That’s where we’ll leave our coverage for today. Thanks so much for sticking with me. Don’t forget, the Logies ceremony is still to come tonight.
The ceremony is being held on the Gold Coast and stars have just begun arriving on the red carpet.
Seven nominees are up for the Gold Logie, including Hamish Blake, Julia Morris, Karl Stefanovic, Melissa Leong, Ray Meagher, Sonia Kruger, and Tom Gleeson.
Tony Armstrong, of the ABC, is getting a lot of support for his first Logie. He’s up for the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent.
Police raids on climate protesters, support for Assange and new housing scheme
It’s been a busy Sunday. Let’s recap the day’s events:
- Police conducted a massive operation against climate protesters in Colo, in Sydney’s north-west on Sunday morning. Climate protesters Blockade Australia said they were surrounded by police and described the police actions as “repressive”. Police say they were investigating the group’s activities in an unmarked car, when their officers were subjected to “violence”. A massive police response began after the protesters either slashed or let down the tyre of a police car, police said. Police said the protesters were planning more disruptive protest activity across the state, following an earlier blockade of Port Botany in March.
- The New South Wales government announced a $780m shared equity scheme to help vulnerable and low-income Australians buy a home. The shared equity scheme will benefit single parents, older singles, nurses, police and teachers, allowing buyers to enter the market with a deposit as low as 2% of the sale price. It will see the government contribute an equity share of 40% for a new home or 30% for an existing dwelling.
- Supporters of Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange are urging the Australian government to do more to prevent his extradition to the United States, following the UK home office’s decision late Friday. But the Albanese government insists it will not conduct “diplomacy by megaphone”, while repeating its view that the case has gone on for too long.
- The NSW government has also announced it will spend $25m to install the Aboriginal flag on a permanent spot on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The Aboriginal flag will fly alongside the Australian and NSW state flags.
- The employment minister, Tony Burke, said it was too late to scrap a controversial points-based mutual obligation system for jobseekers, insisting the concept is “right”, but needs tweaking.
- The fire at the Dapto substation has been contained by firefighters in New South Wales.
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