Today’s headlines at a glance
Hello and welcome to our national news live coverage for Thursday, July 23. I’m Mostafa Rachwani, and I will be bringing you the news from around Australia and the world as it happens this morning.
Here are our top stories so far today:
- The first witnesses to front the sensational corruption investigation have been revealed, including publican, lawyer and developer Michael O’Hara, one-time Liberal staffer Dylan Whitelaw, and consultant Robert Assaf, who is being investigated for allegedly soliciting or accepting political donations from banned donors in amounts that were not declared and exceeded donation caps.
- Bulldozers will raze the Wentworth Park greyhound track by the end of the year under a surprise expedited deal which paves the way for an urban renewal project roughly the size of Darling Harbour.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will set up his bid for a third term with a promise of further expensive cost of living measures to address financial stress fuelling One Nation’s ascension as he expands a program to pay health workers as they study, in a speech to Labor faithful when the party’s national conference begins this morning.
Practical or popular: Tensions to surface over PM’s approach as Labor gather
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will set up his bid for a third term with a promise of further expensive cost of living measures to address financial stress fuelling One Nation’s ascension as he expands a program to pay health workers as they study.
However, Labor ministers are downplaying the prospect of a tax on gas exports before a fight at its national conference on the popular proposal, signifying tension in Labor ranks over how aggressively Albanese is pursuing populist causes.
In a speech to Labor faithful on Thursday that Albanese will use to frame the election’s battle lines, the prime minister will invoke 135 years of Labor tradition on practical responses to boost workers’ living standards rather than “raging against a system … without a plan to fix it”.
Albanese will say that “people have been given every reason to feel like the economy is simply not working for them” as he seeks to boost the government’s political fortunes and meet pessimistic voters where they are.
“That goes deeper than sentiment – it’s a reality people are up against,” he will say, according to an advance copy of his speech, noting he was riding “rough seas” after a series of economic shocks and an oil crisis sparked by the Middle East war.
Read more: PM sets election battle lines with One Nation, pledges cost of living relief
Trump says US will ‘destroy’ civilian targets if Iran strikes ships
Dubai: US President Donald Trump warned that the US would destroy one bridge or power plant each time Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump’s latest threat to target civilian infrastructure came as the unpopular war spirals with no clear off-ramp, threatening further worldwide economic disruption and sending fuel prices up. Both sides have dug in on their dispute over the strait, a crucial waterway for global energy that remains largely closed because of Iranian attacks.
A new threat by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen to target Saudi shipping in the Red Sea puts another trade chokepoint at risk.
“From this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket, Drone, or any other device or weapon, the United States will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT,” Trump wrote on social media.
Today’s headlines at a glance
Hello and welcome to our national news live coverage for Thursday, July 23. I’m Mostafa Rachwani, and I will be bringing you the news from around Australia and the world as it happens this morning.
Here are our top stories so far today:
- The first witnesses to front the sensational corruption investigation have been revealed, including publican, lawyer and developer Michael O’Hara, one-time Liberal staffer Dylan Whitelaw, and consultant Robert Assaf, who is being investigated for allegedly soliciting or accepting political donations from banned donors in amounts that were not declared and exceeded donation caps.
- Bulldozers will raze the Wentworth Park greyhound track by the end of the year under a surprise expedited deal which paves the way for an urban renewal project roughly the size of Darling Harbour.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will set up his bid for a third term with a promise of further expensive cost of living measures to address financial stress fuelling One Nation’s ascension as he expands a program to pay health workers as they study, in a speech to Labor faithful when the party’s national conference begins this morning.
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