Morning everyone. Just hours after a trial began in New York, Dominion Voting Systems reached a settlement in its $1.6bn defamation lawsuit against Fox News, which was to have been a high-stakes battle over the network’s biased reporting of the 2020 election and its aftermath.
Meanwhile, back home, the drip-drip of stories about the federal budget are starting to intensify as the Albanese government seeks to square a lot of circles. Labor promised cheaper childcare and a revamp of aged care but today there are demands for a pay increase for workers in both sectors. Such are the challenges of office; we’re also looking at increasing pressure on student finances, along with the rise of Jacinta Price and the incredible survival tale of fishermen caught up in Cyclone Ilsa.
