Helen Smith

It's Wednesday, the 22nd of April.

It comes as a senior Iranian commander threatens to destroy the region's oil industry if the war with the US continues.

They've told Iranian media it would be a mistake to carry out aggression against Iran and that if southern neighbours allow the enemy to use their facilities to attack Iran, they should say goodbye to oil production in the Middle East region.

Iranian officials have also doubled down on their stance that the US blockade of Iranian ports was an act of war and therefore a violation of the ceasefire.

Now, Trump's war on Iran has upset a lot of his supporters and voters, including a very vocal one, Tucker Carlson.

He says that he regrets backing Donald Trump and is tormented by it.

He's also admitted to misleading his supporters and has called for a moment to wrestle with our own consequences.

That was Carlson there speaking on the Tucker Carlson show with his brother, Buckley Carlson, who was actually a former Trump speechwriter.

Back home and Labor is preparing to announce major reforms to the NDIS to try and bring down costs of the $50 billion program.

That was Treasurer Jim Chalmers there.

And as he mentioned, these reforms are shaping up to be the biggest money saver in the upcoming federal budget.

The health minister will today confirm a tightening of eligibility rules and forced character checks for providers.

While new rules to force providers to undertake character tests are designed to weed out dodgy operators carrying out mass fraud in the sector.

And this comes amid revelations that organised crime groups have infiltrated the NDIS and are using coercion and cash kickbacks to participants to launder money.

The federal government has been urged to protect Chinese international students after one was reportedly sentenced to six years in jail for joining pro-democracy protests whilst in Australia.

According to The Guardian, the student whose identity is being protected hadn't been in contact with friends in Sydney after returning to China in December 2024.

His family in Australia later confirming the student was arrested and charged with secession for participating in protests in Sydney, including two solidarity protests for China's ethnic minorities.

The defamation case against rebel Wilson is continuing in Sydney's federal court with messages from her crisis PR team shown describing the actress as effing nuts.

To recap, Wilson is being sued by the lead of her film The Deb, Charlotte McInnes, over comments she allegedly made about an incident between McInnes and film producer Amanda Ghost.

McInnes claims Wilson fabricated a story about Ghost mistreating her in September 2023 and posted it publicly on her Instagram.