Episode Details

🗞️ HEADLINES

• Recently returned 'ISIS Brides' to apply for bail

• Witnesses provide real-life impact statements at Antisemitism Royal Commission 
• New research shows Australia's food and grocery sector is strained amid rising costs
• Richard Lewer named winner of the 2026 Archibald Prize
• Julie Bishop resigns as Chancellor from ANU
• One Nation eyes a win in Farrer byelection
• Bonnie Tyler placed into coma following emergency surgery 

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Host: Taylah Strano

Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

Group Executive Producer: Ilaria Brophy

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TRANSCRIPT:
Hey I’m Taylah Strano with the latest from The Quicky newsroom for Friday, May 8.

A pair of Islamic State-linked women accused of crimes against humanity are behind bars but plan to make bail applications after they were arrested on return to Australia.

The 53-year-old and a 31-year-old faced the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday morning charged with several crimes against humanity offences allegedly committed in Syria.

They landed back in Melbourne on Thursday evening as part of a larger group of women and children who lived in a Syrian refugee camp.

In a packed courtroom, the women appeared separately. They were both remanded in custody until Monday, when they will apply for bail.

Day five of hearings at the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has continued with eight witnesses providing evidence in Sydney.

This marks the first block of public hearings, focusing on the definition and nature of antisemitism, its impact on people’s lives, and how it’s measured.

Twenty-two-year-old Mia Kline described feeling the need to “de-Jew” herself as part of her statement describing an interaction with her housemates that ultimately led to her moving out. She said she stopped referring to Jewish engagements in conversation and removed a Star of David necklace to avoid antisemitism.

Meantime, another person, who identified as not being Jewish and appeared anonymously, described criticism she incurred after writing and sharing social media posts surrounding the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.

New research shows Australia’s food and grocery sector is strained amid rising costs.

The Australian Food and Gr