What we learned – Friday 2 August
That’s where we’ll leave the blog for today. Here is a recap of the main news:
Linda Reynolds’ defamation case against Brittany Higgins got under way in the Western Australia supreme court.
The former Australian defence force chief Mark Binskin said the Israeli government should provide an “appropriate apology” to the families of the Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom and her six colleagues over their killings in Gaza.
A court application has been filed by the Fair Work Commission to appoint an independent administrator to the CFMEU’s embattled general and construction divisions
One of the co-chairs of the Uluru Dialogues has declared the need for First Nations recognition and representation to be as urgent as it ever was, as the first annual Garma festival begins.
Victoria’s chief health officer, Dr Clare Looker, confirmed the first death in the state’s legionnaires outbreak.
The probe into PwC is continued today, and Labor senator Deborah O’Neill says the focus will be on confidence in the audit sector.
New South Wales will become the first state in the country to hold a parliamentary inquiry into the effects of “harmful” pornography as part of the government’s bid to address domestic violence.
Foodbank Victoria announced it is “dangerously low” on food and will be holding a large-scale emergency food drive for next weekend.
Two-thirds of people only visit the dentist when they have a problem, with affordability the main reason keeping them away, according to new data from the Australian Dental Association.
A Sydney man was charged after meth worth $828m was allegedly found in a shipping container.
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The Bureau of Meteorology has released its monthly report for July. In short, rainfall was about 7% below average for the month.
Mean temperatures, which average out day and night readings, were 0.7C warmer than the 1961-90 norm.
You can read the full report here.
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