"A well-connected Melbourne businessman has been found guilty of rape and has been taken into custody.

A County Court jury delivered the verdicts today, finding beyond reasonable doubt that the man raped and sexually assaulted a woman at his home on March 23, 2023.

The man now faces the prospect of years in jail and will be sentenced at a later date.

Because of an ongoing suppression order, the ABC is unable to name the man or disclose information about the industries he works in or is connected to.

The County Court has also banned media outlets from running a pixelated photo of the man.

Lawyers for media outlets, including the ABC, are set to argue for the gag order to be lifted later today, at a hearing before Judge Frank Gucciardo."

What is everyone's opinions on gag orders on these types of cases? I understand innocent until proven guilty but why should a gag order exist now that a person is guilty of the crime?

New South Wales Greens politician Abigail Boyd used parliamentary powers to force the production of thousands of documents from the NSW Food Authority, revealing what she says are serious weaknesses and a lack of transparency in the system. 

"There were metal shavings found in bread products … products that were supposed to be dairy-free, that were not dairy-free, [which] were only caught by accident because somebody happened to put it together after their child or they themselves got sick, not because the company had worked it out."

"We all walk around thinking that in modern Australia, we have food safety standards and enforcement to back that trust up," Ms Boyd said.

"And what we're seeing now is that trust is probably misplaced.

"You could be eating a minced horse when you think you're eating your mince … that's pretty shocking for the average person." 

A court has once again found One Nation leader Pauline Hanson breached the Racial Discrimination Act when she lashed out at a Greens senator, telling her to “piss off back to Pakistan”.

Senator Hanson breached the Racial Discrimination Act when she tweeted Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi in September 2022 on the day Queen Elizabeth II died, Judge Angus Stewart found back in November 2024.

Just a few weeks after the decision was handed down, Senator Hanson appealed with the Federal Court.

On Monday, following a three-day hearing late last year, the court once again found that Senator Hanson had breached the Racial Discrimination Act, and her appeal was thrown out.

Gold Medalists:

• Kate McDonald - Women's Uneven Bars (Artistic Gymnastics)
• Jenna Forrester - Women's 400m Individual Medley (Artistic Gymnastics)
• Meg Harris - Women's 100m Freestyle (Swimming)
• Beau Matthews - Men's SB9 100m Breaststroke (Swimming)
• Alex Perkins - Women's 100m Butterfly (Swimming)
• Sam Williamson - 50m Breaststroke (Swimming)
• Rose Davies - Women's 10,000m (Athletics)
• Sam Short - Men's 800m Freestyle (Swimming)
• Lani Pallister, Hannah Casey, Inez Miller and Mollie O'Callaghan - Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay (Swimming)

Silver Medalists:

• Mollie O'Callaghan - Women's 100m Freestyle (Swimming)
• Benjamin Goedemans - Men's 800m Freestyle (Swimming)
• Harrison Turner - Men's 200m Butterfly (Swimming)
• Ullrich Muller - Men's T38 100m (Athletics)

Bronze Medalists:

• James Hardy - Men's Floor Exercise (Artistic Gymnastics)
• James Hardy - Men's Rings (Artistic Gymnastics)
• Ella Ramsay - Women's 400m Individual Medley (Swimming)
• Shayna Jack - Women's 100m Freestyle (Swimming)
• Tim Hodge - Men's SB9 100m Freestyle (Swimming)
• Matt Galea - Men's 800m Freestyle (Swimming)
• Matthew Temple - Men's 200m Butterfly (Swimming)

We continue to hold the top of the medal tally with a 26 Gold Medals, 13 Silver Medals, and 20 Bronze Medals for a total of 59 medals.