Police are looking for a man after an alleged armed robbery in the Brisbane suburb of Durack.

CCTV shows the man approaching a 30-year-old woman on Outlook Place at 7.30am yesterday before producing a large knife.

He then allegedly forced her to the ground and demanded her personal items.

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Officers said he took the woman's mobile phone and handbag before leaving the scene in a nearby black station wagon.

The man travelled south towards Bowhill Road.

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A Sydney woman was livestreaming on TikTok when she had acid thrown in her face on a CBD street late last night.

Jenny Elhassan, 32, was standing on Dixon Street in Haymarket about 11.20pm when three masked men got out of a black Mazda SUV and threw acid in her face.

Ms Elhassan went into a nearby restaurant for help, and police were called.

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She was taken to Royal North Shore Hospital to be treated for facial injuries.

"I thought I lost my eyesight when it first happened," she said on TikTok from her hospital bed.

"I was screaming because I couldn't see.

"God saved me. I had my glasses on. Imagine I didn't have my glasses on."

Detective Acting Inspector Sean West said police are investigating whether the motive was personal or over a relationship.

"The precise motive of the attack is under investigation," he said.

"This is completely unacceptable."

A crime scene was established and officers are investigating the incident.

Inspector West described it as a "heinous" attack.

Police believe the attack was targeted.

"We are aware of a video that's being circulated, and that's one of many lines of inquiry," Det Act Insp West said.

"We are aware and are in the process of getting our hands on that."

Ms Elhassan has been discharged from hospital.

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NSW Ambulance Inspector Andrew Bibby said chemical burns to the face can be life-threatening.

"When paramedics arrived, this patient was very distressed and appeared to be struggling to breathe. Her face was quite swollen as a result of the chemical substance which was also impacting her vision," he said.

"A chemical burn to any part of the body is extremely concerning, let alone to a person's face. Of all the injuries paramedics attend, burns can be the most painful and difficult to manage."

"A facial burn can also have life-changing consequences such as blindness and horrendous scarring."

The substance has not yet been identified.

Scott Morrison has stood by a Liberal candidate who likened stopping transgender children competing in women's sport to standing up against the Holocaust.

But he did not stand by the comments made by Katherine Deves, who is running for the seat of Warringah on Sydney's Northern Beaches.

"This is a woman standing up for women and girls in sport," Mr Morrison said while on the campaign trail today.

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"There are ways she has expressed in the past that she no longer feels comfortable with."

He noted that he didn't share the sentiments Ms Deves had said.

"It is always important to show respect for the person sitting across the table from you," Mr Morrison said.

"We may not always agree, but when we disagree, it is important that we disagree better."

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Mr Morrison's comments came after NSW Treasurer Matt Kean, also a Liberal, called for Ms Deves to be disendorsed.

"There is no place in a mainstream political party for bigotry," he said.

"Coming out as Trans would be hugely challenging, especially for kids, and political leaders should be condemning the persecution of people based on their gender, not participating in it."

Mr Morrison said he didn't support Mr Kean's view.

Instead, he pivoted to the Labor candidate for Hunter, Dan Repacholi, who was also criticised for past social media comments.

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"There are things that Katherine has said in the past just like the Labor member for Hunter has said some pretty unfortunate and disrespectful things in the past. 

"I haven't called for him to be disendorsed."

Speaking on the issue today, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese noted Labor Hunter candidate Dan Repecholi's comments were made when he was much younger.

Mr Albanese said the NSW branch of the Liberal Party is "tearing itself apart".

"The Prime Minister earlier this week said that he shared Katherine Deves's values," Mr Albanese said.

"There is a revolt amongst Liberal Party members in electorates like Hughes, there is a range of candidates have been imposed from outside."

He was asked whether he thought Ms Deves should be disendorsed.

"It's a matter for the Liberal Party," he said.

"But if I was Scott Morrison, I wouldn't have selected her in the first place."

Ms Deves was a "captain's pick" by the Prime Minister to run in the seat of Warringah.

The electorate is currently represented by independent Zali Steggall, who won the seat previously held by Tony Abbott.

Anthony Albanese has promised to create a federal anti-corruption commission before the end of the year if he wins next month's election.

Speaking on 4CA in Cairns this morning, Mr Albanese said if Labor takes government, the commission would be legislated in 2022.

"We've waited long enough," he said.

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"Australians look at a government that paid $30 million for a block of land that was worth $3 million and wonder how that could possibly have occurred. 

"They look at all of the rorts that have been there in grant funding, commuter car parks where there are no train stations, for goodness sake."

Mr Albanese was scathing of Scott Morrison's failure to create an anti-corruption commission after promising to do so in 2018.

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Mr Morrison said the commission failed to eventuate because Labor did not support it.

"Why would you vote for him if he says that he needs Labor to pass any legislation?" Mr Albanese said.

"He hasn't even introduced the legislation to Parliament."

Mr Morrison said he would seek to implement his government's own legislation, which he noted was over 300 pages long.

"Labor's plan for an integrity commission is a two-page fluff sheet," he said.

