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Albanese confirms he will discuss fuel with Singapore this week
Albanese said:
When I spoke with prime minister Wong, we agreed it would be good for us to have a discussion.
There are further discussions that we’re having on a regular basis while I’m in Canberra on the phone, but nothing beats a face-to-face engagement.
This week, on Thursday, I will head to Singapore for the annual leaders meeting with prime minister Lawrence Wong …
That will take place on Friday, this will be important and we’ll continue discussions on securing trade in petrol, diesel, and LNG …
The visit follows Australia and Singapore’s joint commitment to keep fuel between both countries and to work together to strengthen energy supply-chain resilience.
Key events
Police rescue cyclist stranded in Victoria’s Snowy River for four hours
Victoria police rescued a cyclist stranded in the Snowy River for four hours last night.
Police said the experienced rider was cycling through the Suggan Buggan area when they began to cross the river around 8pm. The water level, however, had risen higher than they expected, and they became stranded with their bike halfway across the waterway.
The rider activated a satellite beacon and was rescued by an air wing crew. The 31-year-old was brought to safety just after midnight and taken to hospital for assessment, but they were uninjured.
Cyclist airlifted from Australia’s Snowy River after becoming stranded in rising waters – video
Barnett added that “the situation in Afghanistan has only deteriorated over time”.
It’s only made our job more difficult. And we don’t see that changing in the immediate future.
‘A lot of practical challenges’ led to long investigation timeline
Ross Barnett, director of investigations at the Office of the Special Investigator, said there were many challenges which led to a long investigation timeline, noting the effort has been ongoing since 2021.
Barnett told reporters:
The challenge for investigators is that … we are 9,000km [away].
So the challenge for investigators is that because we can’t go to the country, we don’t have access to the crime scene. So we don’t have photographs, site plans, measurements, the recovery of projectiles – blood spatter analysis.
All of the things that we would normally get at a crime scene. There’s no postmortem. Therefore, there’s no official cause of death.
So there are a lot of practical challenges that confront the investigators who are doing all of these jobs.
Roberts-Smith expected to be charged with five murders relating to three incidents
Nino Bucci
According to a media release from the AFP, he is expected to be charged with:
The war crime of murder, in that he intentionally caused the death of a person, on or about 12 April 2009, at Kakarak, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan;
The war crime of murder, in that he aided, abetted, counselled or procured another person to intentionally cause the death of a person, on or about 12 April 2009, at Kakarak, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan;
The war crime of murder, in that he aided, abetted, counselled or procured another person to intentionally cause the death of a person, on or about 11 September 2012, at Darwan, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan;
The war crime of murder, with another person, in that they intentionally caused the death of a person, on or about 20 October 2012, in Syahchow, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan; and,
The war crime of murder, in that he aided, abetted, counselled or procured another person to intentionally cause the death of a person, on or about 20 October 2012, at Syahchow, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
Guardian Australia understands that Roberts-Smith has been charged with the deaths of two Afghan males at Whiskey 108 in 2009, the death of Ali Jan, as well as the deaths of two civilians at Syahchow in 2012.
The federal court found to the civil standard of probabilities that Roberts-Smith kicked Ali Jan in the chest, sending him falling backwards over the cliff, his face hitting the cliff as he fell, before he landed on the ground below. The Syawchow deaths were mentioned documents filed as part of the defamation case, but it is understood they were not part of the media’s defence because of issues with a witness.
AFP commissioner provides further details on Roberts-Smith arrest
The AFP are holding a press conference after the reported arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith.
AFP commissioner, Krissy Barrett, said a former soldier was arrested at Sydney’s domestic airport this morning and will face court in New South Wales later today. She went on:
It will be alleged the man was a member of the ADF when he was involved in the death of Afghan nationals between 2009 and 2012 in circumstances that constitute war crimes.
It will be alleged the victims were not taking part in hostilities at the time of their alleged murder in Afghanistan.
It will be alleged the victims were detained, unarmed and were under the control of ADF members when they were killed.
Albanese confirms he will discuss fuel with Singapore this week
Albanese said:
When I spoke with prime minister Wong, we agreed it would be good for us to have a discussion.
There are further discussions that we’re having on a regular basis while I’m in Canberra on the phone, but nothing beats a face-to-face engagement.
This week, on Thursday, I will head to Singapore for the annual leaders meeting with prime minister Lawrence Wong …
That will take place on Friday, this will be important and we’ll continue discussions on securing trade in petrol, diesel, and LNG …
The visit follows Australia and Singapore’s joint commitment to keep fuel between both countries and to work together to strengthen energy supply-chain resilience.
