Almost one third of Australians are missing out on potentially six figures worth of superannuation by not making one simple change, new research has found.

A survey by comparison website Finder revealed 32 per cent of responders were still with the same default super fund from their first employer, meaning they could be hit with the so-called "lazy tax", and forgoing better returns on their retirement fund.

Another quarter (26 per cent) of people said they were with the default super of their current employer, while 41 per cent said they were with the super fund of their choice.

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Finder superannuation literacy expert Pascale Helyar-Moray said too many Aussies were ignoring their super.

"One of the biggest barriers to switching is perceived complexity and effort involved, but it's actually very straightforward and switching to a new super fund could be definitely worth your while," she said.

"You can bank on the fact that there's a better fund out there than the one your first employer set up for you when you were a teenager."

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Finder analysis shows increasing your average return on a $100,000 super balance from 6 per cent to 7 per cent can mean an extra $186,876 after 30 years (excluding fees).

"No matter if you're just starting out, mid-career, or approaching retirement, it's crucial to understand your super and how it's tracking," Helyar-Moray said.

"The amount you build up in super over your working life will ultimately shape the lifestyle you can enjoy in retirement."

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Helyar-Moray said if your fund isn't in the top-performing ranks, it may be time to take your nest egg elsewhere.

"Before switching providers, compare the one, five, and 10-year return rate as well as fees," she said.

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French police are investigating the death of a popular streamer, who died during a nearly 12-day live stream after apparently suffering abusive and humiliating treatment.

Raphaël Graven, 46, known online as Jean Pormanove or JP, is one of the biggest streamers in France on the platform Kick and died on Monday.

The 46-year-old military veteran had built a following numbering more than a million across different platforms streaming himself playing video games and had often appeared in extreme challenges.

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He had been collaborating since 2023 with several other streamers, principally Owen Cenazandotti, known as Naruto online, and Safine Hamadi, both of whom took part in his final livestream.

Cenazandotti announced his death on Monday on Instagram.

In the video livestream that appeared to show his death, after he stopped moving, viewers donated money to send messages alerting the sleeping streamers to Pormanove's condition.

The Nice prosecutor's office told CNN that an investigation has been opened into his death and an autopsy ordered.

So far, authorities have not announced any charges related to Pormanove's death.

In dozens of videos from past livestreams reviewed by CNN, Pormanove appears to be the target of jokes, bullying, physical attacks and degrading stunts.

Videos from their joint livestreams show Pormanove's fellow streamers competing to see how long they could throttle him, others show him being shot with paintballs or doused with water.

Thanks to donations from subscribers, the group earned money from the livestreams.

In Pormanove's final livestream, a counter at the top of the screen suggested the group had earned some 36,000 euros ($65,000) from the days-long stream.

Leaving a mark

During Pormanove's final livestream, which appeared to run to nearly 300 hours, participants were woken up by the revving of a motorbike in their shared bedroom, or a leafblower.

At one point, Pormanove appears to be woken up when a bucket of water is thrown over him.

In an interview with CNN affiliate BFMTV, Yassin Sadouni, a lawyer for Cenazandotti, said Pormanove suffered from cardiovascular problems.

In one video, Pormanove talked of having to take medication. In another, Cenazandotti purports to read out messages Pormanove sent to his mother in which he complains of being "held prisoner" by his co-streamers.

The game "is going too far," Cenazandotti said his message read, during Pormanove's last livestream.

"I feel like I'm being held prisoner by their shitty concept," Cenazandotti said Pormanove wrote.

It's not clear who precisely Pormanove was referring to and in a later clip he tells Cenazandotti, "you know what I'm like when I'm angry" in reference to the messages.

In another clip, his mother berates Pormanove over the phone for letting the co-streamers shave off parts of his hair.

"Are you proud of your hair? Did you see what he did to you?" she said.

"They are treating you like shit."

Sadouni, Cenazandotti's lawyer, told BFMTV that Pormanove's mother participated in staged stunts with the streamers.

A common theme in discussions with his co-streamers was Pormanove's wish to marry and have children, a hope that often drew apparently mockery from the streamers.

In a video from 2024, Pormanove was asked how he hoped to be remembered when he died.

"No wife, no kids. But what a nice guy!" Pormanove said.

"Me, what's on my mind now, it's to leave a mark."

'An absolute horror'

Sadouni said Cenazandotti – known by his streamer handle Naruto – had nothing to do with Pormanove's death and said that the incidents targeting Pormanove were all staged.

"My client is ready to be heard and to provide all useful information," he told CNN affiliate BFMTV on Tuesday.

Cenazandotti has also filed a complaint with authorities that he is being harassed online since Pormanove's death, according to Sadouni.

