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- A man is shot dead trying to enter President Trump's Florida home.
- Opposition continues to call for passports to be denied to women and children with alleged IS links.
- And in sport, Australian Indra Brown finishes fifth in the Women’s Freeski Halfpipe at the Milano Cortina Games.
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US Secret Service says agents have fatally shot an armed man who entered the secure perimeter of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
Mr Trump, who is currently in Washington, was not at the social club at the time.
The Secret Service said the man killed was carrying a shotgun and a fuel can.
Special Agent-in-Charge Rafael Barros - from the US Secret Service Miami field office - says law enforcement agents acted swiftly.
"Two special agents from the Secret Service and a deputy from the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office were involved in an officer-involved shooting while responding to an armed individual at one of the gates at Mar-a-Lago. Preliminary information indicates that the individual was armed with a shotgun in possession of a gasoline canister. Agents and the deputy discharged their firearms to stop the threat. At this time, no law enforcement personnel were injured during the incident."
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The opposition has continued its calls for passports to be refused for Australian women and children with links to former IS group fighters.
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says the threshold has not been reached to bar the entire group from receiving travel documents to Australia, despite declaring the government does not want them to return.
Experts have also argued that members of the group could face a greater chance of radicalisation if they are forced to stay in Syria.
But opposition home affairs spokesman Jonathon Duniam says the laws need to be changed to stop the cohort from returning to Australia.
"They are coming and the government is letting it happen... We accept of course that there are responsibilities a government has to their citizens, just like there are responsibilities citizens have to their country. Not to travel to Syria, not to sign up to the work of a death cult, ISIS. And this is why we don't think they should be coming back to Australia, and the government should be pulling every lever to ensure that we don't import that risk back into our country."
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Pro-Palestinian protesters have marched through the Sydney CBD for the first time since a restriction on demonstrations was lifted by the New South Wales government following the Bondi terror attack.
New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon has said he no longer needed the powers of the public assembly restriction declaration in some areas of Sydney.
The protesters say they were rallying against the Israeli government's actions in Gaza and the West Bank, and speaking out against what they called 'police brutality' during clashes at a rally against the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog earlier this month.
Palestinian Action group spokesperson Josh Lees says police conduct at the rally needs to be scrutinised.
"Thankfully there will be an investigation conducted by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission, so that's a good step, but of course we need to put a lot of pressure on this commission, and in general, to make sure we actually get outcomes from that."
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Liane MacKessy's 'Crescendo' has won the Tropfest 2026 award - the world 's largest short film festival.
Jury President Margot Robbie called the short film “pitch perfect”.
Thousands of film lovers were at Centennial Park yesterday for the Tropfest 2026 award.
After a seven-year hiatus, there were 16 finalists competing for a $50,000 top prize.
The star studded red carpet was also graced with ‘Succession' sensation Sarah Snook - who was on the panel.
"I think it's a really great way to cut your teeth and figure out what story telling is about, what film making is all about. When you've got 7 minutes to tell a story you have to be really judicious and it really sorts out the best from the worst in a way."
Founded in 1993 by John Polson, Tropfest has launched the careers of filmmakers and actors alike.
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In sport,
Melbourne schoolgirl Indra Brown has missed out in her quest to become Australia's youngest Winter Olympic medallist at just 16, finishing fifth in the final of the freeski halfpipe on the last day of the Milano Cortina Games.
The 16-year-old, who soared from nowhere to top the World Cup standings this season, had been hoping to provide a glorious flourish to Australia's most successful games by landing medal number seven.
But as winter sport's biggest superstar Eileen Gu laid down two spectacular runs to take her third career Olympic gold, Brown certainly didn't let herself down with a fine last-round run of 87.00 that thrust her from 10th place to fifth.
The result is the second-highest finish for an Australian Winter Olympic teenager in history, behind two-time Olympic Champion Jakara Anthony, who placed fourth as a 19-year-old in her moguls debut in 2018.
