What we learned today – Sunday, 11 June
That’s where we’ll leave the blog for today. Thanks so much for joining us. Here is a wrap of the day’s biggest stories:
Authorities have praised Sydney residents for a quick evacuation as fire raged;
Two divers reported missing in Tasmania have been found drifting 3.5km off shore;
Linda Burney has invoked Bob Hawke in giving a speech in support of the voice to parliament while in the NT for the Barunga festival;
Michaelia Cash has accused Labor of “weaponising” Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations;
Aged care minister, Anika Wells, says policy in the area has been “allowed to drift” for decades;
Wells has also thrown her support behind Katy Gallagher who has been attacked by the Coalition over claims she misled parliament;
The country’s property market is in a lull with auction clearance rates recording their lowest result in six weeks.
Updated
Labor accused of weaponising Higgins’ rape claim
The shadow attorney general, Michaelia Cash, has accused Labor of “weaponising” Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation, insisting finance minister Katy Gallagher still has questions to answer about her knowledge of the claim before it was aired publicly.
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