A video with 15-year-old student leader Malea Procter has reached around 56,000 views.

A Sydney council is considering banning drivers from parking trailers, boats and caravans in several areas amid community safety concerns.

Sutherland Shire Council is looking into the long-term parking of boats, trailers and caravans on busy local streets after multiple residents reported the issue.

"The issues raised included visual amenity, reduced sightlines, safety risks, and prolonged storage on public roads," a Sutherland Shire Council spokesperson told nine.com.au.

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The council is considering enforcement options under current legislation, recommended improvements to existing legislation, and options for a targeted trial of parking measures.

Those measures could include signs banning trailers, boats and caravans from parking in key locations across busy suburbs like Cronulla, Woolooware and Lilli Pilli.

Many locals say they'd welcome the change.

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The federal government's proposed changes to the way superannuation is taxed will soon become law, after the Greens agreed to back the reform.

Under the plan, roughly 1.3 million of the nation's lowest-paid workers will get access to the low-income superannuation tax offset (LISTO), while about 90,000 ultra-wealthy Australians will have their superannuation earnings taxed at a higher rate.

The move will also raise an extra $1.6 billion a year in revenue for the federal budget.

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While the government easily has the numbers to pass legislation through the lower house, with the Coalition opposing the change, it required the support of the Greens to get the bill through the Senate.

This morning, the minor party announced it will back the laws, while at the same time urging the government to pull the trigger on major tax reform in the upcoming federal budget.

"We're disappointed that Labor has watered down its original proposal, but we strongly support the increase to the low-income super tax offset, two-thirds of which will benefit women's retirement savings," Greens senator Nick McKim said.

"We are going to support the bill as a downpayment on genuine, progressive tax reform in this budget."

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Superannuation changes to start July 1

With the laws set to pass the Senate, the superannuation changes will come into effect at the start of the next financial year.

From July 1, the LISTO threshold will be raised to offset the tax paid on superannuation for anyone earning less than $45,000 a year, up from $37,000, effectively ensuring super is still tax-effective for Australians on low incomes.

Raising the threshold to the top of the second income tax bracket will cover an additional 1.3 million workers.

According to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), that change will deliver someone on $44,000 a year close to an extra $50,000 in their super balance by the time they retire.

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The other change impacts ultra-wealthy Australians by increasing the tax rate on superannuation earnings for accounts worth more than $3 million.

This will impact the top 0.3 per cent of super account holders – a total of about 90,000 people.

Instead of the current flat concessional tax rate of 15 per cent, from July 1, the tax rate on earnings for super accounts with a balance of between $3 million and $10 million will rise to 30 per cent, and to 40 per cent for accounts worth more than $10 million.

The increased tax rates won't apply to an account's entire earnings – only to the proportion of the balance over each of the new thresholds.

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Greens push for wider tax changes in budget

By describing their backing as a down payment on progressive reform, the Greens have only raised speculation further that the May 12 federal government will contain some of the most substantial changes to the tax system in decades.

"This budget is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for ambitious tax reform, and we are opening the door for Labor to walk through," McKim said.

Exactly what will be unveiled remains a mystery, but the government has done little, if anything, to quash rumours of the controversial capital gains tax discount being pared back for investment properties – something McKim alluded to.

"The current tax system has turbo-charged the housing crisis, wealth inequality and a deepening intergenerational divide," he said. 

"We are demanding bold reform that responds to these challenges and makes our society fairer for young people and working people.

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"There is a massive Labor majority in the House of Representatives, the opposition is a rabble, and the numbers are there in the Senate as long as Labor shows courage. 

"The only limit is Labor's level of ambition."

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has frequently spoken of the government's desire to address intergenerational inequality.

Last night, The Australian reported Treasury has conducted modelling on limiting negative gearing to two investment properties, while there have also been rumours of tax incentives for electric vehicles and home batteries being scaled back to cut down on federal spending levels.

Last Friday, Chalmers hosted a roundtable discussion with a group of leading private economists, which he said would help inform the decisions made in the budget.

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It took 48 hours but just one tiny window of opportunity for five Iranian footballers to make their fateful escape from handlers and successfully seek asylum in Australia overnight.

Fatemeh Pasandideh, Zahra Ghanbari, Zahra Sarbali, Atefeh Ramazanzadeh, and Mona Hamoudi were assisted by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in a dramatic midnight mission on Queensland's Gold Coast as most of Australia slept.

Their desperate bid for freedom came to a triumphant end when Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke granted the players humanitarian visas at 1.30am – a secret meeting that sealed their fate while most of Australia slept.

But the plans had been laid well before Burke signed the dotted line and before it was accused of dragging their feet by Australian activist Drew Pavlou and US President Donald Trump.

