"This is the hard bit." Tracy Grimshaw's emotional goodbye message.

Tracy Grimshaw said an emotional farewell to A Current Affair and its viewers tonight.

After 17 years as host of the show, she confirmed her departure months back. And tonight there was a special extended farewell episode dedicated towards Grimshaw, with highlight clips and messages of support from celebrities including Kyle Sandilands, Eddie McGuire, Andy Lee, Leigh Sales and Nick Giannopoulos.

For the final few minutes of the show, Grimshaw gave a goodbye message – directly thanking the viewers and the hardworking team behind the show who make it happen. And in her speech, she also opened up about the challenges she faced along the way – mainly focusing on the challenges of gender disparity.



"A Current Affairs' critics are the ones who don't watch it. We haven't always got it right over the years and a few years ago we fell in love with bras stories. I hated them and now we don't do bra stories anymore," she said with a knowing smile.

"I remember when I started on ACA my bosses at the time didn't like interviews going around longer than four minutes because they thought you [the viewers] would be bored. Now look at us."

She also thanked the producers she has worked with over the years, saying: "I finally scored a woman executive producer four years ago and what a bright light you are Fiona."

Visibly emotional, she then received a bunch of flowers from one of the behind-the-scenes crew members, and asked for viewers to welcome the next person who happens to sit in her chair. 

"Thank you for your company. Good night."

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It’s official – Leigh Sales will be staying on our TV screens!

Sales confirmed today that she will be staying with the ABC and returning as the anchor of Australian Story in 2023.

Earlier this year, Sales announced she was stepping down from her hosting role with 7:30 after 12 years at the desk. At the time, she said she would spend the rest of the year with her two sons and recouping. 

Sales will now become the second host ever of Australian Story, following on from the death of original anchor Caroline Jones, who passed away in May this year after experiencing a serious fall in her Sydney home.

Sales’ new position was announced as part of ABC’s 2023 upfronts virtual showcase. In a statement she said: “Australian Story is one of the most beloved programs in the country and I am so excited and humbled to be invited to front it. I can’t wait to be involved in the production process of such a talented team.”

She also shared a video on Instagram explaining that she had loved her big break and long service leave from news – but was keen to jump back into things.

“I’m so thrilled and excited about that because it’s such a brilliant program and telling the most moving stories,” she said in the video. “It’s quite overwhelming to be following on from such a legend like Caroline.”

Australian Story will kick off in February 2023, and Sales also hinted that along with her anchor role, she has a bunch of other projects that she’s excited to work on as well.

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Former TV host Andrew O’Keefe has been arrested for allegedly breaching his bail conditions.

Now back behind bars, O’Keefe was picked up by police on Thursday morning at a Vaucluse home and arrested for allegedly breaching his bail.

In a statement, police said: “Officers from the Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command attended a home at Vaucluse and spoke to the occupant.”

He is expected to face Waverley Local Court in the near future.

Back in January the former Seven Network television presenter was charged with choking and assaulting a woman. He was accused of "grabbing her by the throat, pushing her to the ground and punching her", police said in a statement.

If this post brings up any issues for you, or if you just feel like you need to speak to someone, please call 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) – the national sexual assault, domestic and family violence counselling service. It doesn’t matter where you live, they will take your call and, if need be, refer you to a service closer to home.

As anyone who attempted to score tickets to the Taylor Swift Eras Tour would already know, the situation turned into a complete disaster. Now the US Senate antitrust is holding a hearing to work out exactly what happened.

And Kanye West has been accused of showing explicit pictures of Kim Kardashian to employees at Adidas, via an open letter from staff and an investigation by Rolling Stone. The allegations paint a brutal picture of how Kanye behaved while working with the sportswear company.

Plus, it’s been reported by some pretty reliable sources that Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles have ended their two-year relationship. And while we can all agree a PR stunt was not behind this news, Kendall Jenner is now being named as the key person in a brand new conspiracy theory surrounding their break-up.

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A Liberal MP has shared her emotional experience supporting a loved one facing domestic violence and promised to use her time left in federal parliament to stop it.

Speaking ahead of the international day for eliminating violence against women, Queensland MP Karen Andrews told parliament the issue was a blight on society that had "transcended time, culture and location".

She became emotional as she spoke about Australia's domestic violence statistics and said there was much more society needed to do to eradicate it.

"It is likely we all know many of these victims. Unfortunately, I have had to wait for text messages to come in - the phone calls are much worse - wondering if someone you love is still alive," she said yesterday as her voice began to break. 

Tearful Liberal MP Karen Andrews has given a powerful speech sharing her experience supporting a loved one facing domestic violence.
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Andrews, who is opposition spokeswoman for child protection and family violence prevention, said she would dedicate her time left in parliament to work to eradicate the issue and support people and services on the frontline.

"When you're there at night and the phone rings and you're wondering what you're going to hear, it is a terribly traumatic experience," she said.

In Australia, one woman dies every 10 days at the hands of her former or current partner.

"This should not be allowed to happen," Andrews said. "Ensuring that domestic violence does not span generations should be a national priority."

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Three out of four Australians believe the creation of a national representative Indigenous body is important and should be enshrined in the constitution.

A new survey from Reconciliation Australia found 79 per cent favour an enshrined Indigenous voice to parliament, with support from First Nations people sitting at 86 per cent.

"This latest survey provides evidence that support for reconciliation and the Uluru Statement from the Heart remains strong," Reconciliation Australia CEO Karen Mundine said.

"As does mutual trust between First Nations people and non-Indigenous Australians."

Support for a treaty has grown significantly among non-Indigenous Australians since 2020 as well, with a 19 per cent increase from 53 per cent in 2020 to 72 per cent in 2022.

The group surveyed 532 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and 1990 non-Indigenous people, all weighted to be representative in terms of age group, gender and location.

The Albanese government is consulting on the wording of a referendum question, having promised to deliver constitutional change at the election.

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Andrew Zachary Rebelo, the partner of social media influencer Gracie Piscopo, has been charged with murdering his mother in Perth in 2020.

The 26-year-old cryptocurrency dealer was charged with murdering Colleen Rebelo after police were called to her home on Preston Point Rd in Bicton on May 25, 2020, after a family member reportedly discovered her body. 

Rebelo was taken into custody yesterday, and later faced Fremantle Magistrates Court. 

He has also been charged with five counts of forging a document with intent to defraud, which was allegedly committed soon after his mother's death. 

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It is understood the fraud charges are linked to the murder investigation. As per court documents, he has pleaded not guilty to those charges.

WA Police Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Clinton Bragg said the investigation was "complex".

"It's taken us two years to get to this point, and it's just an example of how we will not stop until we thoroughly investigate and bring these things to a conclusion," he said, according to the ABC.

Rebelo shares a son with Gracie Piscopo, who has one million Instagram followers. Piscopo shares insight into their life as a family on her YouTube channel which has over 307,000 subscribers.

Rebelo has been remanded in custody and is due to face Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court on December 21.

The new LiSTNR podcast, The Children in the Pictures, is a documentary covering how one raid on a child exploitation content creator in Canada, would lead to the arrest of a man who ran one of the biggest dark web sites for those images from right here in Australia.

Today we find out how detectives from Argos, the specialist unit investigating online child exploitation, infiltrated a paedophile ring and what the man who has been standing between your child and those criminals for the past 26 years thinks the biggest threat to your children is.

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