Anika

• The Indian women’s hockey team defeated China 1-0 in Moqi on Sunday to win their third consecutive AHF Junior Asia Cup title. • Sanika Chandrakant Mane scored the only goal of the match in the 17th minute to secure the victory. • This win ensures India remains unbeaten for the tournament and officially qualifies the team for the junior World Cup.

Kristy McBain criticises shadow communications minister Sarah Henderson for ‘testing’ Triple-zero system during major network blackout The communications minister, Anika Wells, has accused Barnaby Joyce and Angus Taylor of “going off half-cocked” by raising without evidence the prospect of China having been behind the major Telstra outage affecting millions of Australians nationwide.Wells’s fellow federal minister Kristy McBain also criticised the shadow communications minister, Sarah Henderson, after the Liberal senator said she had “tested” the Triple-zero system by making unnecessary calls to the emergency line – which carries a criminal penalty. Continue reading...

Anthony Albanese rejects calls for her to resign over the breaches, saying she had done the right thing and had also apologised The communications minister, Anika Wells, has repaid more than $10,000 for incorrect travel claims, identified amid controversy about her use of taxpayer-funded entitlements.In a statement released on Friday, Wells said an audit by the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority identified four mistakes in her claims dating back to Labor’s 2022 election victory, worth a combined $8,092.89. Continue reading...