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- Investigates the tragic death and extraordinary life of Australian-born actor Heath Ledger.
- Today, the NSW Coroner delivered some uncomfortable truths about the deadly Lindt Cafe siege, saying a ten minute delay in police action might have cost cafe manager Tori Johnson his life. Katrina Dawson was later killed during the subsequent fire-fight between police and former Iranian refugee Man Haron Monis. The coroner has ruled the siege a terrorist act and that Monis should never have been allowed bail for previous serious offences.
- An explosive new documentary on Michael Jackson, Leaving Neverland (2019), has just been watched by millions of Americans. In a series of interviews, it makes shocking and graphic allegations of serial child sexual abuse by Jackson. Leaving Neverland features two men, Jimmy Safechuck and Wade Robson, who allege that Jackson sexually abused them at his home, Neverland Ranch, in California, when they were both young boys.
- Michael Jackson fans are still reeling from serial child sex abuse allegations detailed in the documentary, Leaving Neverland (2019). US rabbi Shmuley Boteach was once a very close friend and adviser to Jackson and always believed in his innocence, that is until seeing the documentary. Boteach now believes on reflection that what Wade Robson, Jimmy Safechuck, and their families are saying is true, and that Jackson was a morally bankrupt individual who should never have been allowed around children.
- It feels like ten years have passed in the blink of an eye since Michael Jackson's sudden death from an overdose of drugs. But the passage of time has made it no easier to understand what sort of legacy he's left behind. Earlier this year, a number of former child stars came forward with allegations that Jackson had sexually abused them at his Neverland ranch. Many radio stations as a result no longer play his music. Now a new documentary Killing Michael Jackson (2019), will shed light on his death from the detectives who worked closely on investigating it.
- Human Nature perform at a number of stations along the Indian Pacific railway, plus a look at the viewers' most requested stories of 2006.
- "Do the right thing, and use the right bin." It's been drilled into us for decades, with ratepayers spending hours meticulously sifting through and organizing their waste for collection day, but some councils have been caught dumping your carefully sorted recycling straight into landfill. Because of fire safety concerns recycling companies can no longer stockpile bales of material, leaving councils to cut costs and move their plastics, paper, and glass, to the tip.
- Senator Pauline Hanson finally broke her silence today about that unethical hidden camera exposé on her One Nation party members. A defiant Hanson called an extraordinary press conference to denounce the documentary as a stitch-up, accusing the Qatari-owned al-Jazeera Network of political interference, of selective editing, dubbing, and entrapment, and that the Australian media were fooled into accepting what was broadcast. One Nation has never received any foreign donations.
- We'd all love a back deck like former chair of ATSIC Geoff Clark's - it has an outdoor bar, a kitchen, and a huge stone pizza oven. But questions are being raised on how he paid for it. Clark and his family are facing multiple charges of dishonestly obtaining $685,000 from an Australian taxpayer funded Aboriginal trust, much of which was meant to repair housing for Indigenous families in western Victoria. Clark himself is facing 543 charges.
- They don't even try to hide their faces or their crimes. These mobile phone gangs of youths of African appearance, do their dirty work in full view of shoppers and retail staff - and it takes them just seconds. In packs of up to 15 members, they enter stores en masse, take what they want, and run, terrifying staff and damaging property at the same time. Now their actions have resulted in an 81-year-old woman being taken seriously injured to hospital after being pushed over during one of these robberies.
- With the death toll from the Sri Lanka bombings now approaching 300, it has been confirmed that two Australians are among the dead. Two Australian women have also been seriously injured. A failure of intelligence has been blamed on preventing the coordinated bombings of churches and hotels across the country on Easter Sunday. These had been carried out by National Thowheeth Jama'ath, a little-known radical Islamist group, with help from international jihadists.
- The lesson here is simple, just be careful who you hand your tax file number to. A former employee of taxation agents Tax Store named Mohammed Yakub, allegedly lodged claims and pocketed tens of thousands of dollars in refunds from a client, who was overseas on holidays and unaware of what was happening. New Tax Store owner Atif Ilyas when confronted blames Yakub for the theft, but an investigation reveals both are close friends, and the two have now gone to ground.
