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A 66-year-old man has been charged after police raided a South Wentworthville property and seized a white Porsche believed to be the getaway vehicle used in the shooting murder of 35-year-old Jack Cheung in Carlingfield on Wednesday. Daniel Oglesby was charged with having a suspected stolen item, though police don't believe he knew the vehicle was connected to the murder. Specialist police surrounded the property using heavily armed vehicles and megaphones to order three occupants out.

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Pauline Hanson has blamed the end of the White Australia policy in 1973 under Gough Whitlam for current migration issues in Australia, claiming many people come for welfare and the NDIS. The One Nation leader made the comments in a podcast interview with far-right activist Tommy Robinson and also revealed she believes her daughter Lee could lead the party in future.

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Telstra executives, including Chief Executive Vicky Brady and Chief Financial Officer Michael Ackland, are appearing before a Senate inquiry to explain last week's nationwide network outage. The meltdown knocked out commuter rail networks in Victoria and South Australia, prevented more than 600 customers from calling triple zero, and disrupted card and phone payments for small businesses. Telstra has identified the cause as a maintenance error at a network timing server at its Melbourne Exhibition Street exchange, where a GPS card failed to operate as expected when the device was repowered.

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Laos' ambassador has been summoned to Canberra for a diplomatic meeting following a legal development concerning the deaths of Melbourne teenagers Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones. The incident has prompted formal diplomatic action between the Australian and Laotian governments.

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A man has been charged with murder after allegedly setting his father alight at a home in Glenmore Park, Sydney's west. The victim, a man in his 60s, was found dead with severe injuries outside the burning property. The 36-year-old son was arrested after being spotted leaving the scene and has been refused bail. In other developments, Donald Trump is preparing a primetime address focused on election integrity, while a cyber attack on Partnered Health has compromised confidential medical records of thousands of patients across 21 GP and skin clinics. Australian authorities are also awaiting charges in Laos over the methanol poisoning deaths of teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles.

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Laos officials are concluding a nearly two-year investigation into a mass methanol poisoning incident that claimed the lives of two Melbourne teenagers and four others. The victims died after consuming methanol-laced alcohol at a backpacker's hostel. Reports suggest those responsible may face only lighter sentences and fines, leaving the victims' families devastated as charges are expected to be announced.

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Geelong faces a major injury crisis with midfielder Max Holmes suffering a potentially season-ending ankle injury in the fourth quarter of their 27-point victory over St Kilda, coming just days after forward Jeremy Cameron underwent shoulder surgery. Despite the injury concerns, returning player Brian Myers provided a bright spot with a three-goal performance that helped Geelong end their three-match losing streak.

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A Greyhound bus driver in Queensland was filmed by passengers using his phone to scroll through YouTube while driving to Townsville. The bus allegedly veered off the road and nearly collided with another vehicle during the journey. The coach operator has launched an investigation and police have been notified of the incident.

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A woman in her 60s survived an encounter with a two-metre eastern brown snake in the Tweed Valley, northern New South Wales, after riding over it with her bicycle. The snake became tangled in her bike chain and bit her thigh, but she received only a dry bite with no venom entering her bloodstream. Eastern brown snakes are considered the world's second most venomous snake species.

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A car crashed into a home in Feeney Gardens, Perth's east, narrowly missing a woman in her 70s who had just sat down to watch television. The out-of-control vehicle tore off part of the roof before the driver allegedly fled the scene. Police later arrested the driver.

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