27 Aug 2025

Australia: Iran expulsions, police murdered

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 27 August 2025
Australian police at the scene near Porepunkah where three officers were shot.

Australian police at the scene near Porepunkah where three officers were shot. Photo: ABC/Annie Brown

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the expulsion of Iran's ambassador and three other staff, after Iran was accused of being behind at least two firebomb attacks on Jewish buildings.

Police are hunting for a gunman and self-proclaimed 'sovereign citizen' after two police officers were shot dead.

Australia's joined other countries including New Zealand in stopping parcels to the US, mushroom murderer Erin Patterson has been back in court and there's been a big increase in meat thefts in supermarkets.

Karen Middleton is a political journalist based in Canberra