Bowen also said:
That’s a total of 241 service stations without diesel across Australia today. That’s 3% of our service stations …
So we have 39 days worth of petrol – that’s 1.7bn litres, 30 days worth of jet fuel – that’s 847m litres, and 29 days worth of diesel – that’s 2.7bn litres.
Bowen confirms decrease in service station fuel outages
Energy minister, Chris Bowen, provided an update on Australia’s fuel after the long weekend.
Bowen said:
Despite the fact that demand for petrol and diesel was 30% higher this Easter than last Easter, we continue to see, each day, the service station outages fall.
In New South Wales, we had 125 service stations without diesel – that’s 5% of service stations. That’s down 17 on yesterday, 34 with no fuel – that’s down 5 on yesterday.
Victoria – we have 40 without down 11. So, that’s 2% of Victorian service stations, 29 with no unleaded petrol.
In Queensland, 34 without diesel – that’s also 2% – And 30 without unleaded petrol.
South Australia – 7 with no diesel, 5 with no unleaded petrol.
Western Australia – 20 without diesel and 32 without unleaded petrol.
Tasmania – 7 without diesel, 6 with no unleaded petrol.
Northern Territory – 4 each – no diesel, no unleaded.
ACT – 4 with no diesel and 1 without unleaded petrol.
PM has ‘no intention of commenting’ on Ben Roberts-Smith arrest
Prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is now speaking to the media.
When first asked about the arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith, Albanese said: “I have no intention of commenting on a matter that’s clearly before the courts.”
Asked for a second time about the arrest of Roberts-Smith, the prime minister said: “I have no intention of prejudicing a matter that clearly is a legal matter and that’s before the courts and any comment would do so.”
A reporter asked Albanese whether attorney-general, Michelle Rowland, was consulted on the laying of the charges and whether she consulted with the prime minister. Albanese said:
I’m not going to confirm anything to do with the legal matter. That is a matter that is very important that there not be political engagement in what is a matter that is now the subject of legal proceedings, so I don’t intend to comment.
Nino Bucci
Roberts-Smith, once lionised as Australia’s most decorated Afghanistan veteran, attempted to sue three newspapers over allegations he committed war crimes, murdered unarmed civilians and bullied his comrades.
In a long-running, expensive defamation trial, a judge finding to the civil standard of the ‘balance of probabilities’ that he committed four murders while serving in the Australian military.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is also expected to address the media soon.
Krissy Barrett, the Australian federal police commissioner, and Ross Barnett, the Office of the Special Investigator’s director of investigations, will speak at a press conference later on Tuesday.
Ben Roberts-Smith arrested for alleged war crimes
Nino Bucci
Ben Roberts-Smith, the former Victoria Cross winner and Australian soldier, has been arrested for alleged war crimes.
The Australian federal police and Office of the Special Investigator are set to speak in Sydney shortly after midday about the arrest of the 47-year-old at Sydney airport on Tuesday morning.
The arrest of Roberts-Smith was first reported by the Nine Newspapers
Ben Roberts Smith. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP
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Albanese confirms he will discuss fuel with Singapore this week
When I spoke with prime minister Wong, we agreed it would be good for us to have a discussion.
There are further discussions that we’re having on a regular basis while I’m in Canberra on the phone, but nothing beats a face-to-face engagement.
This week, on Thursday, I will head to Singapore for the annual leaders meeting with prime minister Lawrence Wong …
That will take place on Friday, this will be important and we’ll continue discussions on securing trade in petrol, diesel, and LNG …
The visit follows Australia and Singapore’s joint commitment to keep fuel between both countries and to work together to strengthen energy supply-chain resilience.
Key events
Police rescue cyclist stranded in Victoria’s Snowy River for four hours
Victoria police rescued a cyclist stranded in the Snowy River for four hours last night.
Police said the experienced rider was cycling through the Suggan Buggan area when they began to cross the river around 8pm. The water level, however, had risen higher than they expected, and they became stranded with their bike halfway across the waterway.
The rider activated a satellite beacon and was rescued by an air wing crew. The 31-year-old was brought to safety just after midnight and taken to hospital for assessment, but they were uninjured.
Cyclist airlifted from Australia’s Snowy River after becoming stranded in rising waters – video
Barnett added that “the situation in Afghanistan has only deteriorated over time”.
It’s only made our job more difficult. And we don’t see that changing in the immediate future.
‘A lot of practical challenges’ led to long investigation timeline
Ross Barnett, director of investigations at the Office of the Special Investigator, said there were many challenges which led to a long investigation timeline, noting the effort has been ongoing since 2021.
