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A sperm whale collision caused the Australian-flagged yacht Tai Tam to sink in the South Pacific, forcing four crew members into a life raft. The vessel was located and rescued by a container ship approximately 18 hours after the incident, with no fatalities reported.
Norfolk Island, home to about 2,200 residents, voted on New Year’s Day to secede from Australia, a move Canberra has largely dismissed as political theater while promising to restore local democracy through a Norfolk Island Transition Assembly; with no constitutional path to secession, islanders face a choice between seeking greater autonomy within Australia or pursuing independence amid decades of tension over remote governance.