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Australia has recorded its largest number of Indigenous deaths in custody in over 40 years.
Official figures show 33 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people died in custody across the nation in 2024.
It is the highest number since 1979, and brings the total to 617 since the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe says the data is a "national disgrace" and is demanding urgent action from the Albanese government.
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United States President Donald Trump has announced the U-S has taken possession of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
Mr Trump says the seizure was led by the U-S Coast Guard and supported by the U-S Navy.
The Trump administration has repeatedly threatened a ground operation into Venezuela, and mobilised approximately 15,000 U-S troops and over a dozen navy vessels to the Caribbean Sea.
The Venezuelan government claims the U-S is seeking to seize their large oil reserves to enrich themselves.
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Iceland's public broadcaster R-U-V has announced the country will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest.
It's the fifth country to pull out after Israel was given the go-ahead to compete - and the broadcaster's director general, Stefan Eiriksson, has said the decision was a simple one.
"I informed the board that the executive management had already made the decision yesterday not to take part in Eurovision next year, simply because there is neither peace nor joy surrounding this competition as things currently stand, and on that basis we are stepping back while the situation is as it is."
Australia's SBS network has already indicated it will not withdraw from airing the contest.
It has released a statement saying that as a public broadcaster, making a decision to be involved based on the inclusion or exclusion of any country would undermine SBS’s editorial independence and impartiality.
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Australia's social media ban has been hailed a success - despite teenagers already finding ways to get around it.
Little-known social media apps Lemon8, Yope and Coverstar, which are not yet covered by the ban, have shot to the top of Apple's App Store charts.
Other kids have reportedly tried strategies like using makeup to fool platform age technology.
There's also reports that underage users have been able to create new accounts on platforms that are covered by the ban - namely Reddit and Twitch.
E-Safety commissioner Julie Inman Grant says non-compliance won't be tolerated.
"I 100% believe that these companies have the technical capability to achieve this, and they may have come into this kicking and screaming, but now it's time for them to show us their stuff. We have to work with the platforms and make sure that they're continuing to innovate and improve."
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Australian households on less than six-figure incomes are struggling to cover rent for a typical capital city house.
That's according to a report released by property listings marketplace Domain today.
To afford the median rental house, a household must earn more than $112,000 a year - a 51 per cent increase compared to 2019.
Domain says rent has since outpaced growth in incomes and made large swathes of the nation unaffordable for many renters.
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The Queensland Government has passed legislation which repeals renewable energy targets and extends the lives of the states coal-fired power stations.
The Climate Council says extending or expanding coal and gas power stations will help to drive more frequent and extreme weather.
But energy minister David Janetzki has previously said their approach is more realistic.
"Labor's renewable energy targets were always unachievable. Repealing the targets means Queensland's energy system will reflect a more pragmatic approach to our changing energy mix."
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Australians will be impacted by a new US plan to screen the social media of visitors.
The Department of Homeland Security is proposing that all visitors applying for an ESTA visa waiver provide their social media histories alongside phone records, and details of family members.
CBS Immigration expert Camilo Montoya-Galvez says that may persuade some people they don't want to visit after all.
"The proposed changes could negatively impact tourism here to the US, especially months before the US hosted the World Cup alongside Canada and Mexico next summer. "