Barnett told reporters:
The challenge for investigators is that … we are 9,000km [away].
So the challenge for investigators is that because we can’t go to the country, we don’t have access to the crime scene. So we don’t have photographs, site plans, measurements, the recovery of projectiles – blood spatter analysis.
All of the things that we would normally get at a crime scene. There’s no postmortem. Therefore, there’s no official cause of death.
So there are a lot of practical challenges that confront the investigators who are doing all of these jobs.
Roberts-Smith expected to be charged with five murders relating to three incidents
Nino Bucci
According to a media release from the AFP, he is expected to be charged with:
The war crime of murder, in that he intentionally caused the death of a person, on or about 12 April 2009, at Kakarak, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan;
The war crime of murder, in that he aided, abetted, counselled or procured another person to intentionally cause the death of a person, on or about 12 April 2009, at Kakarak, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan;
The war crime of murder, in that he aided, abetted, counselled or procured another person to intentionally cause the death of a person, on or about 11 September 2012, at Darwan, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan;
The war crime of murder, with another person, in that they intentionally caused the death of a person, on or about 20 October 2012, in Syahchow, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan; and,
The war crime of murder, in that he aided, abetted, counselled or procured another person to intentionally cause the death of a person, on or about 20 October 2012, at Syahchow, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
Guardian Australia understands that Roberts-Smith has been charged with the deaths of two Afghan males at Whiskey 108 in 2009, the death of Ali Jan, as well as the deaths of two civilians at Syahchow in 2012.
The federal court found to the civil standard of probabilities that Roberts-Smith kicked Ali Jan in the chest, sending him falling backwards over the cliff, his face hitting the cliff as he fell, before he landed on the ground below. The Syawchow deaths were mentioned documents filed as part of the defamation case, but it is understood they were not part of the media’s defence because of issues with a witness.
AFP commissioner provides further details on Roberts-Smith arrest
The AFP are holding a press conference after the reported arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith.
AFP commissioner, Krissy Barrett, said a former soldier was arrested at Sydney’s domestic airport this morning and will face court in New South Wales later today. She went on:
It will be alleged the man was a member of the ADF when he was involved in the death of Afghan nationals between 2009 and 2012 in circumstances that constitute war crimes.
It will be alleged the victims were not taking part in hostilities at the time of their alleged murder in Afghanistan.
It will be alleged the victims were detained, unarmed and were under the control of ADF members when they were killed.
Albanese confirms he will discuss fuel with Singapore this week
Albanese said:
When I spoke with prime minister Wong, we agreed it would be good for us to have a discussion.
There are further discussions that we’re having on a regular basis while I’m in Canberra on the phone, but nothing beats a face-to-face engagement.
This week, on Thursday, I will head to Singapore for the annual leaders meeting with prime minister Lawrence Wong …
That will take place on Friday, this will be important and we’ll continue discussions on securing trade in petrol, diesel, and LNG …
The visit follows Australia and Singapore’s joint commitment to keep fuel between both countries and to work together to strengthen energy supply-chain resilience.
Bowen also said:
That’s a total of 241 service stations without diesel across Australia today. That’s 3% of our service stations …
So we have 39 days worth of petrol – that’s 1.7bn litres, 30 days worth of jet fuel – that’s 847m litres, and 29 days worth of diesel – that’s 2.7bn litres.
Bowen confirms decrease in service station fuel outages
Energy minister, Chris Bowen, provided an update on Australia’s fuel after the long weekend.
Bowen said:
Despite the fact that demand for petrol and diesel was 30% higher this Easter than last Easter, we continue to see, each day, the service station outages fall.
In New South Wales, we had 125 service stations without diesel – that’s 5% of service stations. That’s down 17 on yesterday, 34 with no fuel – that’s down 5 on yesterday.
Victoria – we have 40 without down 11. So, that’s 2% of Victorian service stations, 29 with no unleaded petrol.
In Queensland, 34 without diesel – that’s also 2% – And 30 without unleaded petrol.
South Australia – 7 with no diesel, 5 with no unleaded petrol.
Western Australia – 20 without diesel and 32 without unleaded petrol.
Tasmania – 7 without diesel, 6 with no unleaded petrol.
Northern Territory – 4 each – no diesel, no unleaded.
ACT – 4 with no diesel and 1 without unleaded petrol.
PM has ‘no intention of commenting’ on Ben Roberts-Smith arrest
Prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is now speaking to the media.
When first asked about the arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith, Albanese said: “I have no intention of commenting on a matter that’s clearly before the courts.”
