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More than 300 police deployed across Sydney after the Bondi massacre; the antisemitism envoy calls for tougher penalties and a man in custody after at shooting at a university in the United States.

Tributes for those killed in Bondi Beach mass shooting; calls for more action to combat antisemitism and Port Adelaide's Zak Butters returns from injury for the pre-season.

Search for the suspect behind a shooting at Brown University in the United States; million dollar fines for supermarkets under a ban on excessive pricing; and in cricket, the Hobart Hurricanes celebrate winning their maiden title in the Women's Big Bash League.

Man charged with attempted murder in Queensland after an alleged hit and run; Major Supermarkets hit back at ban on price gouging; And in athletics, Australian Catherine Drysdale makes history in Antarctica.

A deadly mass shooting on Bondi Beach declared a terrorist incident; A person of interest detained over a shooting at Brown University in the US; And in cricket, England coach Brendon McCullum rules out changes as he backs the same top seven in Adelaide's test.

The death toll from the Bondi Beach mass shooting rises to 16; Praise for the acts of heroism during the Bondi Beach attack; And in golf, Marc Leishman wins the Victorian PGA Championship.

Arrernte Elder William Tilmouth awarded Australia's top human rights honour... the EU moves to freeze Russian assets indefinitely... and, concern worldwide over the cost of tickets to next year's football World Cup

Home battery scheme subsidies to wind back as program costs balloon; Fighting between Thailand and Cambodia persists despite US ceasefire claims; In sport, Lando Norris takes home Formula One Championship trophy.

Belarus releases 123 prisoners after the US agrees to lift sanctions; changes to parliamentary expense rules under scrutiny as ministers defend Anika Wells; and in cricket, Usman Khawaja says he feels fit and ready ahead of the third Ashes Test.

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A stoush over public hospital funding likely to continue after a tense meeting in Brisbane; The US sanctions companies involved in moving Venezuelan oil; Injury heartbreak for a Matildas veteran before the Asian Cup.

New photos from the Jeffrey Epstein estate released... the Human Rights Commissioner backs calls to close a controversial youth detention centre in Western Australia... and wins for Adelaide and Sydney in the NBL.

Reddit to challenge Australia's social media age ban in the High Court; The United States to seize the oil from a confiscated Venezuelan tanker; South Africa beat India by 51 runs in the second T20 international.

