Suspected triple murder in Sydney as NT man charged; Queensland fast-tracks fuel push; Joyce backs Farrer bid

Police are investigating a suspected triple murder after a violent incident at a home in Rosemeadow in Sydney’s south-west. Emergency responders found the bodies of a 64-year-old man and a 61-year-old woman, while a 37-year-old man later died in hospital. A 30-year-old man is in a serious condition in hospital.

Officers believe the incident was domestic-violence related and say five people lived at the property. A 32-year-old man has been arrested. Superintendent Grant Healey said emergency service workers faced a grisly scene. “They were confronted with a very bloody scene.

Blunt force trauma is always horrendous for people to confront and any edged weapon attack is always horrendous to confront,” he said, praising police and paramedics for their work “in very trying circumstances.” In the Northern Territory, police have charged a man with one count of murder and two counts of sexual assault over the case of a five-year-old girl who disappeared from a community near Alice Springs last weekend.

A suspect is in custody for allegedly killing Kumanjayi Little Baby.

Northern Territory Police Commissioner Martin Dole called it “a deeply distressing matter,” adding: “Our thoughts are firmly with Kumanjayi’s family, loved ones and the wider community that have been deeply impacted by these events.” Queensland is scouring surplus government land at six key ports for new fuel storage and refinery projects as part of an emergency push to shore up supplies and reduce reliance on volatile global markets.

Adding to its push to drill for oil, the government has launched an Accelerating Fuel Infrastructure Program to encourage new fuel‑refining and storage projects on government-owned land and at ports. The program includes a statewide audit of suitable coastal sites, a call for industry proposals and a fast‑tracked approvals process.

Premier David Crisafulli said the state needs to act to avoid being left at the mercy of global supply chains. One Nation convert Barnaby Joyce says he believes the party will win next week’s Farrer by-election in a tight race against Climate-200 backed independent Michelle Millthorpe.

The Liberals and Nationals will also contest the seat, and the poll is being seen as a key test of Angus Taylor’s leadership and his appeal in the regions. The by-election was triggered when former Liberal leader Sussan Lee left the parliament and could be the first federal seat One Nation has ever won at an election.

Joyce, who sits in the lower house and won New England as a Nationals MP before defecting to One Nation, told Sky he may recontest New England if the party secures a reasonable number of House seats. “If that is not the case, then we continue with Plan A, which is stand for the Senate,” he said.

Investigations continue in Sydney and the Northern Territory, while Queensland’s fuel program and the Farrer contest are set to shape the political and economic agenda in the week ahead.