{"id":861312,"date":"2026-08-19T22:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861312\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T22:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:40:13","slug":"australia-news-live-lambie-demands-government-abandon-cap-on-allied-health-spending-for-veterans-senior-swan-isaac-heeney-revealed-as-focus-of-police-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861312\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia news LIVE: Lambie demands government abandon cap on allied health spending for veterans; Senior Swan Isaac Heeney revealed as focus of police investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Member for Wentworth Allegra Spender says <a class=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/afl\/their-shame-must-also-be-my-shame-swans-fans-devastated-by-sexual-assault-allegation-20260819-p60prv.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">there is a huge feeling of disappointment<\/a> in her electorate following the shock revelations police were investigating an alleged sexual assault that took place during a night out involving five Sydney Swans players in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s huge disappointment. I know so many families [who support] the Swans \u2026 We have so much pride in these suburbs for the Swans. You know, you wander around Paddington before a game, the pubs are covered in red. For the whole community, so many of our young people look up to the Swans, and I think that\u2019s that\u2019s what\u2019s really, hugely upsetting,\u201d Spender told the Today show this morning.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Member for Wentworth Allegra Spender.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9549fdcbfd8a45ec65b0af34a46b68ab3e5886ea.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>Member for Wentworth Allegra Spender.Alex Ellinghausen<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSexual violence is such an issue in this country. And then to see one of our clubs, that we all loved, embroiled in this, is so disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Appearing alongside Spender was Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie, who claimed there was \u201cno other workplace in the country where this type of alleged behaviour would be acceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApologies should be sincere. They should be remorseful. They should be heartfelt. Joint statements drafted by the club lawyers ring hollow in this case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All five players were suspended by the Swans for the remainder of the season, and it was revealed yesterday that <a class=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/national\/victoria\/woman-at-centre-of-swans-sexual-assault-probe-speaks-to-police-20260819-p60pjw.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isaac Heeney was the player at the centre of Victoria Police\u2019s investigation<\/a> into the alleged sexual assault.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Member for Wentworth Allegra Spender says there is a huge feeling of disappointment in her electorate following the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-861312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}