Speaker 1: This is the latest from your news speech. It's Tuesday,
Speaker 1: the twenty eighth of May. Facebook has become a thriving
Speaker 1: marketplace for black market merchants, hawking everything from counterfeit cash,
Speaker 1: cloned credit cards and illegal firearms. Multiple pages seen by
Speaker 1: The Daily Telegraph claimed to sell firearms, including handguns and
Speaker 1: silences in return for cryptocurrency. Other pages selling counterfeit Australian
Speaker 1: dollars claim the notes can get through all security measures
Speaker 1: and are good for using in casinos. Many of the
Speaker 1: pages also direct customers to telegram chats where narcotics such
Speaker 1: as ice and heroin can be bought. As revealed by
Speaker 1: The Daily Telegraph last week, a sexual harassment scandal has
Speaker 1: engulfed one of the country's biggest retailers, implicating its CEO
Speaker 1: and forcing the resignation of a senior executive. The Heralds
Speaker 1: can reveal two legal firms have been appointed to investigate
Speaker 1: the handling of sexual assault allegations by Country Road Group
Speaker 1: after multiple allegations by males and females were filed against
Speaker 1: former senior executive Rashid Maliki. Staff have accused the fashion
Speaker 1: brand and CEO of what they see as a cover
Speaker 1: up over mister Maliki's conduct, amid allegations of the repeated
Speaker 1: harassment of staff members, including unsolicited touching and kissing. We'll
Speaker 1: be back after this. Queensland Premier Stephen miles sensational call
Speaker 1: to slash immigration amid unprecedented growth has been questioned, with
Speaker 1: documents revealing that the state's population is on par with
Speaker 1: what was predicted when Labour came to power nine years ago.
Speaker 1: Government data from twenty fifteen reveals the state's population was
Speaker 1: tipped to be five point two five million in twenty
Speaker 1: twenty one, but ended up being five point one six million.
Speaker 1: Predictions that Queensland would house five point seven three million
Speaker 1: people in twenty twenty six remain stable, but the government
Speaker 1: says the figures need to be updated following a population
Speaker 1: explosion in the past twelve months, and students have moved
Speaker 1: into the new ninety eight million dollar expansion of an
Speaker 1: Adelaide CBD school after construction delays meant they had to
Speaker 1: learn elsewhere on campus for the start of the year.
Speaker 1: The new seven story building at Adelaide Botanic High School
Speaker 1: is almost complete, including a rooftop sports area, a ground
Speaker 1: floor cafe, an entrepreneurial hub, and stem Labs. We'll have
Speaker 1: an update to your news feed tomorrow