What we learned today, Wednesday 30 August
And that’s where we’ll leave you this evening. Here’s what we learned today:
The referendum on the Indigenous voice will be held on 14 October, Anthony Albanese has confirmed, officially kickstarting a 45-day campaign at a yes rally in Adelaide.
Leading no campaigner, Warren Mundine, has claimed without evidence that the prime minister has “attacked” opponents of the voice, unleashing “horrible racial abuse”.
The New South Wales corruption watchdog has been cleared of maladministration after an inquiry by the inspector of the Independent Commission Against Corruption into the length of the investigation into former premier Gladys Berejiklian.
The Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, has asked for privacy after being tracked down by news photographers while on holidays in Italy.
Australia’s rental crisis is forcing young mothers to raise newborns in sharehouses while other parents are choosing to move into caravans because of steep rental increases, a Senate inquiry has heard.
The Australian government has agreed to settle what has been described as a world-first court case that accused it of misleading investors by failing to disclose the financial risk caused by the climate crisis.
Thanks very much for sticking with us today. We’ll be back bright and early tomorrow morning.
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‘Voting yes will bring Australia together’: PM campaigns
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, continues the campaign on social media with some pictures from today’s events:
Across Australia, people from all walks of life and all sides of politics are voting yes. Voting yes will bring Australia together. Voting yes will take us forward.
Across Australia, people from all walks of life and all sides of politics are voting Yes.
— Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) August 30, 2023
Voting Yes will bring Australia together.
Voting Yes will take us forward. pic.twitter.com/LlIVBOvDJ3
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