"We developed detailed legislation – the Labor Party didn't agree with it."

He expressed his disdain for the set-up of NSW's ICAC.

"(Gladys Berejiklian) got run off the rails by a campaign against her, focusing on who her boyfriend was," Mr Morrison said.

"I think what we need is a proper integrity commission that is driven by the processes of the rule of law."

Mr Albanese is campaigning in Cairns this morning, while Mr Morrison is on the hustings in Melbourne.

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COVID-19 case numbers have dropped for a second day in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

NSW has recorded 13,601 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours.

The state reported 18 COVID-related deaths.

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There are 1491 people in hospital with the virus and 72 people admitted to ICU.

The number of people in hospital and ICU has also dropped since yesterday.

Queensland

Queensland has recorded 7591 new COVID-19 cases.

The state reported one COVID-19 related death.

There are 538 people in hospital with the virus and 22 people in ICU.

Victoria

Victoria has recorded 9559 new COVID-19 cases overnight.

Eight people have died with the virus.

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There are 403 people in hospital and 21 people admitted to ICU.

Hospitalisations and ICU admissions have risen since yesterday, from 374 hospital admissions and 14 ICU admissions.

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The NSW Government has launched a Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crimes to bring answers to families over unsolved murders.

The inquiry will investigate the murders of people in the LGBTIQ community between 1970 and 2010 to try and find out how and why the person was killed.

It will also investigate the manner and cause of death in 88 deaths or suspected deaths considered by Strike Force Parrabell.

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Honourable Justice John Sackar will be the commissioner.

"These unsolved deaths have left loving families without answers for too long," Premier Dominic Perrottet said.

"This Inquiry provides an opportunity to focus further scrutiny on suspected hate crimes, and under the leadership of Justice Sackar will work to close a dark chapter of our state's history that has left an indelible mark."

Justice Sackar will have access to the findings of previous inquiries and reports as well as the power to call witnesses, hold hearings and inspect documents.

Attorney General Mark Speakman said the inquiry hopefully will bring answers to the families of those who have suffered decades of grief.

"A Special Commission of Inquiry is a powerful investigative tool to look for answers for which many have been waiting decades. No one should have to suffer the distress of not knowing what happened to someone they love," Mr Speakman said.

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NSW's leading LGBTQ health organisation, ACON, has welcomed the inquiry.

"For decades, sexuality and gender diverse people in NSW were subjected to horrific hate crimes," ACON CEO Nicholas Parkhill said.

"This epidemic of violence, along with the slow and inadequate responses to many of these crimes, have left a painful legacy for the loved ones of victims, survivors, their families, and the broader community."

"Significant questions remain, and they cannot be allowed to persist unanswered because evidence and memory have been lost. Many of the survivors and the perpetrators may not be with us for much longer."

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Mr Parkhill added the inquiry will also need to address the "systemic failures" in investigating these deaths.

"It will need to uncover where there have been systematic failures and wrongdoing, particularly in law enforcement systems and justice agencies. This will be critical to ensuring this does not happen again," he said.

Analysis: Crafty politics from WA Premier Mark McGowan means Clive Palmer shapes as an unlikely ally in Labor's bid to end the Coalition's federal dominance in Western Australia, according to leading local commentator Gareth Parker.

The Coalition has dominated the west for decades, even bucking the trend towards Labor during Kevin Rudd's sweep to power in 2007.

But Mr McGowan's hardline stance on borders during the pandemic proved wildly popular and saw state Labor claim 53 of 59 seats in a devastating 2021 election win.

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Not only was the Liberal brand trashed by the result – the party was reduced to only two seats – but Mr McGowan has also done his best since to cause further damage.

His weapon of choice: Clive Palmer.

"Clive Palmer is about the least popular person you can imagine in WA and the Labor Party are gunning hard to link Scott Morrison to him," 6PR Breakfast host Gareth Parker explained on the On The Trail, Election 2022 podcast.

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Mr Palmer launched legal action during the pandemic against WA's hard border and locals were not impressed. They were equally unimpressed when the federal government initially supported the move.

"Mark McGowan quite skilfully said 'Well, look, this is the Liberal Party' – and he used the word 'Liberals', not the Commonwealth, this is the Liberals trying to join Clive Palmer to tear down the very popular hard border – and I think that stuck," Parker said.

Labor seems to agree.

"Certainly the campaign advertisements that are being run here by the WA Labor Party are focusing on that Palmer-Morrison nexus," Parker told the podcast.

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And he said the stakes are higher than just this federal election.

"If this election doesn't go as the Liberals want it to go, then all of a sudden the Liberal Party in WA is almost facing an existential threat," Parker said.

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"They've been so decimated at state level, it's cost them so many election positions and therefore the jobs that go with them and the party positions, and the taxpayer-funded electoral offices… if they then start to get eaten away at a federal level then Labor could become so dominant here.

"It's a real moment for the Liberal Party in WA.

"Does the Liberal brand become irretrievably damaged if Scott Morrison can't put up a good showing here in the West?"

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