Prime Minister Anthony Albanese asked whether he raised Chinese naval incident at APEC summit, new charges laid over an alleged hit-and-run after the death of South Australia Police Comissioner's son, and in tennis, Australian Matt Ebden has been thwarted in his bid to become the world number one doubles player.
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- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese asked whether he raised Chinese naval incident at APEC summit
- New charges laid over an alleged hit-and-run after the death of South Australia Police Comissioner's son
- Australian Matt Ebden has been thwarted in his bid to become the world number one doubles player
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is facing continued questions over whether he raised a naval incident in meetings with China as he arrives back in Australia from the APEC summit in San Francisco.
Mr Albanese has hailed "very successful" meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the conference, but this has been overshadowed by the revelation that Australian naval divers were injured after a run-in with a Chinese warship on Tuesday (November 14).
The Opposition has questioned why the government had not issued details of the incident, which saw divers from HMAS Toowoomba blasted by sonar from a People's Liberation Army-Navy destroyer in international waters around Japan, until five days after it had taken place.
Nationals Leader David Littleproud has told Channel 9's Today the incident is a "timely reminder" Australia's defence forces are operating in a contested space.
"The Prime Minister would have learnt about this as soon as the incident happened, and he would have had the opportunity while he was rubbing shoulders with President Xi, to raise this matter with him, and I think it's important that the Australian people understand whether he did."
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Charges have been upgraded over the death of the South Australia police commissioner's son, the victim of an alleged hit-and-run incident during schoolies celebrations.
The 18-year-old driver's charges now include causing death by dangerous driving, after it was announced 18-year-old Charlie Stevens has died surrounded by friends and family at around 7pm on Saturday (November 18).
The son of Commissioner Grant Stevens sustained an irreversible brain injury after being run down about 9pm on Friday (November 17) in Goolwa, about 90km southeast of Adelaide.
South Australian state police Minister Joe Scakazs says Commissioner Stevens and his family have the support of the South Australian community.
"I know that I speak on behalf of all South Australians to express my sorrow for Grant and his family, my support for Grant and his family. And, just as Grant has stood with South Australians and stood for South Australians, I know that South Australians will be standing with Grant."
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The federal government says it is unlikely all of the 340 people in indefinite immigration detention will be released following a High Court decision finding the practice unlawful.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil has defended emergency legislation passed requiring more than 90 people already released to be fitted with ankle monitors and face imprisonment if they breach tight reporting requirements.
Ms O'Neil says the 340 figure includes those already released, and that the High Court's decision in the case of Rohingya man convicted of child sexual abuse would likely not apply to all of them.
She has told Sky News the government is unable to legislate to redetain some of those released, including convicted rapists and murderers, following repeated suggestions by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.
"This is a full-court, High Court constitutional decision, which is telling us the Australian government does not have the power to do the thing that Peter Dutton is saying should be done. If it were up to me, all of these people would still be in detention, that was why they were continuing to be detained when the High Court made its call."
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In tennis,
Australian Matt Ebden has been thwarted in his bid to become the world number one doubles player after getting knocked out in the last-four at the ATP Finals in Turin (November 19).
Ebden suffered an off day after he and his Indian partner Rohan Bopanna were beaten 7-5, 6-4 in the semi-finals by Spain's Marcel Granollers and Argentina's Horacio Zeballos.
In a match dominated by serve, two poor service games from Ebden, one in either set, was enough to tip the tie decisively in favour of Granollers and Zeballos, who claimed an 80-minute victory.
The pair have ended Ebden and Bopanna's chances of finishing the season as the world number one team, while enhancing their own hopes of achieving the same landmark.