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The players feared jail or death upon their return to Iran, besieged by the US-led strikes and under a fresh ayatollah regime, after being eliminated from the 2026 Women's Asia Cup.

Concerns had grown for the footballers since Sunday night when it was claimed at one of the women made "a sign for help" as the team bus left Gold Coast Stadium at the end of their Asia Cup campaign.

The players also feared for their safety after being labelled traitors for not singing the national anthem during a game against South Korea.

Burke's office had declined to comment on the matter before now, citing the sensitivity of the issues involved.

The calls for the Australian government to step in and grant asylum to the team then hit boiling point when Trump joined the fray with a post on Truth Social about 1.15am AEDT.

"Don't do it Mr Prime Minister, give ASYLUM. The U.S. will take them if you won't," Trump wrote, before sharing Pavlou's post which claimed the government had to be "dragged kicking and screaming" to grant the women protection.

It appears efforts to help the football players flee Iranian persecution began days before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese admonished for making a "terrible humanitarian decision" by Trump.

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Here is how the past 48 hours unfolded.

Burke flew to Brisbane on Sunday evening to speak with the team members who had expressed a desire to stay in Australia.

The players had been due to fly back home to Iran yesterday, but did not emerge from their hotel to travel the airport as planned.

It wasn't until late last night that the women broke away from their handlers and were moved to a safe location by the AFP.

The exact circumstances of their escape is unclear – sources previously told SBS News that the women were not able to walk around the hotel unaccompanied and were escorted to a conference room to eat meals.

By 1.30am today, the humanitarian visas were officially granted by Burke.

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"I signed off last night for their applications to go onto humanitarian visas and a little bit after 1.30am this morning the processing was completed by the Department of Home Affairs," Burke said.

Albanese later confirmed that Trump called him just before 2am and the pair had a "very positive discussion".

During that call, the PM delicately explained to Trump that the wheels had already been in motion before his public intervention.

"He was concerned about the Iranian women in the football team and their welfare and their safety if they returned home," the PM told reporters.

"I was able to convey to him the action that we'd taken over the previous 48 hours and that five [members] of the team had asked for assistance and had received it and were safely located."

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At around 3am, Trump returned to Truth Social to shower Albanese with praise.

"He's on it!" Trump wrote. "Five have already been taken care of, and the rest are on their way.

"Some, however, feel they must go back because they are worried about the safety of their families, including threats to those family members if they don't return.

"In any event, the Prime Minister is doing a very good job having to do with this rather delicate situation."

By 7am today, Burke had re-emerged and offered details of his long night in Queensland.

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"They're welcome to stay in Australia, they're safe here, and feel at home here," Burke told reporters today.

"There has been a lot of work that's been going on in recent days to make sure that we had the maximum number of opportunities for these women to know that they could seek assistance if they wanted to and to have maximum number of opportunities to directly seek that assistance.

"This is my second night here in Brisbane, I was here the night before as well, and at that point we had conversations happening with some of the women but we didn't know whether any would seek assistance."

The remaining members of the team will be offered assistance if they ask for it, he added.

"We realise they are in a terribly difficult situation with the decisions that they're making, but the opportunity will continue to be there for them to talk to Australian officials if they wish to," Burke said.

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The wife of an American teacher killed in a student prank gone wrong wants all charges against the teens involved dropped.

A group of teenagers went to Jason Hughes' home in Gainesville, Georgia on Friday night (Saturday afternoon AEDT) armed with rolls of toilet paper to throw over trees, the New York Times reports.

The 40-year-old, a teacher at North Hall High School, knew the good-natured prank was coming, and went outside to catch them in the act but reportedly slipped and fell in the rain just as the teens were leaving the scene in two cars.

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Hughes was run over by one of the cars and died.

Hall County Sheriff's office have now charged 18-year-old Jayden Ryan Wallace with homicide by vehicle in the first degree, criminal trespass, reckless driving and littering.

The sheriff's office confirmed to the Times that Wallace did stop and attempt to give his teacher first aid but could not revive him.

Another four teens were also charged with misdemeanours, criminal trespass and littering.

In a statement viewed by the Times, Hughes' wife Laura, who is also a teacher at North Hall, said her husband was not going to confront the students, but was "excited and waiting to catch them in the act".

She said the family supports all charges being dropped.

"This is a terrible tragedy, and our family is determined to prevent a separate tragedy from occurring, ruining the lives of these students," Hughes said.

"This would be counter to Jason's lifelong dedication of investing in the lives of these children."

The superintendent of the school district reportedly released a statement in praise of the late teacher and coach.

