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Six Extinction Rebellion protesters have been charged after they glued themselves to the middle of Flinders Street and a nearby building during this morning's peak hour in Adelaide.

The protesters set off flares and used superglue to stick themselvse to the road as they brandished signs with slogans such as "Glued on for my grandkids".

A section of Flinders Street between Gawler Place and Wyatt Street had to be closed and authorities redirected traffic for several hours.

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Two of the protestors climbed the office building of oil and gas company Santos before setting off flares and spray painting messages. They then glued themselves to the building.

The duo – a 32-year-old Paradise woman and a 64-year-old Flagstaff Hill man – have been charged with being unlawfully on the premises, property damage and disturbing the peace.

Police and firefighters needed the help of a cherry picker to reach the protesters on the Santos building.

The four women who glued themselves across the intersection of Flinders Street and Gawler Place – aged 70, 38 and two aged 65 – were charged with loitering.

Officers used syringes believed to be filled with acetate – an active ingredient in nail polish remover – to un-glue the protesters' hands.

They were then taken from the scene in police vans.

Extinction Rebellion said it was protesting against Santos' fracking projects and called for the company to invest more in renewable energy.

"The rebels taking part include parents and grandparents. They are ordinary people, deeply afraid for the future of their children and grandchildren in the looming climate catastrophe," the group wrote on Facebook.

"Pressure is mounting on the Australian Government to cut emissions to net-zero by 2050.

"However, most scientists, many Australians and Extinction Rebellion know this is too late.

"We need drastic cuts to net-zero emissions by 2025 if we are to avoid climate disaster.

"We are rebelling for a safe future."

The Paradise woman was bailed to appear at a later date, while the man did not apply for bail and is expected to face the AMC today.

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The names of four Los Angeles County Sheriff Department (LASD) deputies who allegedly took or shared grisly photos of the scene of the helicopter crash that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant will be released to his wife Vanessa Bryant, a judge has ruled.

Attorneys for the LASD and Los Angeles County wanted to keep the deputies' names and ranks sealed, arguing that "hackers may attempt to seek out and gain access to the individual deputies' devices to locate any photographs and publish them," according to court documents.

US District Judge John F. Walter said in a ruling that this is "totally inconsistent with their position that such photographs no longer exist".

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Ms Bryant last month called for the sheriff's department to release the names of the deputies involved in the photo sharing, saying they must be held accountable.

"The Sheriff's Department wants to redact the names of the deputies that took and/or shared photos of my husband, daughter and other victims," Ms Bryant wrote in a statement posted on Instagram.

"Anyone else facing allegations would be unprotected, named and released to the public.

"These specific deputies need to be held accountable for their actions just like everyone else."

Prior to Monday's ruling, Sheriff Alex Villanueva had confirmed that all photos of the crash that were in the possession of those deputies have been deleted.

Ms Bryant's attorney Luis Li welcomed the judge's ruling on Monday night, telling CNN in a statement, "Transparency promotes accountability. We look forward to presenting Ms Bryant's case in open Court."

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Bryant, his daughter 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven other people died when the helicopter they were in crashed near Calabasas as it headed to a youth basketball game on a foggy morning on January 26, 2020.

After concluding their investigation last month, the National Transportation Safety Board said Island Express charter pilot Ara Zobayan pushed the limits of bad weather flying rules, climbed into clouds, became disoriented about the helicopter's position relative to the horizon, and made a descending left turn into a cloud-obscured hillside.

In February of 2020, the LASD said it was "deeply disturbed" over a report that deputies shared photographs from the scene of the crash, CNN previously reported.

Following the crash, Ms Bryant has not only advocated for the release of the deputies' names, but urged Congress to pass a new helicopter safety bill named for her husband and daughter.

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She also filed the civil claim against the LASD and Sheriff Villanueva for the photo leak in September, seeking undisclosed damages to remedy civil rights violations, negligence, emotional distress, and violation of privacy.

On the day of the crash, family members gathered at the Lost Hills Sheriff's Station where the sheriff assured them the crash site was secured.

