Mass prison shift in the NT as inmate numbers reach record highs; Outgoing Queensland Premier Steven Miles says he hopes to stay on as Labor leader; and in sport, UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker suffers a devastating first-round loss.
Outgoing Queensland Premier Steven Miles says he hopes to stay on as Labor leader;Outgoing Premier Steven Miles is confirming he hopes to stay on as Labor's leader in Queensland after the LNP claimed victory at the polls last night.
Queensland Labor's deputy leader Cameron Dick wouldn't say whether he wants the role when asked this morning on ABC.Overcrowded prisons have triggered plans for the Northern Territory to move male and female inmates as part of emergency measures. The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults in prison has risen by 34.4 per cent over the past decade.Georgia's ruling party is claiming victory in a contested election the country's pro-western opposition says amounts to a constitutional coup.
With 70 per cent of votes counted the election commission said Georgian Dream is leading at 53 per cent, enough to govern but short of an absolute majority.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has flown back early from the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa to attend an Italian-Australian event in the inner west Sydney suburb of Leichardt.
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