2d ago 04.59 CEST Bad Bunny to headline Super Bowl half-time show Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny will headline next year’s Super Bowl half-time show in northern California. The event, on 8 February, is watched by millions. Last year’s half-time festivities, featuring Kendrick Lamar, drew an audience of 133.5m people. Bad Bunny said in a statement: What I’m feeling goes beyond myself. It’s for those who came before me and ran countless yards so I could come in and score a touchdown … this is for my people, my culture, and our history. Ve y dile a tu abuela, que seremos el HALFTIME SHOW DEL SUPER BOWL. The Latin artist is bringing his world tour to Australia early next year, with two shows in Sydney on 28 February and 1 March. Allow Instagram content? This article includes content provided by Instagram . We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'. Allow and continue Share Updated at 05.01 CEST
2d ago 04.42 CEST Is Ley worried Andrew Hastie is going for her job? During Ley’s presser earlier, a reporter asked if she was worried Andrew Hastie was going for her job. The opposition leader had a terse reply: No. I’m not. Hastie has maintained he is a “team player” and that he supports Ley’s leadership. The Western Australian MP said his firm stance on abandoning net zero was just part of his effort to be “a little bolder” on policy. View image in fullscreen Andrew Hastie. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP Asked about Hastie’s recent social media posts that migration was making Australians feel like “strangers in their own homes”, Ley said any strain on infrastructure had “nothing to do with any migrant or migrant community”, but said there as a “reprehensible failure of government” to develop projects that Australians “deserve”. A reporter also asked the leader if Hastie’s remarks were helpful to the Coalition. Ley replied: I’m very confident all of my colleagues are expressing strongly held views and they do that in many ways. Share Updated at 06.22 CEST
2d ago 04.30 CEST Ley says latest Optus outage shows need for urgent inquiry into ‘entire triple-zero ecosystem’ Opposition leader Sussan Ley issued a call for an independent inquiry into the “entire triple-zero ecosystem” after Optus reported another outage in NSW that saw multiple call failures in NSW yesterday. Optus suffers fresh triple-zero outage in NSW as police check welfare of callers Read more Ley spoke to reporters in Albury, NSW a moment ago, criticising the communications minister, Anika Wells, who was in New York last week accompanying prime minister Anthony Albanese as he visited the UN general assembly. Ley said: The Optus crisis is getting worse here in Australia. We have had three catastrophic failures and we are calling for an independent inquiry into the whole triple-zero ecosystem. It isn’t good enough that the minister responsible was swanning around in New York, was absent and appears missing in action on this critical matter where Australians who are relying on 000 have lost their lives and communities everywhere are desperately looking for answers. View image in fullscreen Sussan Ley. Photograph: James Ross/AAP Ley said the entire triple-zero system needed an inquiry, saying Australians deserved answers after multiple outages: The entire triple-zero ecosystem needs an urgent inquiry, not just by the regulator, not just this tip-toeing around by the government, not this ‘too-late to actually explain what’s going on’ attitude that this minister has. But to stand up there and fight for Australians who deserve answers. Share Updated at 04.34 CEST
2d ago 04.12 CEST NSW domestic violence offenders could be forced to report dating app profiles and activity to police High-risk domestic violence offenders in New South Wales may be forced to inform police when they use dating apps under new protections for abuse survivors, AAP reports.
The courts have been given the power to impose serious domestic abuse prevention orders to restrict the behaviour of perpetrators in NSW for up to five years. These powers have just come into effect but were part of a package of domestic violence reforms that passed the NSW parliament a year ago.
Conditions could include scheduled reporting to a police station and requirements to notify police when they begin new intimate relationships or create and use dating profiles.
The orders apply to offenders convicted of two or more domestic violence offences that carry maximum jail terms of at least seven years, and people who have been charged with a serious domestic violence offence against a relative or a current or former intimate partner - even if they’re acquitted. People found to be in breach of these orders can be fined $33,000 or face a prison term of up to five years.
