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Late last night it was revealed that seven people, including four young Australians, are missing off the west coast of Indonesia after their wooden boat was hit by bad weather.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed a search and rescue operation is currently underway.
The four Australians are Elliot Foote, Steph Weisse, Will Teagle and Jordan Short. A statement from their families said: "Our hearts are aching…We continue to pray and hold out hope they will be found.”
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The quote
"I think we can all agree Elon isn’t serious and it’s time to move on." – Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in a post to Threads, discussing his proposed cage fight with X owner Elon Musk.
The stat
370
The number of bus driver jobs currently vacant across Greater Sydney, according to a new report funded by the NSW Government.
Today in history
2021: Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul was captured by the Taliban.
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Some headlines from this morning:
Pauline Hanson has sacked Mark Latham as leader of the NSW branch of the One Nation party. Latham said he was stripped of his role on Wednesday, due to a fall in One Nation votes during March’s state election. He accused Hanson of hypocrisy, saying she should “buy a mirror” if she’s worried about underperformance.
Australian Alex de Minaur has climbed to his best-ever tennis ranking two weeks before the U.S. Open. De Minaur rose to 12th in the world after making the final of the Canadian Open, which he then lost in straight sets. The U.S. Open is the final grand slam tournament of the year, and will take place in New York.
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Last night, a man was arrested at Sydney Airport on a Malaysia Airlines flight after threatening staff and passengers.
Flight MH122 left Sydney at about 1pm yesterday, travelling from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur, but was forced to turn around due to the man's actions.
Videos posted to social media show the man shouting at staff while holding a bag to his chest.
In a statement, Malaysia Airlines said: "In the interests of safety, the commander of the flight made the decision to return to Sydney.
"The flight, carrying 194 passengers and five crew onboard, landed safely at 3.47pm hours."
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TW: Sexual abuse
Miss Universe organisers have cut ties with the pageant's Indonesian arm amid claims of sexual abuse.
It's alleged that 30 finalists were subjected to a strip search, while five contestants were allegedly photographed topless at the 2022 Miss Universe Indonesia (MUID) pageant.
In a social media post, organisers said "it has become clear that this franchise has not lived up to our brand standards and ethics".
Accusations:
According to local media, at least eight finalists have filed complaints with Jakarta police alleging sexual abuse by local event organisers.
Lawyers representing one of the finalists said there was an alleged strip search to check their bodies for 'scars and cellulite' at a hotel ahead of the MUID finals.
It's alleged the searches were conducted in front of around twenty people, including men, with reports some contestants were then photographed partially nude against their will.
Jakarta's Police Director Hengki Haryadi said the alleged victims felt forced to remove their clothes and "pose inappropriately for body checking that traumatised them".
Miss Universe's response:
The pageant's global organisers condemned the alleged abuse in a statement posted to X (formerly Twitter). It also responded by cancelling the upcoming Miss Universe Malaysia pageant, which shares the same organisers as MUID.
"To the women who came forward from the Indonesia pageant - we're sorry that this was your experience with our organisation... The events at this particular pageant are diametrically opposed to everything we stand for as an organisation."
Miss Universe Indonesia's response:
Local organisers in Indonesia have rejected all claims of sexual abuse, describing the allegations as "full of speculation and untruth".
Poppy Capella, the director of the pageant organiser in Indonesia, has denied knowledge of any strip searches occurring under her leadership.
"I am against any form of violence or sexual harassment," a statement from Capella said.
Give me some good news
Melbourne’s tram network is improving access for blind and low-vision commuters.
Passengers will be able to scan brightly coloured, easy-to-scan QR codes and will also be able to use the NaviLens app to hear audio details of their current location, route information and live tram arrival information.
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A TDA tidbit
Barnaby Joyce, our former Deputy Prime Minister, watched the Matildas on Saturday night. But he was watching the wrong match.
No, really. Instead of watching the Matildas take on France in the quarter-finals in Brisbane, he accidentally watched a repeat of a previous match that was played on 14 July between the Matildas and France in Sydney.
And he had no idea.
On the weekend, Joyce was at a pub in Walcha, NSW. He posted a video to Facebook on the night, with the caption: “In every country pub, city club, suburban home they are doing this tonight.”
Except… we weren’t. We were all watching… the right game.
“I think we were watching the wrong game, I think they had put on a repeat, because it was on Channel 10,” Joyce said on Sunrise yesterday morning.
“When we finished the game, Australia had won 1-0 in full-time. We were like ‘That’s good.’”
The Guardian reached out to the pub, Commercial Hotel, to confirm this news.
“We hadn’t even realised until today that it was the wrong match. The crowd didn’t notice either, it’s been news to us,” the staff told the publication.
Channel 10 has also confirmed it did not air a replay of the 14 July match on Saturday.
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