Updated at\u00a003.13 EDT<\/p>\n
Key events<\/p>\n
What we learned, Wednesday 5 August<\/p>\n
That\u2019s where we\u2019ll our live coverage for today.<\/p>\n
Before we go, let\u2019s take a look at the top headlines:<\/p>\n
Labor has announced it will drop the so-called \u201cwidow tax\u201d in its next tranche of tax reforms<\/a> after widespread pressure from the opposition and crossbench.<\/p>\n Jetstar is changing its carry-on baggage policies <\/a>and will charge customers for use of the overhead compartments on its aircraft.<\/p>\n Independent senator David Pocock said a housing correction \u201cwould be a good thing for our country\u201d<\/a>, adding house prices cannot grow at the rate they have over the past two decades.<\/p>\n The minister for energy and climate change, Chris Bowen, announced an expansion to the small-scale renewable energy scheme<\/a> (SRES) in an address to the National Press Club today.<\/p>\n Victoria\u2019s new premier, Ben Carroll, gave his first broadcast interview with ABC <\/a>Radio Melbourne\u2019s Raf Epstein this morning, where he was grilled about his involvement in last week\u2019s leadership spill.<\/p>\n Victoria\u2019s anti-corruption watchdog has tabled a long-awaited report<\/a> <\/a>into the former Daniel Andrews government\u2019s dealings with the United Firefighters Union and its secretary Peter Marshall.<\/p>\n The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption\u2019s (Icac) Operation Rosny hearings resumed this morning,<\/a> focusing on Reformers member Jean-Claude Perrottet, the younger brother of former Liberal premier Dominic Perrottet.<\/p>\n The NSW government has formally accepted all recommendations from a coronial inquest<\/a> into the stabbing deaths of six people at Bondi Junction shopping centre in 2024.<\/p>\n Australian shares have rallied to a record high<\/a> in early trading after optimism about peace negotiations in the Middle East buoyed global markets.<\/p>\n Queensland\u2019s deputy premier said he met twice with billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart to talk about \u201cthe weather\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n A Sydney woman has been charged with 62 offences after allegedly sending threatening letters<\/a> to organisations and individuals, including politicians, a place of worship and a media outlet.<\/p>\n Thanks for joining us, see you tomorrow to do it all over again!<\/p>\n Share<\/a>NSW police charge woman with 62 counts over alleged threatening letters<\/p>\n A Sydney woman has been charged with 62 offences after allegedly sending threatening letters to organisations and individuals, including politicians, a place of worship and a media outlet.<\/p>\n This follows the investigation by a newly formed strike force established in response to \u201ca large volume of letters\u201d sent to several individuals and organisations.<\/p>\n Officers searched a home in Constitution Hill last month, seizing electronic devices before arresting the 36-year-old woman on Wednesday.<\/p>\n The charges include sending letters containing threats of death or grievous bodily harm, stalking and intimidation, and dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception.<\/p>\n The woman was refused bail and will remain in custody.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a003.13 EDT<\/p>\n ASX closes at record high<\/p>\n Australian shares have closed at a record high, as hopes for a Middle East peace deal overcame lingering inflation concerns.<\/p>\n The benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 closed up 0.9% to end the day at 9,227.8 points, surpassing its last peak struck just over five months ago.<\/p>\n Global equity markets have been pulled up and down by the Middle East conflict given energy disruptions and increased oil costs contribute to global inflation by elevating costs across nearly all goods and services.<\/p>\n Oil prices have been falling in recent days amid optimism that the latest peace negotiations between the US and Iran would reopen the strait of Hormuz, lifting global equity markets.<\/p>\n Six of the ASX\u2019s 11 sectors ended the day higher, led by the materials sector, which includes miners. Mining giant BHP was up more than 3% and Rio Tinto was up 2.2%.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Queensland teenager who killed woman during home invasion to serve harsher jail term<\/p>\n A teenager who murdered a woman on her front lawn during a home invasion will serve their original and harsher sentence after a high court appeal overturned their reduced jail term, AAP reports.<\/p>\n The killer, who cannot be named because he was aged 17 at the time of the offences, fatally stabbed Emma Lovell in the heart after he broke into her family\u2019s house north of Brisbane about 11.30pm on Boxing Day in 2022.<\/p>\n Emma Lovell. Photograph: Lee Lovell<\/p>\n Lovell was fatally stabbed during a struggle on her front lawn, with her husband, Lee, wounded.<\/p>\n The home invasion became the catalyst for \u201cadult crime, adult time\u201d changes in Queensland law under the Liberal National government after it won the 2024 state election.<\/p>\n The teen was jailed for 14 years with the court of appeal reducing his minimum sentence by 18 months in 2025.