Western Sydney International Airport (WSI) finally has an opening date confirmed after decades of planning and construction.

The first flight to depart the new runway will take off on 25 October this year, with tickets for domestic departures into next year on sale from Wednesday.

Haar says there is “almost zero” regulation globally of the industry that produces these weapons. In Australia, there are no nationally enforced standards for their use. In some states, police go to great lengths not to share what weapons they have or how they’re used.

• In Victoria, police have refused to publicly provide the make and model of their rubber bullets and other weapons even to the state’s parliamentarians due to “operational and community safety considerations”.

• Contracts worth millions for these weapons are often with third-party distributors rather than the manufacturers, obscuring what police have access to.

• During coronial inquests, after baton rounds and other weapons may have contributed to deaths, Victoria police have sought suppression orders that bar media from describing any details of weaponry.

• In some states, details about Tasers have been suppressed during inquests, including the training materials given to officers.

• Guardian Australia approached each force in the country for a list of the manufacturer and model of their less lethal weapons but all declined to provide one, with most citing operational safety.

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A Canberra innovation that can detect contaminants in dairy products could reduce milk waste, with around 150 million tonnes currently wasted annually.

It allows dairy companies, who previously had to wait two to three days to receive routine laboratory test results, to test on site in just three minutes.

What's next?

The Cybertongue technology may be expanded to test food for allergens or even some bacterial toxins in future.

I've linked Ette's YouTube video, because unfortunately their written coverage is paywalled: https://www.ettemedia.com/sheila-chebii/

Some Kenyan/diaspora coverage:

• https://thekenyandiaspora.com/stories/7486/Australian-police-rule-out-suicide-as-investigation-into-Sheila-Chebiis-death-intensifies
• https://www.tuko.co.ke/people/family/628300-kenyans-australia-demand-justice-eldoret-woman-dies-weeks-moving-abroad/
• https://diasporamessenger.com/2026/05/tragedy-kenyan-woman-dies-1-month-after-moving-to-australia/

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Media academics fear for the future of regional journalism after WIN Corporation announced cuts to one of Australia's oldest nightly news bulletins.

The current one-hour 6pm weeknight news bulletin on NBN in northern NSW will be cut to 30 minutes and shifted to 5:30pm, while local weekend bulletins have been axed.

What's next?

NBN News staff were told this week that WIN management will look at the news structure over the next three weeks as they assess resources.

Over the weekend, Brisbane's Church of Scientology became the latest target of a viral trend that began in the United States just a few months ago — the Scientology speed run.

Nfi why? It is literally blasted out into space for anyone with a receiver to hear but now unless I want to spend 2 gigs of ram and a CPU core I can't listen on a computer.

Why lock down public radio? What possible state interest does that serve?

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Two Victorian climbers and their rescuers have been winched to safety after spending the night stranded on a cliff in the Warrumbungle National Park, near Coonabarabran, in central-western New South Wales.

A delicate operation was launched after a 61-year-old climber suffered head injuries from a falling rock.

What's next?

The injured climber was taken to Coonabarabran Hospital for treatment for minor injuries.

He told the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion he was embraced by the LGBTQIA+ community when he came out as gay as a teenager, but the experience was markedly different when he told loved ones of his religious conversion.

"When I began the process of telling people that I was embarking on this Jewish journey, I lost a significant number of friends,"

he said.

"It was quite horrific actually."

Benjamin F said he no longer felt safe in "progressive" circles and spaces, with his former friends calling him Jewish slurs and labelling him a supporter of genocide.

"It's lonely," he said.

I'll keep this in mind