What we learned today, Sunday 5 February
And with that, we are going to put the blog to bed. Before we go, let’s recap the big headlines from today:
Prof Megan Davis from the Indigenous voice referendum working group told ABC Insiders that “doing nothing isn’t an option”.
Australian football players continued to express their shock at Fifa’s Saudi sponsorship deal for the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, spoke about why he is optimistic about the Indigenous voice to parliament.
Interest rates are expected to rise when the Reserve Bank of Australia meets on Tuesday for the first time in 2023.
State school abuse victims will be included in Victoria’s apology to children abused in institutional care, the premier, Daniel Andrews, confirmed.
The death of a teenage girl in a Perth shark attack is being investigated.
Hillsong Church has named a married couple to head up its leadership in the wake of founder Brian Houston’s resignation as he fights accusations he concealed his late father’s child sexual abuse.
Thank you for spending part of your day with us! We will be back tomorrow to do it all again.
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It’s ‘absurd’ to expect the Albanese government in 2023 to be a Hawke-Keating copy, says treasurer
Jim Chalmers has declared it is “absurd” to think the Albanese government in 2023 will be a photocopy of the Hawke and Keating governments in the wake of a sustained backlash against his new essay championing values-based capitalism, writes Katharine Murphy.
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