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Australia news LIVE: Julian Assange expected to be freed under plea deal; Coalition fury as Matt Kean snubs nuclear
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- by Josefine Ganko
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As it happened: Grocery stores face billion-dollar fines; Nuclear energy debate dominates return of parliament
Read about the day’s national news headlines in our blog.
- by Rachael Dexter and Josefine Ganko
Australia news as it happened: Dutton’s energy war spooks investors; UK election campaign engulfed in scandal
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has reignited the nation’s long-running climate wars this week and, overseas, the Conservatives’ UK election campaign has been further engulfed in scandal. Follow along for today’s national news headlines.
- by Alex Crowe and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
As it happened: States reject Coalition’s nuclear plans; GYG soars on ASX debut
Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s nuclear power plan has been met with resistance from the states and demonstrators have targeted landmarks in Australia and overseas, Follow along for today’s national news headlines.
- by Josefine Ganko and Alex Crowe
As it happened: Coalition unveils nuclear power plant sites; Melbourne MP’s office vandalised in ‘escalation’ of attacks
Opposition leader Peter Dutton revealed his nuclear power plan after a snap shadow cabinet meeting and Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong joined talks on economic and security cooperation in PNG. Follow along for today’s national news headlines.
- by Josefine Ganko and Alex Crowe
As it happened: RBA holds interest rates steady; Prime minister hosts Chinese premier in Perth
The Reserve Bank has held interest rates steady at 4.35 per cent again, while Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Chinese premier Li Qiang visit Perth on the final day of the premier’s four-day visit. Follow live here.
- by Josefine Ganko and Lachlan Abbott
As it happened: Albanese hosts Chinese premier in Canberra; Pauline Hanson refuses to remove Robert Irwin satirical cartoon
Voters turn against the government on the economy, cutting Labor’s primary vote to 28 per cent as Trade Minister Don Farrell insists Australia is not “kowtowing” to Beijing by welcoming Chinese Premier Li Qian to Australia.
- by Josefine Ganko and Madeleine Heffernan
Australia news as it happened: G7 summit opens with deal to use Russian assets for Ukraine; Coalition to push for social media reform
The annual Group of Seven summit, held this week in southern Italy, opened with an agreement reached to loan $US50 billion to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets, plus Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says young teens are suffering from an increase in mental health and body image issues exacerbated by social media.
- by Alex Crowe and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
As it happened: Unemployment rate eases; PwC tax scandal report calls for strict new rules
Another election fight over the environment looms as Climate 200 plans to fund independent candidates in targeted federal seats. Meanwhile, the fallout from the PwC tax scandal continues. Follow live here.
- by Josefine Ganko and Lachlan Abbott
As it happened: Report calls on PwC to name tax scandal leakers; Lehrmann caused $13k in property damage, landlord alleges
The Nationals Leader says exact sites of nuclear power will be named soon, plus United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has named and shamed Israel’s armed and security forces, Palestinian militants Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
- by Josefine Ganko and Alex Crowe
As it happened: Chinese premier to visit Australia; Climate wars reignite
The government has revealed more about its exports to Israel after rejecting claims by the Greens that it was “complicit in genocide”, plus Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accused Opposition Leader Peter Dutton of being worse than former prime minister Scott Morrison on climate change.
- by Josefine Ganko and Alex Crowe