Double drowning tragedy, Neo-Nazi rally abuse, BBC Trump documentary

A woman and a child have drowned after falling into a creek southeast of Melbourne.

Stricter hate speech laws are being considered in New South Wales after a Neo-Nazi rally and two female politicians had death threats levelled against them.

Donald Trump is threatening to sue the BBC over its documentary that has seen two senior figures step down.

7NEWS Headlines with Edwina Bartholomew for November 11, 2025.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Good Morning. A woman and child have drowned after falling
into a creek southeast of Melbourne. Witnesses told police that
the woman was trying to save the child when they
were both swept away in the fast flowing Dandenon Creek.
On Monday afternoon. Officers found the pair unconscious, attempting to
revive them with CPR. They are yet to be formally identified,

(00:25):
with the police and sees staying at the scene into
the evening. Stricter hate speech laws are being considered in
New South Wales after a neo Nazi rally and two
female politicians had death threats leveled against them. The group
abused the state MP, Kelly Sloan online, and its leader
encouraged members to sexually abuse Federal Representative Allegraspender. It was

(00:50):
pretty shocking and not something.

Speaker 2 (00:53):
You ever every want to hear. There were multiple threats,
There were dozens of abusive messages. It was a typical
Twitter pilot.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
The Deputy Police Commissioner has apologized after it was revealed
he was made aware of Saturday's protest but didn't brief
the Commissioner or the government. Tributes have poured in for
Queensland's Cross Border Commissioner and former police union boss Ian Levers.
The fifty seven year old was found dead in his
Brisbane home yesterday morning. He's being remembered for his leadership

(01:24):
in the wake of the WII and Bill are Shooting,
his fight against domestic violence and how he pushed for
harsher penalties for people who assault police. And if you
or anyone that you know needs to talk, Lifeline is
there twenty four to seven. Their number is thirteen eleven fourteen.
Across the country today, Australians are stopping to remember the

(01:46):
soldiers who have lost their lives in the service of
our nation. Brisbane's commemorations will get a touch of royalty today,
with Princess Anne attending a Remembrance Day events at Gallipoli
Barracks shall lay a brief fare in remembrance of World
War one's fallen soldiers. In Canberra, the Prime Minister and
Opposition leader will attend a service at eleven am at

(02:07):
the War Memorial.

Speaker 3 (02:10):
Well.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
Donald Trump is threatening to sue the BBC over its
documentary that has seen two senior figures step down. Let's
go live now to Europe correspondent Jaqueline Robson now Jackie today,
the broadcaster's chair, apologized for this.

Speaker 3 (02:25):
Yes, more, there has been an apology, but not directly
to the US president, which was one of the demands
set out in Donald Trump's legal letter to Britain's public broadcaster.
The BBC director apologized through a Parliamentary select committee over
the misleading edit in a documentary in which it went
to show as if Donald Trump was directly inciting riots

(02:49):
on Capitol Hill on January sixth, following his twenty twenty
election loss. This all came about after a memo to
the BBC was leaked publicly in which independent advisor raised
concerns about bias. Now there's been the resignation of two
senior bosses, including the director general and the CEO, who

(03:09):
today defended the corporation as still being a trusted news organization.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
I step down over the weekend because the box stops
with me.

Speaker 2 (03:19):
But I'd like to make one thing very clear.

Speaker 1 (03:21):
BBC News is not institutionally biased.

Speaker 3 (03:26):
Now Donald Trump is demanding an apology, also a full retraction,
and a quote appropriately compensate compensation for the President. It's
not clear exactly what that means or how much he
is expecting, but He's given the BBC four days to
respond or he will push ahead with a one point
five billion dollar lawsuit on the UK. Prime Minister has

(03:49):
defended the BBC as a trusted news source and has
defended them against the words used by Donald Trump such
as corrupt.

Speaker 1 (03:59):
All right, Jackie Jack Robson for us there in London,
thank you. The prosecution in the trial of murdered Queensland
woman Toya Coordingly will continue their opening address this morning
after a marathon first day of the trial. Accused killer
Rajwinda Singh has denied murdering twenty four year old Toya
on Wanngetti Beach in October twenty eighteen. The court heard

(04:21):
that Toya was found with numerous stab wounds and her
throat was slashed. DNA likely to be Singh's was found
near the scene. A jury of ten men and two
women will hear evidence from up to five hundred witnesses
over the coming weeks. Prime Minister Anthony Abernezi has launched
a blistering attack as the nation marks fifty years since

(04:43):
Governor General Sir John Kerr sacked the Whitlam government. The PM,
describing the nineteen seventy five dismissal as the sternest test
of Australian democracy.

Speaker 4 (04:54):
Make no mistake, November the eleventh, nineteen seventy five was
not a constitutional crisis, It was a partisan political ambush.

Speaker 1 (05:06):
He also announced plans to unveil a statue of Gough
Whitlam outside Old Parliament House. Victoria has been slammed the
worst state in the nation to do business, prompting fresh
warnings for the Allen government. A new report by the
Business Council of Australia blames high taxes and red tape
for stifling growth. The Regulation Rumble ranked South Australia the

(05:28):
best state, while Victoria struggles with uncompetitive pay land and
stamp duty rates and tough rules for new businesses. South
Australia's former Premier, Jay Weatherall is set to become the
nation's top diplomat in London. He's been announced as Australia's
new High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. The sixty one

(05:48):
year old served as Premier for seven years before retiring
from politics in twenty eighteen. He'll take over the role
from Stephen Smith. As Australia looks to cement the orcust
nuclear submarine pacts. A drone submarine designed and built in
Australia that can travel for months and carry explosives is
set to transform our nation's defenses. Seven News has exclusive

(06:11):
pictures this morning of the new mini sub in final
testing at a secret location.

Speaker 2 (06:17):
They're just eight meters long but can travel to two
thousand kilometers. The spear Tooth the latest innovation to emerge
from the depths of Australia's defense technology industry.

Speaker 5 (06:28):
So we've spent four years developing a very stealthy, very reliable,
long range underwater truck.

Speaker 2 (06:36):
Seen here in final testing. This truck has no driver,
no crew. They can be deployed for months at a time,
carrying everything from drones, explosives, surveillance, electronics. And we've got
to know what's in our waters, Cris. It's really important
that we understand who is in our waters and why
Australia has taken a world leading role in autonomous subs.

(06:57):
The bigger ghost Shark already commissioned and with the Orcus
subs not due for years, makers see two Robotics say
Speartooth is ready to go at a fraction of the
cost a million each.

Speaker 5 (07:09):
So we can potentially have hundreds of these assets in
the water.

Speaker 2 (07:14):
They could even recreate a maritime version of Ukraine's drone
swarm attack on Russia's air bases. In June, the Speartooth
allegedly able to electronically disguise itself as a Chinese sub
from defense company Tales Australia. I can't talk too much
about it. The near undetectable with composite materials and Tesla
type batteries. The first units of Speartooth have already started

(07:37):
selling overseas, and Australia's Defense Department is expected to follow suit.
But this isn't just a case study in the future
of warfare. It's what's happening worldwide today.

Speaker 5 (07:49):
It's not the future, it is the present.

Speaker 2 (07:52):
Chris Reason seven News and Checking.

Speaker 1 (07:55):
Tuesday's weather now mostly sunny for Brisbane today with the
top twenty eight for you morning, with a shower or
two in Sydney also twenty eight, a shower or two
developing for Canberra, a top of eighteen showers in Melbourne fourteen,
a chower or two in Hobart fourteen, a chower or
two for Adelaide nineteen sunny in Perth thirty four a
possible Stormy Darwin thirty three degrees