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A woman remains in critical condition following a domestic-related triple stabbing in Dandenong North, Clare Testoni has publicly addressed the betrayal following the imprisonment of author Craig Silvey for child exploitation offenses, and Adelaide United legend Bruce Djite has defended coach Airton Andrioli amid the clubs recent string of losses. ⸻ Stories & Sources Woman critical, two others injured after triple stabbing near Dandenong schoolhttps://findsource.ai/s/1i8yn ‘Great betrayal’: Silvey’s ex breaks silencehttps://findsource.ai/s/1hhjv ‘Earnt the time’: Club great backs under-fire Reds coachhttps://findsource.ai/s/1tqip ⸻ Stressful news? Relax into the sound. Soli Sound Pillow.https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn ⸻ Advertise on [email protected] AboutThis automated news briefing is based on publicly available reporting. Powered by Fastcast AI. Know more. Less time. [email protected]

South Australian police are investigating threatening messages left at an MPs office, Queensland’s Labor opposition has raised concerns over proposed expansions to police powers in domestic violence cases, and a government committee has recommended the controversial legislation proceed despite warnings regarding corruption risks. ⸻ Stories & Sources Threatening, sexist messages scrawled on balloons left at MP's officehttps://findsource.ai/s/mc6cn Labor flags corruption risks for widening police DV powershttps://findsource.ai/s/xd47r WA Police eyeing purpose-built booze bus to crack down on drunk-driving in the regionshttps://findsource.ai/s/1uqf7 ⸻ Stressful news? Relax into the sound. Soli Sound Pillow.https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn ⸻ Advertise on [email protected] AboutThis automated news briefing is based on publicly available reporting. Powered by Fastcast AI. Know more. Less time. [email protected]

A New South Wales parliamentary inquiry is investigating the safety of emerging contact sports following medical warnings about head injury risks, and Melbourne City coach Aurelio Vidmar is preparing to face former championship defender German Ferreyra in an upcoming A-League match against the Western Sydney Wanderers. ⸻ Stories & Sources Death a ‘distinct possibility’ in collision running and face-slapping competitions, inquiry hearshttps://findsource.ai/s/5zuvf A-League title hero returns to City as enemyhttps://findsource.ai/s/15rzz ⸻ Stressful news? Relax into the sound. Soli Sound Pillow.https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn ⸻ Advertise on [email protected] AboutThis automated news briefing is based on publicly available reporting. Powered by Fastcast AI. Know more. Less time. [email protected]

Craig Langford was denied bail after allegedly threatening jockey Michelle Payne, former CFMEU leader John Setka admitted to breaching workplace laws by targeting an AFL official, and a new Royal Commission will investigate allegations of union influence and corruption within Victoria’s Big Build infrastructure projects. ⸻ Stories & Sources Alleged stalker who threatened to kill jockey Michelle Payne denied bailhttps://findsource.ai/s/8dpqf John Setka admits to campaign against AFL umpiring chief, but says his future is too uncertain to pay financial penaltyhttps://findsource.ai/s/1gmdk Sunbury level crossing removal will kick off probe into Big Build corruptionhttps://findsource.ai/s/j2q05 ⸻ Stressful news? Relax into the sound. Soli Sound Pillow.https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn ⸻ Advertise on [email protected] AboutThis automated news briefing is based on publicly available reporting. Powered by Fastcast AI. Know more. Less time. [email protected]

The federal government is implementing stricter spending controls amid public sector wage disputes, Jett Cleary has signed a two-year contract to return to the Penrith Panthers, and police are investigating a triple stabbing in Melbourne that left three people hospitalized. ⸻ Stories & Sources What does cost cutting mean for APS wages? This week's digest of public sector newshttps://findsource.ai/s/3vv2l Shock as Cleary signs with rival clubhttps://findsource.ai/s/1cr9c School locked down after triple stabbinghttps://findsource.ai/s/1xkrb ⸻ Stressful news? Relax into the sound. Soli Sound Pillow.https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn ⸻ Advertise on [email protected] AboutThis automated news briefing is based on publicly available reporting. Powered by Fastcast AI. Know more. Less time. [email protected]