GB2RS News Sunday, the 14th of December 2025   The news headlines: Dr Bob Whelan, G3PJT, is now a Silent Key Two exciting opportunities to make an impact with the RSGB Free RSGB club affiliation for schools, universities and uniformed groups!   It is with great sadness that we share the news that Dr Bob Whelan, G3PJT, became a Silent Key on the 4th of December. Bob's contribution to amateur radio was extensive. First licensed in 1961, his main interest was in HF and LF CW operation. In this, he soon became a strong supporter of the Commonwealth Contest, operating from a number of DX locations for the contest over many years. He wrote the book ‘Reflections in a Rosebowl', which covers the history of the Commonwealth Contest, and he put much effort into building an online Commonwealth Contest community. Bob also played a very significant role in the RSGB, the IARU and the First Class Operators Club. For the RSGB, he started as a volunteer member of the RSGB HF Committee and later was President from 2002 to 2003 and again from 2013 to 2014. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. You will be able to read a full tribute to Bob in the February 2026 edition of RadCom. Are you an experienced operations leader who is passionate about delivering exceptional membership services and driving commercial growth? Or are you an advertising agent looking for a new opportunity where you can demonstrate your strong sales capabilities, excellent communication skills, and your ability to build and maintain long-term client relationships? The RSGB is seeking a full-time, highly motivated Operations Manager to be part of its senior leadership team, based at the RSGB HQ in Bedford. This is a key role, responsible for ensuring our members receive outstanding service, and the successful candidate will need to be commercially astute, organised, people-focused, and excited by the opportunity to make a meaningful impact. The Society is also looking for a new contractor or agency to work with, to support the development of RSGB advertising and contribute to the growth of its publications and digital platforms. If you are professional, proactive and excited by either of these opportunities, go to the RSGB website at rsgb.org/careers to find out more. The application deadline for both is the 4th of January 2026.  Did you know that amateur radio clubs in schools, universities and uniformed groups can affiliate with the RSGB for free? Your club will benefit from a copy of RadCom in the post each month, as well as access to the RSGB app, where you can read RadCom, RadCom Basics and RadCom Plus. You'll also get special book discounts, promotion of your club's activities, access to RSGB-affiliated club contests, and use of the QSL Bureau. Visit rsgb.org/affiliation  and follow the links. How about giving back to the amateur radio community in 2026 by becoming an RSGB Board Director? The RSGB has two Elected Board Director vacancies and wants to ensure that the voices around the table understand and reflect the community it serves. You'll need leadership experience and be keen to play an active part in helping to support the Society's strategic priorities. The Society is encouraging candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds to stand for election. Go to rsgb.org/elections  to find out more. The closing date is the 31st of January 2026, so act now. The RSGB Contest Club is excited to report that the third World Wide Award event will be taking place in January 2026. Award hunters can engage in a very enjoyable competition across all HF bands and modes, with many special international calls to work. The RSGB will be activating seven callsigns, all with the suffix ‘WWA'. RSGB members who hold a Full licence may activate the callsign for their country. To find out more, go to rsgb.org/contest-club YOTA Month continues this weekend with special call sign GB25YOTA. Listen out for operators from the RSGB National Radio Centre and the 2nd Marlborough Scouts. Students from Buckie High School, Wick High School and Simon Langton Boys School Radio Club will be active during the week, as well as The University of Sheffield Amateur Radio Club. Next weekend Cambridge University Wireless Society, along with some young visitors, will be active. Listen out and encourage these young operators. View the operating times, bands and modes for each group at rsgb.org/yota-month  RSGB HQ will close on Wednesday, the 24th of December 2025, at 2 pm and will open again at 8.30 am on Monday, the 5th of January 2026. In the meantime, if you need information about amateur radio, exams or RadCom, you'll find lots of details on the website at rsgb.org. To join the RSGB, renew your membership, or purchase a range of amateur radio books and other products, go to rsgbshop.org Please send details of all your news and events to radcom@rsgb.org.uk. The deadline for submissions is 10 am on Thursdays before the Sunday broadcast each week.  