What we learned today, Monday 3 July
And that’s where we’ll leave you this afternoon. Here’s a brief summary of what we’ve learned:
The National Anti-Corruption Commission has held its first sitting, a ceremonial sitting in Canberra presided over by commissioner Paul Brereton, who promised the Australian people that “we will listen to you”.
The NACC has already received 44 online referrals and five requests for phone callbacks.
Liberals senator Linda Reynolds has confirmed she still intends to refer the commonwealth’s settlement with her former staffer, Brittany Higgins, to the National Anti-Corruption Commission.
Eight PwC partners have exited or are in the process of being removed from the partnership, after the company’s internal investigation identified “failure of leadership” and “professional standards breached with respect to misuse of confidential information”.
The Albanese government has appointed Ewen McDonald, who has been the Canberra-based head of the Office of the Pacific for the past four years, as a special envoy for the Pacific in the latest sign of its efforts to deepen ties across the region.
Eastern Australia recorded its hottest June ever by maximum temperatures (with data going back to 1910).
Australian house prices rose by 1.1% in June, with Sydney leading the charge as every capital city except Hobart saw dwelling values go up. But the market is still 6% lower than its peak, according to data from CoreLogic’s national home value index.
Tasmanian police are planning to conduct a swift water search in the Philosopher Falls area tomorrow as part of the search for missing Belgian woman, Celine Cremer.
A photographer has captured drone footage of a whale calf, which looks like a rare albino humpback.
Thanks for your company today. We’ll be back to bring you all the day’s news tomorrow, bright and early. See you then.
Updated
Twitter has limited how much content users can view each day in a move the company’s owner claims is about addressing “system manipulation”.
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