’s criticism of the international criminal court and warnings Australia could withdraw from an international treaty against genocide and war crimes.
Palestinian officials have asked for Australia’s help in “building vibrant democratic institutions” and fighting corruption, as part of talks aimed at meeting the Albanese government’s conditions for recognising Palestine as a state.
WA premier Roger Cook has said the state will pass “toughest gun laws in Australia” after a shooting in Perth over the weekend in which a mother and daughter were killed.
Administrators for grounded budget carrier Bonza have been given a two-month window to try to sell the airline.
Optus has lost an appeal to keep secret a Deloitte report into the 2022 cyber-attack on the company .
The federal court has given Network Ten, Lisa Wilkinson and Bruce Lehrmann another three weeks to sort out a costs deal in an attempt to save spending more on a court-appointed referee.
Students at the pro-Palestine encampment at the Australian National University have been told to relocate by 12pm tomorrow or risk “further action from ACT police”.
Victorian police detectives are appealing for public assistance after Melbourne’s biggest Jewish school was vandalised with antisemitic graffiti last week.
A memorial to Major Mitchell in Castlemaine, central Victoria, has been defaced, with a sign stating “we don’t commemorate other mass murderers in Victoria”.
Regional property prices have soared to record highs as Australia’s housing crisis continues.
A 41-year-old man and 12-year-old girl have died after a multi-vehicle crash in Sydney’s west overnight.
A man has died after being pulled from the surf on the NSW south coast.
We’ll be back again bright and early tomorrow with all the day’s news, live.
Thanks so much for your company.
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‘Like a moving stage’: Brisbane commuters surprised by impromptu ‘train rave’
Commuters on a Sunday evening train were surprised when the Brisbane suburban service was transformed into an ad hoc rave by a local DJ.
Kyel 925, from NO. ONE NETWORK and Liquid Steele Sessions, said the group had been heading from a gig with a media trolley on the Shorncliffe line from Fortitude Valley at about 6.30pm when they had the idea.
They picked an empty carriage, to avoid annoying people who didn’t want to be involved, set up a portable speaker and laptop and started playing some tunes.
Read more about it here:
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