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Albanese and Butler tout new Medicare pressing care clinics
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and the well being minister, Mark Butler, are in Melbourne to talk about the federal government’s efforts to open 50 Medicare pressing care clinics. The prime minister advised media of three new clinics in Victoria:
Once you want healthcare, you will get it and you will get it totally free. That’s the reason that is so vital going ahead. My authorities is absolutely proud that we’re doing this. We wish to see, if doable, our goal of the 50 pressing care clinics, extra [ones] opened as quickly as doable. Definitely inside a 12 months, however we’ll see how we go about what number of we are able to get open in 2025.
My authorities is set that this will probably be a 12 months of supply – supply on the commitments which Australians voted for.
The three present clinics in Warrnambool, Sunshine and Warragul have been state-funded pressing care companies, however have been introduced in to the federal pressing care clinic community. 9 new clinics will probably be established in Victoria between 2025 and 2026.
Butler stated the brand new pressing care clinics have been already taking stress off hospital emergency departments, saying ultimately 4 in 5 Australians will stay inside a 20-minute drive to an pressing care clinic. Butler stated:
It’s taking stress off the hospital system, it’s offering individuals with that possibility for care seven days per week, prolonged hours, and totally bulk-billed. And it’s a central a part of our strengthening Medicare agenda.
Australian well being minister Mark Butler. {Photograph}: Lukas Coch/AAPShare
Up to date at 20.35 EDT
Seek for lacking airplane enters sixth day alongside Tasmania’s coast
Tasmania Police are persevering with the seek for a small airplane that went lacking on Saturday after leaving the state’s George City airport. Two individuals – recognized as Gregory Vaughan, 72, and his accomplice, Kim Worner, 66 – have been on board, together with their canine, travelling to regional NSW.
A police helicopter will search the shoreline alongside northern Tasmania at the moment after early searches discovered no signal of the sunshine sport airplane. No boats have been capable of be a part of the hunt since Tuesday because of difficult climate situations and no new search areas have been recognized.
The matter is now a part of an lively investigation, officers stated. Police stated beforehand there was no contact with the couple, or their airplane, because it left the George City airport close to Tasmania’s north coast.
The airplane is a two-seater Bristell S-LSA in a particular inexperienced color. {Photograph}: Tasmania PoliceShare
Up to date at 20.24 EDT
Components of central NSW nonetheless beneath evacuation orders as flood waters transfer downstream
Some residents within the cities of Gunnedah and Narrabri stay beneath flood evacuation orders after final weekend’s heavy rain.
The NSW SES notes 20 emergency warnings are lively in elements of NSW, together with 16 “evacuate now” alerts. About 2,200 volunteers have responded to greater than 2,600 incidents for the reason that newest climate occasion started, with 40 flood rescues thus far. Officers stated on social media these threats stay for these alongside the Namoi River at Wee Waa:
The Namoi River at Wee Waa is constant to rise and the flood danger within the city is rising at the moment and NSW SES has prepositioned crews and property within the affected areas in preparation.
SES officers urge residents in doubtlessly impacted areas to remain up-to-date with the HazardWatch app.
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Up to date at 20.25 EDT
Graham Readfearn
Some electrical vehicles fall wanting claimed vary by as much as 23%
A government-funded program to check the true efficiency of autos has discovered the driving vary of 5 well-liked electrical vehicles is between 5% and 23% decrease than outcomes from laboratory testing.
The Australian Car Affiliation examined autos from Tesla, BYD, Kia and Good – the primary EVs to be put via its four-year, federally funded Actual World Testing Program to provide shoppers extra correct info on car efficiency.
A BYD Atto3, which had the biggest discrepancy in it’s claimed vary out of all of the EVs examined {Photograph}: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
The prolonged vary variant of the BYD Atto3 had the biggest discrepancy, in keeping with the AAA, with a real-world vary of 369km, 23% decrease than the 480km achieved in laboratory testing. The Good #3 had the bottom, with solely a 5% distinction.
The Tesla Mannequin 3 had a real-world vary 14% decrease than the lab take a look at. Tesla’s Mannequin Y and the Kia EV6 each had an actual world vary 8% decrease.
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Up to date at 19.48 EDT
Nationwide Union of College students requires scholar referendum on Palestine
The Nationwide Union of College students is endorsing a nationwide scholar referendum on Palestine, and can ballot college students on whether or not to go motions censuring the Australian authorities and their universities amid the continued battle in Gaza.
