What we learned today, Sunday 10 December
We will wrap up the blog here this Sunday. Here’s what made the news today:
The Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, announced her retirement from politics, saying she had “given my all” and “now is the time for me to leave”.
Labor frontbencher Bill Shorten said it would have been “helpful” if the high court had given its reasons for ruling indefinite detention was unconstitutional at the same time it handed down its decision.
Parts of South Australia have received more than two months of rainfall in under 24 hours, as a record-breaking heatwave begins to ease across most of New South Wales.
Foreign investors in Australia will face higher fees and steeper penalties for buying existing homes and leaving them empty as the government aims to address housing affordability.
The federal Coalition has declared at the Cop28 climate summit that it will back a global pledge to triple nuclear energy if the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, becomes prime minister.
Large pro-Palestine protests against the war in Gaza were held across Australia, including Melbourne and Sydney
Police say they are investigating the alleged domestic violence killing of a Brisbane woman who was stabbed and later collapsed in front of a neighbour’s home.
We’ll see you bright and early tomorrow. Thanks for your company today.
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Pro-Palestine rallies continue
There’s been another weekend of protest against the war in Gaza in Sydney’s Hyde Park and outside Melbourne’s State Library. These pro-Palestinian demonstrations have been ongoing for more than two months.
It’s difficult to judge numbers, but according to vision on social media, there still appears to be significant numbers of people turning up to the rallies.
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