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Nine days. That’s the length of the sentence for Australian 26-year-old Johnson Wen who jumped the barriers on the red carpet and grabbed actor and singer Ariana Grande at the movie premiere for ‘Wicked: For Good’ in Singapore last week. He was convicted of being a public nuisance.

Wen told the judge overnight: “I won't do it again, Your Honour.”

That seems unlikely, since the Aussie is a repeat offender. He’s previously grabbed Katy Perry and the Weeknd onstage at their concerts, and invaded sports grounds.

No one tell him the ARIA Awards are tomorrow.

“I just don't comment on commentary... There's all sorts of things in the media about 'who said what to whom'. I pay no attention to it because I genuinely am focused on this [the Coalition's energy policy].”
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley in an interview with TDA, when asked about the speculation that her colleagues want a new Liberal Party leader. Keep an eye on TDA’s feed for the full interview tomorrow!

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The number of “edged weapons” (e.g. knives and machetes) Victoria Police has seized since January 2025. Police said it was the highest number on record.

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Australian Paralympic champion Paige Greco has died aged 28 after a sudden medical episode at her home in Adelaide.

Greco won Australia’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021 in the C1-C3 pursuit, setting a world record.

She won two bronze medals in road cycling events at the same Games.

Greco was a multiple world champion and was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for her achievements.

AusCycling chief executive Marne Fechner said: “Paige was an extraordinary athlete who achieved outstanding accomplishments at the highest levels of our sport.

“Much more than that, she touched the lives of everyone around her with her positive spirit and courageous outlook.”

Reporting by George Finlayson.

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U.S. President Donald Trump has removed tariffs on Australian beef.

Meat is one of Australia’s biggest exports to the U.S.

The order follows concerns about persistently high grocery prices in the U.S.

The Australian Government welcomed the change, but said it will continue to advocate for the removal of tariffs still in place on other products, including steel and aluminium.

In April 2025, Trump announced widespread tariffs, which included a blanket 10% levy imposed on all trade entering the U.S.

A tariff is a tax on imports. It’s applied to foreign-made goods brought into another country and paid by the importer.

The goal of tariffs is to encourage a country’s companies and citizens to buy locally-produced goods, boosting industrial activity. Trump has also claimed trading partners had “ripped off” America.

When announcing the tariffs, Trump directly referred to Australia’s restriction on American raw beef exports.

“They won’t take any of our beef. They don’t want it because they don’t want it to affect their farmers and you know, I don’t blame them, but we’re doing the same thing right now,” Trump said.

The Government later confirmed Australian beef would be subject to a 10% tariff, but not an outright ban.

In response, Australia eased its restrictions on U.S. beef imports in July, removing biosecurity measures that had been in place since 2003 due to concerns about bovine spongiform encephalopathy (aka “mad cow disease”).

Despite the 10% tariff imposed in April, Australian beef exports to the U.S. jumped 17% this year to more than 370,000 tonnes, according to Meat and Livestock Australia.

The U.S. has applied steeper tariffs on rival suppliers, including a 50% duty on Brazilian beef.

Trump signed an executive order on Friday (local time) removing the 10% baseline tariff on beef.

The decision also lifts duties on coffee, tea, tropical fruit, bananas, oranges, tomatoes, and other goods.

The order applies to all countries affected by the baseline tariff, however the total duty will still vary between nations.

The White House said it was reversing tariffs on products the U.S. doesn’t grow or produce “in sufficient quantities”.

It comes after mounting pressure over rising grocery costs in America.

For example, the average price of a pound of beef mince reached $US6.32 in September (about $AU22 a kilo), up 13% from last year. The average price for all raw steaks was $US12.26 per pound ($42/kg), an 11% rise on last year.

Meat and Livestock Australia CEO Michael Crowley welcomed the change, calling the U.S. a “valuable and long-term trading partner”.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong told the ABC Trump’s move is “a good thing for Australian beef producers,” while Trade Minister Don Farrell reiterated the Government’s position that “tariffs on any Australian products are unjustified.”

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his Government would keep advocating for “genuine reciprocal tariffs, which would be zero.”

Reporting by Elliot Lawry.

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Malaria is a mosquito-borne illness that can be deadly if left untreated. Scientists have been working to develop alternative treatments, amid concerns the malaria parasite is developing resistance to current options. Trials of a drug called GanLum in West Africa found a single dose of the medication – which is given as a sachet of granules once a day for three days – cured 97.4% of patients.

According to not-for-profit Medicines for Malaria Venture, “the treatment was highly effective against mutant malaria parasites associated with partial drug resistance. The drug was also found to have a rapid response against [transmission].” Experts say it could be the biggest advancement in malaria treatment for decades.

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Reporting by Emma Gillespie.

Melbourne music-lovers had their pain soothed after a hotly-anticipated concert was cancelled at the last minute. 

Punk rock band Amyl and the Sniffers – who have been opening for AC/DC on their Australian tour – were set to play a free show at Federation Square on Friday night.

Police cancelled the show after fans broke down barriers before the concert. 

In response, the band took to social media to share their performance fee of $35,000 with fans via tabs at seven bars in Melbourne, saying: “Have a drink on us in AC/DC fashion”.

Reporting by Emily Donohoe.

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced plans to sue the BBC for up to $AU7.5 billion. It comes after the British broadcaster apologised to Trump over an allegedly misleading edit of a speech he gave on 6 January 2021 – the day of the deadly Washington insurrection. However, the BBC has rejected compensation claims from Trump’s lawyers. Today, we’ll explain the speech edit in question, the fallout, and whether Trump is likely to succeed in his action against the broadcaster.