- One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is angry that another video of her Senate candidate Steve Dickson, secretly recorded months ago, by Islamist media network Al Jazeera has been released on the eve of the 2019 Federal election. Dickson had done nothing illegal but has decided to withdraw from the Senate ballot. Hanson believes the release of the videos is deliberate interference from a foreign government in the political system of Australia, and should be investigated by security services.
- An up-and-coming NRL star's mother has taken part in a vicious road rage attack. Joan Taufua, mother of imposing Broncos prop Payne Haas, recently pleaded guilty over a shocking assault that left a delivery driver with serious facial injuries. However it has now been revealed that Taufua is a serial offender, with a long history of abusing and attacking people without provocation. Her victims have come forward.
- There aren't many Australian parents who've had to fight an ex-husband and sharia law in the Middle East to see their child. Jodie Bilborough agreed to move to the Middle Eastern country with her then-husband Ismat Okasheh and their son Laith, for one year. But soon after they arrived in Mr Okasheh's remote village outside the capital city of Amman, the marriage turned sour. Fearing for her safety, Bilborough made the heart-wrenching decision to flee Jordan without Laith. Now she must wait for a sharia court decision to be reunited with Laith.
- It's the record $60 million election campaign that has everyone seeing yellow. Clive Palmer's double-spread newspaper ads listing every candidate and their mobile number caught our eye. A Current Affair has randomly called a number of candidates to hear their response to questions on their leader and their party policies.
- It was the day terror came to the suburbs. Wayne Greenhalgh is an innocent and unlucky victim in an attack that almost killed him. The Sydney man who was repeatedly stabbed by convicted terrorist Ihsas Khan with a machete, said he can never forgive the ISIS supporter, as he continues to struggle with pain and post-traumatic stress issues. Greenhalgh was out for his usual afternoon walk in Minto in Sydney's south-west on 10 September 2016, when Khan, his neighbour attacked him shouting "Allahu Akbar".
- After the murder of a young woman travelling alone at night, Michael Makredis decided it was time to bring the Guardian Angels to the streets of Melbourne. Now the famous NYC public safety patrol is spreading across Australia. Makridis is the leader of the Melbourne chapter. Wearing distinct red berets and emblazoned t-shirts, everyday Australians are taking to the streets, patrolling public transport and picking up rubbish in a bid to keep the community safe.
- A Melbourne woman who used the identities of celebrities, including Australian actor Lincoln Lewis, to stalk women she met online has been sentenced to two years and eight months' gaol. Lydia Abdelmalek used the profile of Lewis, and others, to trick her victims into fake relationships before taunting them with threats, resulting in one woman committing suicide. Abdelmalek's actions have been described as sick, calculated and cruel.
- For two and a half years pensioner Julie Pearn has been paying her mortgage, whilst having to watch a squatter slowly destroy her property. Pearn alleges that the occupant Theresa Smith moved into her home in Deniliquin, in the New South Wales Riverina, without permission in November 2016, whilst Pearn was away visiting her sick father. Smith has said that she has "squatter's rights" and will not be leaving the property, despite being served three separate eviction notices, all of which have been ignored.
- A Sudanese-born Melbourne model is facing up to 21 years in a US gaol after a mid-air meltdown in which she hurled obscenities, calling one person a "white trash b***h", and assaulted the flight crew. A court was told passengers first began complaining about Adau Akui Atem Mornyang's erratic behaviour about 8.5 hours into the Melbourne to Los Angeles flight, which included flailing her arms and yelling obscenities, besides racial slurs. When flight attendant Romeo Gutierrez tried to calm her down, she put her left index finger near his face and slapped him. Mornyang then kicked an arresting air marshal in the chest.
- It's the award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television but comedian Tom Gleeson managed to ruffle feathers in the industry. Mounting an election-style campaign to win popular votes, viewers were divided on the subversive campaign, with some saying it damaged the credibility of the television industry's top honour. Others said the level of trolling and sarcasm Gleeson had brought to the stage should be taken to the Oscars. Gleeson claims the television industry is dying and people need to "lighten up".
