A youth curfew in Alice Springs extended; Rates of domestic violence in Australia in the spotlight; And in football, a new team line-up for the Matildas in their friendly against Mexico.
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In this bulletin;
- A youth curfew in Alice Springs extended;
- Rates of domestic violence in Australia in the spotlight;
- And in football, a new team line-up for the Matildas in their friendly against Mexico.
The fortnight curfew in Alice Springs has been extended by six days.
The curfew bans those under the age of 18 from being in public in the town between 6pm and 6am.
Despite warnings earlier this month that the curfew is possibly illegal, NT Chief Minister Eva Lawler says the decision has been made to let the curfew run for another six days.
"The youth curfew will run until 6am on Tuesday the 1first day back at school. The youth curfew will cover the entire school holidays. We've seen very encouraging results with the youth curfew. The police, the department of Education, Territory families and health and other service providers will continue to work together much closer than they have been doing before the youth curfew."
Lawyer Jared Sharp, from the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency, says the curfew is not going to make the community safer, adding it criminalises vulnerable young people.
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Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has condemned the rates of domestic violence in the country.
She says the alleged murder of 23-year-old Hannah McGuire by her partner in Ballarat at the weekend is unacceptable - and the death of 18 women so far this year shows the issue of domestic violence must be dealt with and stopped.
The family of Ms McGuire were emotionally distressed as they stood behind their lawyer outside the court where the accused, a 21-year-old from Ballarat, appeared after being charged with murder.
Police prosecutor Steve Repac has requested a period of 16 weeks to gather evidence before handing it over to the defence.
The case is expected to return to court again in July.
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Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil says the government is taking steps to better prepare to face the threat of large-scale cyberattacks on critical infrastructure like the energy grid and hospital networks.
She made the remarks during a speech to the national security conference hosted by Australian National University in Canberra.
Ms O'Neil says a number of changes are being made to ensure Australians are better protected.
"We're working closely with industry leaders at the moment to co-design landmark cybersecurity legislation. So this is going to do some very important work for us in setting new regulatory standards for cybersecurity, particularly for internet of thing devices. We are also going to make ransomware reporting mandatory through law. And establish a cyberincident review board."
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The first study to quantify the environmental burdens of what's called 'forever chemicals' has found Australian drinking water remains safe, but the same may not apply globally.
The group of more than 14,000 human-made chemicals do not break down fully in the environment - and are used in consumer goods for their properties in resisting heat, water, grease and stains.
They are found in everyday appliances from non-stick pans to clothing, insecticides, food packaging and firefighting foam.
An international study, led by UNSW, has looked into the concentration levels of the chemicals in Australia - and assessed the levels of contamination in surface and groundwater across the globe.
Many locations in Australia had chemicals above recommended drinking water levels, but they tended to be in areas where firefighting foams had been used in the past, like military institutions and fire training facilities.
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In football, Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson says there will be a new team lineup and game tactics on display in the Mexico friendly tomorrow morning.
The team takes on the current world No.31 in San Antonio.
Injury has taken out a number of players, including Emily Gielnik, Aivi Luik, Katrina Gorry, Clare Hunt, Courtney Nevin and Chloe Logarzo.
Gustavsson says the game will be an opportunity to experiment and try things that need to improve come the Olympics.
Australia's final Olympics opponent will be confirmed on Wednesday when Zambia and Morocco complete their two-legged qualifier.
