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The Australian Electoral Commission has launched court action against a man it alleges is responsible for nearly 50,000 illegal pamphlets that targeted teal independent Allegra Spender in the lead-up to this year's federal election.

The 47,000 leaflets were distributed throughout Spender's eastern Sydney electorate of Wentworth during the election campaign, making what the MP labelled at the time as "false, misleading and offensive claims" about her.

Crucially, they didn't include any authorisation identifying who was behind the campaign, which is illegal under Australian electoral law.

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The AEC released a statement today alleging that the man responsible for the pamphlets is Jarrod Davis.

The commission claimed he spent around $17,500 printing and distributing them.

It has launched action against Davis in the Federal Court, alleging he breached the Commonwealth Electoral Act by failing to include his name and address on the pamphlets.

"Australia's democracy is rightly regarded as world leading, and central to that integrity is the ability for any voter to know the source of electoral advertising through authorisation messages," Electoral Commissioner Jeff Pope said.

"The AEC takes cases involving the complete absence of authorisation information and its widespread dissemination particularly seriously."

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Failing to properly authorise election material can attract a fine of up to $39,600 per offence. 

The AEC has not said what penalty, if any, it will seek against Davis.

Alarm about the pamphlets was first raised on April 21 – a day before early voting in the federal election began.

Two days later, the AEC announced it had identified the person responsible for them and that it had received an undertaking they would not distribute any more of the pamphlets or other unauthorised material during the campaign, although it did not publicly name Davis at the time.

Spender went on to comfortably retain her seat at the election.

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Williams said he was a ‘Mozzie’, slang for a Māori living in Australia.

Police have scaled back their search for four-year-old Gus, who went missing six days ago from his family's remote homestead in South Australia.

Gus — described as an adventurous and shy child and a good walker — is believed to have wandered from the property, which is about 40km south of Yunta, about 5pm on Saturday.

An extensive search has been ongoing after his family were unable to find him and has grown more desperate each day.

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Today, Assistant Commissioner Ian Parrott announced that police would scale back what he described as "one of the largest, most intensive searches" for a missing person in the state in recent times.

He said police were working with a lack of evidence, after only finding a footprint earlier this week, and received expert advice that Gus is unlikely to have survived.

"We're confident that we have done absolutely everything we can to locate Gus within the search area, but despite our best efforts, we have not been able to locate him," he told reporters.

"Unfortunately, we are now having to scale back this search for Gus."

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At least 50 people had been on site every day of the search and scoured through 25km of tough terrain around where Gus was last seen.

Emergency crews will no longer be searching the property, and defence personnel who were assisting will be stood down.

Police will continue their investigation and follow any lines of inquiry.

They do not suspect foul play.

"We will not rest until we can find the answer to why Gus has gone missing and, hopefully, for the family, return him to them," Parrott said. 

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Parrott said police had spoken to his heartbroken family on Tuesday to prepare them for the possibility that Gus may not be found alive.

"Life's not supposed to work where a parent loses a child, it's supposed to work the other way around," he said.

"I think it becomes incredibly traumatic and upsetting for families who lose children, and particularly in circumstances where you don't necessarily know the answers.

"The family are really upset by this, as you'd expect."

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Earlier this week, Gus' family said they were "devastated" and "deeply distressed" by his disappearance.

"This has come as a shock to our family and friends, and we are struggling to comprehend what has happened," they said in a statement.

"Gus' absence is felt in all of us, and we miss him more than words can express.

"Our hearts are aching, and we are holding onto hope that he will be found and returned to us safely."

Parrott said the officers involved in the search were also devastated by the "tragic" and "very, very sad" situation and outcome.

"The people involved in this search are parents, family members, often with young siblings or young ones around, so we all feel the pain and the heartache that's associated with a young child going missing," he said. 

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Telstra has been fined millions of dollars and ordered to pay millions more in compensation for misleading almost 9000 customers on its budget internet provider.

The Federal Court has slapped the country's biggest telco with an $18 million fine for moving 8897 Belong customers onto a lower-speed NBN plan in late 2020 without telling them.

While the new plan had the same maximum download speed, the maximum upload speed was halved from 40 to 20Mbps.

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On top of the fine, Telstra has been ordered to repay $15 to each customer for every month they were on the lower speed plan – a total compensation of more than $2.3 million for the telco.

"The $18 million penalty sends a strong message to all businesses that they cannot mislead consumers by making changes to key aspects of a service without informing customers of those changes," ACCC Commissioner Anna Brakey said.

"Telstra's failure to inform customers that their broadband service had been changed denied them the opportunity to decide whether the changed service was suitable for their needs.

"Misleading pricing and claims in relation to essential services, with a particular focus on telecommunications, is one of ACCC's current enforcement priorities."

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The ACCC had taken Telstra to court in December 2022 over the incident, and the Federal Court found in February of this year that it had breached consumer law

The telco was ordered to pay part of the consumer watchdog's legal costs.

Belong was launched by Telstra in 2013 as its low-cost internet and mobile provider.

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Police say there are no reports of injury despite the two-vehicle collision.

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Police are searching for four "aggressive, dangerous" men after a reported armed home invasion sparked a massive operation in Sydney's south-west.

Around 7am, police received reports that up to four people had stormed a home on Wollongbar Avenue in Panania, with witnesses saying that one was holding a gun.

"A dark sedan or possibly a station wagon had attended that street and parked out the front of one of the residences," Bankstown Police Area Commander, Superintendent Rodney Hart, said.

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"Four males, described as all wearing dark clothing with their faces covered, and one possibly being armed with a firearm, exited that vehicle and approached that house.

"Here they kicked in the front door and entered the premises."

A 52-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man were the only two occupants inside the home.

Police were told the 24-year-old was allegedly punched by the intruders, but did not require any medical treatment.

Shortly after, police reviewed CCTV footage and confirmed that the four people had fled the area.

It is believed that a large sum of cash was stolen by the men before fleeing the scene.

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The investigation concluded at 11.30am, and police established a crime scene at the house.

"We were just taking the dog for a walk, and we walked past here. There were SWAT trucks, people with armed guns, big guns," a witness said.

Aerial footage showed multiple emergency service vehicles, including multiple armoured police vehicles and tactical operations units, parked out front of the home.

A perimeter was established by Bankstown Police, with assistance from the Tactical Operations Unit, PolAir, Dog Unit, Traffic and Highway Patrol, Police Negotiators and Raptor Squad.

People inside a childcare centre on the street were told to stay indoors.

"My kids go to the daycare there in Wollongbar Avenue, so we got a notification that the daycare has been in lockdown," a parent told 9News.

Hart said "at no time were any of the children or staff members in any danger".

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A large number of police resources are now searching for the four suspects, including a helicopter.

The occupants of the home are assisting police with the investigation.

Anybody with information is urged to contact police immediately.

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