<\/p>\n The high court overturned that reduction on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Queensland supreme justice Tom Sullivan in May 2024 sentenced the teen, then aged 19, to a maximum of 14 years with a requirement to serve 70% of that time in detention, after he found the crime to be \u201cparticularly heinous\u201d.<\/p>\n After a successful state appeal in August 2025, the teen\u2019s minimum sentence was reduced by about 18 months.<\/p>\n Justice David Boddice found the 14-year sentence should stand but reduced the detention period to 60%.<\/p>\n He cited the teen\u2019s guilty plea, \u201cgenuine remorse and prospects of rehabilitation\u201d as special circumstances justifying his release from detention after serving less than the statutory 70%.<\/p>\n The teen had less than five years left to serve in detention after 500 days of pre-sentence custody in May 2024 were recognised as time served.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.40 EDT<\/p>\n NSW government releases legal advice after committee finds state\u2019s top prosecutor gave false evidence<\/p>\n The NSW attorney general, Michael Daley, says legal advice obtained by the government shows a finding in an inquiry report that the state\u2019s top prosecutor gave false evidence to an inquiry is \u201cunfounded\u201d.<\/p>\n Last month, a NSW parliamentary committee looking at protection against identifying children in court proceedings voted 4-3 to find the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Sally Dowling, had given false evidence under oath to the inquiry and recommended Daley investigate whether there were grounds to remove her from office.<\/p>\n NSW director of public prosecutions, Sally Dowling. Photograph: Steven Markham\/AAP<\/p>\n The allegations relate to the decision by the ODPP to proactively pitch a story about an Indigenous child who performed an acknowledgment of country during a sentencing hearing. Dowling admitted her office had pitched the story to radio station 2GB but denied she had authorised it.<\/p>\n Daley and the office of the DPP rejected the recommendations, with Daley instead referring the report to crown solicitors, who appointed former bar association president Noel Hutley SC to conduct a review of some findings.<\/p>\n Daley tabled the advice today. Hutley\u2019s review rejected the four committee findings the review had been asked to look at, including that Dowling gave false evidence. In a statement Daley said the review was \u201cunequivocal: the findings against the Director of Public Prosecution were not justified by the evidence\u201d.<\/p>\n The committee described difficulty compelling key ODPP witnesses to appear before the inquiry, after a court decision last in favour of the Minns government which means that parliament can no longer compel witnesses. As part of its recommendation to determine whether there were grounds to remove Dowling from office, it had recommended establishing a formal inquiry with compulsory powers. But on Wednesday, Daley said he considered the matter closed.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.23 EDT<\/p>\n High court blocks plan to extract two Sydney Harbours\u2019 worth of groundwater from the desert<\/p>\n Native title holders have won a high court appeal, overturning the largest groundwater licence ever granted in the Northern Territory<\/a>, which would have allowed an agricultural company to extract 40 gigalitres of groundwater \u2013 equivalent to draining Sydney Harbour twice \u2013 every year for 30 years, AAP reports.<\/p>\n The massive water allocation was granted to Fortune Agribusiness for free by the NT government, to support a plan to grow fruit and vegetables in Singleton Station in the central desert.<\/p>\n The Mpwerempwer Aboriginal Corporation challenged whether the NT government had lawfully granted the decades-long water licence, arguing the project threatened sacred sites, cultural survival and a fragile desert water system<\/a>, and claiming it had failed to consider the cultural impact.<\/p>\n That argument failed in the NT supreme court and the territory\u2019s court of appeal.<\/p>\n The NT government said the courts had already correctly identified the law did not impose an obligation on a government minister to consider the impact on Aboriginal cultural values.<\/p>\n But the high court on Wednesday ordered the water licence to be quashed, referring the water licence application back to NT decision makers, who will have to consider environmental approvals.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Queensland\u2019s deputy premier says meetings with Gina Rinehart were about \u2018the weather\u2019 Queensland\u2019s deputy premier said he met twice with billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart to talk about \u201cthe weather\u201d.<\/p>\n Rinehart, Australia\u2019s richest person, owns a massive portfolio of businesses including minerals company Hancock Prospecting and numerous agricultural landholdings. She is also a sponsor of several sports, including rowing and swimming.