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A mother has confronted her daughter's killer in court, saying she will never forgive him for taking away her vibrant and courageous girl. 

Lachlan Young, 23, did not look at Hannah McGuire's mother Debbie as she read her statement in the Victorian Supreme Court today.

"I hope every day for the rest of the accused's life, he experiences the most intense pain imaginable," Mrs McGuire said, staring down at Young.

"I will never forget and I will never forgive."

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Young initially denied he murdered his former girlfriend, claiming her death in April 2024 was a spontaneous incident.

But eight days into his Supreme Court trial, he pleaded guilty to murder.

Young now admits he strangled McGuire in the bathroom of their Sebastopol home about 2.30am on April 5.

He then shoved her body into the footwell of her Mitsubishi Triton, drove it to remote bushland and set the vehicle alight.

As he left the scene, Young used McGuire's phone to send messages to her mother Debbie, claiming she was going to take her life.

He then transferred $2000 from McGuire's bank account to her mother and $5000 to himself.

When Debbie McGuire went to Young's house in a panic, he claimed he had not seen her daughter and feigned surprise at the messages.

After he was arrested on April 7, Young told officers he would "never f—ing harm that girl".

But crown prosecutor Kristie Churchill told the court the lies and the murder followed months of controlling and abusive behaviour.

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McGuire had taken out intervention orders against Young and was separating from him when he killed her, Churchill said.

Debbie McGuire said she would have to live with the profound grief, pain and loss for the rest of her life. 

"Unlike the accused, Hannah mattered," she said.

"She was important and loved and brought to this world things no one else could."

Hannah's father Glenn McGuire told the court he could never escape his grief, knowing he was meant to protect his daughter.

"I was supposed to be there to guide her and to support her to grow into the incredible woman she was becoming," the statement read.

"Instead, I had to bury her. I had to pick out a coffin instead of a graduation or a wedding dress."

Ms McGuire's aunty Michelle Smith broke down as she confronted Young, saying her heart was shattered into pieces.

"(Young) sat at our Christmas table and received gifts from us," she told the court.

"I'm angry I treated him decently.

"I'm angry that because of him I will never spend another Christmas with Hannah, I will never be able to wish her another happy birthday."

Fifteen statements were read to the court from Ms McGuire's family and friends on Monday, with Young's barrister Glenn Casement then to plead his case before Justice James Elliott

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More than 311,000 Australians could be eligible for a share of $50 million from Facebook's parent company Meta as a part of a landmark settlement stemming from the Cambridge Analytica privacy breach.

The Australian Information Commissioner and Meta agreed to the multimillion-dollar deal last year.

For those who are eligible for a share in the settlement, the deadline to submit a claim is approaching.

Here's what you need to know about the settlement and eligibility requirements.

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Who is eligible for the $50 million Facebook payout?

The compensation program is open to Australians who had a Facebook account between November 2, 2013, and December 17, 2015.

The individuals must have been present in Australia for more than 30 days during that period.

Eligible Facebook users must have either installed the app This Is Your Digital Life or been Facebook friends with someone who did.

The amount affected Facebook users will be paid will depend on how many people register for the compensation program.

What is the deadline to submit a claim?

The compensation claims period opened on June 30 this year.

Eligible Australians have until December 31 to make a claim for compensation.

What if I didn't install the app?

An investigation by the national privacy regulator, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), found 53 Australian Facebook users installed the This Is Your Digital Life app, which appeared as a personality test to extract personal information.

However, another 311,074 Australian Facebook users were friends with those 53 people, which meant the app could have requested their information as well.

If you're not sure whether or not your friends installed the app, check this Facebook help page.

How do I apply for the Facebook compensation?

The compensation program is being administered by consultancy firm KPMG, which has set up a website with frequently asked questions and advice on how to make a claim.

However, Australians should be on alert for scammers who offer to help with obtaining payments.

"If you receive a call from anyone offering to help you with a payment or refund, hang up immediately," the OAIC said on its website.

