Afternoon Update: Christian Brothers kept child abusers; bird flu reaches NSW; and collecting 1,000 four-leaf clovers

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. The Christian Brothers has deliberately kept nine convicted child abusers, one who is currently behind bars, as members of its religious order because it says it has a “Gospel imperative” to “care for all Brothers” and “the needy”. Court documents also reveal the head of Christian Brothers Oceania met with representatives of the Holy See in an attempt to obtain support six months before it declared it was going broke and could not afford to meet abuse claims from survivors, but received no financial assistance. The Christian Brothers on Thursday obtained a moratorium on all current and future civil claims by abuse survivors, throwing dozens of pending trials into chaos and halting hundreds more cases in their tracks. NSW records first suspected case of deadly H5 bird flu as virus reaches Australia’s east coast Moira Deeming wins temporary reprieve as Victorian Liberal party postpones decision on her future Anthony Albanese’s favourite bands beg PM to stop AI companies from stealing their work Sky News Australia’s role in Cairo Takeaway fiasco lai