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‘Oh shit’: Labor councillor who attended 2021 Liberal fundraiser was worried about potential Icac inquiry, Icac hears
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Australia news live: Telstra and other telcos ‘can no longer be trusted’ with triple zero service, Sarah Hanson-Young says
Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Dan Tehan says fuel excise cut when oil price high a ‘sensible’ plan Dan Tehan , the shadow minister for energy, said Gallagher’s criticism of the Coalition’s fuel plan wasn’t fair. [What] I would say to Anthony Albanese and the Labor party is get out amongst the people and see what’s happening in your electorates because people are hurting because of cost of living … We have the discipline to be able to do the policy work to make sure we can offset policies like this so it won’t be inflationary and it will provide much needed relief to people, and they need it now. Obviously we’ve helped when the war started with some changes to the fuel excise but we’ve shifted, and [are] including in the budget, to providing more permanent cost of living arrangements, including through the tax system, to make sure
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Mourinho fumes at referees in news conference after Madrid derby defeat
Fuming Real Madrid manager waves printouts of what he believes were clear red-card tackles by Atletico Madrid players.
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Teen complainant withdrawn from Alan Jones trial bringing number of alleged victims to five
Court also hears from four people who say they didn’t witness alleged offence against another complainant Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast One of Alan Jones’s accusers has had his allegation withdrawn by prosecutors, with one charge of indecent assault against a 17-year-old boy dramatically dropped from the former broadcaster’s trial. The allegation, brought by a complainant pseudonymised as F, was withdrawn by the prosecution in a Sydney court on Monday afternoon. Continue reading...
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Who actually has power at the United Nations?
Every country at the United Nations gets a vote. But five countries have a power the other 188 don’t.
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Sydney and parts of NSW swelter through temperatures in the 30s before plummeting 10C within hours
Temperatures in Sydney’s outer west peaked at 35C and 32C in the city on Monday before a cool change from the south-east Sydney and parts of New South Wales have sweltered through an “unseasonably warm” weekend, with temperatures climbing more than 10C above the September average, before a cool change swept much of the coast on Monday. The early burst of heat, part of a classic “ spring rollercoaster ”, brought summery hot weather conditions to the state. Continue reading...
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Meloni promises to ban burqas, niqabs in Italy’s schools
Italy is planning to ban the burqa and niqab in schools and cap the number of foreign students per class.