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"Disco baby." Australian DJ Tigerlily announces her pregnancy.
World-renowned Aussie DJ Tigerlily has announced she is expecting a baby with her husband Scott.
Known for her iconic blue hair, the DJ confirmed the news via an Instagram video this afternoon, sharing the happy update with her 614,000+ followers.
"DISCO BABY – COMING APRIL 2023," she captioned the post.
In the video she showed pictures of her scans, her bump and her and her husband buying a baby DJ play set.
The non-consensual removal of a condom set to be criminalised in SA.
Non-consensually removing a condom during sex is set to now be criminalised in South Australia.
The act known as 'stealthing' has been criminalised across Australia, with Tasmania, NSW, Victoria and the ACT having already passed laws.
The bill to criminalise the practice this week passed the upper house of South Australia's parliament, and is set to become law.
South Australian MP Connie Bonaros described stealthing as a "repugnant and disgusting act of betrayal", and said her private member's bill would ensure it was dealt with appropriately by police and the courts.
"It should have been criminalised years ago," Bonaros said in a statement to ABC News. "Such grotesque acts of indecency deserve to be treated in the same manner as rape and a crime punishable by terms of imprisonment."
It comes after a recent study from Monash University found that, of more than 2,000 people surveyed, one in three women, and one in five men who have sex with men, had been victims of stealthing.
NSW detective believes William Tyrrell's foster mum knows where he is buried.
A senior detective has told a court he believes the former foster mother of missing boy William Tyrrell knows where he is. The woman appeared in court on Thursday, accused of lying to the NSW Crime Commission.
She cannot be named for legal reasons, but is the former foster mother of missing boy William Tyrrell.
The charges do not relate to William, who was aged three when he went missing from a home at Kendall on the NSW mid-north coast in 2014. The woman is accused of lying to the commission about whether she had ever struck another child in her care with a wooden spoon.
"I have formed the view (she) knows where William Tyrrell is," Detective Sergeant Andrew Lonergan told Downing Centre Local Court.
Barrister John Stratton SC, defending the woman, said that was a false belief. Police charged her for allegedly lying, in an attempt to pressure her, he said.
William Tyrrell’s foster mother is in court today charged with lying to the Crime Commission. During the hearing, a police officer investigating Williams’s case told the court he believes she knows where the body is and they hope to pressure her to reveal the location. 1/2
— Lia Harris (@LiaJHarris) November 3, 2022
"You are hoping to break her spirit," Mr Stratton suggested.
"Our main objective is to find out where William Tyrrell is," Det Sgt Lonergan said.
Audio recording from listening devices placed in the home in late 2020 recorded what police allege is the woman hitting a child with a wooden spoon. The child can be heard threatening to call the police beforehand.
A woman is then heard telling the child to "stand up" three times, after the child yelled, "no, please no".
"Where'd you put the wooden spoon?" The court heard a woman on the recording say.
The child then pleads, screams and cries, and is told to turn around and move her hands before smacking sounds are heard.
"She's still going on about it," the woman is heard telling her husband in a later phone call intercepted by police.
The hearing continues.
With AAP.
Florida school shooter sentenced to life in prison.
Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz, who murdered 17 students and staff at the Florida high school, has been formally sentenced to life in prison.
A jury voted last month to spare the 24-year-old the death penalty, instead choosing life in prison without possibility of parole for one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history.
Cruz pleaded guilty last year to premeditated murder for his rampage on February 14, 2018, then faced the three-month penalty trial earlier this year.
Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz sentenced to life in prison for 2018 high school massacre https://t.co/frz6pTP2gE pic.twitter.com/56imkEgRky
— New York Post (@nypost) November 2, 2022
Broward County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer agreed to a prosecution request to first allow relatives of Cruz's victims to address the court before the sentence was handed down.
The sentencing proceedings began on Tuesday with victim impact statements.
Anne Ramsay, the mother of 17-year-old Helena Ramsay, told him he was "pure evil". Inez Hixon called him a "domestic terrorist" for killing her father-in-law, school athletics director Chris Hixon.
Cruz was 19 at the time of his attack on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, about 50 kilometres north of the courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. He had been expelled from the school.
