What we learned: Sunday 27 August
With that, we will wrap the blog for now.
Here were the major events of the day:
The Victorian Liberals have claimed a turning point after holding on to Liberal safe seat Warrandyte in a byelection overnight, after charity manager Nicole Werner retained the north-east Melbourne stronghold. The byelection has widely been read as a test of Victorian opposition leader John Pesutto’s leadership after the party has been roiled by internal disputes over the last nine months.
Former Essendon footballer Michael Long will recreate his 2004 walk from Melbourne to Canberra in support of the yes campaign for the Indigenous voice to parliament.
Teal independent Allegra Spender says “young people feel abandoned” with the current economic arrangement after the intergenerational report was handed down.
A royal commission in South Australia has outlined how an ambitious overhaul for how the state will approach early childhood education will take shape.
Queensland’s deputy premier, Steven Miles, has brushed aside speculation of a leadership challenge against Annastacia Palaszczuk after controversial youth justice law changes and poor opinion polling. As acting premier while Palaszczuk is in Europe for a two-week holiday, Miles said she was doing a fantastic job and the leadership speculation did not align with his conversations with Labor colleagues.
A Sydney man has died in a house fire thought to be caused by lithium batteries, highlighting concerns among firefighters of an emerging problem.
A US military aircraft has crashed in the Tiwi Islands off the coast of the Northern Territory in Australia during military exercises.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government was acting on issues of concern to young people. He told Sky News: “We’re acting on climate change, we are acting on housing supply and housing affordability, there are legislated tax cuts coming into the system next year – the middle of next year.” He also said Australia’s exposure to China is a significant concern for its economy over the long haul, particularly if it continues to sputter.
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Anthony Albanese discusses US military aircraft crash
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is speaking to reporters in the Pilbara about the “tragic” incident involving a downed US military aircraft that crashed while taking part in the Predator’s Run military exercise.
No Australians were involved in the crash and the prime minister says:
The Department of Defence is very much on incident response and on making sure that every support and assistance is given at this point in time.
This is a difficult incident, we’re responding fully and our priority is on providing every assistance possible.
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