What we learned, Tuesday 17 June
And with that, we are going to put the bog to bed. Before we go, let’s recap the big stories of the day:
More than half of Australians support or strongly support reducing tax concessions for super balances over $3m, according to YouGov polling commissioned by the Australia Institute.
A man was charged with murder last night after a woman’s body was found in Sydney’s west. Officers responded to the suburb of Werrington on Sunday at about 1.15pm after a passerby reported a body found in bushland in the area.
The NSW premier, Chris Minns, said the shooting at a restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Auburn yesterday was “vicious, disgusting behaviour from complete animals”.
Tabcorp has been fined $4m for sending more than 5,700 marketing messages to VIP customers last year in breach of Australia’s spam laws.
Anthony Albanese will continue with his program at the G7 summit in Canada tomorrow, despite Donald Trump leaving early tonight local time.
The federal opposition leader, Sussan Ley, said the Albanese government should have done more to secure a meeting with US President Donald Trump before his early exit from the G7.
Queensland police confirmed human remains found near the state’s Goodnight Scrub national park are those of missing teenager Pheobe Bishop. The remains were found during a search of the area on 6 June.
Former prime minister Paul Keating accused the Labor government of “intellectually ceding Australia to the United States” after the defence minister, Richard Marles, spoke about the growing might of China on the world stage and how the country may be drawn into a future conflict.
Former NSW premier Nick Greiner will chair a new committee in charge of the state Liberal branch after the panel installed after the council elections bungle was dumped.
Asked if Trump leaving the G7 before he had a chance to meet with the PM was “disappointing”, Wong says Australia was not the only country that had meetings cancelled.
Thank you for spending part of your day with us – we will be back tomorrow to do it all again.
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Melbourne council admits overcharging motorists for parking fines over 12 years
Thousands of motorists will eligible for parking fine refunds after a council overcharged millions of dollars in penalties for more than a decade, AAP has reported.
Merri-bek council, covering Melbourne’s inner-northern suburbs, said it had overcharged motorists between $43 and $59 for 11 types of infringements between 1 July 2013 and 11 June 2025.
About 250,000 fines were charged incorrectly, with the council reaping in $12m over 12 years, the council confirmed.
The default penalty that councils charge for the 11 parking infringements is 0.2 penalty points, and they can only charge 0.5 penalty points provided they pass a resolution during a council meeting to increase that figure.
The council had been charging 0.5 penalty points despite it not passing a resolution.
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