Australian News

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• Federal government funding for the ABC will lift by more than $40 million a year from 2026-27.

• Funding for the ABC and SBS will be decided for five years at a time, rather than three, to help prevent 'political interference' within the broadcasters.

What's next?

• Laws to cement the new five-year funding deal still need to be drafted and consulted on, making it unlikely they could be acted on before the next federal election.

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ASIC has lodged a claim against HSBC's Australian arm in the federal court.

The action relates to 950 reports alleging scammers netted $23 million over nearly five years.

What's next?

HSBC says it will "continue to make significant investments in our fraud and scam prevention, detection, and response, with specific efforts on preventing impersonation scams and 'spoofing' of phone numbers".

KEY POINTS

• Australia backs UN motion calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
• Israel, the US, and seven other countries voted against the resolution.
• Australia also backed a resolution defending the work of the UN relief agency UNRWA.

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The death of 32-year-old Kate Sylvia after she was diagnosed with a migraine is being investigated at a coronial inquest.

Ms Sylvia sought treatment for slurred speech and head pain before a "hospital avoidance clinic" in Adelaide advised she should be sent home to sleep.

What's next?

The inquest is continuing.

What else will Dutton not stand in front of if he's elected? Can you beat the satirists to a great headline?

A senior Labor minister has taken issue with the Israeli prime minister linking a suspected arson attack on a synagogue to Australia's support of a UN resolution demanding Israel end its "unlawful presence" in the occupied Palestinian territories.

archive.org (de-paywalled).

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Political and community leaders have condemned an early-morning arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue, which forced worshippers to flee.

Police are searching for three people believed to be behind the attack.

What's next?

Arson chemists are investigating the cause of the blaze, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned as an anti-Semitic "act of hate".

Aka fair work commission decides the tactics that won every right we enjoy are invalid and we should have no rights.

This is the most straight forward thing ever. ARRRRGH

archive.org (no paywall).

Protesters have delayed the reopening of a Woolworths distribution centre after almost two weeks of strikes over better pay and conditions.

Woolworths had planned to reopen its critical Dandenong South distribution centre in Melbourne’s south-east on Monday at 6am to address the problem of empty shelves in its stores across Victoria, and in some NSW and ACT stores.

The supermarket giant had expected the majority of its usual workers to return to the centre, after more than 1500 staff went on an indefinite strike at four sites beginning November 21.

However, a picket line of hundreds of protesters on Monday – mostly from the United Workers Union, but also from the Victorian Socialists group – gathered and continued to block entrances to the centre.

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A NSW Supreme Court jury has found Kristian White guilty of the manslaughter of Clare Nowland, who he tasered at her aged care home in May 2023.

Mrs Nowland fell and hit her head and died in Cooma Hospital one week later.

What's next?

White's bail has been continued and the proceedings have been adjourned to tomorrow to consider the Crown's detention application.

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A severe heatwave warning is in place across eastern NSW until Thursday as temperatures are predicted to soar up to 12 degrees Celsius above average.

Wednesday is forecast to be the hottest day in Western Sydney, with temperatures reaching 40C.

What's next?

The heatwave will dissipate by Thursday and Friday, with rainy and stormy conditions likely.