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Ivan Cleary concedes Penrith could be without Jarome Luai as they push for a third consecutive NRL premiership, after the star five-eighth dislocated his shoulder in a 32-18 upset loss to Parramatta.

Eels second-rower Bryce Cartwright twisted Luai awkwardly while attempting to hold him up in goal during the first half of Thursday's clash at Penrith Stadium.

The seven-time NSW State of Origin representative remained on the ground after the tackle was completed, cradling his left arm.

Luai left the field and played no further part in the contest but his shoulder popped back into place in the sheds.

He will go for scans on Friday, with Panthers coach Cleary admitting the 26-year-old was in doubt for the finals series that begins the weekend after next.

"Absolutely," he said. "It's a decent injury but (medical staff) are fairly positive about the potential of it

"Really, we're not going to know until he gets scans.

"(It is disappointing) on both fronts, on the team front and for Romey personally.

"But that's the way it goes sometimes. There's often lot of injuries at this time of year in and around finals."

Luai has been Penrith's five-eighth throughout four dominant seasons, playing in their 2021 and 2022 premiership teams, and is a cornerstone of their attack on the left edge.

Jack Cogger, who switched to five-eighth mid-game on Thursday, is his likely replacement.

The Panthers rested the influential Dylan Edwards against Parramatta in preparation for the finals, switching Stephen Crichton from the right edge to fullback and handing Jesse McLean his debut in the centres.

But the changes turned Penrith's right edge into a defensive target for the Eels, whose left winger Maika Sivo picked up a first-half hat-trick.

Sivo confirmed an equal career-best haul of four tries when he slid over late to seal the kind of dominant win visitors have rarely scored at the Panthers' home ground since their resurgence in 2020.

Penrith struggled to contain Parramatta's offloads when the game was in the balance, missing the rested Sunia Turuva and his yardage carries, and could not find their rhythm with the ball, especially after losing Luai.

"It was sort of coming a bit," Cleary said of the defeat.

"We'd still been playing OK but there's parts of our game that haven't been up to scratch. We got found out tonight."

Fullback Clint Gutherson pulled the strings for the Eels but left the game late after aggravating a knee injury.

"He probably shouldn't have been playing for the last six weeks," Parramatta coach Brad Arthur said.

"But that's the type of bloke he is."

Penrith's biggest loss since round 25 last season, when they rested almost their entire starting side, comes worryingly close to the finals.

It also halts an eight-game winning streak and means that if Brisbane win their final two matches they will usurp Penrith at the top of the ladder and snatch the minor premiership.

The Eels' win keeps them a mathematical chance of qualifying for the finals, although that would require a string of improbable results going their way.

Despite Thursday's victory, Arthur is resigned to a year without finals.

"We only had to find one more win," he said.

"We've got to learn how important each game is, and each moment in the game."

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Donald Trump is due to report to an Atlanta jail to face charges stemming from his effort to overturn his 2020 election loss in the fourth criminal case to hit the former president.

Trump is expected to appear at the Fulton County Jail on Thursday to be fingerprinted and photographed - a mug shot that is certain to be widely circulated by backers and detractors alike as he campaigns to win back the White House in a November 2024 election.

The Republican former president faces 13 felony counts including racketeering, which is typically used to target organised crime, for pressuring state officials to reverse his election loss to Democratic President Joe Biden.

Trump, 77, has denied wrongdoing and attacked the case as politically motivated.

He will not enter a plea at this appearance.

He has agreed to post a $US200,000 ($A308,000) bond and accepted bail conditions that would bar him from threatening witnesses or his 18 co-defendants in the case.

It was unclear when Trump would arrive at the facility, which has a reputation for grim conditions that have inspired rap songs and prompted an investigation by the US Justice Department.

It was also unclear how many supporters would show up in the sweltering heat to support him.

Trump called for nationwide protests after his first criminal indictment in New York in March, prompting fears of violent unrest along the lines of the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.

Authorities have reported no violent incidents outside the courthouses in Manhattan, Miami and Washington where he has been arraigned this year.

Trump's brief jailhouse visit comes a day after his rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination met in Milwaukee for their initial debate.

Trump skipped that event, instead sitting for a pre-taped interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

"I've been indicted four times - all trivial nonsense," he said.

Trump's lead in opinion polls has widened since his first indictment, and his supporters say they believe the charges are politically motivated.

But analysts say Trump's legal woes could alienate the independent voters he would need to win in a general election matchup with incumbent Biden, who defeated him by seven million votes in 2020.

Trump, the first former U.S. president to be charged with crimes, faces 91 separate criminal counts overall.

He has been charged in Washington, D.C., over his efforts to overturn the election, in Florida over his handling of classified documents upon leaving office, and in New York over a hush money payment to a porn star.

In Georgia, Trump is accused of pressuring state officials and setting up a slate of illegitimate electors to reverse his 2020 defeat.

Trump claims he won the 2020 election and has assailed all four cases as politically motivated.

He is due to enter a plea in the Georgia case on September 5 and has pleaded not guilty in the other three cases.

Nine of Trump's 18 co-defendants in the Georgia case, including his former lawyer Rudolph Giuliani, have surrendered to authorities.

The remaining eight face a Friday deadline to comply or face arrest.

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Controversial changes that override human rights laws and will allow contingencies for police watch houses and adult prisons to be used as youth detention centres have been pushed through the Queensland parliament.

The Palaszczuk government defended the "urgent" amendments to youth justice laws while the opposition and Greens criticised Labor for rushing them through parliament without proper scrutiny.

Advocates raised concerns the changes would deny children in the youth justice system basic human rights.

The changes were among a raft of surprise amendments Police Minister Mark Ryan introduced on Wednesday that were attached to a child safety bill, in a move the LNP branded an "affront to democracy".

"The amendments will override the Human Rights Act for the establishment of youth detention centres to allow a detention centre to be established at a police watch house or part of a corrective services facility," Mr Ryan told parliament.

"It will ensure that immediate capacity issues can be addressed while young people are held safely."

He said the "time limited" changes would be used only in extraordinary circumstances until the state opened two new youth detention centres in 2026.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Youth Justice Minister Di Farmer defended the watch house changes, saying they merely formalised a practice that had been in place for 30 years and "the public want community safety".

"It's not unique to Queensland and our our view is we'd like to see young people in these watch houses for the most for the minimal time absolutely possible," Ms Palaszczuk told ABC TV.

The LNP accused the government of "trashing the parliament and Opposition Leader David Crisafulli on Thursday asked the premier whether the government was "arrogant, out of touch and using its numbers to rush through legislation".

Greens MP Michael Berkman called rushing the amendments "a blight on democracy" and suspending a child's human rights "disgraceful".

Ms Farmer said the urgent amendments addressed "a technicality" revealed in a recent Supreme Court ruling.

She said it gave the youth justice chief executive the ability to make decisions in the interests of safety and well-being of youths and staff in detention centres.

The amendments were among a number attached to a child safety bill. Others included decriminalising begging and public drunkenness, reducing regulation of sex workers and changes to preserve a small mining town.

The legislation passed on Thursday evening thanks to Labor's majority in the one-chamber parliament, with most non-government members voting no and the two Greens MPs abstaining.

Advocates such as the Queensland Human Rights Council, the Queensland Law Society and Queensland Council of Social Service criticised the changes.

"In a watch house, a child can be exposed to violent and anti-social adult behaviour that can be harmful and compound their trauma and they don't receive the intensive, rehabilitative support they need to address the causes of their offending," Queensland Family and Child Commissioners Natalie Lewis and Luke Twyford said.

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