The bodies of two children found hours after a woman pulled from waters in sydney's southwest; Opposition leader Peter Dutton pledges $5 billion dollars in housing investment if he wins the next election; And in sport, Melbourne Victory's captain becomes first player to be sent off in the A-League season.
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In this bulletin;
- The bodies of two children found hours after a woman pulled from waters in Sydney's southwest;
- Opposition leader Peter Dutton pledges $5 billion dollars in housing investment if he wins the next election
- And in sport, Melbourne Victory's captain becomes first player to be sent off in the A-League season.
The bodies of two children have been found following a major search of a bay in Sydney's southwest, hours after a woman was pulled from the waterway.
New South Wales police released a statement saying the trio were seen in distress in Floyd Bay in Lansvale this morning.
The woman was pulled out of the water shortly after but she did not survive.
Authorities could not locate the children initially, prompting an extensive search.
No further details have been released about those involved or the circumstances leading up to the incident.
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Opposition leader Peter Dutton says he intends to restore the Australian dream of home ownership as he announced the Coalition's $5 billion dollar housing investment if they win the next election.
The Liberal and National party have pledged to create at least 500-thousand new homes, as Mr Dutton blamed the Albanese government for rising interest rates and increasing costs of housing construction.
Speaking in Perth, Mr Dutton said the investment would be a game changer for young Australians who are struggling to afford to buy a home.
He shut down the federal government's current target of building 1.2 million homes by the end of the decade.
"If you listen to every credible commentator in the building space, they all talk about increasing supply, and that's exactly what this program is targeted at. The government has had two years to do this, and they haven't done it, and the problem is just compounded for younger Australians, where they've lost hope under this government of home ownership and I tend to restore that hope."
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First Nations Stolen Generations survivors and advocates are calling for the New South Wales Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation to be transformed into a national centre for truth-telling and healing.
This comes as survivors and descendants of survivors travelled back to the site on Dunghutti country to mark 100 years since the opening of the notorious Kinchela Boys home, which housed hundreds of children who were taken from their families during the time of Australia's white assimilation policies.
Uncle Michael Welsh who is a Waliwan man, and a member of the Stolen Generations, told SBS of the journey which led him to the Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Training Home.
Uncle Welsh reflects on a time when his name and identity was taken away from him.
"Seven of us were taken away from my mother at the time. And so I was eight when I walked through these gates of the place here and not to be allowed to use my name anymore. I was given a number, which was number 36. My brother was given a number 17. We were told that if we were to use our names again that we would be punished, and otherwise we would be flogged, sometimes we were made to go without meals. Starved."
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Former US president Barack Obama has campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris in Arizona, hoping to advance Democrat loyalty.
The former president and his wife remain immensely popular with the Democratic base and are expected to be effective closers in the final stretch of a campaign.
During Friday's rally, Obama questioned former President Donald Trump's competence.
He also condemned Trump's tendency to conflate immigrants with a range of issues in America.
"And it doesn't matter what the issue is, housing – health care, education, paying the bills, he'll blame immigrants. He wants you to believe that if you let him round up whoever he wants and ship them out, all your problems will be solved."
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Russia and Ukraine have each swapped 95 prisoners of war, with the United Arab Emirates acting as mediator.
Russia's defence ministry, in a post on the Telegram messaging app, said the returning Russian service members were undergoing medical checks in Belarus.
Video posted on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Telegram account showed men, some wrapped in the blue and yellow Ukrainian flag, getting off a bus well after dark and being embraced by loved ones.
The president said the freed prisoners had served on various fronts, including some who had defended the port city of Mariupol for nearly three months in 2022.
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And in soccer,
Melbourne Victory captain Roderick Miranda has become the first player sent off in the A-League season, following a draw in the opener match.
He was sent off in the 60th minute, after kicking Mikael Doka in the head following an attempt to clear an airborne ball.
The opening match between the Central Coast Mariners and the Melbourne Victory has ended in a nil-all draw.
The grand final rematch took place at the Industree Group Stadium in Gosford on Friday.