"Jason Hughes was a loving husband, a devoted father; a passionate teacher, mentor, and coach who was loved and respected by students and colleagues," Will Schofield.

"He gave so much to so many in numerous ways as he faithfully served God.

"Our hearts and prayers go out to his wife and family."

Have you ever wanted to send a text about orcas or Bigfoot or trombones only to find you have to do it using words instead of pictures?

Well, there's good news for you, with the latest batch of emojis released by Apple.

They include a ballet dancer, a rockslide, a treasure chest and what is described as a "distorted face".

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There is also a "fight cloud", an emoji you might drop into a heated group chat in the hopes of easing the tension.

The update will also include the option of changing skin tones for a pair of existing emojis – people wrestling or people with bunny ears.

While these graphics have been released by Apple, they are just the iPhone designs of the ones approved by the Unicode Consortium.

The Unicode Consortium is a global public body formed in part to ensure easy communication over devices made by different organisations.

Every year the non-profit meets to decide what emojis will be added to phones all over the world.

This year's emojis were determined last year but Apple's designs have only now been unveiled.

"Every year, new characters including emoji are added to the Unicode Standard and after a lot of paperwork are added to your device of choice," the Consortium said in a statement.

"These new emoji have long standing symbolic meanings, are visually distinctive, and contain multitudes of expression."

Apparently far more prepared, Google revealed their own designs of the emojis the same day they were approved by the Consortium.

They are more or less identical to the Apple designs, but with the slightest style differences.

Anybody can submit a suggestion to the Consortium to have their emoji considered for inclusion.

Not allowed are logos, brands, specific people, specific buildings, deities or images protected by third-party IP rights.

This year's emojis will become available with the new iOS 26.4 operating system. 

Next time you update your phone, it might be there.

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Overnight Donald Trump was vociferously demanding Australia grant asylum to a group of Iranian footballers.

But the president's demands come in spite of his administration deporting many asylum seekers back to Iran.

As the federal government was speaking with the five women, the president was speaking out via his social media website Truth Social.

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"Australia is making a terrible humanitarian mistake by allowing the Iran National Woman's Soccer team to be forced back to Iran, where they will most likely be killed," he wrote.

"Don't do it, Mr. Prime Minister, give ASYLUM. The US will take them if you won't."

Not all Iranian asylum seekers get the same treatment in the USA.

A report written by Senate Democrats earlier this year discussed the US negotiating with Iran to take back those seeking to flee the regime.

"While distinct from third country deportations, the Administration has shown that in pursuit of its deportation agenda, it is even willing to cut deals with adversarial governments like Iran," the report read.

"Under secretive arrangements, the Administration has forcibly deported Iranians, including vulnerable individuals such as religious minorities and political dissidents."

The report claimed the Trump administration had struck a deal with Iran to deport 400 Iranians over the coming months.

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"The Administration has sent at least three plane-loads of Iranians back to Iran, including Christian converts, ethnic minorities and political dissidents who could face persecution or torture," the report said.

"At least eight people from the first flight begged not to be sent to Iran because they were scared for their lives."

The administration deported asylum seekers to Iran even after a crackdown on protesters last month that led to the deaths of thousands of dissidents.

According to CNN, 14 Iranians were deported on the flight, but dozens more were not allowed to board because they had been exposed to measles.

Among those not allowed to board were two gay men who faced execution in Iran.

That flight predates America's attack on Iran which began on February 28.

As Trump called for the footballers to be granted asylum, one of his most vocal backers in Congress is copping flak for his comments on Muslims.

"Muslims don't belong in American society," Tennessee Representative Andy Ogles said.

"Pluralism is a lie."

His comments sparked a strong backlash from Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

"Andy Ogles is a malignant clown and pathological liar who has fabricated his whole life story," he said.

"Disgusting Islamophobes like you do not belong in Congress or in civilised society."

Ogles had previously claimed to formerly be an economist and law enforcement officer, both of which were untrue.

The five Iranian footballers are currently under police protection.

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Tensions have flared about the state of Australia's fuel supply as the government and farmers appear to be at odds over the availability of diesel.

Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth insisted there had only been a "spike in demand" – not supply – while appearing on Today this morning, and said there was no reason for Australians to fear widespread shortages.

"Let's be really clear, there isn't an issue with supply when it comes to fuel," she said.

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In a heated debate with host Karl Stefanovic, she insisted reports on the contrary were false.

"The suggestion that there is a crisis in fuel supply in this country is incorrect," she said.

"We have more fuel in this country than in the last 15 years," she claimed, though Stefanovic was unconvinced.

"What planet are you living on?" he said.

"That is a complete fabrication."

