Afternoon Update: Alice Springs unrest; Palaszczuk’s partner charged with rape; and Scientology speedruns

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter. Northern Territory police say one person is facing charges and more are expected over unrest in Alice Springs after the arrest of a man in connection with the death of five-year-old girl. The grandfather of Kumanjayi Little Baby, whose body was found on Thursday, 5km from the Old Timers town camp where she was last seen alive on Saturday night, called for calm in the central Australian town on Friday, saying the violent confrontation between police and others at Alice Springs hospital was not “our way”. The town is in deep mourning over the girl’s death. Former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s surgeon partner charged with rape Australian hiker missing in Nova Scotia national park not heard from for two weeks Cash, contra and five-star hotels: Kyle Sandiland’s gold-plated contract revealed in legal battle with Kiis FM Producer believed Charlotte MacInnes was ‘fudging’ her story, court hears in Rebel Wilson defamation trial Tax breaks for investors are likely to be scaled back in Albanese’s May budget. But will it make hou