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Star News Briefing
Star news flash briefing brings you the latest Australian and World news, from politics to sport and entertainment headlines.
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Star News BriefingHome Affairs Minister Says Neo-Nazi Setting Standard By Being Deported
South African Man Awaiting Deportation In Immigration Detention. Opposition Accuses Energy Minister Of Ignoring Australia's Power-Price Crisis. Jacinta Allan…
Star News BriefingInquest Into Sea World Helicopter Crash Begins
Coroner to examine a range of issues as inquest into Sea World helicopter crash begins today Australian man banned from Singapore over Wicked For Good red…
Star News BriefingWorld Leaders Defy Donald Trump at G20
Leaders of the world's top economies have defied the U-S by signing joint declaration on climate change Darwin smashed by cyclone Fina True cost of BoM's new…
Star News BriefingPM Set to Hold Key Talks in South Africa
Anthony Albanese will meet with world leaders today for the G20 Summit Donald Trump hand Ukraine an ultimatum Millions of Australians set to have student debts…
Star News BriefingProminent Neo Nazi Charged With Harassing Federal MP
A prominent Neo-Nazi is one of three people charged over alleged online harassment of Federal Politicians and high office holders. A Senate Estimates hearing…
Star News BriefingFederal Police Arrest Neo-Nazi
Self-proclaimed neo-Nazi to front court, accused of harassing a Federal MP Changes for Qantas and Virgin travellers when it comes to using power banks on…
Star News BriefingAustralia Misses Out On Climate Summit Hosting Rights
The Prime Minister says it's disappointing Australia has missed-out on the hosting rights to the COP31 summit. Another Liberal leader stands down And Meghan…
Star News BriefingTeens Booted From Social Media A Week Early
Meta has announced under 16s will be booted from Facebook and Instagram a week before the Federal Government's ban comes into force Residents in Darwin on…
Star News BriefingHollywood Star Delivers Moving Eulogy For John Laws
Celebrities, politicians, former colleagues and family members have gathered to farewell John Laws. Public sector wages continue to outpace pay rises in the…
Star News BriefingLawmakers Prepare To Vote On Release Of Epstein Files
A vote is about to get underway in the US on the release of the Epstein files An IT outage impacts website and causes delays at airports across the country…
Star News BriefingTriple Zero Failure Results In Another Death
The Federal Government says its investigating the death of a T-P-G customer. The boss of the Commonwealth Bank says immigration rates need to be lower. And…
Star News BriefingCampaign To Launch Ahead Of Schoolies
Alcohol awareness campaign to launch ahead of schoolies Australian man jailed after sparking security scare at Singapore premiere of Wicked For Good Backflip…
Star News BriefingTough Day In Top Job For Sussan Ley
Sussan Ley has spent the day fending-off questions about her leadership. More than a quarter of a million scam emails have been sent out impersonating Services…
Star News BriefingAUKUS Job Applicants Security Concerns
Security concerns have been flagged, with one in ten AUKUS job applicants rejected Schools across South Australia and ACT closed over asbestos scare A former…
Star News BriefingNine Injured in Horror Speedway Crash
One man is fighting for life and eight others are injured after a car ploughed into crowds at a NSW speedway Coalition set to ditch net zero target Queensland…
Star News BriefingMelbourne Concert Cancelled Over Crowd Crush Fears
Safety fears have forced organisers to call off a free gig by Aussie rockers Amyl and the Sniffers, just minutes before they were set to take to the stage…
Star News BriefingCriminal History Tracker To Be Established
A national system to be established tracking the criminal history of childcare workers Security scare at the Singapore premiere of Wicked For Good US…
Star News BriefingLiberal Party Dumps Net Zero
The Liberals have agreed to dump net zero, almost five years after agreeing to support the emissions reduction target. Rate cut unlikely with unemployment rate…
Star News BriefingExplosive Emails Released In Epstein Saga
Explosive emails released, appearing to show Donald Trump was aware of Jeffrey Epstein's conduct Liberal party poised to dump net zero after marathon meeting…
