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Man shot lifeless in western Sydney
A person has been shot lifeless in western Sydney in one more such assault within the metropolis.
Emergency providers have been known as to Regiment Grove in Winston Hills at round 7pm on Tuesday night time, police stated, following reviews of a taking pictures on the street.
Officers from Parramatta police space command arrived and have been informed by witnesses {that a} man had been shot whereas in a automotive.
The person was handled by NSW ambulance paramedics earlier than being taken to hospital however he was later declared lifeless.
He has not been named.
The incident adopted the taking pictures lifeless of a person and the tried killing of one other as they left a pub in Forest Lodge on Sunday.
Police chiefs described Sunday’s incident as an “outrageous, brazen, callous assault” during which one of many bullets fired by the assailants “narrowly missed” a feminine employees member.
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Albanese joins Ukraine ‘Coalition of the Keen’ name
Anthony Albanese final night time joined a name of leaders of Ukraine’s allies – the so-called “Coalition of the Keen” to debate extra sanctions to extend the stress on Russia.
Following talks on the White Home yesterday during which Donald Trump confirmed some unity with European leaders in assist of Ukraine, the decision was hosted by UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, and included French president Emmanuel Macron, German chancellor Friedrich Merz, Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson, Poland’s Donald Tusk and Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni.
The teams agreed that planning groups will meet US counterparts within the coming days to advance plans for safety ensures for Ukraine.
Albanese posted on X that “Australia welcomes ongoing efforts in the direction of reaching a simply and enduring peace, together with yesterday’s discussions in Washington”.
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Plibersek stated the rise was applicable “as Australians start to really feel the constructive impacts of inflation easing”.
“The federal government will now progressively return deeming charges to pre-pandemic settings – that’s, to replicate charges of return that pensioners and different fee recipients can moderately entry on their investments,” she stated.
Deeming charges additionally feed into the calculations for funds together with jobseeker and parenting assist.
Underneath the modifications, future will increase will coincide with the indexation of welfare funds and shall be primarily based on recommendation from the Australian Authorities Actuary.
Plibersek additionally introduced the newest spherical of indexation would push up funds together with the age pension, incapacity assist pension and carer funds by $29.70 per fortnight from 20 September.
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Labor to make modifications to deeming charges
Tom McIlroy
Labor will make modifications to the best way pension funds are calculated for the primary time because the begin of the Covid-19 pandemic, ending a three-year freeze on deeming charges.
Deeming charges are used to calculate earnings from monetary property held by some 900,000 individuals receiving Centrelink funds, together with about 450,000 older Australians on the age pension.
The social providers minister, Tanya Plibersek, stated in a single day age pension recipients had saved about $1.8bn on account of the deeming fee freeze put in place by the previous Morrison authorities, however that incremental rises would start to happen from subsequent month.
From 20 September, a deeming fee of 0.75% will apply to monetary property underneath $64,200 for singles, with property over the quantity deemed at a fee of two.75%.
Tanya Plibersek, federal minister for social providers. {Photograph}: Steven Markham/AAPShare
Federal courtroom to listen to Bruce Lehrmann attraction
Amanda Meade
Bruce Lehrmann’s attraction in opposition to the federal courtroom ruling that he was not defamed by Community 10 and Lisa Wilkinson is because of be heard at present.
In April final 12 months, Justice Michael Lee discovered that on the stability of possibilities Lehrmann raped former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins in Parliament Home in Canberra in 2019, and that Lehrmann was due to this fact not defamed when Wilkinson interviewed Higgins concerning the case on The Challenge.
Lehrmann is interesting on grounds together with that the sexual assault described by Lee was “considerably inconsistent” with the violent rape portrayed on The Challenge, in line with submissions to the attraction filed with the courtroom in March.
Lehrmann’s authorized crew say he was denied procedural equity as a result of the case which was discovered to be true was not put to him in cross-examination.
The attraction in opposition to that discovering shall be heard over three days in Sydney earlier than the complete courtroom of justices – Michael Wigney, Craig Colvin, and Wendy Abraham.
The listening to begins at 10.15am and we shall be running a blog updates right here.
Learn extra concerning the attraction right here:
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The opposition chief, Sussan Ley, has accused Anthony Albanese of “mismanaging” Australia’s relationship with Israel after Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out in a single day, calling him a “weak politician who betrayed Israel and deserted Australia’s Jews”. Extra in a second.
Labor will finish the Morrison-era freeze on deeming charges in a transfer that can see individuals claiming Centrelink funds pay extra in tax on their monetary property. Social providers minister, Tanya Plibersek, stated incremental rises would happen from subsequent month. Extra shortly.
A person was shot lifeless in western Sydney final night time within the newest taking pictures to hit the town. Witnesses informed police the person was focused whereas in a automotive in Winston Hills. It follows an assault in Forest Lodge on Sunday during which one man was killed and one other injured. Extra particulars developing.
And at present sees the beginning of Bruce Lehrmann’s attraction in opposition to final 12 months’s loss in his defamation case in opposition to Community 10 and Lisa Wilkinson. We’ll deliver you heaps extra on that in the course of the day, as soon as it will get going.
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