What we learned: Monday 13 January
This is where we’ll leave the blog for today, but first let’s recap the main events:
The prime minister Anthony Albanese held the government’s first cabinet meeting of 2025 today.
The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, discredited renewables when asked about his energy policy in an interview following his pre-election pitch in Melbourne yesterday.
Counterterrorism police took over the investigation of swastika vandalism of Sydney synagogues.
Albanese said Dutton represents a “shift to a hard-right version of the Liberal party”.
Fewer GP clinics than ever will take new bulk-billed customers and out-of-pocket charges continue to rise, new data showed.
Albanese announced a $3bn equity boost for the NBN.
Four people were killed in a two-car collision on a Western Australian highway.
A man allegedly performed a Nazi salute in inner west Sydney.
The blog will be back bright and early tomorrow.
Updated
Kobi Shetty, the MP for Balmain where a man allegedly performed a Nazi salute earlier today, has issued a statement:
People have a right to feel safe in our community and Nazi symbols of any form cannot be tolerated.
