eSafety drops case against Elon Musk's X over church stabbing videos (www.abc.net.au)
Australia's minimum and award wages to increase by 3.75 per cent after Fair Work Commission ruling (www.abc.net.au)
In short: The Fair Work Commission has increased both the minimum and award wages by 3.75 per cent....
Long-awaited industrial manslaughter legislation to protect workers to be introduced in NSW (www.abc.net.au)
In short: Advocates who have lost loved ones to industrial manslaughter await legislation changes to address “gross negligence”....
More stellar reporting from the abc on 1,4 butanediol smuggling. (www.abc.net.au)
I read this while enjoying a glass of the date rape drug known as Shiraz which some users consume to the point of death....
ABC says Laura Tingle's Sydney Writers' Festival comments did not meet editorial standards (www.abc.net.au)
Pacific National CEO announces resignation - Rail Express (www.railexpress.com.au)
Police tell students at Australian National University pro-Palestine encampment to leave by midday tomorrow (www.abc.net.au)
In short: Police have given university students at an on-campus Gaza solidarity encampment a deadline of midday tomorrow to leave or risk further action, including arrests....
Perth mother and daughter shot dead by friend's ex-partner in double murder-suicide (www.abc.net.au)
Art world mourns death of 'superstar' Aboriginal artist (www.abc.net.au)
Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name of a person who has died.
Dutton threatens to pull Australia from [international] criminal court (www.aap.com.au)
Mr Dutton says the Albanese government should pressure the court “to make sure that they reverse this terrible decision”....
Three Australians in intensive care in Thai hospitals as more Singapore Airlines passengers begin journeys home (www.abc.net.au)
Not quite Australia, but I thought it was worth sharing anyway
[Australia's] First ever human case of bird flu detected in Victorian child returning to Australia (www.abc.net.au)
In short: Bird flu or avian influenza has been detected in a Victorian child after they returned from overseas....
Bird flu detected at Vic poultry farm - strain not confirmed yet (www.abc.net.au)
Fingers crossed its not H5N1.
Two by Two sect survivors wait years to access National Redress Scheme (www.abc.net.au)
No increase to base jobseeker rate in budget means Centrelink payment remains below poverty line (www.theguardian.com)
(I originally posted this in c/Australia, but I realised this is essentially just another take on an ABC article that was posted a week ago so moved it here)
Senate condemns 'from the river to the sea' chant after Labor MP broke ranks (www.sbs.com.au)
'From the river to the sea': Labor senator breaks ranks to accuse Israel of genocide (www.sbs.com.au)
She directly addressed Albanese: “I ask our prime minister and our fellow parliamentarians, how many international rights laws must Israel break for us to say enough? What is the magic number? How many mass graves need to be uncovered before we say enough? How many images of bloody limbs of murdered children must we see?”...
Families face 'loss, guilt and anger' as they deal with a genetic disease that has no cure or treatment (www.abc.net.au)
Mortgage lender Firstmac suffers cyberattack, customer data including driver's license numbers and banking details leaked (www.abc.net.au)
David McBride: former army lawyer sentenced to five years for stealing and leaking Afghanistan war documents (www.theguardian.com)
Complete bullshit. Regimes that punish whistleblowers harder than war criminals reveal themselves as dreaming of tyranny....
Australian man says border force made him hand over phone passcode by threatening to keep device indefinitely (www.theguardian.com)
Homeless family says farmer exploited them for labour after 4,000km cross-country journey (www.abc.net.au)
Government moves to fund students on university placements for teaching, nursing and social work (www.abc.net.au)
Fucking finally, but it’s disappointing it isn’t more.
HECS indexation to be overhauled in budget with $3 billion in student debt 'wiped out' (www.abc.net.au)
Student debts will be lowered for more than three million Australians under reforms designed to stop HECS loans growing faster than wages....