- They may look the real deal - but these beggars aren't homeless. They're accused of flying here as part of a sophisticated syndicate to take your money, then sending it back to China. Arriving on tourist visas, the Chinese scammers have been accused on preying on your unsuspecting generosity, always taking your money but refusing other offers of help such as food, water, and accommodation. People are urged not to give these beggars money.
- Indian national Puneet Puneet is a hard man to find. He fled Australia while on bail, using a false passport, a decade ago after killing 19-year-old student Dean Hofstee in a hit-and-run. He was driving drunk at more than 150km/h when he hit and killed the Australian teen. Since then, he's done everything he can to avoid facing justice, and now he's even trying to make a deal to get off lightly.
- You'd have to be greedy to steal another family's food. But with the rising popularity of delivered meal kits, it's sadly happening all the time. People disguising themselves have been following food delivery vehicles and stealing food parcels after they have been left at their destination. Marley Spoon and Hello Fresh have been targeted the hardest. Households are now resorting to installing security cameras and lockable drop-off boxes to try and prevent the thefts.
- Rebecca Assie, 62, rorted the welfare system for more than two decades by pretending to be blind, and even taught other people how to rip off Centrelink, in a fraudsters syndicate run from her housing commission home in Padstow. She would help them fill out Centrelink forms, giving them advice and seeking out doctors who would turn a blind eye to their cheating ways. When police raided her home, they discovered nearly $250,000 in a safe, hidden under her bedroom floor. She is now facing court.
- It's the trial that restricts where welfare recipients can spend money. Cashless debit welfare cards are meant to stop people spending their benefits on alcohol, gambling and drugs, a way to curb intergenerational welfare dependence, and get more people into work. Since it's introduction in the electorate of Hinkler in January 2019, youth unemployment has dropped from 28% to 17%. Stores claim they have not lost any business as feared and the unemployed say they have learned to budget better.
- If you were told there was a plan to build 68,000 solar panels next to your home, you'd probably feel the same as these families. Residents in Springvale have united to fight the development on their doorstep, holding grave concerns regarding the pollution and noise levels during the construction phase and the glare that this mammoth solar strip could create. Greater Dandenong Council has been accused of not bothering to let residents know about the proposal, which could see hundreds of thousands of dollars in value knocked off their homes.
- It's a bucket list adventure for many Australians. For others, it's a rite of passage as Australian as swimming at Bondi Beach. In 81 days, Ayers Rock will become off limits to climbing and many people are not happy. There are now fears stopping the climb would cost the Northern Territory and Australia valuable tourism dollars, impacting on local businesses and Aboriginal communities.
- Eric Serge Herbert is a self-proclaimed "full-time activist". Most people however see him as a pest, disrupting travel and causing commuter chaos. Herbert has been arrested five times for his protests, and was last month sentenced to 50 hours community service in connection to one of those arrests. Court documents list Herbert's address as his parents' five-bedroom multi-million dollar canal-front home on the Sunshine Coast, complete with an infinity pool. Craving publicity, he is not so happy when asked questions by A Current Affair.
- A knife rampage attack has taken place in the heart of Sydney. A young woman is dead and another is seriously injured, after a man with a butcher's knife repeatedly yelled out "Allahu Akbar" while stabbing victims and running through the CBD. NSW Police arrested Mert Ney, 21, from Marayong, after by-standers were able to corner him and hold him down. Ney is the son of Turkish-Cypriot parents and had recently converted to Islam.
- Senator Pauline Hanson says her intervention in the debate over climbing Ayers Rock is about helping Aboriginal Australians. Climbing the rock is set to end on 26th October 2019 and there is genuine concern that the closure will affect tourism numbers, which will financially impact local communities. A nearby resort employs over 400 people and generated $19 million in revenue last year. With the closure of the climb, job losses are almost certain to occur.
- Yasmina Hajjar, 28, somehow believed she deserved special treatment and that the law didn't apply to her, parking her luxury Range Rover in a clearly marked disabled spot, using a doctored permit she made herself. When pulled over by police, she produced the fraudulent mobile disability permit but officers soon realised she had photocopied someone else's card, even altering the expiry date and the numbers to make it look like a real one. Police have seized the permit and are investigating further.