Asked for a second time about the arrest of Roberts-Smith, the prime minister said: “I have no intention of prejudicing a matter that clearly is a legal matter and that’s before the courts and any comment would do so.”
A reporter asked Albanese whether attorney-general, Michelle Rowland, was consulted on the laying of the charges and whether she consulted with the prime minister. Albanese said:
I’m not going to confirm anything to do with the legal matter. That is a matter that is very important that there not be political engagement in what is a matter that is now the subject of legal proceedings, so I don’t intend to comment.
Nino Bucci
Roberts-Smith, once lionised as Australia’s most decorated Afghanistan veteran, attempted to sue three newspapers over allegations he committed war crimes, murdered unarmed civilians and bullied his comrades.
In a long-running, expensive defamation trial, a judge finding to the civil standard of the ‘balance of probabilities’ that he committed four murders while serving in the Australian military.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is also expected to address the media soon.
Krissy Barrett, the Australian federal police commissioner, and Ross Barnett, the Office of the Special Investigator’s director of investigations, will speak at a press conference later on Tuesday.
Ben Roberts-Smith arrested for alleged war crimes
Nino Bucci
Ben Roberts-Smith, the former Victoria Cross winner and Australian soldier, has been arrested for alleged war crimes.
The Australian federal police and Office of the Special Investigator are set to speak in Sydney shortly after midday about the arrest of the 47-year-old at Sydney airport on Tuesday morning.
The arrest of Roberts-Smith was first reported by the Nine Newspapers
Ben Roberts Smith. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP
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Albanese confirms he will discuss fuel with Singapore this week
Albanese said:
When I spoke with prime minister Wong, we agreed it would be good for us to have a discussion.
There are further discussions that we’re having on a regular basis while I’m in Canberra on the phone, but nothing beats a face-to-face engagement.
This week, on Thursday, I will head to Singapore for the annual leaders meeting with prime minister Lawrence Wong …
That will take place on Friday, this will be important and we’ll continue discussions on securing trade in petrol, diesel, and LNG …
The visit follows Australia and Singapore’s joint commitment to keep fuel between both countries and to work together to strengthen energy supply-chain resilience.
Key events
Police rescue cyclist stranded in Victoria’s Snowy River for four hours
Victoria police rescued a cyclist stranded in the Snowy River for four hours last night.
Police said the experienced rider was cycling through the Suggan Buggan area when they began to cross the river around 8pm. The water level, however, had risen higher than they expected, and they became stranded with their bike halfway across the waterway.
The rider activated a satellite beacon and was rescued by an air wing crew. The 31-year-old was brought to safety just after midnight and taken to hospital for assessment, but they were uninjured.
Cyclist airlifted from Australia’s Snowy River after becoming stranded in rising waters – video
Barnett added that “the situation in Afghanistan has only deteriorated over time”.
It’s only made our job more difficult. And we don’t see that changing in the immediate future.
‘A lot of practical challenges’ led to long investigation timeline
Ross Barnett, director of investigations at the Office of the Special Investigator, said there were many challenges which led to a long investigation timeline, noting the effort has been ongoing since 2021.
Barnett told reporters:
The challenge for investigators is that … we are 9,000km [away].
So the challenge for investigators is that because we can’t go to the country, we don’t have access to the crime scene. So we don’t have photographs, site plans, measurements, the recovery of projectiles – blood spatter analysis.
All of the things that we would normally get at a crime scene. There’s no postmortem. Therefore, there’s no official cause of death.
So there are a lot of practical challenges that confront the investigators who are doing all of these jobs.
Roberts-Smith expected to be charged with five murders relating to three incidents
Nino Bucci
According to a media release from the AFP, he is expected to be charged with:
The war crime of murder, in that he intentionally caused the death of a person, on or about 12 April 2009, at Kakarak, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan;
The war crime of murder, in that he aided, abetted, counselled or procured another person to intentionally cause the death of a person, on or about 12 April 2009, at Kakarak, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan;
The war crime of murder, in that he aided, abetted, counselled or procured another person to intentionally cause the death of a person, on or about 11 September 2012, at Darwan, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan;
The war crime of murder, with another person, in that they intentionally caused the death of a person, on or about 20 October 2012, in Syahchow, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan; and,
The war crime of murder, in that he aided, abetted, counselled or procured another person to intentionally cause the death of a person, on or about 20 October 2012, at Syahchow, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
Guardian Australia understands that Roberts-Smith has been charged with the deaths of two Afghan males at Whiskey 108 in 2009, the death of Ali Jan, as well as the deaths of two civilians at Syahchow in 2012.