"Never give personal information to anyone calling you out of the blue, never give access to your computer or bank account and never click on a link in a text message or open an attachment in an email if you were not expecting the text or email.

"If you have given information to a scammer or lost money, contact your bank immediately."

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Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has called for a forensic expert to examine the phone of a woman he's accused of raping due to claimed discrepancies in prosecution evidence.

Lehrmann, 30, has been committed to face trial in Queensland District Court on two counts of rape but has filed an application to permanently halt the matter.

A second download of the alleged victim's phone produced a report that did not match the first, Lehmann's solicitor Zali Burrows told Judge Dennis Lynch today.

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"Between the first extraction and the second extraction there are some key words missing that were on the statement of facts," Burrows said.

The second extraction of data from the alleged victim's phone was required as the first copy was lost when a detective's hard drive malfunctioned, the court heard.

Lehrmann, who is on bail and yet to formally enter a plea, is accused of raping a woman twice during the morning of October 10, 2021.

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They met during the previous night at a strip club in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane.

Lehrmann previously indicated he would contest the charges.

Burrows said she had applied before another judge to force police to provide an "unredacted" second report, but she had been told there was a problem with accessing the original encrypted data.

"If this data is lost all over again we would like to address it in our stay application," she said.

"We would like our own, independent forensic IT expert to have an opportunity to do a brand-new extraction of the phone, which would obviously be monitored and supervised by police."

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A copy of the phone data would be obtained today and should be provided before the end of the week, prosecutor Caroline Marco said.

"Unfortunately the delay was that our investigating officer was on leave," Marco said.

She said prosecutors would resist an application for an independent expert to download data from the alleged victim's phone.

Judge Lynch said he would wait for the second report on the phone before considering any such application.

Lehrmann's bail was continued and the case was adjourned until November 17.

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Barnaby Joyce has snubbed the Nationals, but insists he is still a member of the regional party as his future in politics remains in limbo.

The former deputy prime minister skipped a party room meeting today as he considers leaving the Nationals over its stance on net zero and Pauline Hanson's invitation to join her right-wing party One Nation.

"I'm not going to attend any party room that believes in net zero," he told reporters in Canberra. 

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While he missed the meeting, Joyce said he would still sit with the regional party in parliament when it resumed today.

Joyce has refused to speculate on the "hypotheticals" of his political future, but ruled out running as an independent.

He also confirmed he was still a member of the Nationals for now, and suggested he may remain with the party if it dumps its net-zero target.

"I'll see what they come up with," he said. 

The Nationals are reviewing their position on net zero by 2050, which Joyce has so adamantly opposed that he declared earlier this month his relationship with party leadership had "irreparably broken down" and he would not recontest his seat of New England at the next election.

Joyce's own bill opposing net zero will be going before parliament today.

Nationals leader David Littleproud told Sky News the party would not decide its stance on net zero today, adding that it must come up with an alternative climate plan if it is to drop the target.

"I get that takes time, but I'd rather do it right and be able to look the Australian people in the eye. And we encourage Barnaby to be part of that solution," he said.

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He said that while he wants Joyce to remain in the party, but would not offer up a seat on the frontbench to entice him back.

Instead, he said the party has to "create an environment" where Joyce feels "welcome and wants to come back and contribute". 

"I've made it very clear to him that he's welcome back at any time, and he can make a constructive contribution with the rest of the party room," he said.

"He needs only to walk in and talk to the room."

Joyce confirmed he had spoken to Littleproud.

"I've had a brief and courteous conversation with him. It went for about three minutes," he said.

At the same time, Joyce said he would also be meeting with Hanson, who invited him to join her party upon news of his relationship breakdown with the Nationals.

"I'll meet with Pauline Hanson. I've met with Pauline Hanson before. I mean, this is a free country. You're allowed to actually meet other people. I talk to people from the Greens," he said.

If Joyce defects to One Nation, he could take other dissatisfied colleagues with him, giving Hanson a major win and deepening the rift within the Coalition.

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