Erin Patterson found guilty of murdering three guests with deadly mushroom lunch
The jury has reached a verdict in Erin Patterson's murder trial, finding her guilty of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. Patterson had pleaded not guilty to murdering three relatives and attempting to murder another by serving them Beef Wellingtons containing death cap mushrooms during a lunch at her home at Leongatha in regional Victoria in July 2023. Patterson's parents-in-law Don and Gail Patterson both died after the lunch, along with Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson. Heather's husband Ian Wilkinson survived after spending weeks in hospital. The trial was held in the Latrobe Valley Law Courts in the regional Victorian town of Morwell. Reporter: Jarrod Whittaker (Sale)
Northern Territory Coroner Elisabeth Armitage has delivered her findings in a long-running inquest into the fatal police shooting of 19-year-old Warlpiri-Luritja man Kumanjayi Walker during an arrest in Yuendumu in 2019. Judge Armitage found former constable Zachary Rolfe, who fired the fatal shots, "was racist", and that she could not exclude the possibility that those attitudes "were a contributing cause of Kumanjayi's death". The NT Police Force says it will "carefully consider" Judge Armitage's 32 recommendations and more than 600 pages of findings.Reporter: Carly Williams in Yuendumu
A former underground miner is suing Anglo Coal for more than $1 million in damages following separate explosions at Grosvenor Coal Mine. The 35-year-old is suffering post-traumatic stress disorder from multiple incidents. Anglo American says the health, safety and wellbeing of workers is top priority and it is committed to ensuring a safe working environment. Reporter: Ellie Will cox (Rockhampton)
Gunlom Falls, one of Kakadu National Park's most popular sites, reopened today, giving visitors access for the first time in six years. The waterfall was closed in 2019 due to a dispute between traditional owners and Parks Australia over damage to a sacred Aboriginal men's site. Reporter: James Elton (Katherine)
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Five-year ban for Collingwood member responsible for vile threat against Carlton coach Michael Voss
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SBS Australia
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Russia was behind downing of MH17: EU rights court
Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics with SBS News Podcasts . In July 2014, a commercial flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian Airlines flight M-H-17 - was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 253 people on board - including 38 Australians. At the time, anti-Kyiv separatists, backed by Russia, were fighting Ukrainian forces after the Russian invasion and annexation of Crimea. It was these Russian-backed separatists who shot down the Boeing 777, using a Russian-made missile. More than a decade on, Europe's top human rights court has ruled that Russia was responsible. President of the European Court of Human Rights Mattias Guyomar, says Russia violated the right to life of passengers on board. 'The court found that the missile that downed the flight MH17 was fired by a member of the Russian military crew of the Buk Telar, or by a member of the DPR. It was not necessary for the court to decide exactly who fired the missile since Russia was responsible for the acts of the Russian armed force and of the armed separatists. No measures were taken by Russia to accurately identify the intended target of the missile in breach of international human law. The killing of the civilians onboard flight MH17 could not be described as a lawful act of war and violated the right to life under the Convention." The decision comes as part of a broader ruling examining four complaints filed to the court between 2014 and 2022, three from Ukraine and one from the Netherlands. The panel of 17 judges have found that since 2014, Russia has committed a series of flagrant and unprecedented violations of the European Human Rights Convention. These violations include, but are not limited to, the extrajudicial killing of civilians and military personnel outside combat, torture, forced labour, and the unlawful detention of civilians. Mattias Guyomar says these findings present the scale of violations carried out by the Russian state. "Taken as a whole, the evidence presented a picture of interconnected practices of manifestly unlawful conduct by agents of the Russian state on a massive scale across Ukraine. This included a practice of military attacks that were variously indiscriminate, disproportionate and targeted residential areas in breach of international humanitarian law." Russia left the European Human Rights Convention in September 2022, shortly after being expelled from the Council of Europe for its invasion of Ukraine. The decision is therefore largely symbolic, and Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says Moscow plans to ignore them. But, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the ruling is a historic judgement and an undeniable victory for Ukraine and families of the victims hailed the decision as an important milestone in their 11-year quest for justice. Meanwhile, Russia has conducted its largest drone attack on Ukraine since the war began, with 728 drones and 13 missiles fired in a single night. Over 10 Ukrainian regions were hit, with the hardest hit being Lutsk, a critical hub used for receiving foreign military aid. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says Russia's escalation is no longer about military targets. "Russia is now massively and deliberately bombing Ukrainian cities from the air night after night. Last night, we experienced some of the most massive bomb and rocket attacks since the beginning of the war. They are practically only targeting civilian sites; it is terrorism against the civilian population and has nothing to do with a war against military targets anymore." Responding after the attacks, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russian President Vladimir Putin is attempting to make a point about the recently stalled U-S led peace efforts. With an increasing number of decoy drones fired by Russia in recent weeks, it appears Russia is seeking to overwhelm Ukraine's air defence systems. This comes as U-S President Donald Trump announced the U-S would resume weapons shipments to Ukraine after a brief pause. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova says the resumption of shipments from the US will make matters worse. "After Washington's previously announced decision to suspend military supplies to the Kyiv regime during the inspection of Pentagon warehouses, the United States made statements about their resumption. The consequences of such moves are yet to be assessed, but it can be said with certainty that the continuation of sending weapons to Ukraine wouldn't help, to put it mildly, bring about a peaceful settlement of the conflict, which the world community, including the West Wing, seemingly calls everyone for." Mr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, is urging Ukraine's partners to impose stricter sanctions on Russian oil and those who help finance Russia's war by buying it. Visiting Italy ahead of an international conference on rebuilding Ukraine, he met with U-S Ukraine Envoy Keith Kellogg for what he describes as "substantive" conversations about weapon supplies and strengthening air defences. It's the first time the U-S is taking part in a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, a European dominated group of countries backing Ukraine. Kyiv is seeking to purchase more Patriot air defence systems from Washington, which are considered key to defending its cities. Donald Trump says he is considering the sale. "They would like it. They've asked for it. They're very rare, indeed, you know, because a lot of systems have been sent to Ukraine. But they would like to. I know they made the request. We're going to have to take a look at it. Very expensive. Very expensive system. It's a shame that we have to spend so much money on a war that would have never happened if I were president. That's a terrible, terrible war over there. And it's really a shame. It's, uh... Very sad. You know, when you talk about a system like that, highly sophisticated, tremendous amount of money, and they're doing it because they want to prevent death. They're getting hit hard, very hard. So we're looking at it."
SBS Australia
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SBS News In Easy English 10 July 2025
The Federal Government is reviewing recommendations made as part of a national plan to combat rising antisemitism in Australia. The recommendations include measures to be adopted in education, workplaces, public institutions and media. A key finding of the report that informs the recommendations, is a 300 per cent rise in reported incidents of antisemitism since 2023. The reported incidents include threats, vandalism, harassment, physical violence and destruction of property. The report was undertaken over the past nine months and was overseen by Jillian Segal, a special envoy appointed by the government. Domain's latest quarterly rental report reveals Darwin is the only capital city in Australia in which rental prices have lowered in the past three months. For much of the country, the median rent for houses has been unchanged for the past year, after a surge in rental prices in recent years. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, house rents across combined capitals have climbed 47.7 per cent and 44.4 per cent for apartments. The report also points to a lack of available homes for renters, with a vacancy rate around 2 per cent for most cities. The mother of missing German backpacker - Carolina Wilga - has made an emotional appeal in the search for her daughter. She posted on social media, saying she needs help as she can't do much from Germany, adding that anyone with information must contact police. The 26 year-old was last seen in Western Australia's wheat belt in Beacon, a town 330 kilometres north east of Perth on the 29th of June. W-A's major crime squad and homicide unit are now investigating the disappearance, after her phone was switched off and she failed to maintain contact with loved ones. Ms Wilga is of slim build with dark blonde or brown hair and could be travelling in a two-toned black and silver Mitsubishi van. A European court has found Russia was responsible for downing Malaysian Airlines flight 17 [[M-H 17]] in 2014, in a landmark judgement more than a decade after the tragedy. All 253 people on board the flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, died - 38 of them Australians. This ruling is largely symbolic - Russia did not participate in the probe and is disregarding its findings. European Court of Human Rights Court President, Mattias Guyomar says Russia did not make efforts to identify M-H 17 as a civilian aircraft. In tennis, Novak Djokovic has extended his world record by qualifying for a 52nd major tournament semi-final. The 38 year-old has defeated Italy's Flavio Cobolli in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, winning in four sets, 6-7, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4. Djokovic says he's coming out of the match not feeling his best, and has some recovering to do before his semi-final against Jannik Sinner tomorrow night The winner of the Djokovic-Sinner semi-final will play play either Carlos Alcaraz or Taylor Fritz in the final.