<\/p>\n Documents published by the Brisbane Times revealed last week that she lobbied deputy premier <\/a>Jarrod Bleijie<\/a> \u2013 who is the minister responsible for Olympics infrastructure \u2013 to host rowing at Fitzroy River a known crocodile habitat, in Rockhampton.<\/p>\n Queensland deputy premier, Jarrod Bleijie. Photograph: Darren England\/AAP<\/p>\n The paper published another story on Wednesday pointing to two meetings Bleijie disclosed in his ministerial diary, and a third at a swimming Australia event in April. One was held last October, the other on 7 January, with just the pair and his staff.<\/p>\n On Wednesday Bleijie denied speaking to Rinehart about legislation before parliament streamlining approvals for mining projects<\/a> or that she had influenced his decision to host rowing at Rockhampton and accused the journalist asking him about his meetings of bias.<\/p>\n \u201cWe talked about the weather. How\u2019s that? And we talked about the Brisbane Times misinformation,\u201d Bleijie said.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.07 EDT<\/p>\n That\u2019s all from me. Achol Arok will take the blog from here. Take care.<\/p>\n Share<\/a> More than 80 new suspected cases of bird flu<\/p>\n Authorities in South Australia and Victoria<\/a> have reported a further 82 suspect cases of bird flu today that have been sent to the CSIRO for confirmation.<\/p>\n In SA, authorities there said they had suspect cases of the deadly H5N1 strain in 46 greater crested terns and three silver gulls.<\/p>\n A greater crested tern. Photograph: David & Micha Sheldon\/Getty Images\/imageBROKER RF<\/p>\n Victoria\u2019s AgriBio laboratory has identified 33 suspect cases to add to the seven previously confirmed cases.<\/p>\n The new cases were 30 greater crested terns, one gul, one magpie and one \u201cunidentified\u201d bird \u2013 all found on the state\u2019s south-west coast.<\/p>\n The magpie \u2013 which the lab said had returned an \u201cinconclusive result\u201d \u2013 would be the first land-based bird to test positive if the CSIRO lab can confirm it.<\/p>\n All other cases have been in seabirds.<\/p>\n The federal government has revealed that almost 400 species of native birds and mammals are at a high risk \u2013 or worse \u2013 from the disease, that has wreaked deadly havoc in bird and seal populations around the world.<\/p>\n If members of the public sea sick or dead birds or animals, they are asked no to approach them, take photographs and then call Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a001.02 EDT<\/p>\n Reformers member needed a \u2018Valium or a break\u2019 after factional work, inquiry hears The NSW Icac\u2019s Operation Rosny has returned after a break for lunch. This morning\u2019s hearing has been slower than on previous days, with counsel assisting Juliet Curtin taking Jean-Claude Perrottet methodically through his time in the NSW Liberals and in factional group the Reformers.<\/p>\n Perrottet admitted the group, who wanted more conservative policies on same-sex marriage, abortion and euthanasia, planned to recruit \u201clike-minded people\u201d to the party, including in order to influence preselections for MPs.<\/p>\n Asked about a message in which Reformer Christian Ellis wrote \u201cTwo people happy to go into dodgy Branch\u201d, Jean-Claude admitted the group signed up members with a view to putting them in branches not controlled by their conservative right faction.<\/p>\n He laughed when he was read out one message in which Greenwood wrote to Reformer Christian Ellis: \u201cMate, Claude either needs a Valium or a break from the faction work to rest\u201d.<\/p>\n Curtin asked:<\/p>\n double quotation markAre you laughing because it\u2019s it\u2019s true? You did need a break or a Valium at this point from faction work, or just at the expression that Mr Greenwood uses?<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know whether in that moment I needed a break \u2026 it\u2019s just the turn of phrase, I guess,\u201d said Perrottet.<\/p>\n In another message, Reformer Robert Assaf wrote that another member signed up by the group was not renewing their membership. \u201cShe is a nun,\u201d Assaf wrote. \u201cOnly problem Reformers sign up would ever have\u201d. \u201cHaha,\u201d wrote back Perrottet.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a001.30 EDT<\/p>\n Peter Marshall response to Operation Richmond report<\/p>\n The head of the United Firefighters Union, Peter Marshall, held a press conference in Melbourne after the tabling of the anti-corruption watchdog\u2019s Operation Richmond report, which found he wielded an \u201cextraordinary influence\u201d in pay negotiations with the Andrews government.<\/p>\n Marshall said he\u2019s been \u201cvindicated\u201d by the report, which stopped short of making any findings of corrupt conduct, but it found senior members of the Andrews government engaged in \u201cserious and concerning\u201d conduct in their dealings with him.<\/p>\n He told reporters at a press conference:<\/p>\n double quotation markNow you can try and make this out to be the union having improper influence against the Labor government. Well, let me tell you the real world. How many business people go and see the Liberal government? How many other organisations and lobby groups go and see parliamentarians? There is nothing wrong with what we\u2019ve done, absolutely nothing.