The federal court found to the civil standard of probabilities that Roberts-Smith kicked Ali Jan in the chest, sending him falling backwards over the cliff, his face hitting the cliff as he fell, before he landed on the ground below. The Syawchow deaths were mentioned documents filed as part of the defamation case, but it is understood they were not part of the media’s defence because of issues with a witness.
AFP commissioner provides further details on Roberts-Smith arrest
The AFP are holding a press conference after the reported arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith.
AFP commissioner, Krissy Barrett, said a former soldier was arrested at Sydney’s domestic airport this morning and will face court in New South Wales later today. She went on:
It will be alleged the man was a member of the ADF when he was involved in the death of Afghan nationals between 2009 and 2012 in circumstances that constitute war crimes.
It will be alleged the victims were not taking part in hostilities at the time of their alleged murder in Afghanistan.
It will be alleged the victims were detained, unarmed and were under the control of ADF members when they were killed.
Albanese confirms he will discuss fuel with Singapore this week
Albanese said:
When I spoke with prime minister Wong, we agreed it would be good for us to have a discussion.
There are further discussions that we’re having on a regular basis while I’m in Canberra on the phone, but nothing beats a face-to-face engagement.
This week, on Thursday, I will head to Singapore for the annual leaders meeting with prime minister Lawrence Wong …
That will take place on Friday, this will be important and we’ll continue discussions on securing trade in petrol, diesel, and LNG …
The visit follows Australia and Singapore’s joint commitment to keep fuel between both countries and to work together to strengthen energy supply-chain resilience.
Bowen also said:
That’s a total of 241 service stations without diesel across Australia today. That’s 3% of our service stations …
So we have 39 days worth of petrol – that’s 1.7bn litres, 30 days worth of jet fuel – that’s 847m litres, and 29 days worth of diesel – that’s 2.7bn litres.
Bowen confirms decrease in service station fuel outages
Energy minister, Chris Bowen, provided an update on Australia’s fuel after the long weekend.
Bowen said:
Despite the fact that demand for petrol and diesel was 30% higher this Easter than last Easter, we continue to see, each day, the service station outages fall.
In New South Wales, we had 125 service stations without diesel – that’s 5% of service stations. That’s down 17 on yesterday, 34 with no fuel – that’s down 5 on yesterday.
Victoria – we have 40 without down 11. So, that’s 2% of Victorian service stations, 29 with no unleaded petrol.
In Queensland, 34 without diesel – that’s also 2% – And 30 without unleaded petrol.
South Australia – 7 with no diesel, 5 with no unleaded petrol.
Western Australia – 20 without diesel and 32 without unleaded petrol.
Tasmania – 7 without diesel, 6 with no unleaded petrol.
Northern Territory – 4 each – no diesel, no unleaded.
ACT – 4 with no diesel and 1 without unleaded petrol.
PM has ‘no intention of commenting’ on Ben Roberts-Smith arrest
Prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is now speaking to the media.
When first asked about the arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith, Albanese said: “I have no intention of commenting on a matter that’s clearly before the courts.”
Asked for a second time about the arrest of Roberts-Smith, the prime minister said: “I have no intention of prejudicing a matter that clearly is a legal matter and that’s before the courts and any comment would do so.”
A reporter asked Albanese whether attorney-general, Michelle Rowland, was consulted on the laying of the charges and whether she consulted with the prime minister. Albanese said:
I’m not going to confirm anything to do with the legal matter. That is a matter that is very important that there not be political engagement in what is a matter that is now the subject of legal proceedings, so I don’t intend to comment.
Nino Bucci
Roberts-Smith, once lionised as Australia’s most decorated Afghanistan veteran, attempted to sue three newspapers over allegations he committed war crimes, murdered unarmed civilians and bullied his comrades.
In a long-running, expensive defamation trial, a judge finding to the civil standard of the ‘balance of probabilities’ that he committed four murders while serving in the Australian military.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is also expected to address the media soon.
Krissy Barrett, the Australian federal police commissioner, and Ross Barnett, the Office of the Special Investigator’s director of investigations, will speak at a press conference later on Tuesday.
Ben Roberts-Smith arrested for alleged war crimes
Nino Bucci
Ben Roberts-Smith, the former Victoria Cross winner and Australian soldier, has been arrested for alleged war crimes.
The Australian federal police and Office of the Special Investigator are set to speak in Sydney shortly after midday about the arrest of the 47-year-old at Sydney airport on Tuesday morning.
The arrest of Roberts-Smith was first reported by the Nine Newspapers
Ben Roberts Smith. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP
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