What we learned today, Friday 20 October
Time to wrap up the blog – but before we do, let’s look back on what made news today:
An Aboriginal teenager has died in a Perth hospital a week after being found unresponsive inside a maximum security prison that is holding more than a dozen young detainees.
Australia is moving to repair ties with China ahead of Anthony Albanese’s trip to Beijing, ruling out cancelling a Chinese company’s lease over the strategically important Port of Darwin.
More than a hundred First Nations advocacy groups and organisations have banded together to oppose Peter Dutton’s calls for a royal commission into the abuse of Indigenous children.
The Australian government has fast-tracked the citizenship of three athletes from South Africa, Russia and the US, in an effort to boost the nation’s chances of winning gold medals at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
Australia’s financial watchdog has issued an eight-year ban to a former PwC partner at the heart of a confidentiality scandal that triggered a reputation crisis at the firm and a costly sell-off.
Meta has apologised after inserting the word “terrorist” into the profile bios of some Palestinian Instagram users, in what the company says was a bug in auto-translation.
Have a safe and enjoyable Friday night!
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Urgent recall issued for faulty solar panel batteries
Homeowners with solar panels are being asked to check if they have LG branded batteries installed in their systems after the company issued an urgent safety recall.
As AAP reports, the recall includes 13 battery models at risk of overheating, catching fire and causing damage to property, serious injury or death.
The defective batteries could be installed in LG branded solar systems or non-LG systems such as SolaX Power Station, Opal Storage and Eguana Evolve.
NSW Fair Trading commissioner, Natasha Mann, said the defective batteries had been sold by several companies across Australia since 2017.
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