The union stated mass conferences of scholars will happen at campuses throughout the nation from 20 to twenty-eight August, the place these gathered will debate two motions. One consists of college students censuring the Australian authorities for its “complicity within the genocide in Gaza”, together with a requirement to finish all weapons gross sales to Israel. The opposite calls on Australian universities to finish their partnerships with weapons firms.
James McVicar, the schooling officer for the union, stated in a press release:
Within the face of our personal authorities’s complicity within the crime of genocide, college students are standing up and demanding to be counted. The Nationwide Pupil Referendum on Palestine will probably be an opportunity for college kids throughout the nation to vote no confidence in our authorities and demand an finish to weapons firms on our campuses.
A Palestinian flag is seen throughout a Free Palestine rally on the State Library of Victoria. {Photograph}: Con Chronis/AAPShare
Up to date at 19.31 EDT
Tons of extra CSIRO jobs on the chopping block
Sarah Basford Canales
Tons of extra jobs may very well be axed at Australia’s nationwide science company, sparking issues the nation is gutting its analysis functionality simply because the Trump administration makes deep cuts into the sector within the US.
The newest potential analysis job losses on the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Analysis Organisation (CSIRO) observe 440 positions being reduce final monetary 12 months and earlier deep reductions beneath the Coalition authorities, together with 300 in 2016.
Extra job cuts on the CSIRO coincide with the Trump administration clashing funding to science companies within the US. {Photograph}: Joel Carrett/AAP
They coincide with the Trump administration slashing science companies within the US, with warnings the lack of experience might have international ramifications in well being, local weather science and climate forecasting.
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Up to date at 19.33 EDT
Peak welfare physique requires property tax breaks to be rolled again earlier than productiveness roundtable
The Australian Council of Social Companies (Acoss) says the federal government ought to roll again tax breaks for property buyers, the newest main physique to take action forward of the treasurer’s productiveness roundtable later this month.
Acoss, the nation’s peak welfare physique, says the capital good points tax ought to be halved and destructive gearing ought to be restricted. There also needs to be a commonwealth royalty fee for offshore gasoline, the group says, including income generated by these modifications ought to be invested in social housing. Cassandra Goldie, the chief govt of Acoss, advised the ABC:
We’re very clear we might part out the very beneficiant 50% tax low cost and get it all the way down to 25%. So there’d be some tax reward for property funding, however nowhere close to as beneficiant.
Cassandra Goldie, CEO of Acoss, the newest main physique to advocate the federal government ought to roll again tax breaks for property buyers. {Photograph}: Mick Tsikas/AAP
On Sunday, the top of the Australian Council of Commerce Unions, Sally McManus, additionally referred to as for modifications to the capital good points tax and destructive gearing. She stated on the time daring reforms have been wanted to assist youthful individuals, saying it was time for the nation to “chew the bullet” on the ABC.
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Up to date at 18.57 EDT
NSW to introduce stronger legal guidelines concentrating on sexually express deepfakes
The NSW parliament will introduce laws to strengthen legal guidelines surrounding the creation and distribution of intimate and sexually express deepfake pictures, in addition to criminalise the creation and distribution of sexually express audio.
If handed, the expanded regulation would embody sexually express content material created totally utilizing synthetic intelligence. It’s already against the law in NSW to document or distribute intimate pictures of an individual with out their consent, together with these which have been digitally altered.
The NSW lawyer normal, Michael Daley stated the vast majority of sexually express deepfakes depict women and girls. {Photograph}: Dan Himbrechts/AAP
The amendments will see the manufacturing of a sexually express deepfake meant to depict an actual, identifiable particular person turn out to be an offence topic to a punishment of three years in jail. Anybody convicted of sharing or threatening to share deepfake pictures, even when the particular person hasn’t created them, will even be punishable by as much as three years in jail. NSW lawyer normal, Michael Daley, stated the modifications would shut a niche within the regulation that leaves girls weak to “AI-generated sexual exploitation”. He added to media:
These pictures can look very, very actual. They will also be very, very dangerous. And their prevalence is properly on the rise. Virtually the entire pictures circulating on-line are pornographic in nature. 99% of them are pictures of women and girls.
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Up to date at 18.51 EDT
One signatory says Gaza letter represents ‘sturdy, shared frustration’ at furrowed brows over motion
Peter Rodgers, a former ambassador to Israel, stated the letter represents a name to motion after an extended interval of “frightened seems”. He advised RN Breakfast this morning:
I feel there’s a robust, shared frustration, and certainly anger, in any respect the furrowed brows and the expressions of deep concern, rising concern, and so forth. and so forth, and little or no motion. And so I feel that’s what this letter represents.