- Police have issued a warning about the dangers of buying and selling online. It comes after a sharp increase in mobile phone and cash robberies surrounding the second hand sales economy, with more Australians being targeted after using sites like Gumtree and Facebook Marketplace. Sellers are turning up to prearranged meetings and being robbed of their valuables and had their safety threatened by aggressive people posing as buyers.
- A Queensland mother who started a political party aiming to cut Muslim immigration and roll back gun laws, is adamant Australian civilians should be armed for self-defence. Kim Vuga who founded the Love Australia or Leave Party in 2016, after a maiden Senate run as an independent candidate in the Federal Election that same year, also believes drug dealers should be given the death penalty.
- Abathur Khamas is a criminal walking the streets. Four months ago, he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman he met in a pub, but has not yet served a single day behind bars. Khamas however is no stranger to the wrong side of the law. He's also a convicted robber and has twice lost his license for drink driving - most recently, last year, while on bail for the rape charges. Khamas has been accused of deliberately gaming the bail system to avoid gaol.
- A fed-up father has pulled his son out of school and has accused staff of brainwashing children, after the climate movement made its way in to his son's Year Four classroom. Matthew Karlos' 10-year-old son Max says students were forced by teachers to write assignments on climate change and "dress up as hippies, and sing, Big Yellow Taxi." Karlos believes scenes of protesting around the country, amounts to brainwashing and child abuse, and has urged parents to pull their children out of schools teaching "doom and gloom" climate activism.
- 49-year-old Alee Farmann, and his wife, Lubna Hashimy, are accused of running an elaborate child care syndicate, which allegedly pocketed over $4 million in government subsidies in just 10 months, while not providing a single day's worth of care for children. Dozens of Sydney parents have also been arrested for selling their children's identities over to Farmann's sham family daycare front Red Roses Family Day Care, which operated out of a garage, so it could use the information in a fraud scheme costing taxpayers millions of dollars.
- They say there's no such thing as bad publicity, but climate protesters made many enemies today. A number of people going about their lawful business, missed work or important appointments because of the misguided actions of a few. One woman was prevented from seeing her own dying mother. There are now calls to arrest and gaol protesters blocking the transport network as commuters have become fed up with the constant delays.
- Tziporah Malkah unveiled her 'final makeover' on Monday night's A Current Affair. The '90s supermodel and 'It girl', formerly known as Kate Fischer, stripped down to a skimpy blue and pink floral bikini on the beach to show off her incredible 50 kilogram weight loss. She attributes her weight control to clean eating, meditation, regular exercise sessions, and hypnosis therapy.
- Uber has an image problem, and drivers like Sandeep Singh do little to help it. He's accused of offering a special discount - for women only. In December 2018, A Queensland passenger was repeatedly offered free trips "whenever you want" from Singh in exchange for sexual favours. When confronted by A Current Affair, Singh denied it happened but when an audio recording of the conversation was replayed, confessed.
- Van Tran, 60, allegedly made more than 10,000 nuisance telephone calls to police at various stations in Sydney, within sixteen months. In just one day alone, NSW Police recorded 503 phone calls from Van, a former Vietnamese refugee who claims to be suffering from dementia. Questions are being raised as to why his carer did not act earlier to stop the calls, which have wastefully tied up emergency services resources.
- There are urgent calls for an overhaul of transport legislation in Victoria, after an A Current Affair investigation uncovered widespread evidence of "touting" at Melbourne Airport. The practise is illegal in most states of Australia. Men in suits, many from the Middle East, posing as taxi drivers are offering rides to unsuspecting passengers in arrival lounges, who then charge whatever price they like to their passengers. Airport authorities have urged travellers to avoid touters, after an increase in complaints about their aggressive, stalking, predating, and intimidating behaviour.
- A Current Affair joins Victoria Police on the beat as they crackdown on crime. Following a spate of youth crime and increasing community concern, police are cracking down on young gang members. Officers from Operation Liege, a state-wide enforcement designed to combat youth offending, arrested 57 people this week.
