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Microsoft’s datacentres and Optus owner among firms paying zero tax on billion-dollar Australian revenues
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US death row inmate Christa Pike taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections, says lawyer
One of her attorneys told the BBC that Pike, 50, was in hospital after two syringes of pentobarbital had been administered.
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Jesse Baird’s housemate did not know surfboard bags contained bodies when she took photo, court hears
Housemate tells court she saw the bags oozing red liquid she assumed was furniture rust Jesse Baird’s housemate didn’t know she was looking at bags with Baird and his partner’s dead bodies, when she took a photo of oozing surfboard covers the night of their alleged murders, a court has heard. Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, has been accused of fatally shooting Baird and Luke Davies with his police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024. He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter. Continue reading...
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Australia news live: Anika Wells named in Time’s ‘influential rising stars’; no negative equity crisis despite property slump
Follow the day’s news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Queensland’s state government has missed a deadline to sign up to the federal government’s Thriving Kids program before its rollout begins today. Under the program, state governments will provide supports to children up to 8 years old with mild to moderate autism or developmental delays. They will be made ineligible for federal aid through the NDIS in 2028. This scheme is helping Australians, particularly young Australians, get their foot in the door and achieve the dream of home ownership. When it comes to housing challenges, we’re tackling it from every angle – making it easier for first home buyers, boosting supply and helping renters get a better deal. Continue reading...
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Too early to say who was behind Dubai-Tel Aviv flight attack, Israeli PM says
A pilot who stabbed another pilot on an Israel-bound plane is under investigation in Saudi Arabia, Benjamin Netanyahu says.
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Australia at risk from major global financial shock, Reserve Bank warns
Warning comes as central bank estimates fewer than one in 100 borrowers owe more on their home than its worth Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Reserve Bank says households are well placed to weather the twin storm of rising interest rates and plunging property prices, but warned that Australia would not be immune to a sudden collapse of the global AI investment boom. The central bank’s latest financial stability review – a biannual assessment of the financial system – said the “threats to global financial stability continue to mount”. Continue reading...
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Parts of Victoria could see three months’ worth of rain as storms forecast for Australia’s south-east
BoM expects 30 to 50mm of rain to fall in Melbourne over coming days, with showers and storms also likely for Canberra and Sydney on Saturday Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Widespread rain and thunderstorms are forecast to drench south-eastern Australia from Thursday, with the heaviest falls expected across Victoria. A trough moving east across South Australia was expected to combine with a low pressure system moving through the Great Australian Bight on Thursday, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Continue reading...