Headlines: Calls for calm in Alice Springs
5/1/20264 min
Today's headlines include:
- The partner of former Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has been charged with rape after police raided a Gold Coast apartment.
- Fresh alcohol bans have been imposed in Alice Springs where violence erupted last night, following the arrest of child murder suspect Jefferson Lewis.
- A group of activists arrested on board dozens of aid ships bound for Gaza have been moved to the Greek island of Crete, Israel has confirmed.
- And today’s good news: A world first clinical trial of a tiny brain implant for treatment-resistant depression has been given the go-ahead in the U.S.
Hosts: Zara Seidler and Lucy Tassell
Producer: Elliot Lawry
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Lucy Tassell· Host0:02
[gentle music] From The Daily Aus, I'm Lucy Tassel.
Zara Seidler· Host0:10
I'm Zara Seidler.
Lucy Tassell· Host0:11
It's Friday, the 1st of May. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
Zara Seidler· Host0:15
The partner of former Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has been charged with rape after police raided a Gold Coast apartment. Investigators declared a crime scene at the home on Thursday before the 65-year-old man handed himself in to police on Friday. He has now been charged with three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. Authorities have not named the man, but he has been identified by several media outlets as Dr. Reza Adib. Palaszczuk confirmed she was in a relationship with the Brisbane-based surgeon when she was premier in 2021. According to a statement from Queensland Police, it will, quote, "be alleged the man sexually assaulted a woman in her 30s at a Gold Coast home on the 30th of March."
Lucy Tassell· Host0:55
Listeners are advised the following story includes references to a First Nations person who has died. Fresh alcohol bans have been imposed in Alice Springs, where violence erupted last night following the arrest of child murder suspect Jefferson Lewis. The 47-year-old was taken into custody following the discovery of a child's body, believed to be five-year-old girl Kumantjayi Little Baby, who disappeared on Saturday night. Lewis was flown to Darwin for safety reasons after he was attacked on Thursday. Angry crowds then tried to storm an Alice