What we learned today, Wednesday 13 September
Here’s a wrap of today’s main stories:
Qantas has lost a high court challenge over sacked workers, with the Transport Workers Union saying the entire board of the company should be spilled in the wake of the decision.
The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has accused the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, of being the “chief propagandist” of the no campaign amid heated debate on the Indigenous voice to parliament.
In further rancour relating to the voice, the academic Marcia Langton says she was “lied about” in comments about the referendum, and asked Dutton to remove a social media post that misquoted her criticism of the no campaign.
The former minister Stuart Robert was referred to the national anti-corruption commission over the Synergy 360 controversy by a parliamentary committee.
Crossbench MPs and senators stepped up calls for the government to release a declassified version of a secret intelligence report into the national security risks posed by the climate crisis.
We will see you back here again tomorrow.
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Third teen charged for alleged armed robbery of school student
A third teenager has been charged in relation to an alleged armed robbery in Melbourne last week, police have confirmed.
A 14-year-old student from Glen Eira college was forced into a car and left seriously injured in Glen Huntly during the alleged robbery.
Victoria police said in a statement on Wednesday afternoon that detectives had charged a 14-year-old Langwarrin girl with multiple offences, including conduct endangering serious injury, recklessly causing serious injury in circumstances of gross violence, dangerous driving, armed robbery, robbery, theft of motor vehicle and possessing proceeds of crime.
“She has been bailed to appear at a children’s court at a later date. The investigation remains ongoing,” police said.
Police said in the statement that the boy remained in a serious condition in hospital.
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