The City of Sydney is reducing shared e-bike fleets to address footpath congestion, a court has denied bail for Sam Wood following assault charges, and Myer has unveiled its annual Christmas window display amid ongoing retail industry instability in Melbourne. ⸻ Stories & Sources Revealed: The plan to strip 5000 e-bikes from Sydney’s streetshttps://findsource.ai/s/1agd8 Sam Wood’s support revealed in partly redacted bail documentshttps://findsource.ai/s/hddug Ghosts of Christmases past, present and future loom over Myer windowshttps://findsource.ai/s/16ek7 ⸻ Stressful news? Relax into the sound. Soli Sound Pillow.https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn ⸻ Advertise on [email protected] AboutThis automated news briefing is based on publicly available reporting. Powered by Fastcast AI. Know more. Less time. [email protected]

The Fair Work Commission dismissed an unfair dismissal claim regarding a pizza topping dispute, a new analysis identified the chicken parmigiana as Melbourne’s most popular pub meal, and a convicted former police officer testified that panic caused his delay in surrendering to authorities. ⸻ Stories & Sources ‘We’re not in Italy. We’re in Australia’: Boss speaks out over pineapple pizza sackinghttps://findsource.ai/s/jz0s8 These are the 13 most common Australian meals served in Melbournehttps://findsource.ai/s/1o877 ⸻ Stressful news? Relax into the sound. Soli Sound Pillow.https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn ⸻ Advertise on [email protected] AboutThis automated news briefing is based on publicly available reporting. Powered by Fastcast AI. Know more. Less time. [email protected]

Over three hundred social service organizations are urging the federal government to restore funding for the crisis support platform Ask Izzy, Clare Testoni has publicly addressed the conviction of author Craig Silvey, and a man has been charged with manslaughter following the death of his newborn son. ⸻ Stories & Sources Fighting for Ask Izzy: why 300 groups want funding restored for this lifelinehttps://findsource.ai/s/l08bi Craig Silvey’s ex-partner Clare Testoni breaks silence for first time following disgraced author’s convictionhttps://findsource.ai/s/1i3kc Matthew Winmar: Young father charged with manslaughter nearly three months after death of newborn sonhttps://findsource.ai/s/12v0a ⸻ Stressful news? Relax into the sound. Soli Sound Pillow.https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn ⸻ Advertise on [email protected] AboutThis automated news briefing is based on publicly available reporting. Powered by Fastcast AI. Know more. Less time. [email protected]

Queensland’s police minister has condemned a flawed police station lease agreement due to governance failures, Tennis Australia will extend the Australian Open schedule to include a new family-focused event, and Socceroos winger Awer Mabil has confirmed his availability for upcoming matches despite ongoing security concerns regarding the teams travel. ⸻ Stories & Sources People ‘need to be held accountable’ for police station debacle: ministerhttps://findsource.ai/s/a17pt Australian Open to begin a day earlier in 2027 – just don’t expect tournament tennishttps://findsource.ai/s/j00qr Socceroo ready to defy safety fears if chosenhttps://findsource.ai/s/bne5j ⸻ Stressful news? Relax into the sound. Soli Sound Pillow.https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn ⸻ Advertise on [email protected] AboutThis automated news briefing is based on publicly available reporting. Powered by Fastcast AI. Know more. Less time. [email protected]

Former union leader John Setka has admitted to unlawful conduct in a campaign against an AFL official, a Perth man has been charged with manslaughter following the death of his infant son, and the CFMEU is undergoing restructuring amid ongoing legal scrutiny. ⸻ Stories & Sources Union boss broke law in AFL threathttps://findsource.ai/s/1f28c Dad charged over death of 5mo sonhttps://findsource.ai/s/1h3jp ⸻ Stressful news? Relax into the sound. Soli Sound Pillow.https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn ⸻ Advertise on [email protected] AboutThis automated news briefing is based on publicly available reporting. Powered by Fastcast AI. Know more. Less time. [email protected]