And now for details of rallies and events Sparkford Radio Rally is due to take place on Sunday, the 28th of December at Davis Hall, Howell Hill, West Camel, near Yeovil, BA22 7QX. The doors will be open from 9.30 am, and admission will cost £2. Refreshments and free parking will be available on site. For more details, contact Luke on 07870 168 197 or email luke@mymixradio.co.uk   On Sunday, the 25th of January 2026, the Lincoln Short Wave Club Winter Radio Rally will be held at Festival Hall, Caistor Road, Market Rasen, LN8 3HT. This is an indoor event with ample free parking. The doors will be open from 10 am, and admission is £3. Tables cost £10. To book tables, or for more information, contact Steve, M5ZZZ on 07777 699 069 or email m5zzz@outlook.com Now the Special Event news Special callsign 4T95O is active to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the Peruano Radio Club, OA4O in Peru. Look for activity throughout December on the 40 to 10m bands, as well as on the 6m, 2m and 70cm bands using CW, FT8, FM, RTTY and SSB. Jose, HP2AT, is active as H82AT until the 31st of December to celebrate his 35th anniversary in amateur radio. Recently, the station has been spotted using FT8 on the HF bands. All QSOs will be uploaded to QRZ.com, Club Log, eQSL and Logbook of the World. In celebration of the GB2RS News service's 70th anniversary, Sean G7NJX will be active with the GB70RS callsign from the 15th to the 21st of December. Sean will be working on the 80, 40 and 20m bands using CW, FT4, FT8, PSK31, RTTY and SSB. There is a schedule of bands, modes, and operating times for the week on Sean's QRZ.com page. He will also do his best to spot his activity on the DX cluster. Now the DX news Roland, F8EN, is active as TR8CR from Gabon until the end of December. He is operating using CW only. QSL via F6AJA. Now the contest news The ARRL 10m Contest started at 0000UTC yesterday, the 13th, and ends at 2359UTC today, the 14th of December. Using CW and phone on the 10m band, the exchange is signal report and serial number. American and Canadian stations also send their state or province code. Tomorrow, Monday the 15th of December, the RSGB FT4 Contest runs from 2000 to 2200UTC. Using FT4 on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is your report. On Tuesday, the 16th of December, the RSGB 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230 UTC. Using all modes on the 23cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Thursday, the 18th of December, the RSGB 70MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230 UTC. Using all modes on the 4m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on Thursday the 11th of December We had a bit of everything last week, including increased Kp indices, a high solar flux, an X-class solar flare and coronal mass ejections. The solar flux index hit a maximum of 220 on Thursday, the 4th of December. This brought good HF conditions until Sunday, the 7th. The index declined to 169 on Thursday, the 11th, which was still more than enough to excite the ionosphere. We had an X-class solar flare at 0501UTC on Monday, the 8th of December. This originated from large active region 4298, which has now rotated out of view. We also had more than ten M-class solar flares over the past week, showing that the prediction of disturbed conditions on the downward part of the solar cycle still holds true. The Kp index hit 6.33 on Wednesday, the 10th, which disrupted maximum usable frequencies, or MUFs. The net result was that digisonde traces were missing at times, with the MUF over 3,000km being in single figures on Thursday, the 11th of December. To cap it all, we now have a very large Earth-facing coronal hole that threatens HF propagation today, the 14th of December. There has been DX around, but mostly on the lower bands. CDXC's Slack group reports that KP2B on St Croix was worked on the 80m band using FT8 on the morning of Thursday, the 11th of December. TO9W on St Martin was logged on the 40 and 30m bands using CW on Tuesday, the 9th of December. TT1GD in Chad also appeared on the 40m and 20m bands using CW on Monday, the 8th of December. Next week, NOAA predicts the solar flux index will be in the 130 to 140 range. However, as was mentioned earlier, geomagnetic conditions may be disturbed today, the 14th, due to a fast solar wind stream from a coronal hole. Conditions might calm down from the 15th to the 20th, before the Kp index hits 5 around the 21st to the 26th of December. In summary, get your HF DXing in during next week, before auroral conditions take their toll over the Christmas period. And now the VHF and up propagation news from G3YLA and G4BAO The present period of unsettled weather will remain the driving force for weather conditions for most of the country for the period up to Christmas.  This will mean that there are likely to be some very windy spells with extensive rain and squally showers. It offers scope for rain scatter operators on the GHz bands, but scarcely any hint of good tropo conditions. One item of interest is the meteor scatter prospects from the Geminids, which peak today, the 14th of December. It is one of the busiest showers of the calendar with a peak hourly rate of 120, so it should provide plenty of opportunities and is worth exploring during the week before and following the peak. The solar conditions have again remained interesting enough with a red alert on the evening of Wednesday, the 10th of December, and there is always the potential for the Kp index to produce signs of auroral radio activity once it goes above 5. Finally, a reminder that this winter period, from mid-December to mid-January, can produce some surprisingly effective Sporadic-E. It's possibly easiest to see by checking the propquest.co.uk  graphs to see if the foEs trace is showing any sharp spikes. The 10 and 6m bands are probably the more likely bands to show signs of activity in these winter events, but it's certainly worth checking if the graphs show any promising signs. For EME operators, Moon declination went negative on Friday the 12th of December, meaning shortening Moon windows and decreasing peak elevation. We are past perigee for the month, so path losses are increasing. 144MHz sky noise starts low but increases to high by Friday, the 19th of December, when the Sun and Moon are close in the sky. And that's all from the propagation team this week.