<\/p>\n Marshall also called for an inquiry into Ibac itself, describing its surveillance methods as \u201cextreme.\u201d He said:<\/p>\n double quotation markThey\u2019ve done a hit on this union, and they\u2019ve actually tried to find a corrupt conduct. They went looking for a finding that was simply not there. Eight years, around $8m of public money they\u2019ve spent on a witch hunt, and why? Because when they find nothing, then they try to write up something that gives it substance, and that\u2019s what this report is, and that\u2019s why I\u2019m calling it creative writing.<\/p>\n Marshall said he wasn\u2019t \u201can angel\u201d but he did his job representing his members\u2019 interests.<\/p>\n double quotation markHave I breached the law? No. Have I ever been convicted for doing so? No. Have I been found [guilty] of corruption? No.<\/p>\n United Firefighters Union Secretary Peter Marshall. Photograph: Joel Carrett\/AAPShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a000.42 EDT<\/p>\n Brisbane showground to get $287m Olympics upgrade<\/p>\n The Brisbane showgrounds, host to the Ekka, will get a $287m upgrade over the next two years, in advance of the 2032 Olympics.<\/p>\n The Royal Queensland Show \u2013 known as the Ekka \u2013 will celebrate its 150th anniversary when it opens on Saturday.<\/p>\n Deputy premier Jarrod Bleijie announced on Wednesday that the showgrounds will get a major upgrade, becoming a 20,000 outdoor arena, over the next two years, in order to be a host venue.<\/p>\n The heritage listed Brisbane showgrounds, host to the Ekka, will get a $287m upgrade for the 2032 Olympics. Illustration: Queensland government<\/p>\n The heritage-listed showgrounds date to 1886, and several stands in the main arena area are unusable due to safety problems caused by their age.<\/p>\n The Ekka grounds will also be a neighbour to one of three athlete\u2019s villages.<\/p>\n Bleijie said construction would get under way a matter of days after this year\u2019s Ekka ends next week, on 24 August. It will take two years to finish; next year\u2019s show will take place using temporary facilities.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Ekka \u2013 the show \u2013 will go on, concerts will happen, events will take place, the Ekka will happen every year, bar one year in 2032, because the Ekka is held same month as the Olympic and Paralympic Games,\u201d Bleijie said.<\/p>\n The Ekka has been cancelled four times, to serve as a hospital during the Spanish Flu, twice during Covid-19 lockdowns, and in 1942, during WW2.<\/p>\n A mock-up of the site. Illustration: Queensland governmentShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a000.09 EDT<\/p>\n High court to hear social media ban challenge cases in November<\/p>\n The two high court challenges to Australia\u2019s under 16s social media ban will be heard in November, orders from the court late last week reveal.<\/p>\n There are two cases to be heard jointly: one from New South Wales Libertarian MP John Ruddick\u2019s Digital Freedom Project<\/a> group, and one from Reddit.<\/a><\/p>\n In orders from 29 July, the court gave leave to both cases to file a special case jointly for the opinion of the full court.<\/p>\n The court ordered the matter be set down for a two-day hearing in November.<\/p>\n Last week eSafety\u2019s own study of the social media ban\u2019s effectiveness found that there had been a slight drop in the number of teens holding accounts, but \u201clittle to not change\u201d in offline activities or \u201cpotentially problematic behaviour\u201d.<\/p>\n The regulator blamed the platforms for not taking enough action to remove teen accounts, as the parliament is considering legislation that will double the fine<\/a> that eSafety can seek in the court against platforms for breaching the law, and give eSafety new powers to compel the platforms to hand over documents.<\/p>\n Share<\/a> Penguins and dolphins among nearly 400 Australian species under threat from bird flu<\/p>\n Almost 400 native Australian bird and mammal species have been assessed as being at a high risk \u2013 or worse \u2013 from the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, a federal government assessment has revealed.<\/p>\n Some of Australia\u2019s most beloved animals \u2013 including species of penguins, fur seals, quolls, dolphins, more than 300 birds and the Tasmanian devil \u2013 are considered at least high risk from the virus, meaning they could suffer \u201csevere reduction in population size or viability\u201d or worse if it reached them.<\/p>\n Five species are considered at extreme risk, meaning \u201cunlikely to survive where the virus occurs\u201d.<\/p>\n Read more here:<\/p>\n Little penguins are among numerous species at very high risk from deadly H5N1. Photograph: leelakajonkij\/Getty Images\/iStockphotoShare<\/a>Bowen says claims nuclear could fix power prices things quickly are from a \u2018fantasy world\u2019<\/p>\n Chris Bowen, the federal energy minister, is speaking at the National Press Club this afternoon in Canberra.