Victoria Police taking part in “pride” march with their kids are pelted with paint bombs and abused by protesters in pig masks

The protesters were “mostly trans women of colour”, a witness said.
Manhunt for African who stabbed woman, 70, to death in front of her granddaughter at a shopping centre

Vyleen White, 70, was fatally stabbed in the chest during a robbery in Ipswich on Saturday evening.
Microplastics are transferred through mosquito bites and could make them more likely to spread viruses

Microplastics reduce a bacteria that inhibits viruses spread by mosquitos.
Comedian Owen Benjamin mocks ‘Black History Month’ with ‘bike theft’ challenge

Benjamin challenged his followers to reply with “something a black stole and made history”.
Gun violence fell after new law allowing firearms owners to carry without a permit, study shows

Anti-gun groups had warned the opposite would happen.
Counter-terrorism police ‘encouraged an autistic boy’s fascination with ISIS’ – and then charged him

The boy was charged with terror offences over a photo he sent to a covert online operative.
Pakistan Muslim father said “she deserved it” after stabbing his daughter for dating a Christian

The victim was previously arranged to marry her cousin at age 17, but refused.
Australia quietly allows Pacific Islander workers to bring their families in – as numbers hit record high

The pilot scheme was introduced quietly last week, after the Pacific Islander worker population doubled under Labor.