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Lifeline's national crisis support hotline for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has recorded a surge in calls following the March for Australia protests.

13YARN, the 24/7 number run by Indigenous crisis supporters, receives an average of 91 calls each day, or 33,215 calls a year, according to new data from Lifeline today.

The figure is up from last year's average of 65 calls each day, or 23,725 calls a year. 

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The crisis line recorded its busiest year since launching in March 2022 in October, off the back of the March for Australia protests and the alleged attack on Camp Sovereignty in Melbourne on August 30.

Thousands of people protested against immigration nationwide on the same day that a group of neo-Nazis, including prominent white nationalist Thomas Sewell, stormed the sacred Indigenous, allegedly assaulting women and hurling racist abuse.

March for Australia protests have been held several times since then. 

"It had a big impact on the Aboriginal community Australia-wide, because we're not seeing the same outrage with racism against Aboriginal people," Lifeline's head of Indigenous affairs, Marjorie Anderson, said.

Anderson said the protests and alleged attack on Camp Sovereignty stoked a fear of personal safety within Indigenous Australians, who feel that they will not be protected in the event of an incident.

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13YARN has recorded increased demand year-on-year – a trend that is only expected to continue.

The Productivity Commission's Closing the Gap report in July found that the rates of suicide among Indigenous Australians had worsened, with 30.8 people per 100,000 taking their own lives in 2023.

Suicide accounted for about 20 per cent of deaths among Indigenous Australians under 24 between 2019 and 2023, and the leading cause of death for Indigenous children, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. 

Anderson said the crisis support hotline is "really critical" for the community. 

"It's often the last point of call for people. We have people out in the community coming up and saying we saved their lives," she said.

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13YARN is working to get federal government support to create a text and webchat service, particularly for young people and those in domestic violence situations to access help.

"Our youth won't ring a line, but they'll text for help," Anderson said.

"Let's face it, you could be sitting on the other end of the lounge from a young person, and they'll text you rather than talk to you."

The service is also trying to secure more funding to hire more staff to keep up with the increasing demand.

"We are victims of our own success, but we will always make sure that those lines get answered," Anderson said.

For 24/7 crisis support run by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contact 13YARN (13 92 76).

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A killer was motivated by male entitlement, jealousy and rage when he strangled his ex-girlfriend and then burnt her remains in remote bushland, a prosecutor says.

Hannah McGuire had the right to leave Lachlan Young after months of abusive and controlling behaviour, crown prosecutor Kristie Churchill told the Victorian Supreme Court today.

Instead of accepting the relationship was over, Young murdered the 23-year-old woman because he could not stand to see her living a life without him.

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"He attacked and killed Ms McGuire in her own home," Ms Churchill said.

"Her final moments must have been filled with terror."

Young, 23, initially denied he murdered Ms McGuire, arguing her April 2024 death was a spontaneous incident.

But after eight days of evidence at trial, he admitted he strangled her 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 in Scarsdale and set the vehicle alight.

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

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

Young's barrister Glenn Casement conceded the actions after the murder were callous, but argued they were amateurish and a sign of his immaturity.

Ms Churchill rejected that submission today.

"It cannot simply be explained by his youth or lack of education," she told the court.

"They are the actions of someone who is cold, calculated and remorseless."

She pointed to the grief of Ms McGuire's family, friends and colleagues, noting Young had also robbed them of the chance to say a proper goodbye.

"He disregarded her dignity while also eradicating any evidence," Ms Churchill said.

"He engaged in a series of acts to avoid responsibility and attempted to lay the blame of Hannah McGuire's death at her own feet."

The prosecutor outlined the concerning rates of family violence in Victoria, stating such crimes warranted significant condemnation and punishment.

She outlined the abuse Ms McGuire experienced in the lead up to her death and the fact there was an active intervention order in place at the time.

Ms Churchill called on Justice James Elliott to impose a lengthy prison sentence, arguing Young's moral culpability was high.

"He was motivated by male entitlement, jealousy and rage," she said.

Mr Casement told the court Young's youth needed to be considered in sentencing, as well as his troubled upbringing, substance abuse issues and poor mental health.

He conceded the only evidence of remorse was his client's guilty plea and a note from Young's sister in her letter of reference.

Ms McGuire's parents Debbie and Glenn wiped away tears as Justice Elliott held a minute's silence for their daughter during the plea hearing.

Young, who was seated in the back of the Ballarat courtroom, kept his head down during the moment of reflection.

Justice Elliott did not set a day down for the sentencing hearing, instead indicating he would need some time to consider all of the material.

Young was remanded in custody.

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New buildings in Australia's largest city will be required to be fully electrified following a successful council motion outlawing the installation of gas appliances.

The new planning controls were given final endorsement by the City of Sydney Council yesterday.

The council had restricted indoor gas appliances, like stoves and heaters, in new homes earlier this year.