Star News BriefingLiberal M-Ps Wrap Up Marathon Meeting On Net Zero
Liberal MPs have wrapped up a marathon meeting on Net Zero. Warnings from Australia's top spy agency. And Hailey Bieber opens up about marriage to hubby…
Star News BriefingNet Zero Showdown Looms
Liberal politicians to meet in Canberra to decide the party's climate policy Date set for Alan Jones' trial UK suspends sharing some intelligence with the US…
Star News BriefingSenior Libs Reject Net Zero
A Senior Liberal insists his party is ready to reject Labor's net zero policy. Remembrance Day services have taken place across Australia. And Liam Gallagher…
Star News BriefingAustralia Marks Remembrance Day
Nation to pause as we mark Remembrance Day IOC edges closer to banning transgender athletes from the games Anthony Albanese pledges to commission statue of…
Star News BriefingOne Month Until New Social Media Laws Kick In
Today marks one-month until the social media ban comes into force, restricting under-16's from various platforms. US Senate has taken a step towards ending the…
Star News BriefingRadio Legend John Laws Dies
Tributes are pouring in for radio legend John Laws following his death at the age of 90 Fresh twist in the search for accused police killer Dezi Freeman…
Star News BriefingNeo-Nazis Granted the Right to Rally by Police
A decision to allow a neo-Nazi rally in Sydney is being urgently reviewed Tributes flow for former MP Graham Richardson Princess Anne continues Royal visit in…
Star News BriefingFirefighters Slam New BoM Site Over Missing Data
Volunteer firefighters say critical fire danger index numbers are missing from the weather bureau's new website Princess Anne begins her Australian visit Woman…
Star News BriefingSussan Ley Faces Leadership Questions Again
The Opposition leader says she's delivering a "credible" policy alternative, as her position is undermined by some colleagues. QANTAS is winding back some…
Star News BriefingPrince Andrew Officially Stripped Of Titles
Prince Andew now officially stripped of his Royal titles with entries in the UK's public record confirming the removal of his birth right and Dukedom Dramatic…
Star News BriefingMassive Spike In Public Sector Jobs
Federal, state and local governments have increased spending on public service jobs over the year to June. An inquiry will get underway into the federal…
Star News BriefingState Of Emergency Declared After Kentucky Plane Crash
Safety Investigators arrive on the scene after nine people were killed in Kentucky plane crash Optus hit by another outage, this time at the hands of vandals…
Star News BriefingNew NYC Mayor Puts Trump On Notice
Despite threats from the U-S President, Zohran Mamdani has claimed victory in city's Mayoral election. The death toll of a cargo plane crash in the U-S has…
Star News BriefingSocial Media Ban Expanded
Celebrations continue well into the night for connections of Half Yours after yesterday's Melbourne Cup win Platforms added to Australia's social media ban for…
Star News BriefingFemale Jockey Wins Melbourne Cup Breaking Records Doing It
The only Aussie horse in the Melbourne cup Half Yours has won this year's Melbourne cup. The Reserve Bank has decided to keep interest rates on hold, as…
Star News BriefingMushroom Cook Killer Files Appeal
Erin Patterson formally files appeal against her murder convictions Clean up underway across Sydney after wet and windy conditions lashed the city While…
Star News BriefingOptus CEO Faces Grilling Over Triple Zero Failure
The P-M is trying to distance his government over the deadly triple-zero failure at Optus. The Liberals say they will not be rushed into a decision on…
Star News BriefingTerrorism Ruled Out In UK Train Stabbing
Police in the UK have ruled out terrorism after a shocking stabbing spree on a train East Coast braces for more wild weather Slip in support for the Coalition…
Star News BriefingQueensland Smashed by Wild Weather
South East Queensland has been pummelled by a super cell storm The Nationals ditch net zero Rate cut looking less likely for cup daySee omnystudio.com/listener…
Star News BriefingThousands Pay Tribute to Victim of Freak Accident
Australian and Indian cricketers have led a tribute at the MCG, remembering Melbourne teen who died after being struck by cricket ball Hope new scheme will…
Star News BriefingLiberals Meet To Discuss Net Zero Position
The Opposition argues emissions can't be drastically reduced, at the expense of higher electricity prices for households and business. No further household…
