A Melbourne man charged with being a member of a terrorist organisation; Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with his Japanese counterpart in New York; Socceroos striker Mohamed Toure in doubt for Australia's Asian Cup campaign.
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- A Melbourne man charged with being a member of a terrorist organisation.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with his Japanese counterpart in New York.
- Socceroos striker Mohamed Toure in doubt for Australia's Asian Cup campaign.
A man has been charged by the Victoria Joint Counter Terrorism Team with being a member of a terrorist organisation.
Police arrested the 65-year-old man, and executed a search warrant at a Carlton home on Wednesday morning, where a mobile phone was seized.
The Australian Federal Police allege the Australian citizen was working as a propagandist for the Islamic extremist terror group and accuse him of sending about 10,000 files containing extremist content, including instructions on how to plan and conduct mass-casualty attacks.
AFP Acting Assistant Commissioner Paula Hudson says police allege the man was a principal distributor of propaganda content, but are investigating other members of the online group based in Australia and elsewhere.
"The group is a large online group, with other associates obviously. We're working with our international partners in relation to other members in that group. We certainly won't be ruling out further arrests in relation to that."
The man who has been charged is expected to face Melbourne Magistrates' Court later today.
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South Australia's premier has announced a $1 million reward for anyone who can provide information about the disappearance of four-year-old boy Gus Lamont.
Sunday will mark 12 months since the child was reported missing from his home at Oak Park Station, a property near Yunta in South Australia.
Gus's mother and father, Jess and Josh Lamont, have issued a statement urging people to come forward with information and cooperate with police.
Announcing the reward, Premier Peter Malinauskas says the case has shocked the nation and has thanked the SA police and emergency services for their efforts to find Gus.
"Put in place a $1 million reward for anyone that is able to provide information that results in us finding Gus or learning more about Gus's circumstances that leads to a finding of a body or resulting in a criminal conviction."
Police say they continue to believe it is unlikely that Gus wandered off or was abducted.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has met with his Japanese counterpart, Sanae Takaichi, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
It's the first time the pair have met since Mr Albanese made controversial comments on a podcast about a gift of melons from the Japanese Prime Minister.
Mr Albanese has also met with French President Emmanuel Macron, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, US President Donald Trump, and Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
During the bilateral meeting with Mr Burnham, Mr Albanese stressed the two countries' shared values and traditions.
"Australia and the UK are of course, great friends. We have history, we have common values. We have a Westminster parliamentary system, that we inherited. And so much of our traditions come from your traditions."
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A dead whale has washed up at a popular surfing beach on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
The juvenile female humpback whale, measuring almost seven metres, washed ashore between Alexandra Headland and Maroochydore late on Tuesday.
It remained there overnight in an exclusion zone before being towed out about 37 kilometres from shore on Wednesday morning.
Samples were taken from the whale in a bid to determine its cause of death.
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The death toll from a passenger ship that capsized and sank in Indonesia's Java Sea has risen to 20.
Rescuers say they expect to find more bodies as the underwater search widens.
The ferry was carrying 243 people, including 30 crew members, as well as an unknown number of vehicles when it capsized in bad weather early on September 13.
The National Rescue Agency says Indonesia's coast guard recovered eight bodies from inside the ship over the past three days, and found two bodies washed ashore around 253 kilometres from the location of the accident.
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Socceroos striker Mohamed Toure requires shoulder surgery and faces months on the sidelines, putting him in doubt for Australia's Asian Cup campaign.
Toure had been in red-hot form with Norwich City, scoring five goals in the opening seven games of the English Championship season.
That included firing home a terrific opener against Bolton before injuring his shoulder in a tussle.
Toure had already been ruled out of Australia's upcoming matches against Brazil in Townsville on Friday night and Brisbane next Tuesday, with Nishan Velupillay called up instead.