- Simplicity Films, set up quite a money-earner, filming weddings for almost $2000 a pop. But a group of angry brides have yet to receive what they paid for, and of the edited footage sent to them, say their guests could have shot better videos of their big day, on their phones. And it's not the only gripe with them. Two videographer sub-contractors, who worked for them claim to be owed $1000 each.
- An Aussie designer is taking on singer Katy Perry, claiming she breached her fashion label's trademark. Australia's Katie Perry has described the struggle as a "David versus Goliath" battle, over her name. Katie Perry has accused the singer of bullying and engaging in constant legal threats, which has resulted in the issue being taken to court. Katy Perry's real name is Katheryn Hudson.
- Indian astrologers can be found in every town around Australia. They're prolific on the internet. They promise to fix relationship problems, help childless couples fall pregnant, turn your love-life around even promising to fix legal or visa issues you may have. So that initial consultation can minutes later lead to being told you have a curse explaining all your bad luck in life, and with several more expensive sessions that curse can be lifted. People have been fooled and fleeced of thousands of dollars with this scam.
- In February 2019, an application to wind up travel agency Swan Travel Pty Ltd was launched after the company failed to pay a debt to Helloworld Travel. Two months later, the company was placed in liquidation. But while his company was gone, travel agent Habib Jabir continued to operate - collecting thousands of dollars in cash from unsuspecting holiday makers until he emptied his office, sold his apartment, deleted his social media, and vanished. Now hundreds of angry customers, some left stranded at airports with holidays ruined, want answers and their money back.
- Across social media there's countless videos of teenagers nicknamed 'eshays', attacking other school aged children, the elderly, and vulnerable. They steal money, designer footwear, clothes, watches, jewellery, and phones, and brag about it on-line. Shopping centres have reported a big surge in shop lifting offences. The attacks have become so emboldened that victims no longer feel safe travelling in broad daylight.
- Look out for this angry and violent con-man. Convicted criminal Walid El Haouli has ripped off several hardworking Australian families, including one woman suffering cancer, by claiming to be a renovator and then runs off with their deposits. El Haouli has previously been banned from being a registered builder, while trading under the name BRB Modular Homes. When ACA confronted El Haouli, he deliberately drove his van aiming to run-down the film crew.
- On 23 December 2016, Melbourne was in full holiday mode when the news broke that Ahmed Mohamed, Abdullah Chaarani, Hamza Abbas, and ringleader Ibrahim Abbas, had been charged over a plot to attack at random in Federation Square, slaughtering people with machetes and detonating bombs strapped to their bodies. As a new holiday season approaches, experts have revealed just how worried Australians should be about future terror attacks on home soil.
- He's the tradie who's left families thousands of dollars out of pocket. Dozens of customers claim they handed over deposits to fencing contractor Dominic Nguyen, only for him to walk away with the cash without finishing their fences. Operating under the names Imperial Gates and Fencing, and DNM and Co., Nguyen also known by the name "Tam" on Facebook Marketplace, demands a deposit up-front with a quote, but never completes the work. Nguyen then blames the customer for the delay.
- It's a national disgrace. Families who believe they are better off on welfare than working. This year more than A$190 billion will be forked out by taxpayers just on welfare alone. The issue of family interdependence is a growing problem, with children in the community expecting to receive welfare, as normalized behaviour. The cycle needs to be broken but it will take a cultural change to do so.
- Room service, massages, wi-fi, mini-bar, on-demand movies and stunning water views. They're not the sort of indulgences you'd expect illegal detainees waiting to be deported to be enjoying, yet this is happening right now at taxpayers expense. The Immigration Department has the Adina Hotel rooms booked out to asylum seekers at A$200 a night, and hard working Australians are picking up their tab.
- Too many young Australians are risking their lives at drug parties. Five young people have died in the past year in NSW alone, from drug overdoses and it's not just here. In tourist hot spots such as Bali and Thailand, and at music festivals, they are putting their lives at risk, as most young Australians have no idea what's in the drugs they take.
- There is a growing concern that men and women are appearing before court dressed like they were going to the beach or a backyard BBQ. Innocent or guilty, the fashion trend is seen as disrespectful to the court, the juries, and magistrates. What many people may not know is that some courts do have a dress code, and singlets and flip-flops are banned.
