What we learned today, Monday 13 October
This is where we’ll wrap up for today, but let’s recap the main events:
Qantas warned against scam claims after millions of customers became subject to the latest data leak.
Tony Burke urged “turning temperature down” after Lidia Thorpe’s comment at a Melbourne pro-Palestine rally. Thorpe said her “burn down parliament” comment was a metaphor. The Australian federal police said they were investigating whether comments made by Thorpe breached legislation.
The under-16s social media ban will be ‘extremely difficult to enforce’, Google said.
The social media ban will create a “social gap” for young people, a youth advocate said.
The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, revealed surprise changes to super tax rules. Paul Keating hailed the new super tax rules a “huge policy achievement”, but the Greens said they were concerned the new rules were “a gift to the super-rich”. The opposition’s Ted O’Brien said the super tax changes were a “victory for common sense”.
One in seven Australians are living in poverty, a report found.
The Victoria police executive is to be “slimmed down” in a significant restructure amid crime surge fears.
Police said the search for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont will resume tomorrow in South Australia.
Victoria police said they don’t know if Dezi Freeman is still alive.
We’ll be back bright and early tomorrow.
Updated
Australian shares fall amid new chapter in trade woes
Australian shares have tumbled on the back of a resumption of US-China trade tensions, stoking worries about global growth and tech company valuations, AAP reports.
The S&P/ASX200 fell 75.5 points on Monday, down 0.84%, to 8,882.8, as the broader All Ordinaries lost 81 points, or 0.87%, to 9,183.3.
While investors had increasingly discounted US public trade announcements as negotiating tactics in recent months, China’s call to initiate export controls on rare earths was different, Moomoo market strategist Michael McCarthy said.
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