Lisa from Googong won the Capture the Energy photography competition, Australia’s modest rise in fertility rates faces threats from ongoing cost-of-living pressures, and the pop duo Bachelor Girl announced a thirty-date national tour for 2027. ⸻ Stories & Sources Residents of the Canberra region were asked to capture the energy of their surrounds. The results were remarkable.https://findsource.ai/s/1yf8e Babies made a comeback - but that was before the latest rate riseshttps://findsource.ai/s/11p1q Heartbreak, Nostalgia, and ‘Cheap Therapy’-Why Bachelor Girl’s return is sure to resonate.https://findsource.ai/s/gle5c ⸻ Stressful news? Relax into the sound. Soli Sound Pillow.https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn ⸻ Advertise on [email protected] AboutThis automated news briefing is based on publicly available reporting. Powered by Fastcast AI. Know more. Less time. [email protected]

Two teenagers have been charged with aggravated sexual assault following an abduction in Sydney, former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has testified that he killed Jesse Baird in self-defense, and the One Nation party is distancing itself from the American MAGA movement to refocus on domestic economic issues. ⸻ Stories & Sources Teenagers charged after alleged gunpoint rape of Sydney womanhttps://findsource.ai/s/16ndf ‘I stand by that first shot’: Lamarre-Condon admits killing former TV presenterhttps://findsource.ai/s/1we6q The four lessons Hanson needs to learn from the Trump dumphttps://findsource.ai/s/1y0m8 ⸻ Stressful news? Relax into the sound. Soli Sound Pillow.https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn ⸻ Advertise on [email protected] AboutThis automated news briefing is based on publicly available reporting. Powered by Fastcast AI. Know more. Less time. [email protected]

Brisbane City Council has ordered the euthanasia of a dog involved in a recent attack, an Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation determined that pilot error rather than drug use caused a fatal crop duster crash in South Australia, and the aviation operator has since implemented enhanced safety protocols for managing powerline hazards. ⸻ Stories & Sources Council proposes to euthanise dog involved in gruesome attackhttps://findsource.ai/s/1rttm Major find in fatal crop duster crashhttps://findsource.ai/s/1o9yd ⸻ Stressful news? Relax into the sound. Soli Sound Pillow.https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn ⸻ Advertise on [email protected] AboutThis automated news briefing is based on publicly available reporting. Powered by Fastcast AI. Know more. Less time. [email protected]

Liberal MP Jordan Lane has announced his departure from state politics, a fire destroyed a Christmas display at Westfield Belconnen, and a survivor of the April Westfield Bondi Junction stabbing attack has died from their injuries. ⸻ Stories & Sources ‘Taken its toll’: First-term Liberal MP in shock departurehttps://findsource.ai/s/nyz3d Early morning fire destroys Christmas display in mallhttps://findsource.ai/s/pyoyj Bondi terror attack survivor dies in hospitalhttps://findsource.ai/s/1tq5h ⸻ Stressful news? Relax into the sound. Soli Sound Pillow.https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn ⸻ Advertise on [email protected] AboutThis automated news briefing is based on publicly available reporting. Powered by Fastcast AI. Know more. Less time. [email protected]

Victoria’s Labor Party faces a significant decline in polling support amid controversy over an AI-generated campaign video, police have secured a Melbourne school following a public stabbing incident, and authorities are investigating the alleged sexual assault of a teenager in Sydney. ⸻ Stories & Sources Labor crashes behind One Nation in pollhttps://findsource.ai/s/1o55b Three people stabbed, plunging nearby school into lockdown in Melbourne’s south-easthttps://findsource.ai/s/2a8mn Teenage girl allegedly choked, sexually assaulted in Sydney apartmenthttps://findsource.ai/s/1ihf1 ⸻ Stressful news? Relax into the sound. Soli Sound Pillow.https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn ⸻ Advertise on [email protected] AboutThis automated news briefing is based on publicly available reporting. Powered by Fastcast AI. Know more. Less time. [email protected]