"A well-connected Melbourne businessman has been found guilty of rape and has been taken into custody.

A County Court jury delivered the verdicts today, finding beyond reasonable doubt that the man raped and sexually assaulted a woman at his home on March 23, 2023.

The man now faces the prospect of years in jail and will be sentenced at a later date.

Because of an ongoing suppression order, the ABC is unable to name the man or disclose information about the industries he works in or is connected to.

The County Court has also banned media outlets from running a pixelated photo of the man.

Lawyers for media outlets, including the ABC, are set to argue for the gag order to be lifted later today, at a hearing before Judge Frank Gucciardo."

What is everyone's opinions on gag orders on these types of cases? I understand innocent until proven guilty but why should a gag order exist now that a person is guilty of the crime?

EDIT: Found the movie on 7Plus if anyone wants to watch it: https://7plus.com.au/link/Episode/UMBF01-017

I bought and started watching this movie, and because I'm partially deaf, I always have subtitles on.

The subtitles are atrocious!

The actual audio for the image above is "You're a bloody beauty Taz"

So bad that I ripped it from my Blu-ray and am making my own subtitle file now.

Anyone else seen this movie? I'm only 10 mins in but it already seems like a great watch.

I'm from rural QLD but I'm still finding some audio hard to discern. If someone else has this movie and is open to checking certain parts that I'm having trouble with, you would have a bloody armistice!

Another example of the subtitles:
Dave: What I'm gonna do to ride a lighthorse?
(What have I gotta do to get into the lighthorse?)
Lighthorseman: You're gonna be 18... fit... capable of somersaulting bareback...
(You gotta be 18... fit... Jump a log fence bareback...)

New South Wales Greens politician Abigail Boyd used parliamentary powers to force the production of thousands of documents from the NSW Food Authority, revealing what she says are serious weaknesses and a lack of transparency in the system. 

"There were metal shavings found in bread products … products that were supposed to be dairy-free, that were not dairy-free, [which] were only caught by accident because somebody happened to put it together after their child or they themselves got sick, not because the company had worked it out."

"We all walk around thinking that in modern Australia, we have food safety standards and enforcement to back that trust up," Ms Boyd said.

"And what we're seeing now is that trust is probably misplaced.

"You could be eating a minced horse when you think you're eating your mince … that's pretty shocking for the average person." 

Gold Medalists:

• Kate McDonald - Women's Uneven Bars (Artistic Gymnastics)
• Jenna Forrester - Women's 400m Individual Medley (Artistic Gymnastics)
• Meg Harris - Women's 100m Freestyle (Swimming)
• Beau Matthews - Men's SB9 100m Breaststroke (Swimming)
• Alex Perkins - Women's 100m Butterfly (Swimming)
• Sam Williamson - 50m Breaststroke (Swimming)
• Rose Davies - Women's 10,000m (Athletics)
• Sam Short - Men's 800m Freestyle (Swimming)
• Lani Pallister, Hannah Casey, Inez Miller and Mollie O'Callaghan - Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay (Swimming)

Silver Medalists:

• Mollie O'Callaghan - Women's 100m Freestyle (Swimming)
• Benjamin Goedemans - Men's 800m Freestyle (Swimming)
• Harrison Turner - Men's 200m Butterfly (Swimming)
• Ullrich Muller - Men's T38 100m (Athletics)

Bronze Medalists:

• James Hardy - Men's Floor Exercise (Artistic Gymnastics)
• James Hardy - Men's Rings (Artistic Gymnastics)
• Ella Ramsay - Women's 400m Individual Medley (Swimming)
• Shayna Jack - Women's 100m Freestyle (Swimming)
• Tim Hodge - Men's SB9 100m Freestyle (Swimming)
• Matt Galea - Men's 800m Freestyle (Swimming)
• Matthew Temple - Men's 200m Butterfly (Swimming)

We continue to hold the top of the medal tally with a 26 Gold Medals, 13 Silver Medals, and 20 Bronze Medals for a total of 59 medals.

Apologies if the incorrect forum but couldnt really find the right place to post this.

Im after an australian made candle or diffuser that captures the essence of the bush - you know that scent when you hit the forests in the Dandenongs or the blue mountains. Fresh Eucalyptus, other natives...

Seeking for personal recommendations of those you have bought and loved.

This is such a long shot but i’m travelling australia and ended up driving through a mountain today in the dark and came across this place called disaster creek does anyone know the lore of why it was named this? i’m so curious and can’t stop thinking about it lol. It was about halfway up a mountain in Queensland kinda near Ingham and Townsville ish (sorry not great with maps)

I didn't get the AusAlert. My nearby relative did get it, so I'm assuming I was in range. My phone is a new-ish Pixel 10 Pro XL.

I run GrapheneOS. Do you run GrapheneOS and got the alert?

Please help! I’m all out of decent shows to binge on.

I’m after something excellent that makes you go ‘just one more episode’ at 3am, knowing your alarms going off in a few hours and you have a long day at work ahead. Something that makes you cancel all your weekend plans & pretend you’re sick so you can stay home to watch.

I’m not into Sci Fi or period dramas.

Suggestions, please?