However, a leak from the department, according to the lawsuit obtained by CNN, led to TMZ breaking the news and fans flocked to the area.

The sheriff's department said at the time it does not comment on pending litigation.

Shadow Minister for Women Tanya Plibersek has criticised the Prime Minister over his handling of claims surrounding a culture of workplace harassment in Parliament.

Speaking at the Future Women Leadership Summit in Sydney, Ms Plibersek addressed recent allegations of sexual assault against members of Parliament, including Attorney General Christian Porter.

Mr Porter has strenuously denied an allegation of historical rape.

"The revelations about Parliament have been shocking but not necessarily surprising," Ms Plibersek said.

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In response to a question as to whether Mr Porter should resign, Ms Plibersek said "there needs to be answers about what happened 30 years ago".

"It's completely wrong for the Prime Minister to say that an independent inquiry would be unprecedented … I think the real question is 'why is the government so determined not to have an inquiry?'"

Mr Porter was accused of raping a former debating teammate in 1988 in an anonymous letter sent to the prime minister's offices and several federal MPs. He has since denied ever having an intimate relationship with his accuser.

Mr Morrison has stood firm on his stance on the allegations, insisting Mr Porter is an "innocent man" under Australian law and saying he would not remove Mr Porter from his role.

Ms Plibersek said the suggestion an inquiry into the allegations against Mr Porter would override the rule of law is "absolute nonsense".

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"Of course, Christian Porter is entitled to the right to be considered innocent until proven guilty but what troubles me is that that will be no independent inquiry if this government has its way," she said.

The allegations against Mr Porter follow claims from a former Liberal staffer, Brittany Higgins, who came forward last month with allegations she was raped in Senator Reynolds' office by a male colleague in 2019, sparking a wave of media coverage into the issue of workplace culture in the upper tiers of Australian politics.

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Ms Plibersek has called for stronger workplace protections for women who experience workplace harassment, saying the current laws for parliamentary employees are "still not strong enough".

"We have seen some improvement but there's a lot more there that needs to happen.

"It feels like we've been going through this again and again, year after year and the script doesn't change."

"A lot of the response has been about politics and it looks a lot like victims and survivors have come second.

Ms Plibersek said she is "deeply concerned" an inquiry will fail to result in any substantive change, siting "decades" of investigations into workplace culture and violence against women in Australia which have so far failed to address the issue.

A Porsche driver accused of filming and taunting a dying police officer on Melbourne's Eastern Freeway has pleaded guilty to three charges.

Richard Pusey, 42, has admitted to outraging public decency, reckless conduct endangering serious injury and drug possession at the scene of the single largest loss of life in the history of Victoria Police.

Pusey had been pulled over for speeding when a truck swerved into the emergency lane, killing four police officers on April 22 last year.

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The 42-year-old today appeared in Victoria's County Court via video link, taking a deep breath before pleading guilty to the three charges.

The outraging public decency charge relates to Pusey filming Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor as she lay dying, while making disturbing commentary that he just wanted to go home and eat his sushi.

He admitted to reckless conduct endangering serious injury to other motorists by driving at high speeds, as well as possessing drugs, including MDMA and ketamine.

In October, he was committed to stand trial after pleading not guilty to the same offences.

Pusey's lawyer Dermot Dann QC said his client would now be seeking "significant credit" because he had admitted his guilt.

"Without his efforts to resolve this matter, it had the potential to drag on for years," he said.

Pusey was initially charged with more than a dozen offences before finally reaching a plea deal with prosecutors.

His lawyers still believe the offence of outraging public decency is not valid in Australia, adding that Pusey should receive a significant discount on his sentence because he spared the matter from dragging on for years.

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Pusey's defence team want him released from jail by the end of the month.

However, it is unclear how that would work as he is still facing other court matters including allegations he tied a noose around a woman's neck.

Truck driver Mohinder Singh, whose vehicle struck the four police officers, is facing the Supreme Court of Victoria tomorrow for a plea hearing.

The families of the four fallen members are expected to make victim impact statements.