Hi there. It's Wednesday, September 21 and you're reading The Loop, a quick wrap-up of today's news.
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An external review commissioned by the Hawthorn Football Club will reveal allegations that key figures at the AFL club demanded the separation of young First Nations players from their partners, and pressured one couple to terminate a pregnancy for the sake of the player's career.
The review document, handed to Hawthorn's senior management two weeks ago and now with the AFL integrity unit, will allege that club staff involved include four-time premiership coach Alastair Clarkson and former assistant Chris Fagan, now the coach of the Brisbane Lions.
You can read the full story here, but a warning: it contains details of self-harm, pregnancy loss, and intergenerational trauma for Indigenous people.
Something you'll be hearing about today
ABC analysis has revealed that advertised house rents have hit record highs this year in 85 per cent of suburbs with reliable data.
The figure is the highest in two decades of data from property portal Domain and a massive jump compared to 2020, when median advertised house rents reached record highs in just over half (51 per cent) of suburbs.
You can see how your neighbourhood compares with our latest interactive — check it out here.
News while you snoozed
- The Select Committee investigating the January 6 attacks on the US Capitol will hold another hearing on September 28. Chair Bennie Thompson told reporters he expected the public hearing would be the panel's last, unless something else happens
- Australian tennis player Daria Saville has retired hurt from her opening match at the Japan Open. She was down 1-0 in the opening set against Naomi Osaka when she fell to the court clutching her left knee
- The BBC says the Queen's funeral was watched by 28 million British households, making it one of the most-watched events in years. The network says it had a similar viewership to Princess Diana's funeral in 1997 and the biggest audience since the London Olympics closing ceremony in 2012
What Australia has been searching for online
- Adam Levine. Some, ah... allegations have been made about the lead singer of Maroon 5 and a woman who is not his currently pregnant wife — he's since responded in an Instagram story saying he "did not have an affair" but "used poor judgement" and "crossed the line during a regrettable period in my life"
- Adnan Syed. ICYMI yesterday, a judge in Baltimore has ordered the release of the now-41-year-old after overturning his conviction for the 1999 murder of his high school girlfriend Hae Min Lee — a case that was documented in the hit podcast series Serial
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