Headlines: $1m reward for Gus Lamont info
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What is the $1 million reward being offered for information about missing toddler Gus Lamont?
This podcast is sponsored by the team at Spec Savers. From the Daily Oz, I'm Emma Gillespie. I'm Lucy Tassel. It's Wednesday, the 23rd of September. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
A million dollar reward has been offered for information about missing toddler Gus Lamont, nearly one year after he disappeared from his family's rural property. South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskis and Police Minister Michael Brown announced on Wednesday that they were matching the highest reward ever issued in the state's history for information that would lead to finding a body or a criminal conviction. Justice needs to be done in one way or another.
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Malinowskis said, adding, We will not tolerate, as a state, any circumstances where children who go missing are not able to be accounted for. Four-year-old Gus was last seen by his grandmother playing near his outback homestead on the 27th of September 2025. His disappearance was declared a major crime in February when police revealed someone living at the station was a suspect in the case and Gus's likely. Death.
Australian federal police counter-terrorism agents have arrested a man accused of being an ISIS operative. The Somali-born Australian citizen is alleged to have acted as a propagandist on behalf of the terrorist group from his base in Melbourne, helping others plan and conduct mass casualty attacks. AFP Acting Assistant Commissioner Paula Hudson claims the 65-year-old sent thousands of files, including messages and images relating
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To executions and torture via encrypted platforms. Hudson said the alleged material, quote, glorified acts of extreme violence and promoted a terrorist organization, spreading a hateful ideology that's designed to radicalize others. The man is expected to be charged with being a member of a terrorist organization, possessing violent extremist material, and using a carriage service to cause offense. He faces up to 20 years in prison. Imprisonment if found guilty.
A Sri Lankan court has convicted fifteen people over a series of attacks that killed two hundred and seventy-nine people, including two Australians, on Easter Sunday twenty nineteen. The attacks targeted three churches and three hotels across the island nation during Easter services and celebrations. They also wounded five hundred and seventy-four people.
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The bombings, which were inspired by the Islamic State Group, were among the deadliest attacks in Sri Lanka's history. Defendants were each sentenced to prison terms of between two hundred to two hundred and sixty years based on their involvement in conspiring and aiding the attacks. Nine others accused in the case were acquitted and discharged.
And today's good news: a six-year-old girl from China has set a Rubik's Cube world record, according to state media reports. Lian Yunju competed at two World Cube Association competitions this month, where she broke the women's average world record twice. Lian solved the standard 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube five times in an average time of 4.52. And 4.27 seconds at the respective competitions. She's the first female speed cuber to average under four and a half seconds.
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It's understood the young competitor has mastered more than 1,300 Rubik's cube solving algorithms and trains for at least two hours.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What is the $1 million reward being offered for information about missing toddler Gus Lamont?
0:00–0:43
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Why did Australian federal police arrest a man accused of being an ISIS operative in Melbourne?
0:43–1:36
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How did a Sri Lankan court convict 15 people for the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks?
1:36–2:26
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What world‑record did six‑year‑old Lian Yunju set in Rubik’s Cube solving?
2:26–3:22
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What quick‑eye‑care tips did the hosts share at the end of the episode?
3:22–4:30