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The PM calls on the states to do more to prevent First Nations deaths in custody; The US defends its seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela; The Australian Olympic Committee unveils a new funding package for athletes.

Firefighters face challenging conditions as they battle two blazes in Perth, The US says the seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker targeted leader Nicolas Maduro, Fans outraged by the cost of tickets to next year's FIFA World Cup final

Australians to be caught up in a new Trump plan to screen visitors to the US; At least 22 dead in a Morocco building collapse; England's cricket team attracts attention for their mid Ashes campaign break in Noosa.

Presented by Sharon Lynch.

Teething problems emerge on day one of Australia's social media ban; Indigenous children still being removed from families at staggering rates; Tottenham Hotspur emerge victorious in their latest Champions League home game.

Defence Minister Richard Marles attends AUKUS ministerial meeting with his US and UK counterparts, Iceland becomes the fifth country to boycott Eurovision 2026 after Israel given the go-ahead to compete, Hip surgery deals a blow to Soceroos veteran Mathew Lecki.

Australia's underage social media ban hailed as an example for the world; A Muslim civil rights group branded a foreign terrorist organisation in the United States; Pat Cummins back in Australia's squad for the Ashes.

Presented by Kate Carolan.

Victoria's historic apology to First Nations people another step in the treaty process; The Reserve Bank issues its final rates decision for the year; Saudi fans await confirmation Mo Salah will join Al-Hilal.

Victoria to issue an official apology to the state's First Nations communities; A date set for Israel's Prime Minister to meet with the US President; Alex De Minaur collects his fourth John Newcombe medal.

Presented by Eilís Sheehy.

Australia and the US hold high-level security talks as the alliance focuses on Indo-Pacific tensions; A magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Japan; Shane Richardson calls on NRL boss to look after Tigers fans.

A firefighter dies while fighting a fire in New South Wales; aid reaches hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza and Jessica Stenson breaks the Australian marathon record.

Barnaby Joyce to join One Nation; energy rebates to end and in the NRL, the West Tigers are now without a CEO.

Authorities warn of difficult bushfire season ahead as fires continue in New South Wales; US Defence Secretary defends strikes on alleged drug cartel boats; And in sports, Australian Neil Robertson misses out on snooker finals.

Bushfires continue to burn through New South Wales; Former Australian Eurovision star joins calls for SBS to boycott Eurovision; And in sports, Lando Norris crowned Formula One's world champion ahead of Oscar Piastri.

Heatwaves and extreme fire danger threaten parts of the country... Germany takes a step closer to military conscription... and Socceroos coach Tony Popovic unafraid of facing co-hosts the United States after the World Cup draw is made

Fears grow over future of Afghan Embassy in Australia; Police investigate death of woman found dead outside New South Wales police station; And in sport, Australia's Robertson to face UK's Judd Trump in snooker championships semi-final.

Homes destroyed as fires burn across New South Wales, Mediators Qatar and Egypt call for next steps in Gaza ceasefire, Australia's bowlers dominate on day three of the Ashes.

Presented by Kate Carolan.

In this bulletin, Australia is working through the details of the Pentagon's review of AUKUS, a severe heatwave warning issued for most of New South Wales. And in sport, Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris and Red Bull's Max Verstappen each vying for the F1 title.

Australia to face co-hosts the United States in next year's World Cup... Vladimir Putin promises the uninterrupted sale of oil to India ... and Australia build their lead in the second Ashes test against England.

In this bulletin, fires threaten homes in Tasmania, as others ignite in severe heat across New South Wales, Victoria's tough on crime laws pass both houses of parliament. And in football, fans gather ahead of the FIFA 2026 World Cup draw, with 48 teams in the mix for the first time.

Presented by Kate Carolan.

In this bulletin, the Victorian government plans to cut more than 1,000 public sector jobs, the UN chief calls for calm amid fears of escalation between the US and Venezuela. And in football, Arsenal beats Brentford to reclaim their English Premier League table lead.

High Court agrees to hear challenge on under-16s social media ban; Spain, the Netherlands and Ireland have announced they will boycott next year's Eurovision Song Contest; And in cricket, Zak Crawley stars in England's second-test Ashes recovery.

In this bulletin, Opposition ramps up attacks on Government over cost of living and secrecy, new research reveals concerns won't be able to afford to retire. And in football, Chelsea title hopes dented by 3–1 Leeds defeat.

Presented by Kate Carolan.

Tears as Tasmania stadium row approaches a critical vote; Anti-Semitic incidents in Australia remain near record highs; And in sport, Matildas' coach says his team is in ready form for the Asian Cup.

Bruce Lehrmann loses his defamation appeal; The Kremlin says no compromise reached on territory in Ukraine peace talks; And in sport, tributes for Former England cricketer Robin Smith who has died aged 62.

Presented by Sharon Lynch.

13 people arrested in Hong Kong over apartment fires; The federal government releases a national AI plan, and in sport, Usman Khawaja's fitness for the second Ashes Test in doubt.

Presented by Éilís Sheehy.

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