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- Northern Territory Police reject calls for an independent death-in-custody probe in Alice Springs
- Chaotic scenes in Gaza at a food aid distribution site
- An anti-violence video campaign launched at the Collingwood Hawthorn AFL game
Police have rejected calls for an independent inquiry into the death of a young disabled Indigenous man in an Alice Springs supermarket.
Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy and advocates like Amnesty International are among those who believe an independent death in custody probe may be warranted.
But Northern Territory Police say it is not necessary.
Acting Commissioner Martin Dole has said in a statement their investigation will operate under strict protocols with full transparency and be independently reviewed by the coroner.
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Defence Minister Richard Marles has met with his US and Japanese counterparts in the first trilateral talks since both the US and Australian elections.
The meetings have taken place on the sidelines of Asia's premier security forum in Singapore, the Shangri-La Dialogue, marking his first overseas visit since Labor's re-election.
Mr Marles says US defence secretary Pete Hegseth remains committed to the alliance and the deal.
"The defence relationship between Australia and the United States, it couldn't have been a better first meeting. We're really, as a government, excited about taking the relationship forward and we feel really optimistic about it."
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At least 111 people are confirmed dead in central Nigeria after floods submerged the market town of Mokwa.
Local government officials say the death toll stems from both heavy rains that lasted for several hours and a dam collapse in a nearby town that worsened the situation.
State emergency agency spokesman Ibrahim Audu Husseinit says officials expect the death toll to rise even higher as the search continues for potential survivors.
Mokwa, about 220 kilometres west of the capital Abuja, is a major meeting point where traders from the south buy food from growers in the north.
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A Palestinian man has described chaotic scenes as he waited for food at a new distribution site run by a US and Israeli-backed foundation.
Shehada Hijazi says Israeli soldiers opened fire on the crowd as hundreds rushed towards the boxes that had been left stacked on the ground on wooden pallets at the centre.
He says people pushed and shoved for hours as they waited outside the site before it opened.
The site is run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the private contractor that Israel says will replace the UN in feeding Gaza's more than two million people.
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Activists who targeted a Woodside shareholder meeting with flares and a stench gun have faced court in Perth.
The three protesters are due to be sentenced on downgraded charges next week after they pled guilty to disrupting the company's AGM.
Campaign group Disrupt Burrup Hub have gathered outside the WA District Court during the group’s appearance, with the rally doubling as a protest against the recent decision to extend the Northwest Shelf project in the Burrup Peninsula.
One of the trio - Jessie Noakes - says she appreciated their support.
"It took Murray Watt two weeks to decide to approve the North West Shelf. It's two years and counting and the government still haven't decided what they want to do with us. We have pleaded guilty this morning to attempting to do an act to create false belief, which is a little ironic, because what we're actually attempting to do, and have been for some time, is to accurately convey an apprehension about the full scale of Woodsides Burrup Hub for future generations for our culture for our climate for our energy prices for the cost of living, and for the community, and everyday Australians right around the country."
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Jack Ball has won the Ramsay Art Prize for an immersive photographic and sculptural installation, inspired by a scrapbook collection in the Australian Queer Archives.
His work includes fragments and glimpses of queer histories, layering archival materials with personal images and soft form sculptures, and creating an interplay between the past and the present.
The 39-year-old has been announced as the winner of the prize at a ceremony at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
The trans man was among 22 finalists selected from a record field of more than 500 entries for the $100,000 biennial prize, awarded to a contemporary Australian artist aged under 40.
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An anti-family violence campaign has been played during the Collingwood Hawthorn AFL game overnight at the MCG in Melbourne.
The video broadcast - initiated by the head of the family court - has featured Hugh Jackman, Eric Bana, Usman Khawaja and the captains of both teams.
Hawks captain James Sicily: "Let's lead by example and show our children and young men that violence is never OK".
Pies skipper Darcy Moore: "All men can help end violence against women in our community."
The Hawks lost by 51 points to the Magpies in the match itself [[107 to 56]].
Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell reportedly pulled his players in for a long meeting after the game, asking them where it is going wrong.