CNN has reached out to Pormanove's mother and Hamadi for comment.

Cenazandotti and Hamadi were briefly detained as part of a police investigation into the humiliation of vulnerable people in January 2025, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV.

According to the Nice prosecutor, they denied committing any crime and have not been charged with any crime.

"The death of Jean Pormanove and the violence he endured are an absolute horror," French Secretary of State for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs Clara Chappaz said in a post on X on Tuesday.

"Jean Pormanove was humiliated and mistreated for months live on the Kick platform," she added.

Kick, the streaming platform the streamers used, said that all those involved in the broadcast had been banned "pending the ongoing investigation," which the site will cooperate with, per a statement to CNN.

Massive and accelerating changes in Antarctica could have catastrophic consequences for Australia unless urgent action is taken, new research has found.

Scientists from the University of NSW and the Australian National University were part of an international team who said the climate-driven changes in Antarctica are not only connected, but accelerating.

Lead author Dr Nerilie Abram, chief scientist at the Australian Antarctic Division, said there was an urgent need to prepare for widespread impacts.

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"Rapid change has already been detected across Antarctica's ice, oceans and ecosystems – and this is set to worsen with every fraction of a degree of global warming," she said.

Co-author Professor Matthew England from UNSW said there were consequences for Australia.

"These include rising sea levels that will impact our coastal communities, a warmer and deoxygenated Southern Ocean that's less able to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere – leading to more intense warming in Australia and beyond – and increased regional warming from Antarctic sea ice loss," he said.

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Dr Abram said the sudden loss of sea ice in the region had a range of knock-on effects.

"This includes making the floating ice shelves around Antarctica more susceptible to wave-driven collapse."

She warned the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) was at severe risk of collapse as global carbon dioxide levels continue to rise. This loss would raise sea levels by more than three metres, threatening coastal cities and communities worldwide.

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"Such a collapse would result in catastrophic consequences for generations to come," she said.

The loss of sea ice will also hit wildlife, with emperor penguins in particular facing a heightened risk of extinction.

The penguins rely on stable sea ice to raise their chicks, with losses to entire colonies already seen.

The researchers warned other species were also under threat, including krill, seals and several other penguin species. Tiny ocean plants that many animals depend on for food – phytoplankton – are also affected by warming and acidification.

Dr Abram said both sea ice loss and a slowdown in deep ocean circulation were already showing signs of being more sensitive to warming than previously thought.

"As sea ice is lost from the ocean surface, it is also changing the amount of solar heat being retained in the climate system. That is expected to worsen warming in the Antarctic region," Dr Abram said.

"Other changes to the continent could soon become unstoppable, including the loss of Antarctic ice shelves and vulnerable parts of the Antarctic ice sheet that they hold behind them."

Dr Abram says efforts through the Antarctic Treaty System to reduce pressure on ecosystems are important – but won't be enough on their own.

"The only way to avoid further abrupt changes and their far-reaching impacts is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to limit global warming to as close to 1.5 degrees Celsius as possible," she said.

"Governments, businesses and communities will need to factor in these abrupt Antarctic changes that are being observed now into future planning for climate change impacts, including in Australia."

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The Federal Aviation Administration in the US is investigating after a flap on a Boeing 737's wing partially broke off before landing in Texas on Tuesday.

Delta Air Lines Flight 1893 was flying from Orlando International to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport when passengers noticed something had partially broken away from the back of the wing.

"We felt it was bad turbulence. The plane was shaking," passenger Shanila Arif told CNN.

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"The lady in front of us opened the window and told us it is broken. I opened the window and got scared."

Video recorded by Arif showed the flap dangling behind the wing, as the plane flew at hundreds of miles an hour thousands of feet in the air.

She worried if the piece completely broke off it could hit the tail of the aircraft and cause a crash.

After landing "it was observed that a portion of the left wing's flap was not in place," Delta Air Lines said in a statement. "The aircraft has been taken out of service for maintenance."

Flaps are surfaces on the back of the wing designed to be extended for takeoff and landing.

"We apologise to our customers for their experience as nothing is more important than the safety of our people and customers," the airline said.

There were 62 passengers and six crew members onboard the plane. No one was injured.

Delta pledged to fully cooperate with the FAA investigation.

A woman in her 30s is assisting police with their inquiries into the death of a newborn whose body was found in a Perth stormwater drain.

The development this evening came a day after police made a public plea for the newborn's mother to come forward.

Tradesmen discovered the infant inside a drain on La Salle Road in Alexander Heights about 1pm (3pm AEDT) on Monday.

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Growing tributes of flowers and toys have been left at the scene since the discovery.