It’s time for motion, not simply frightened seems.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, at a press convention at parliament Home in Canberra. {Photograph}: Mick Tsikas/AAP
Rodgers stated arguments the popularity of a Palestinian state would embolden Hamas have been “nonsensical”, saying not doing so truly rewarded Israel’s marketing campaign:
It rewards the federal government of Benjamin Netanyahu for its marketing campaign of genocidal violence in Gaza, for its marketing campaign of ethnic cleaning and apartheid within the West Financial institution. And so it’s a nonsensical argument. The issue right here is, definitely on the Palestinian facet, there are some very nasty individuals. On the Israeli facet, there are additionally nasty individuals …
I feel we should be very cautious of pointing the finger in a single route and forgetting what’s happening the opposite facet.
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Up to date at 18.36 EDT
Former ambassadors and diplomats urge Albanese to do extra, shortly on Gaza
A gaggle of former Australian ambassadors and diplomats have urged prime minister Anthony Albanese to do extra to see the tip of Israel’s battle in Gaza, together with the popularity of a Palestinian state.
The coalition consists of former ambassador to Israel, Peter Rodgers, former diplomat, Alison Broinowski, Australia’s first ambassador to China, Stephen FitzGerald and former ambassador to Japan, John Menadue. The letter says the popularity of a Palestinian state is deeply vital as repeated requires a two-state answer make “no sense when just one state exists, and that heavily-armed state, Israel, is engaged in apartheid, battle crimes, and potential genocide of just about completely defenceless individuals”.
The letter, despatched Monday, reads partly:
We’re distressed that Australia has completed so little to forestall the progressive erosion of worldwide regulation, the persistent armed assaults on Palestinian individuals, and the violation of their human rights in Gaza and the West Financial institution.
We acknowledge your statements, along with different leaders, in regards to the want for cautious consideration of recognition of a Palestinian state, and in regards to the want for a two-state answer. Your strategy is supported by a rising variety of Australians, of Jewish, Palestinian, and different backgrounds.
This course of, whereas welcome, is way too sluggish. It’s taking extra time than the famine-affected individuals of Gaza and the displaced Palestinians of the West Financial institution have, if they’re to outlive. Time is of the essence for them.
You’ll be able to learn the complete textual content of the open letter right here.
An aerial view of Gaza Metropolis. {Photograph}: Anadolu/Getty ImagesShare
Up to date at 18.32 EDT
Cait Kelly
Treasurer says Australia may be ‘massive participant’ in future of information centres
Chalmers was additionally requested in regards to the former CEO of Atlassian, who just lately stated he needs to see Australia host huge information centres and see a change within the copyright regulation to permit exemptions for information mining for AI firms.
Chalmers stated the information centres have been “a serious alternative” for Australia, including:
Because it seems, I’ve spent a number of hours this afternoon with $3tn of Australian capital, the most important buyers in Australia, tremendous and different institutional buyers, we’ve been grappling with this query: how does Australia take advantage of this chance in the case of information centres and AI infrastructure extra broadly?
We’ve got received an enormous likelihood, we’ll be mad to not seize it. We have to get the power piece proper, the zoning approvals piece proper, the abilities piece proper as properly. We could be a massive participant in information centres.
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Up to date at 18.12 EDT
Cait Kelly
Chalmers says he’ll err on the facet of staff in the case of AI
The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, appeared on 7.30 final night time, the place he was speaking about how AI will probably be a key matter on the authorities’s productiveness roundtable in a number of weeks.
He was requested if he would assist the Australian Council of Commerce Unions’ name for staff to have the ability to veto AI of their office. He stated he would err on the facet of staff:
We should be real looking about it. And definitely, I agree that staff should be a part of the dialog in the case of rolling out a know-how that has this game-changing potential.
And the place there’s very actual potential dangers within the labour market. I’d at all times err on the facet of staff having a say in how their work is finished.
The treasurer, Jim Chalmers. {Photograph}: Mick Tsikas/AAPShare
Up to date at 18.02 EDT
Good morning
Good morning and welcome to our stay information weblog. I’m Nick Visser, I’ll be bringing you updates because the day will get rolling. Let’s begin with this:
The Australian Council of Social Companies (Acoss) is asking for the federal government to roll again tax breaks for property buyers earlier than the treasurer’s productiveness roundtable. Acoss is asking for the 50% capital good points tax low cost to be halved “so there’d be some tax reward for property funding however nowhere close to as beneficiant”, the group’s chief advised the ABC.
Additionally at the moment, a courtroom is predicted to listen to jailed MP Gareth Ward’s bid to forestall the NSW parliament from expelling him. We’ll carry you all of the developments.
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