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Man arrested for pushing Perth flight attendant
The 59-year-old man will front court today, accused of assaulting an airline crew member at Perth Airport two weeks ago.
The Australian Federal Police alleged the Queensland man refused a crew member's instruction to take his seat as a flight to Brisbane was preparing for departure because he wanted to use the bathroom.
The man then allegedly pushed the crew member, and the incident was reported to the flight captain, who requested the AFP attend the gate and remove the man from the plane.
AFP officers removed the man – who was allegedly uncooperative with police – from the plane and he was charged with one count of assaulting a crew member.
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Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is under threat from an emerging populist bloc on her party's right flank, threatening splinters on its contentious net zero emissions pledge, woke culture and immigration as MPs fear a further slump in the polls.
The incoming chief of US Navy operations has warned the US will not be able to fulfil its AUKUS obligations without doubling its submarine-building capacity, in a fresh sign of the doubts over whether the agreement can be honoured.
The US president has called on Israel to speed up the flow of food to Gaza and set a new timeframe for Russia to end the war in Ukraine, intensifying his demands on both global flashpoints.
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Good morning readers, and welcome to our live news blog for Tuesday, July 29.
Making headlines today, a community group lobbying for an end to plans for a $217 million racetrack and amphitheatre on the Burswood peninsula has hit back at claims the development would be a boon to the local economy, pointing to similar developments in other states they say proved the opposite.
'As the Cook government moves to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to host a V8 Supercars event in Burswood Park, we must learn from the hard lessons of other cities,' Save Burswood Park Alliance co-chair Robin Harvey said.
Meanwhile, the trial of accused fraudster Chris Marco
He is accused of creating an 'entire make-believe' suite of invite-only investment opportunities to defraud his clients of $36.5 million.
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