- Plans are underway to expand testing of the Cashless Welfare Card. Trials so far have proven positive and has wide support in the community. The card is designed to eliminate unemployment benefits being spent on drugs, alcohol, and gambling by embargoing 80% of fortnightly payments onto a debit card system.
- A convicted Sydney pervert has been banned from entering hardware chain Bunnings Warehouse after he was caught exposing himself and performing lewd acts in front of female staff. Self-employed homeopath Shonit Kumar Danwer, 49, entered the Marsden Park outlet six times in seven days, and on the day of his offence masturbated in front of a woman employee. Five years ago, Danwer was caught in a police operation exposing himself to an undercover cop at a Sydney school.
- A law and order crisis. Australia's frightened families and victims of crime are wondering whether our police are tough enough, while the men and women in blue say they're the ones being handcuffed by the courts, as crooks and thugs slip through the system repeatedly.
- Public housing tenants claim they have been left prisoners in their home due to the "hellish and animalistic" actions of their New Zealand-born neighbour Robert Rakei and his teenage daughter Saige. A disability pensioner and her daughter say they have become too scared to leave their home in Blackburn in Melbourne's eastern suburbs after repeated outbursts of violence, including being pelted with rocks. CCTV footage has captured the Rakei's frequent taunts and vile outbursts.
- Kristie Powell had everything to look forward to in life. The young mother owned a successful petcare business and had a loving family. In 2018, a former employee of her's Bhanu Kirkman, 29, broke into her home and repeatedly stabbed her to death. Kirkman developed a twisted sexual fantasy and stalked Powell for months using the alias 'The Reaper'. Despite being found fit to stand trial, Kirkman was found not guilty of murder because of mental illness. Her family feel let down by the justice system.
- Australian Tim McLean is at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in Ezhou, in the east of the Hubei province of China. He is able to leave his house to go the shops, many of which have become deserted, wearing two face masks and gloves to try and protect himself. But with no end in sight, and all roads and transport closed, he is unable to travel back to Australia to see his family. Now the virus is rapidly spreading across the world.
- With the coronavirus poised to go pandemic, profiteers are exploiting global hysteria and charging Australians hundreds of dollars above normal prices for protective face masks. Pharmacists and online businesses are among those suppliers accused of capitalizing on the public's panic, by charging exorbitant marked-up prices for these products made in China, normally available off-the-shelf for a few dollars.
- It is quite possibly Australia's most famous deck, complete with kitchen, wood-fired pizza oven, and a BBQ. It also has a price tag too, coming in at $100,000. But Geoff Clark's big deck comes with a big question. Many are asking where the former head of the disbanded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission got the money? Now, Clark, his wife Trudy, and their sons, Aaron and Jeremy, combined are facing more than 1100 charges after a police investigation into over $2.5 million of stolen funds from a trust account. The money was meant for Aboriginal communities in South-West Victoria.
- Looks back at the stories that have shaped our lives over the past 5,000 shows since 18 January 1988. In an update on the Pension Challenge, a bunch of other players join the team that is offering discounts to pensioners. Elise Mooney goes face to face with the Osbournes.
- News and public interest stories.
- Cardinal George Pell, the former financial controller of the Vatican, has been freed from gaol and had his convictions overturned following a two-year legal battle. The high court in a unanimous verdict, found that the jury, ought to have entertained the possibility that an innocent person had been convicted because the evidence did not establish guilt to the requisite standard of proof with respect to each of the offences for which he was charged with, and ordered that the convictions be quashed and that verdicts of acquittal be entered in their place. Pell has always maintained his innocence.
- Australia is being swamped by Asian buyers. Many nations in the world don't allow foreigners to buy land or property in their country. Instead, it must be leased. China is among the toughest on possession. Yet here in Australia there are no such laws, just a few restrictions on the ownership of large valuable holdings that must be cleared by the Foreign Investment Review Board. There are now calls by those in the real estate industry for us to impose the same rules and lease, not sell, our precious properties.
