What we learned - Friday 11 October
This is where we’ll wrap up the blog for today, but first, a quick summary:
Labor has announced anti-scam measures.
National home values rose by 1% in the September quarter, CoreLogic has said, the softest three-month rise since March 2023.
The shadow minister for foreign affairs, Simon Birmingham, said Australians fleeing Lebanon should pay their own way because they ignored “warning after warning”.
NSW Health has warned of a “significant rise” in gastroenteritis cases across the state in recent weeks.
A Sydney daycare worker was charged with the alleged sexual abuse of a child.
The NSW premier, Chris Minns, said the advice of older generations is “not available” to parents regarding the social media use of their children.
The minister for foreign affairs, Penny Wong, said the “patient” approach to China has paid off with the lifting of a rock lobster trade ban.
A woman’s arm has been severed in a vicious dog attack.
Executives at Coles and Woolworths have told a Senate committee they’ll need to ask Tim Tam owner Arnott’s why their chocolate biscuits are cheaper in the UK than in Australia.
The Aurora Australis has lit up Australian skies overnight.
AI deepfake ads are set to be aired during the federal election – despite warnings.
Some patients at a Sydney GP clinic have been given less-effective vaccines due to storage issues.
The minister for communications, Michelle Rowland, said a concensus on the right age to be able to access to social media was “unlikely”.
The LNP leader, David Crisafulli, said the end of coal before the 2030s was “fanciful”.
Victoria has apologised to the state’s stolen generation victims in a quiet ceremony.
And finally, the ABC’s Richard Glover has announced his retirement from his radio show.
Enjoy your weekend.
Updated
Anthony Albanese speaks from Laos
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is speaking at the Asean summit in Laos.
He hails the “good news” of the resumption of lobster trade with China, which he says means 3,000 jobs in Australia secure into the future:
I come to these forums in order to advance Australia’s national interests, in order to protect jobs and enhance our economic engagement.
Albanese thanks the business leaders in sectors from IT to green energy who have come to the summit. The business meeting held this morning progressed the south-east Asia economic strategy to 2040 – with 47 recommendations implemented and the establishment of business investment in south-east Asia, he says.
Albanese will fly home from Laos this evening.
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