What we learned – Thursday 6 October
And with that, we are going to put the blog to bed. Thank you for spending some of your time with us.
Before we bounce, let’s recap the big stories for today:
The federal Liberal party’s leading moderate, Simon Birmingham, has called for Teena McQueen to step down after her celebration of “lefties” leaving the Liberal party after the may election.
The skills minister, Brendan O’Connor, confirmed a government discussion is taking place around stage-three tax cuts. The Coalition has called on the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, to declare his position on the tax cuts.
Public servants will get a 3% wage increase.
The Queensland attorney general has found that Star is unsuitable to hold a casino licence in the state.
The federal government is amending telecommunications regulations following the Optus data breach. Police have arrested a 19-year-old man over an alleged SMS scam related to the breach.
2022 has set a rainfall record for Sydney.
Albanese met with Solomon Islands prime minister, Manasseh Sogavare, in Canberra. Sogavare restated that “Solomon Islands will never be used for foreign military installations”.
We will be back tomorrow – until then, stay safe!
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Lyndon Terracini steps down early from Opera Australia
Within a week of former Australian Consumer and Competition Commission chair Rod Sims taking the helm at Opera Australia, the company’s creative leader has announced his resignation, more than 12 months before his contract expires.
Opera Australia announced on Thursday its artistic director of 13 years, Lyndon Terracini, would stand down from his position early, formally leaving the company next Friday 14 October.
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