What we learned today, Wednesday 27 July
That’s it for today, thanks for reading. Here are the main stories from the day:
- The One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, is criticised as ‘disrespectful’ for walking out of a welcome to country in the Senate.
- Australia records at least 82 Covid deaths, with almost 50,000 cases and 145 people in intensive care across the country.
- Inflation reaches the highest point in 31 years, CPI figures released by the ABS show.
- An aged care reform bill is the first bill to pass the lower house under the Albanese government.
- New MPs, including Kylea Tink, Marion Scrymgour, Stephen Bates and Andrew Willcox, give their first speeches to parliament.
- Labor introduces its climate legislation, despite being yet to reach an agreement in the Senate.
- The mystery of Somerton man’s identity has been solved after 73 years, an Adelaide academic says.
We will see you back here for more action from parliament tomorrow. Enjoy the rest of your evening.
Updated
NSW shark nets are catching threatened animals, report shows
The vast majority of animals caught in New South Wales shark nets last season were not target species and just over a fifth were threatened species, new government figures show.
Of the 376 marine animals caught in the eight months to April, 325 were non-target species.
They included 14 critically endangered grey nurse sharks, 19 vulnerable green turtles, 16 endangered leatherback turtles, and four endangered loggerhead turtles.
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