Greg Dyett

Labor launches a new plan to cap political donations; New Zealand's parliament erupts in protest and the Socceroos survive a nail-biting finish to notch a nil-all draw against the Saudi Green Falcons.

Israel's Prime Minister faces the prospect of being arrested if he travels to a country that is a member state of the International Criminal Court. The ICC has issued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's former defence minister Yoav Gallant, and a Hamas leader for alleged war crimes relating to the Gaza war.

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have welcomed a decision by the International Criminal Court to request an arrest warrant for Myanmar's military leader. The warrant is for alleged crimes against humanity committed against Rohingya Muslims.The ICC's chief prosecutor says there are reasonable grounds to believe Min Aung Hlaing bears criminal responsibility for the persecution and deportation of Rohingyas to neighbouring Bangladesh.

Dozens of bills pass the Senate, including a social media ban for children under 16; Russia strikes Ukraine's power grid leaving at least one million people without power and Craig Foster among four people added to Football Australia's Hall of Fame.

A survey has found more than a quarter of Australians expect to receive Christmas presents they will never use or wear. The research by the Australia Institute puts the value of these unwanted gifts at over $1 billion and says many of them will end up as landfill waste.

A survey has found more than a quarter of Australians expect to receive Christmas presents they will never use or wear. The research by the Australia Institute puts the value of these unwanted gifts at over $1 billion and says many of them will end up as landfill waste.

The Coalition has released costings of its nuclear energy plan, priced at about $331 billion dollars over 25 years. That figure is $263 billion dollars less than the federal government's plan which relies on renewable energy. But the figures are at odds with modelling carried out by the CSIRO and the Australian Energy Market Operator.

Australia is experiencing a new form of homophobic violence where the perpetrators use social media to post and boast about their crimes. Police in multiple states are investigating cases where teenagers have used hookup apps to lure their victims before bashing them and filming the assaults, which are then uploaded to social media sites. There has also been an increase in street attacks where teenage offenders have assaulted LGBTIQ+ victims.

Australia is experiencing an increase in homophobic assaults where armed teenage offenders film the attacks and post them on social media.

Police in mutiple states are investigating a new form of homophobic violence where perpetrators use social media to post and boast about their crimes. Teenage offenders are assaulting and robbing people after using hook-up apps like Grindr to lure their victims. In some cases, the attacks are filmed and then uploaded to social media. There's also been an increase in street attacks involving teenage offenders. The CEO of Thorne Harbour Health in Melbourne, Simon Ruth, is calling for a nationally coordinated response and he's speaking here to Greg Dyett.