- Not everyone is happy being told they must compulsory wear a face mask. Since Daniel Andrews has moved Victoria into stage three lockdown, a number of people have started to rebel against orders they must don a personal protective mask or risk prosecution. They have become defiant as what they see as an encroaching socialist police state on personal liberties and no evidence that masks, the majority of which are manufactured in China, effectively keep out the coronavirus. Wearing masks in public are also seen by some as being un-Australian.
- One Nation candidate and Townsville resident Troy Thompson has tracked down and confronted alleged thieves after his disabled nephew was robbed of his drone and iPad. Another resident had their car and property stolen from their garage, with the criminals brazenly posting videos on-line and boasting about their thefts on social media. There have been 143 break ins and 48 stolen cars in the regional city in a week alone. The problem residents see right now is not a virus, it's an epidemic of youth crime, with the Queensland Labor government unable to keep people and property safe despite lockdowns.
- They were our summer's heroes but now volunteer firefighters are fuming at being asked to step in as unpaid border cops to man the crossing between Queensland and New South Wales. James Panitz and Greg McKenzie are volunteers in the Rural Fire Brigade and both signed up to fight fires, not sit at a border gate for the Annastacia Palaszczuk state Labor government.
- They're hoons, some aged just twelve, and they're stealing cars and running riot on streets and highways. Teenage gangs are wreaking havoc in Queensland attacking strangers, posing with weapons and posting their crimes on social media. Gold Coast MP Michael Hart has called for the government to bring back breach of parole offences for youths to crack down on teen criminal activity.
- Crooks as young as seven are roving in gangs stealing cars, robbing shops and houses without fear of the justice system. Three youths were recently charged with 104 offences between them, including breaking and entering, stealing and threatening police with a replica handgun. It's alleged they are part of a juvenile gang that went on a crime spree through three cities, all recorded on bodycam. Residents of Queensland have had enough and want tougher sentencing.
- The ice crisis is a scourge for us all. Queensland is in the grip of an ice epidemic, so much so that it is easier for children to get a hit of ice than it is to buy cigarettes or alcohol in Townsville. Ice users turn to crime to fuel their habit. A Current Affair talks with police on the beat, and the community affected by the crime.
- Fresh from a stint on the hit television series Married at First Sight Australia (2015), popular Queensland farmer Mick Gould is now throwing his energy into helping others by supporting the Green Shirts Movement, a not-for-profit organization which lobbies on behalf of agricultural workers in the bush. It's also inspired Mick to consider a political career himself sometime down the track. In the meantime, A Current Affair has a surprise makeover in-store.
- Shocking video of youth crime rampages in the north Queensland city of Townsville has shown the extent of the problem confronting police, as parents claim it's not safe to drive there anymore. The regional capital has been thrown into chaos by what police call a core group of recidivist, high-risk offenders, with authorities forced to close the airport during one car chase. Some of these children hanging in these groups are eight years old, possibly younger and every night, homes are robbed. Locals say they are frustrated that there doesn't appear to be any serious consequences for the young offenders, who are often quickly back on the street due to their age after appearing in court.
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- Maggie Kirkpatrick, best known for playing the role of corrupt corrective services officer Joan "The Freak" Ferguson in the long-running series Prisoner, has been found guilty of child sex offences. Kirkpatrick, 74, was earlier this week found guilty of two charges of indecent assault and one count of gross indecency from an incident that occurred with a 14-year-old girl at Kirkpatrick's Prahran home in 1984. She was spared a gaol sentence but instead given an 18-month community corrections order, including 100 hours of community service, and would be placed on the sex offenders' registry for eight years.
- The victims of domestic violence we rarely hear from - men. One in three victims of domestic violence are male, but this is rarely covered by mainstream media and the numbers are likely under-reported to police, as many men feel the law does not take seriously their complaints. Support is lacking as services are always gender-based, with skewed publications that only refer to women as victims of domestic violence suggesting that men are the perpetrators of family violence and women and children the only victims.
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- Tracy presents some of the stories of hope from survivors of the Black Saturday bushfires that devastated Victoria, Australia nearly a year before. Martin King updates the progress of his recovery from a heart attack the previous October.
