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Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has also posted on Twitter, saying his “thoughts and wishes” are with Andy Meddick’s daughter.

From AAP:

A rise in sexual assaults linked with online dating apps has led to Queensland police matching with Tinder in a world first safety campaign.

Police commissioner Katarina Carroll says the unique collaboration will provide a safety net for Queenslanders after they swipe right.

Over eight weeks, Queensland users of the app will receive tips to increase awareness on dates as well as reporting and support options.

“What we saw is a clear increase in reporting of online dating and sexual offending,” Carroll said.

“We thought let’s go straight to the source and start having a great discussion on how we make this platform safer for everyone.”

Carroll said Queensland police decided “enough was enough” after a jump in assaults in the state.

Three rapes linked with online app dates had been reported in Queensland in 2008, a figure that rose to 49 by 2019.

The commissioner said sexual assaults were “under-reported” in Queensland due to the perceived stigma of using dating apps.

But she hoped the collaboration would encourage victims to reach out, saying it would help stop perpetrators who were usually repeat offenders.

Afghan and Australian rights groups have warned the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan must not be allowed to disrupt or delay Australia’s plan to compensate victims of alleged war crimes.

A key recommendation of the Brereton report, released exactly one year ago, was that the Australian government provide redress to the families of victims, without waiting for prosecutions to conclude.

On Twitter, the PM has commented on the attack on Andy Meddick’s daughter.

In the weeks before Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales emerged from a 106-day lockdown in October, a surge of Covid cases seemed certain to coincide with the easing of restrictions. Experts predicted infections would rise and hospitals braced for a spate of new admissions.

But instead, the opposite happened. Daily Covid cases have dropped and – more than a month after exiting lockdown – the numbers continue to fall.

Cricket Tasmania has confirmed the allegations against Paine were from a former employee. They only came to Cricket Tasmania’s attention in 2018 when formal charges of theft were laid against that employee. Those charges are still pending.

Huge news. Farmers have been camping at Delhi’s border for the past year protesting for the repeal of the laws.

Prime minister Narendra Modi called the reforms, which loosen rules around sale, pricing and storage of farm produce a “watershed moment” for agriculture in India.

But farmers have said the laws would force them into poverty rather than increasing productivity and improving incomes.

Back to Paine, and it does seem worth reflecting for a moment on the fact Cricket Australia made the decision to back him to become captain in 2018, a year after they became aware the text exchanges happened.

In Paine’s own words:

At the time, the exchange was the subject of a thorough CA Integrity Unit investigation, throughout which I fully participated in and openly participated in.

That investigation and a Cricket Tasmania HR investigation at the same time found that there had been no breach of the Cricket Australia Code of Conduct.

It will be interesting to see how the move was justified at the time.

Back to the developing story in Victoria, and Andy Meddick’s daughter Kielan confirmed on social media last night she was chased and subsequently attacked for being “political”.