What we learned today, Saturday 19 August
With that, we’ll end our live coverage of the day’s news.
Here’s a summary of the key developments:
Labor’s national conference wrapped up. There were wins, losses and somewhere in between for those coming to Brisbane with a cause. Read Sarah Basford Canales’ analysis here.
The director of the controversial conservative campaign group Advance says the no campaign aimed to take advantage of voter confusion about the Indigenous voice to parliament.
The Victorian government has agreed to pay Commonwealth Games bodies $380m in compensation after cancelling the 2026 event, in what the premier, Daniel Andrews, is claiming as “the best outcome” the state could get.
The Albanese government has promised $200m to improve women’s sporting facilities and equipment after the Matildas’ historic Women’s World Cup run sparked an unprecedented outpouring of support for women’s football.
Thanks for reading, and have a pleasant evening.
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Jones accuses Coalition of turning ‘wet and soft and Labor-lite’ after Abbott
The former 2GB broadcaster Alan Jones has been the final speaker on the first day of the conservative political conference CPAC at the Star casino in Sydney.
In a wide-ranging speech, he accused the Coalition of turning “wet and soft and Labor-lite” since the former prime minister Tony Abbott.
When Jones struggled to turn on a light on the podium to read his speech notes, he blamed “renewable energy”, eliciting belly laughs from the audience.
He wore a “vote No” baseball cap on stage.
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