Natarsha Belling

Hi, Natasha Belling with you and welcome to the afternoon edition of The Briefing.

Coming up in our deep dive, the electorate of Farrar in southern New South Wales is going to a by-election this weekend after the resignation of former Liberal leader Susan Lee.

It's a seat many are watching very closely as another key indicator of the power of one nation in a new Australian political landscape.

Those details in just a moment.

But first, let's check the afternoon headlines this Thursday the 7th of May.

A number of so-called ISIS brides and children will arrive back in Australia shortly.

There is believed to be a heavy police presence at both Sydney and Melbourne airports, with claims a number of women will be arrested.

Here is Senior Labor Minister Jason Clare speaking earlier today.

The flights are scheduled to land around 5.30pm Eastern tonight.

There are concerns hundreds of thousands of students and teachers across the country could have been exposed to a massive data breach of education platform Canvas.

Authorities have already alerted Queensland students and teachers about the data breach with names, emails and school locations stolen.

The state's education minister, John Paul Lambrook, made the announcement in a statement today and linked the Queensland breach to a wider international hack.

A group that call themselves Shiny Hunters is claiming to have broken into the education platform, warning they have the personal information...

of 275 million people from almost 9,000 education institutions which also includes Australian universities.

It's believed a number of educational institutions are currently assessing whether their data has also been breached.

A judge in New York has unsealed an alleged suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein.

The New York Times reported that Epstein's former cellmate was claiming he found a note after Epstein first attempted to kill himself.

That note was then sealed in court documents relating to another case until the New York Times petitioned to have the note released.

The note, which has not been officially verified, reads in part, quote, they investigated me for months, found nothing.

And it is a treat to be able to choose one's time to say goodbye.