Bondi Hero Fronts Court, A Beckham Acting Debut, Swiftie Wedding & MAFS Surgery Backlash
6/24/202613 min
🗞️ HEADLINES 🗞️
- Bondi hero fronts court on assault charges
- Labor leaves door open to further extending paid parental leave scheme
- Tragic end to search for missing magician in Queensland
- PNG halts Australian poultry and egg imports amid deadly bird flu strain
- Savannah Guthrie again pleas for information into disappearance of her mother
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First 90 secondsTaylor Strano· Host0:00
You're listening to a Mamamia podcast. [gentle music] Good morning, I'm Tayla Strano with the latest from the Quickie Newsroom. We're calling time out on the Beckham family feud to focus on a new career turn for one of David and Victoria's offspring. Meantime, Swifties are spiraling over signs Taylor might be walking down the aisle sooner than you think. And a couple of MAFS stars have jetted off to Bali for some very questionable surgery. Before we get there, here's news headlines for Thursday, June 25. The man who disarmed one of the alleged gunmen during the Bondi terror attack has pleaded not guilty in his first court appearance after being charged with assaulting his father. Ahmad Al Ahmad is accused of putting his father in a headlock on March 9, as well as being charged with intimidation over an alleged incident in June. He faced Bankstown Local Court in Southwest Sydney on Wednesday, flanked by his supporters, his lawyer formally entering not guilty pleas to the charges. Al Ahmad's court case comes as his two brothers each face charges of using a carriage service to menace or harass. They both pleaded not guilty to the charges at the same court on May 20 but will be back in front of a judge on July 8. In a tearful 2GB radio interview, Al Ahmad vehemently denied the allegations leveled against him, and instead accused his family members