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But the updated controls, which come into effect on January 1, 2027, will include all outdoor gas appliances as well, and apply to not just houses and apartments, but also medium and large commercial buildings, hotels and serviced apartments.

Industrial and existing buildings will be exempt from the new mandate, while kitchens in mixed-use developments impacted by the rules will be allowed to use gas, as long as they have the capacity to be fully electrified in the future.

Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore said that the reforms would not only improve residents' health – gas stoves, for example, have been found to be responsible for 12 per cent of Australian childhood asthma cases – but also save them money.

"Relying on gas is bad for the planet, bad for our finances and bad for our health," she said.

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"Creating more energy-efficient, healthier buildings which will meet future energy standards and avoid expensive retrofitting is an obvious next step…

"The reality is gas is an expensive commodity that is forecast to go up in price. 

"These measures will spare households from being locked into increasingly expensive and outdated gas contracts."

The council received dozens of submissions about the reforms, which it said were mostly supportive.

"The move has been met with broad approval from a diverse variety of stakeholders," Moore said.

"Industry bodies from Ausgrid to the Property Council have endorsed the move, reflecting a broad community consensus on the need to end our reliance on gas."

The ban is far from the first of its kind in Australia – Victoria and the ACT outlawed gas connections in new homes in 2024, while fellow councils in Sydney, including Waverley and Parramatta, have also made similar moves.

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A group of Brisbane high school students were yesterday told they have been learning the wrong subject all semester, just two days before their exam.

The Queensland education department has confirmed Year 12 Ancient History students at Brisbane State High School were taught the unit on Augustus, instead of Julius Caesar, the subject of the 2025 external exam.

The mistake was discovered yesterday.

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The exam is tomorrow.

The department has insisted students will not be disadvantaged.

"To ensure students are not disadvantaged, the school is making a whole cohort Illness and Misadventure application for this assessment," a department spokesperson said.

"This will ensure consideration is given to the circumstances when student results are finalised."

The students have already completed 75 per cent of their assessments.

The statement said the school has provided students with an "updated resource pack" for last-minute cramming as well as a "full day of support for students on Tuesday and on Wednesday morning to run through practice exam questions and exemplars".

"The department and school are deeply sorry for this mistake and are supporting students and families during this time," the spokesperson said.

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Seventeen minutes after repeatedly bashing his father in the head with a baseball bat, a murderous son called for an ambulance.

His dad had a "bad slip" after falling from the couch and was "having a bit of a rest", Aaron Bernath told paramedics.

But the callous 36-year-old killer's lies did not end there.

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Bernath lied to police before he was charged with his father George's murder, and then took his case to trial using a dishonest defence.

He claimed his much older, smaller and weaker father had provoked him and he was acting in self-defence.

Supreme Court Justice Andrew Tinney rejected Bernath's repeated lies as he threw him behind bars for up to 28 years today.

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"Having inflicted these horrific injuries upon him, your reaction was to wait for 17 minutes before calling for assistance and you then lied to a triple-zero operator about what happened," he said.

"I am satisfied that even now, getting up towards two years since your crime, you continue to feel no regret or sadness about what you did."

George had invited his son to live with him at his Maddingley home, in Melbourne's west, after Bernath broke up with his partner.

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Bernath said their relationship became increasingly tense as his father wanted him to move out because he was not paying rent.

He scratched his father's Mustang a few months before committing murder.

About 7.20pm on January 11, 2024, yelling and swearing was heard coming from the home, as well as six to eight "loud impact" sounds, Justice Tinney said.

Bernath swung a baseball bat at his father's head at least three times, causing significant blood loss and blunt force trauma to his brain and skull, he said an autopsy found.

He used so much force that the bat was cracked along its handle.

George was airlifted to The Alfred hospital, where he died the next day.

After his father was taken to hospital, Bernath locked all of the doors, hid the baseball bat, took a shower and placed his clothing in the washing machine.

Police called him about 8.40pm and asked him to come outside.

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Bernath walked out freshly dressed and acted calm as he spoke to them leaning against a wall.

"Aaron, how are you mate?," an officer asked him, according to body warn camera footage.

"Yeah good mate," Bernath replied.

Justice Tinney slammed Bernath's lies to the jury in his trial – that his father had threatened to kill him with the bat and he was acting in self-defence – before he was convicted of murder in May.

"I am satisfied there is absolutely no truth to the claim you made," he said.

"It is preposterous to think a man in his 60s, good enough to permit you to live rent free, would've launched an attack on you with a baseball bat on so little provocation.

"You were prepared to brutally murder your father for no apparent reason."

He said Bernath attacked his father with "considerable ferocity" and committed a "callous" and "abhorrent" domestic murder in a place where George should have felt safe, and protected.

Bernath, who has already spent more than 18 months behind bars, will be eligible for parole after 23 years.

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