Star News BriefingPrince Andrew Stripped Of Title
Palace announces Prince Andrew will be stripped of his title and will be moved out of Royal Lodge Another five suspects arrested over Louvre jewellery heist…
Star News BriefingTrump And Xi Meet For First Time In Six Years
Donald Trump has declared his high stakes trade talks with Chinese President XI was "amazing" The Coalition has signalled it will continue talks with the…
Star News BriefingConfession In Louvre Jewellery Heist
Men arrested over Louvre heist partially admit to burglary Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump dine side-by-side ahead of APEC Summit Jack's Law goes global And…
Star News BriefingHopes Of Interest Rate Cut Dashed After Release Of Latest Inflation Data
Inflation Spikes To 3-point-2 Percent Thanks To Rising Energy Bills. Bureau Of Meteorology Asked To Explain Four Million Dollar Website Revamp. AFP Taskforce…
Star News BriefingBiggest Storm of 2025 Makes Landfall
Jamaica has been smashed by Hurricane Melissa, with winds reaching almost 300 kph Concerns for girls, being targeted by an online crime network Amazon to slash…
Star News BriefingTik Tok Faces Accusations Of Bullying And Harassment
A TikTok employee is being accused of bullying and harassment by a Nationals senator. Consumer groups say there has been a spike in the number of people…
Star News BriefingTelcos Put On Notice
Telcos will soon need to report outages to the public immediately Thousands still without power after southeast Queensland hit by wild weather King Charles…
Star News BriefingP-M Talks Flare Incident With Chinese Counterpart
The P-M has raised the deployment of flares near an Australian surveillance aircraft with his Chinese counterpart. Microsoft is being sued for allegedly…
Star News BriefingParts Of The Country Hit By Wild Storms
A major cleanup is underway after southeast Queensland and Melbourne were hit by wild storms A breakthrough in the investigation into the heist at the Louvre…
Star News BriefingAussie Cricketers Targeted by Alleged Stalker
A man has been arrested in India accused of stalking and inappropriate touching of two players during the Womens World Cup Photographers lucky to escape…
Star News BriefingAuthorities Identify Suspected Source of Mass Food Poisoning
QLD heath authorities have found traces of rat poison in a number of foods sold in the Logan area Key talks held in London over next step to end Russia's war…
Star News BriefingWomen Launch Class Action Against ADF
Australian servicewomen are alleging on-going systemic sexual violence, discrimination and harassment in the Defence Force in a new class action. Donald Trump…
Star News BriefingPope Leo And King Charles Make History
Pope Leo and King Charls become first pontiff and Monarch to pray together in 500 years Major breakthrough in the murder of a mother in Sydney Leadership…
Star News BriefingLabor’s Environment Law Revamp In Jeopardy
The Opposition has signalled it may not support Labor's proposed changes to environmental laws. Pauline Hanson has shut down speculation Barnaby Joyce could…
Star News BriefingWild Weather Turns Deadly
Wild weather smashing Australia's turns deadly, with two men killed in Victoria A backflip from the Opposition leader on calls for Kevin Rudd to be sacked King…
Star News BriefingLiberal Senator Breaks Ranks Over Kevin Rudd Comments
A Liberal backbencher is urging her colleagues to stop being "churlish". The Prime Minister's plane is making its way back to Australia, after an unscheduled…
Star News BriefingPM Reinforces Support For Kevin Rudd
The PM has reinforced his support for Kevin Rudd after he was publicly chastised by Donald Trump Wild weather on the way for large parts of the country Fitzroy…
Star News BriefingGovernment Playing Down Awkward Trump Interaction
The Albanese Government is playing-down an awkward interaction between Donald Trump and Kevin Rudd. China claims Australia has "seriously violated" its…
Star News BriefingAlbo Signs Massive Minerals Deal with US
The AUKUS submarine deal will not only continue, but on a faster timeline A win for WA in the event of a natural disaster Some big results in cricket's One Day…
Star News BriefingChina Aircraft Releases Flares At Austalian Military Plane
A Chinese defence aircraft has released flares in close proximity to Australian patrol aircraft. Anthony Albanese has landed in Washington D-C, for his…