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He's 47 years old and his arrest has led to violent clashes at the Alice Springs Hospital last night where he was taken.
Reports say that hundreds of people gathered outside the hospital with police pelted with rocks and a police car set alight.
and officers ended up using tear gas and rubber bullets to try to control the crowd.
But just to step back and remind you how all of this started, Kumanjai Little Baby went missing from the Alice Springs old-timers camp on Saturday night, and early on in the search, police identified Lewis as a person of interest after he was allegedly seen holding hands and walking away with her.
And we also learned yesterday that Senator Jacinta Napinjimpa Price is part of her extended family.
And she described the town camps like the one that the family was staying in as absolute hell holes.
That was the words that she used.
And she said that there's a broader conversation to be had about their conditions and the safety there for residents.
But for now, the focus is on Lewis.
Reports say that he'd been beaten by locals and was wandering up and down in a riverbed before he was arrested by police.
And as we mentioned, they took him to hospital and a crowd gathered outside demanding that police hand him over to be dealt with by the community.
But officers refused and that's when the clashes broke out.
Word is that Trump still sees the US blockade of Iran's ports as more effective than bombing, but they've been at a standstill for weeks now and he's reportedly considering military action if Iran won't budge.
But other reports, though, claim that the president is planning to extend the blockade, which would mean that the Strait of Hormuz stays closed for longer.
So either way, the prospect of the war dragging on had markets in a spin yesterday and oil prices jumped to their highest level since 2022.
Yeah, we won't get through all of them, so we'll link to the Royal Commission site where you can read up on them in the episode notes.
But a few of the more notable ones include reviewing counter-terrorism teams around Australia, implementing a new national gun buyback scheme, and then also increasing New South Wales police security at high-risk Jewish events in the state.
PM Anthony Albanese says that all of the Commonwealth-level recommendations will be adopted, and Jewish leaders have welcomed that.
Yeah, I was in bed early to get up for this this morning, but I have seen the replays and that late try from Jess Sergis was a great moment.
And as you and Andrew mentioned yesterday, the Blues are the current shield holders.