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Stefanovic's response came just an hour after a Queensland cattle farmer appeared on the show, saying he is beginning to worry about how his farm near Toowoomba will cope beyond this week if they do not receive fuel, and is questioning the decision being made into how fuel is getting distributed across the country.

"It's a little bit hard not to panic," farmer Layton Free said on Today.

"I know [they] say we have enough fuel, but how come we're not getting it?

"Is someone manipulating the supply or is it not here?"

Free said he was already having to make decisions on what tasks to carry out on his farm and which ones to delay due to the shortage of fuel he is experiencing.

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He stressed that he is not the only one in the situation, saying suppliers in his area are feeling the pinch as well.

"Our suppliers are telling us that they are struggling to get their supplies. Some are getting zero, some are getting up to 10 per cent of their supplies," Free said.

"It's basically rationed out, and we're relying on our suppliers to do the right thing to give that fuel to where it's really needed.

"They've got a really big responsibility on their shoulders too."

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Exclusive: A Sydney motorist was slapped with a $130 fine and told his licence would be suspended for failing to pay a parking fine – even though he had paid it in full.

Andy was fined $140 for overstaying a parking meter in Chatswood, on Sydney's Lower North Shore, in August last year.

He applied for a payment plan through Revenue NSW and was approved.

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Andy said he made four payments online and finished paying off the fine four days before the final payment was due.

He got the shock of his life when he received a letter in February saying the fine was still outstanding.

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New footage shows what an expert investigative group says is likely an American Tomahawk missile hitting a compound in southern Iran, metres from the school where a deadly unclaimed blast killed more than 165 people at the start of the war raging in the Middle East.

It comes as mounting evidence points to US culpability for the February 28 strike, which hit a school adjacent to a Revolutionary Guard base in Minab, Iran, in the country's southern Hormozgan Province. Experts interviewed by The Associated Press, citing satellite image analysis, say the school was probably struck amid a quick succession of bombs dropped on the compound.

A US official familiar with internal deliberations on the matter has told the AP that the strike was likely American. The official spoke anonymously because they were not authorised to comment publicly on the sensitive matter.

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The new footage, first analysed by the investigative group Bellingcat, was taken the day the school was struck but circulated on Sunday by Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency. It shows a missile hitting a building, sending a dark plume of smoke into the air.

The AP was able to geolocate the video and determine it was taken from a site adjacent to the school, while smoke was already rising from the school vicinity. Satellite imagery of the compound is consistent with visual identifiers found in the video, including a flat-roofed building, power lines and vehicles.

Trevor Ball, a Bellingcat researcher, identified the munition as a Tomahawk cruise missile — which only the US is known to possess in this war. It's the first evidence of a munition used in the strike.

US Central Command has acknowledged using Tomahawk missiles in this war and even released a photo of the USS Spruance, part of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier group located within range of the school, firing a Tomahawk missile on February 28.

Bellingcat said the footage "appears to contradict" US President Donald Trump's claim that Iran was responsible for the deadly school blast. Neither the US military's Central Command nor the Israeli military immediately replied to requests for comment from the AP.

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When asked by a reporter on Saturday whether the US was responsible for the blast, which killed mostly children, Trump responded, without providing evidence: "No, in my opinion, based on what I've seen, that was done by Iran." Trump added that Iran is "very inaccurate" with its munitions. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth quickly chimed in to say the US was investigating.

Several other factors point to a US strike.

One is the launching of an assessment of the incident by the US military. According to the Pentagon's instructions on processes for mitigating civilian harm, an assessment is launched after a group of investigators make an initial determination that the US military may bear culpability.

Another is the location of the school — next to the Revolutionary Guard base and close to barracks for a naval unit. The US military has focused on naval targets and acknowledged strikes in the province, including one in the vicinity of the school. Israel, which has denied conducting the strike, has focused on areas of Iran closer to Israel and hasn't reported any strikes south of Isfahan, 800 kilometres away.

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Complicating any assessment of the incident is the lack of images of bomb fragments from the blast. No independent agency has reached the site during the war to investigate.

Janina Dill, an expert on international law at Oxford University, wrote on X that even if the strike was a misidentification — and the attacker believed that the school had been a part of the neighboring IRGC base — it would still be "a very serious violation of international law".

"Attackers are under an obligation to do everything feasible to verify the status of targeted object," she wrote.

The Trump administration, however, strikes a different tone on international humanitarian law.

Speaking about the US operation at a press conference March 2, Hegseth said: "America, regardless of what so-called international institutions say, is unleashing the most lethal and precise air power campaign in history."

"No stupid rules of engagement," he said. "No politically correct wars. We fight to win, and we don't waste time or lives."

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