Overview
- The Sydney Morning Herald reports the United States used a torpedo to sink an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, with 80 dead and 150 missing reported.
- The Australian prime minister said Australian crew on a US submarine had no role in the reported sinking.
- The outlet also reports a US strike on an Iranian drone ship described as the size of a World War II aircraft carrier.
- Police said they are hunting a man accused of sexually assaulting a sleeping resident after a break-in at a western Sydney apartment.
- The Grand Mufti of Australia appeared alongside Bilal Merhi and Wassim Doureihi, identified in reporting as leaders of Hizb ut-Tahrir, which the outlet describes as a listed hate group.