Some survivors went on to organise a youth-led movement for tighter gun regulations in the United States, which has the highest rate of private gun ownership in the world and where mass shootings have become recurrent.
- With AAP.
Nation mourns death of Cassius Turvey.
Thousands gathered across Australia yesterday to protest the alleged murder of 15-year-old Indigenous boy Cassius Turvey.
More than 40 rallies and vigils were held around the country following the Perth boy's death, 10 days after he was allegedly beaten with a metal pole while walking home from school in his uniform.
"How many children do we have to send to the grave?" Wiradjuri elder Jenny Munro said at a vigil in Sydney yesterday evening.
"We've lost so many children in a battle they aren't even prepared for."
A statement from Cassius' mother was read out at the events.
"I don't want any more violence ... I want calm and peace," Mechelle Turvey said. "I don't want to fuel prejudices, biases. I don't want to fuel stereotypes of First Nations people as violent.
"The answer I want is why?"
More than 40 additional events honouring Cassius have been scheduled in coming days, including gatherings in the United States and New Zealand.
Jack Steven James Brearley, 21, has been charged with his murder and is due to face a Perth court on November 9.
READ: "At the Sydney vigil for Cassius Turvey, the emotion was palpable. So was the hurt."
- With AAP.
Woman says AFL racism inquiry 'unsafe'.
A woman at the centre of the explosive Hawthorn racism claims has slammed the investigation into the allegations, confirming she won't take part.
In a statement released on yesterday by Marque Lawyers, a woman identified as "Amy" says the independent investigation commissioned by the AFL is unsafe.
"Amy is refusing to consent to the silencing tactics of the AFL," the statement read.
"I could either stay numb and silent, or I could find my voice and play my part in the struggle to try and create safety and protection for our young ones who would inevitably face these systems," she said in the statement.
The statement said Amy was given only two days to consider the investigation's terms of reference before they were made public, "leaving her no choice but to not participate in the process".
Woman at centre of Hawthorn racism review withdraws from AFL investigation https://t.co/yzRKOQdLWO
— ABC News (@abcnews) November 1, 2022
The AFL released a statement yesterday evening, saying "we acknowledged the pain, trauma and grief" of Amy.
"It reinforces how serious these allegations are and how important it is that the AFL treat them appropriately," the statement added.
North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson also vowed to strongly defend himself against the charges of racism yesterday, which date back to his time at Hawthorn.
The 54-year-old acknowledged his main focus in the coming weeks would be the investigation into allegations of racism levelled against himself, former Hawthorn football boss and now Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan and ex-Hawks official Jason Burt.
Clarkson and Fagan originally stood aside when the allegations were made public in September.
- With AAP.
Christina Applegate shares struggle to film Dead to Me after MS diagnosis.
Christina Applegate has described the struggle she experienced while filming the final season of Dead to Me after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis last year.
In an interview with The New York Times, the 50-year-old actor shared she can no longer walk without a cane, after being diagnosed with the disease that affects central nervous system.
"This is the first time anyone's going to see me the way I am. I put on 40 pounds; I can't walk without a cane," she told the publication.
"I want people to know that I am very aware of all of that."
I have a very important ceremony coming up. This will be my first time out since diagnosed with MS. Walking sticks are now part of my new normal. Thank you @neowalksticks for these beauties. Stay tuned to see which ones make the cut for a week of stuff. pic.twitter.com/O543p1G4vS
— christina applegate (@1capplegate) October 27, 2022
Production of the show considered halting after Applegate's diagnosis, but the actress said she felt "an obligation" to creator Liz Feldman and her co-star Linda Cardellini.
"I said, 'No. We’re going to do it, but we’re going to do it on my terms,'" she explained.
Applegate went on to say that while she's worked to "process" her diagnosis, she’s not ready to "accept" it.
"It’s not like I came on the other side of it, like, ‘Woohoo, I’m totally fine,'" she said. "I’m never going to accept this. I’m pissed."
What do you do when you have mismatched libidos?
Have you ever been in a physical relationship with someone, maybe one that started out all hot and heavy, only to find out a little further down the track that your libidos aren’t on the same page?
Today, we look at why some of us have a high sex drive while others are a slower burn, and whether we can actually find a way to meet somewhere in the middle.
Feature Image: Instagram @djtigerlily.