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2d ago 03.23 CEST Eva Corlett Threatened kārearea falcon wins New Zealand’s 2025 bird of the year New Zealand’s fastest bird, capable of flying 200km/h in its pursuit of prey, has been crowned bird of the year – a long-running annual competition that has previously been a lightning rod for scandal and hijinks. The threatened kārearea is New Zealand’s only falcon. It is small and tawny, with impressive talons and large dark eyes. Kārearea are powerful aerial hunters and watch other birds, lizards or small mammals – sometimes larger than themselves – from a high vantage point before diving at high speed to snatch their prey. View image in fullscreen A kārearea or New Zealand falcon. Photograph: Craig McKenzie/AP There are between roughly 5,000 to 8,000 kārearea left, according to the Department of Conservation. They live in forests around the country and nest on the ground, typically under boulders or fallen trees. The birds are “very vulnerable” to predation by introduced mammals such as cats, hedgehogs and stoats who feast on their ground-dwelling eggs, Emma Blackburn, the chair of the Karearea Falcon Trust said Read more: Threatened kārearea falcon wins New Zealand’s 2025 bird of the year Read more Share
2d ago 03.04 CEST Eight skydivers leapt from a plane minutes before it crashed this weekend, killing the pilot Eight skydivers leapt out of a light plane minutes before it crashed and killed experienced pilot Paul Smith, AAP reports. The light plane crash landed in thick bush near Moruya airport on the NSW south coast on Saturday afternoon, with Smith the only remaining occupant of the aircraft. The 54-year-old pilot and skydiving instructor died at the scene. View image in fullscreen Paul Smith, 54, died after a plane used by a skydiving business crashed at Moruya on the southern New South Wales coast. Photograph: NSW police The crash happened roughly two minutes after the skydivers exited the plane at roughly at 14,000 feet to start their descent. All eight landed safely within the airport grounds. Det Insp Justin Marks said yesterday: [Smith] was a very well respected, very experienced, and very well liked local resident. The death or sudden death of anyone in a small community is very tragic. Share Updated at 03.07 CEST
2d ago 02.22 CEST NSW police not informed of latest Optus outage until welfare check sought Josh Taylor NSW police were first informed of the latest Optus triple zero outage when the telco asked police to do a welfare check on those in the Dapto area. Optus confirmed overnight that an issue with a mobile phone tower in Dapto had affected calls in the area between 3am and 12.20pm on Sunday, including nine triple-zero call failures. View image in fullscreen Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP A spokesperson for NSW police confirmed the first they were informed of the outage was when Optus made the request to conduct welfare checks on those who had attempted to dial triple zero. The spokesperson said: On the morning of Sunday 28 September, NSWPF received a request from Optus to conduct welfare checks on a number of callers in the Dapto area that had attempted to contact Triple Zero and were unable to connect.
Four welfare checks were referred to police. None required an emergency services response and no further police action was required. Optus has had opt-in real-time notifications for outages for emergency services since the end of June, ahead of mandatory notifications coming in November. The company previously argued providing such notifications would be a “huge burden”. Optus was approached for comment. Share Updated at 02.24 CEST
2d ago 02.06 CEST Snoop Dogg heads to Sydney for DJ gigs after AFL grand final Snoop Dogg gave Sydneysiders a taste of his DJing abilities this weekend after his appearance at the AFL grand final. Snoop had two sets booked as Snoopadelic, one late Saturday night at the Bella Vista hotel in north-west Sydney on Saturday, and another at the Greenwood hotel in North Sydney yesterday. The Saturday gig reportedly didn’t kick off until after 2am, leaving some fans who booked expensive tickets frustrated. But footage from Sunday shows a packed venue as the rapper sang his song Drop It Like It’s Hot and rapped over tracks from Journey and Akon. Allow Instagram content? This article includes content provided by Instagram . We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'. Allow and continue Share Updated at 02.16 CEST
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