- More than 31 years after it first aired, ACA reunites 9 actresses (including 7 original cast members) from the cult Women in Prison show Prisoner.
- A Current Affair takes a look at three marginal electorates which could have a big influence on the results of the 2022 Federal election: Eden-Monaro (NSW), Corangamite (Victoria), and Lilley (Queensland).
- Ukrainian refugees arrive in Australia.
- Tracy Grimshaw goes one on one with Lady Gaga.
- The ugly side of politics in the lead up to the 2022 federal election. CCTV and night vision footage reveals hundreds of corflutes and posters defaced, damaged, or destroyed, by organised gangs during the night. Candidates speak out.
- Ben McCormack interviews Jason Segel and Kermit the Frog about their film The Muppets (2011).
- Karise Eden and her coach Seal are interviewed on 'A Current Affair' the day after winning Australia's first ever The Voice (2012) title. They reflect back on the series and discuss what plans Eden has for the future, and whether Seal will return for the next series of 'The Voice'.
- Special edition of 'A Current Affair' with Karise Eden interviewed on her week after winning Australia's first ever The Voice (2012) title. She discusses recording 'My Journey' and performs a selection of three songs from her new album, live in the studio.
- Mitchell Anderson is interviewed on 'A Current Affair' the day after making it through his first audition on The Voice (2012). Anderson has had more than 20 years experience in music playing in hundreds of pubs and clubs across Australia. His biggest challenge however is being a new dad, and looking after his own recently widowed father Bob.
- The Voice (2012) singer Michael Stangel has made it through his blind audition but not without a struggle. He reveals he is suffering from cancer, so appearing on the music reality series was an achievement in itself. Stangel hopes to go all the way to the final.
- The final teams have been chosen and The Block is about to receive its new tenants. A Current Affair takes a sneak peek with Scott Cam and his team, at what The Block houses have in store for the finalists, and it's not pretty. The most challenging renovation job yet in the inner city suburb of South Melbourne, with four double storey side by side terrace houses located in leafy Dorcas Street.
- A Current Affair takes you inside the Tasmanian firestorm. Due to a lack of hazard reduction burning, dry fuel loads, and strong wind changes, eastern Tasmania experienced a number of bush-fires which affected national parks and townships.
- The Voice (2012)'s Simon Meli has reached the live finals, thanks in part to the support of his devoted family in Sydney, and years of hard work often working as a graphic designer and delivery driver during the day while gigging at night, just to make ends meet.
- The duelling duet between singers Mitchell Anderson and Steve Clisby has been hailed as one of the greatest song battles so far in the history of The Voice (2012). Anderson and Clisby talk about their instant musical chemistry when paired and the possibility of working together in the future, after the competition finishes.
- The Voice (2012)'s Team Ricky and Team Seal have reached the Showdown rounds with only the top two from each team eligible to advance to the next round. Competitors from each team discuss their hopes of making it through and what they intend to do in the next few weeks.
- Eight becomes four as artists are progressively eliminated from The Voice (2012) first Showdown rounds. 'A Current Affair' interviews the remaining team members as the final live show approaches.
- The Voice (2012) has reached its last live results show for the series before the finals. Members of Team Joel and Team Delta talk about their Showdown performances and their hopes of reaching the final.
- The four artists saved in last night's The Voice (2012) final 16 show talk about their performances, as they prepare for next week's live round.
- At the business end of the series, fan favourites have been gradually eliminated from The Voice (2012), with now only 12 remaining in the finals. But it's not all bad news, with many grateful for the experience and the chance to go onto bigger opportunities in the music industry.
- The final four artists have reached the grand final of the The Voice (2012), after a close semi-final night. Their fates are in the hands of the voting public who will decide who is The Voice of 2013.
- An interview with Frederick Lenz or Zen Master Rama, aka Atmanda, who conduct his cult under a veneer of Buddhism. This enables him to counter any comment or criticism or his activities by accusing the critic of commentator of religious bigotry and interfering with the 1st Amendment rights of his followers. The cult, started by Lenz, commenced as a group dedicated to increasing the human potential of the student-members through study of Hinduism.