This is the latest from your news speech. It's Tuesday, the twenty eighth of May. Facebook has become a thriving marketplace for black market merchants, hawking everything from counterfeit cash, cloned credit cards and illegal firearms. Multiple pages seen by The Daily Telegraph claimed to sell firearms, including handguns and silences in return for cryptocurrency. Other pages selling counterfeit Australian dollars claim the notes can get through all security measures
and are good for using in casinos. Many of the pages also direct customers to telegram chats where narcotics such as ice and heroin can be bought. As revealed by The Daily Telegraph last week, a sexual harassment scandal has engulfed one of the country's biggest retailers, implicating its CEO
and forcing the resignation of a senior executive. The Heralds can reveal two legal firms have been appointed to investigate the handling of sexual assault allegations by Country Road Group after multiple allegations by males and females were filed against former senior executive Rashid Maliki. Staff have accused the fashion brand and CEO of what they see as a cover up over mister Maliki's conduct, amid allegations of the repeated
harassment of staff members, including unsolicited touching and kissing. We'll be back after this. Queensland Premier Stephen miles sensational call to slash immigration amid unprecedented growth has been questioned, with documents revealing that the state's population is on par with what was predicted when Labour came to power nine years ago.
Government data from twenty fifteen reveals the state's population was tipped to be five point two five million in twenty twenty one, but ended up being five point one six million.
Predictions that Queensland would house five point seven three million people in twenty twenty six remain stable, but the government says the figures need to be updated following a population explosion in the past twelve months, and students have moved into the new ninety eight million dollar expansion of an Adelaide CBD school after construction delays meant they had to learn elsewhere on campus for the start of the year.
The new seven story building at Adelaide Botanic High School is almost complete, including a rooftop sports area, a ground floor cafe, an entrepreneurial hub, and stem Labs. We'll have an update to your news feed tomorrow