What we learned today, Friday 10 November
And with that, we are going to put the blog to bed. Before we go, let’s recap the big headlines:
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has announced Australia will offer residency to people affected by climate change in the low-lying Pacific island nation of Tuvalu.
Optus’s offer of free data as compensation has been criticised as a “hollow gesture” after this week’s outage.
Ninety-two people face release from indefinite immigration detention after this week’s high court ruling.
The Western Australian government says “significant failures” have been uncovered by an internal investigation into the death of youth detainee at Casuarina prison.
A 32-year-old woman has been left with serious injuries after a shark attack at Port Noarlunga Jetty in South Australia.
Police have confirmed they do not suspect a suspicious fire at a Melbourne burger shop was linked to its owner’s support for Palestine.
The push for the US to drop attempts to extradite Julian Assange has received bipartisan support from US politicians.
More than $2m will be spent in an attempt to protect native fish in Menindee Lakes and the Lower Darling-Baaka, the environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, says.
News Corp has beaten expectations with a solid earnings result in Rupert Murdoch’s last quarter as chairman.
And the Home and Away actor Johnny Ruffo has died aged 35.
Thank you for spending part of your day with us – we will be back tomorrow to do it all again.
Updated
Rate hikes hit Victorian stamp duty revenue
Interest rate hikes have contributed to a half billion-dollar fall in Victorian stamp duty revenue and neutralised the first three months of a controversial tax, AAP reports.
A quarterly budget update, tabled in state parliament on Friday, shows Victoria pulled in $164m from its COVID-19 debt levy from the start of July to the end of September.
It helped lift payroll tax revenue in the state by $366m compared to the same time last year, but the budget boost could have been higher if not for a drop in stamp duty income.
“This increase is partially offset by a $506m decrease in land transfer duty, primarily driven by the fall in settlement volumes and transaction prices that coincided with an increase in interest rates,” the report read.
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