<\/p>\n He said Australians are \u201cright to be concerned\u201d about high power prices, saying bills are \u201chigher than we would like\u201d. But, he said, the answer to that problem is working hard every day to get them down.<\/p>\n Chris Bowen speaking at the National Press Club in Canberra. Photograph: Mick Tsikas\/AAP<\/p>\n Claims that a magic bullet like introducing nuclear power on an \u201cunrealistic timeline\u201d, Bowen said, won\u2019t help. He said those pushing such ideas were living in a \u201cfantasy world\u201d. He went on:<\/p>\n double quotation markIf they want the next election to be a referendum on energy, that\u2019s OK, too. Because our plan is ultimately, the only one on offer to the Australian people that can reduce bills. And their plan will make electricity more expensive.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a000.45 EDT<\/p>\n Investors rushing to buy homes via superannuation before ban, mortgage broker says<\/p>\n Australians are racing to borrow to buy investment properties though their self-managed super funds before the government bans the practice next week.<\/p>\n Labor\u2019s reforms to investor tax breaks became law in June with the Greens\u2019 help, on the condition SMSF loans be banned from 10 August, as you can read here:<\/p>\n Loan Market, a mortgage brokers group, says it received hundreds more SMSF loan applications than normal in the month ahead of the ban.<\/p>\n Applications for SMSF property loans rose about 30% from July 2025 to June 2026, after the budget reforms made super one of the least-taxed ways of investing in property.<\/p>\n Applications then rose 326% in July 2026 to hit record volumes, after the ban was announced, Loan Market reported.<\/p>\n About 1.2 million Australians have self-run super funds, which are an alternative to industry super that typically incur high fees, and housing made up only about 6% of their combined wealth. The government estimated just 4,000 people took out SMSF investment loans each year but the Australian Finance Industry Association estimated more than 16,000 were written in 2025-26.<\/p>\n The rush suggests there is still demand for property investment despite a broader fall as prices slide. Lending to all housing investors rose 0.8% in June, or 10.4% annually, its highest rate since 2015, according to Reserve Bank data. Lending to owner-occupiers rose 0.5% in the month.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a023.00 EDT<\/p>\n Julian Leeser says funding isn\u2019t the answer to improving educational outcomes<\/p>\n The shadow education minister, Julian Leeser, says \u201cmoney is not the issue\u201d to improving Naplan results after Wednesday\u2019s release showed one in three students are failing to reach literacy and numeracy benchmarks<\/a>, with disadvantage gaps persisting.<\/p>\n Leeser says it is \u201canother disappointing round of national results\u201d but \u201cclearly, money is not the issue\u201d.<\/p>\n double quotation markI am calling on every Labor government in Australia to stop pretending that funding is the answer. We have much more fundamental problems \u2013 with curriculum, with discipline and with the way that we teach. We need a renewed focus on quality.<\/p>\n Since Labor changed the way we measured outcomes in 2023, funding has gone up significantly, but results have not. In fact, in most cases, kids are behind where they were years ago.<\/p>\n Last year, the Labor government reached a deal with every state and territory to fully fund public schools<\/a> for the first time. The money will be rolled out over a decade to 2034. Currently, the ACT is the only jurisdiction in Australia where public schools receive the minimum benchmark of funding.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.44 EDT<\/p>\n Experts say Naplan results point to \u2018concerning\u2019 advantage gaps<\/p>\n The CEO of the Smith Family, Doug Taylor, says Wednesday\u2019s Naplan results have again highlighted a \u201csignificant and persistent\u201d gap in achievement between students from low and high socioeconomic backgrounds.<\/p>\n The results showed three in 10 students from disadvantaged backgrounds needed additional support to reach minimum literacy and numeracy benchmarks \u2013 10 times higher than their peers from high socioeconomic backgrounds.<\/p>\n Taylor:<\/p>\n double quotation markA test can reveal whether a student can decipher the theme of a poem or solve an algebra equation. But it doesn\u2019t show the very real challenges holding many children and young people back from making the most of the educational opportunities \u2026 Early intervention is key. That\u2019s how we close the achievement gap between students from low and high SES backgrounds.<\/p>\n Tanya Serry, a professor at La Trobe\u2019s school of education, says the \u201cpersistent gap between our highest and lowest performing students is of concern\u201d.<\/p>\n double quotation markStudents from more advantaged areas, and those who live in urban areas of Australia, are much more likely to be meeting proficiency levels. This is a concerning social equity issue.<\/p>\n Read about the results here:<\/p>\n![\"Jonathan](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Jonathan_Barrett.png\")
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