Detective Senior Sergeant Stephen Cleal yesterday said the baby appeared to have been deliberately placed in the drain "in recent days".

He said the discovery was "very distressing" for the tradespeople and called on the mother to come forward.

"We want to help that mother," Cleal said.

"We have serious health concerns for that mother.

"Our priority is to get her the medical help that she needs.

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"If you are watching, if you are listening, if you are that mother, please come forward and make yourself known to police, we would love to help you."

Detectives were canvassing medical centres and hospitals – which were asked to be on alert – and examining CCTV footage of the area but were unsure of the child's nationality or other identifying details.

Premier Roger Cook described the incident as a "horrifying scenario".

"The mother of that child must be incredibly distressed," Cook said.

"Those workers that discovered the child's body were confronted with the most distressing of circumstances.

"My heart goes out to everyone involved in this horrible, horrible series of events.

"This goes to the heart of everyone's sense of humanity, a small child whose life has passed under tragic circumstances."

Anyone with information is urged to contact police immediately on 131 444.

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A woman in her 30s has been stabbed to death in a suspected domestic violence attack at a home in north-east Perth.

A man in his 20s, who she knew, was tonight helping police with their inquiries but no charges had been laid.

Emergency services were called to the Bassendean home about 12.30pm and found the woman with critical injuries, understood to be caused by stabbing.

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About six ambulance crews rushed to the house and took her to the Royal Perth Hospital where she had emergency surgery this afternoon but later died.

The man was treated at the scene and was with police tonight.

Forensic officers spent several hours at the home combing through the area, taking pictures and collecting evidence.

Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers to help with the ongoing investigation.

Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).

A stalwart in the Australian food industry will be put up for sale after weighing down its parent company to the tune of more than $12 million last financial year.

Retail Food Group announced its 2024-25 financial results this morning, revealing it had lost $14.9 million – a far cry from the $5.8 million net profit after tax the year before – and that it is looking to sell Brumby's Bakery.

The group announced in a letter to stakeholders that a divestment process is under way for the bakery chain, but there were "no guarantees it will result in an acceptable offer".

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The company plans to focus on expanding other brands under the RFG umbrella, after revealing the long-term decline of the Brumby's brand had cost the company $12.2 million last year.

Brumby's opened its first store in Melbourne's east in 1975 and has hundreds of franchises across Australia and New Zealand.

It was acquired by RFG in 2007.

"Based on a review of our strategic growth pillars, we have announced that we are exploring options for the sale of the Brumby's Bakery business and are shifting the focus of our company store operations towards Beefy's Pies and Firehouse Subs to support their rapid expansion," RFG chief executive Matt Marshall said.

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The group announced in February 2025 it would launch US sandwich brand Firehouse Subs in the Australian market within the next 12 months, with the hope to exceed 165 stores in the long term.

Australia's largest multi-brand retail food and beverage franchise owner, RFG owns several Aussie chains including Gloria Jeans, Donut King, Beefy's Pies and Crust Gourmet Pizza.

It also used to run the Michel's Patisserie brand, but in February announced it was shuttering all stores and converting the remaining cafes in Gloria Jean's or Donut King outlets.

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Linda, who goes by her middle name, Anne, was last seen in Mt Albert late this morning.

The federal government has followed through on its promise to name and shame childcare centres that are failing to meet the national standards.

The Department of Education today listed 29 early childhood education and care (ECEC) services that have had conditions placed on their funding for "failing to meet National Quality Standards for several years" since new legislation passed parliament last month.

Of the centres, 11 – more than a third – are in Western Australia, with a further seven in NSW, five in Queensland, four in Victoria and two in South Australia.

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None of the 29 services have had their child care subsidy approval suspended or cancelled.

The compliance action does not relate to any criminal allegations, which are handled by state authorities including police.

The federal government revealed last week it had taken action against the centres using the new powers provided by legislation passed during the first sitting weeks of the new parliament in July.

"We have taken action swiftly under the new legislation to begin rebuilding confidence in a system that parents need to have confidence in," Education Minister Jason Clare said.

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"This is not about closing centres down, it's about lifting standards up.

"Over the next six months, these centres will need to lift their game or they will face further consequences including the cutting off of funding.

"This action puts those centres on notice that they need to put the safety of our children first."

The bipartisan push to be able to strip noncompliant centres of their Commonwealth funding came following allegations of child sexual abuse against two separate workers in NSW and Victoria.

Joshua Dale Brown, 26, has been charged with 70 offences allegedly committed while working at childcare centres in Melbourne.

David William James, 26, has been charged with 13 offences while working at out-of-school-hours care services in Sydney.

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