Chalmers said those were \u201cvolatile and one-off factors\u201d and this was the eighth month in a row that the headline and underlying inflation rates were below 3%.<\/p>\n
We know monthly inflation figures can jump around and are less reliable than the quarterly figures because they don\u2019t compare the same basket of goods and services from month to month.<\/p>\n
The official quarterly numbers show that both underlying and headline inflation are at their lowest rates in almost four years.<\/p>\n
Updated at\u00a023.39 EDT<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n Aly also spoke to what concerns her about the sovereign citizen movement:<\/p>\n I think what it demonstrates is the changing nature of terrorism and violent extremism in not just this country but worldwide as well. It used to be that you could attach terrorism to a particular ideology in a kind of a linear way. And now what we have is a different landscape of terrorism where it might not be aligned to a singular ideology … The thing that I find particularly disturbing is that the sovereign citizens movement is largely, largely embedded in conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n Terrorism in all its forms, historically and most recently, has always an element of conspiracy theories, but in a world where we have rising misinformation, disinformation, the capacity of AI to emphasise and increase misinformation and disinformation, conspiracy theories are more and more becoming part of a radicalising narrative for people.<\/p>\n So I\u2019m very concerned about the sovereign citizens movement and I think it speaks to the much more complex environment in which our security agencies work in because these people are much, much harder to detect and you cannot trait them linearly to a particular ideology or political stance.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.31 EDT<\/p>\n Aly also spoke to the situation in Porepunkah, and sent her condolences to the families of the officers who lost their lives in yesterday\u2019s shooting – Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson and Senior Constable Vadim De Waart.<\/p>\n I do want to send my condolences to the families of the victims of this man. I\u2019m from a policing family myself. My husband\u2019s a former police, my stepdaughter and her partner are both police officers. We always take time to mourn those who are lost in the line of duty.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.30 EDT<\/p>\n Aly says anti-Semitism \u2018bubbling underneat the surface\u2019<\/p>\n Aly says that Australia \u201cabsolutely\u201d still has a problem with anti-Semitism, that it\u2019s not just something coming from Iran:<\/p>\n I\u2019ve just spoken in the House about the fragility of social cohesion in this nation. There are periodic episodes of heightened tensions and racism and it\u2019s because we have a gritted-teeth tolerance of difference in this country. I want to change that. I want to make Australians proud of our difference. I want that to be part of our character…<\/p>\n If you look at historically, the most anti-Semitic groups have been the far-right Neo-Nazis. The clue is there in the name, right? And what we\u2019ve seen now is anti-Semitism become more normalised and this is what the Jewish community have been telling me, that it\u2019s become more normalised, but it\u2019s always there, bubbling under the surface. And it\u2019s bubbling under the surface because of the fragility of our social cohesion, so the best thing we can do is target harder, harden our social cohesion, make that part of our character.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.30 EDT<\/p>\n Aly says Coalition<\/a> attempting to politicise the process of listing a terrorist organisation<\/p>\n Anne Aly, the minister for multicultural affairs, says she is surprised the opposition is seeking to politicise the process of listing a terrorist organisation.<\/p>\n Appearing on ABC\u2019s Afternoon Briefing, Aly was asked about the fact that the Iranian community members told the Australian Senate in 2022 that these officers had questioned and threatened their families in Iran. As a consequence, the recommendation was to list them as a terror group. Was it a mistake that Labor didn\u2019t at the time, despite the warning?<\/p>\n I\u2019m surprised people like Michaelia Cash and people from the opposition are seeking to politicise this because they know full well what the process is for listing a terrorist organisation.<\/p>\n They know full well that the process involves our security agencies, our security apparatus and in the case of listing the IRGC, we need to change the legislation and make that feasible and make that happen. They know there is a process.<\/p>\n \u2026 As soon as we got information from our security apparatus, from our security agencies, that the Iranian government was involved in this, with the advice that the IRGC should be listed as a terrorist organisation, we acted and we acted swiftly and in a timely manner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.15 EDT<\/p>\n CFA warns communities in boundary zones to be wary of fire risk<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Victoria\u2019s Country Fire Authority said \u201cwhile the risk is more pronounced in some areas, in other areas, like the outskirts of Bendigo and Melbourne, the risk sits on the margins of these zones\u201d. They said:<\/p>\n For communities in or near these boundary areas, it\u2019s important to note that fire risk can still increase quickly under hot, dry, and windy conditions.<\/p>\n The Dampier Peninsula, Derby Coast and the Central Kimberley, Little Sandy Desert, and south-eastern Pilbara in Western Australia and the south-eastern agricultural areas of the Murraylands in South Australia are also facing increased risk.<\/p>\n Map illustrating the areas with heightened fire risk.Significant parts of Victoria, including Ballarat and the outskirts of Melbourne and Bendigo, face a heightened risk of bushfires through spring after long term rainfall shortages through large parts of the state. Photograph: AFAC<\/p>\n In Western Australia, seasonal rains have led to increased fuel loads which, coupled with forthcoming warmer and drier conditions, is expected to heighten the chance of fire.<\/p>\n Parts of South Australia could receive above-average spring rainfall, but severe rainfall deficiencies are expected to continue in parts of the Riverland and Murraylands.<\/p>\n Rob Webb, the chief executive of the Australian and New Zealand National Council for fire and emergency services, said people should follow any warnings and advice and have a plan for what they would do in the event of a bushfire.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.03 EDT<\/p>\n Bushfire risk rises across Victoria due to lack of rain<\/p>\n Significant parts of Victoria, including Ballarat and the outskirts of Melbourne and Bendigo, face a heightened risk of bushfires through spring after long-term rainfall shortages through large parts of the state.<\/p>\n Although wetter-than-average conditions are expected to continue for much of Australia, the seasonal outlook from state and territory emergency services warns some parts of Western and South Australia could also experience an increased chance of fires.<\/p>\n The higher risk of fire in Victoria covers a large area that takes in drought-affected parts of south-west, west and central Victoria, as well as south-west Gippsland.<\/p>\n Authorities said the increased risk was mostly expected later in spring.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.02 EDT<\/p>\n Thanks Krishani for taking us through another big day of political news.<\/p>\n Share<\/a> Thank you all for joining me on the blog today, I\u2019ll leave you with the fabulous Natasha May for the rest of the afternoon\u2019s political news.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll see you here bright and early tomorrow!<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Tl;dr \u2014 here\u2019s what happened in question time<\/p>\n The opposition pressed the government on why they didn\u2019t act sooner<\/a> on listing Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terror organisation.<\/p>\n The government accused the opposition of abandoning bipartisanship on Iran<\/a>. They also tried to throw Andrew Hastie\u2019s comments of pushing for the listing under the previous Coalition government back at the opposition.<\/p>\n The Coalition then pivoted to playing the rule in, rule out game<\/a> (similar to yesterday\u2019s tactic) by trying to get the government to rule out tax changes on the family home or the fuel tax credit scheme (the government wasn\u2019t keen to play ball).<\/p>\n Greens MP Elizabeth Watson-Brown asked whether the government would commit to a four-day work week<\/a>. The government wouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n![\"Treasurer](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6737.jpg\")
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