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💡Here are a few headlines from this morning:
An Iranian man who refused to cooperate with deportation attempts and demanded to be released from immigration detention had his case dismissed by the High Court.
Australian women with endometriosis and complicated gynecological conditions like polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and chronic pelvic pain have been heard by the Albanese government.
After his defamation lawsuit against Network Ten for an interview with Brittany Higgins on The Project failed, the Federal Court ordered Bruce Lehrmann to reimburse the network for its legal fees.
🗳️ HEADSTART
Federal Government to Investigate Social Media, News Media Bargaining Code Impact.
A new parliamentary committee will be established by the federal government to look into social media and the news media bargaining code, which may compel tech companies to compensate news publishers for their labor.
In a statement from Communication Minister Michelle Rowland, social media is part of everyday life in Australia, and social media companies play a role in determining what content Australians are exposed to online. [Read more]
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🔥 HOT COPY
UN General Assembly to Vote on Palestinian Membership: Australia's Position Unknown
Although the Australian government has stated that it will recognise Palestine as a state, it is unclear what position Australia would take on a Palestinian bid for UN membership.
On Friday, Australia and the other 192 members of the UN General Assembly will cast their votes on a non-binding resolution as Israel invades Gaza's last safe haven defying the wishes of its allies.
Though the text has continued to change as nations negotiate, the draft resolution would ask the UN Security Council to reconsider raising Palestine from a non-member observer state to full UN membership. [ Read more]
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Australian Stadium Seat Manufacturer, Camatic Pty Ltd, Goes Bankrupt
An Australian business that manufactured seats for international athletic stadiums failed while still owing tens of millions of dollars.
In April, Camatic Pty Ltd, an Australian-based company with locations in the US and Malaysia, went into voluntary administration.
By the time Jason Stone and Glenn Franklin from the insolvency firm PFK were brought in to manage the 60-year-old Australian company, it owed $29.4 million.
From April 10 to May 3, administrators asked that staff members be stood down without pay, according to an internal letter that news.com.au was able to obtain.
A total of 123 projects were placed on hold, and about 77 employees as well as "numerous" staff were immediately stood down or fired.
Under the trade name Camatic Seating, Camatic manufactured and installed seats in transit areas, stadiums, arenas, theaters, and movie theaters all over the world.
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🌎 World Tonight
Tensions between Beijing and Washington escalated last year when the Biden administration added 37 Chinese companies to a list of entities subject to trade restrictions. Some of these entities are suspected of having supported the alleged spy balloon that flew over the US.
Prices in Argentina have surged so dramatically in recent months that the government has multiplied the size of its biggest bank note in circulation by five — to 10,000 pesos, worth about $10.
As Israeli forces advanced into the populated city of Rafah, a vital supply route for the famine-threatened Gaza Strip, the UN issued a warning on Friday that aid could cease to flow into the region in a matter of days.
🏅VIEWPOINT 360
Paying off a student debt that always seems to grow
By James Goldie, 360info in Melbourne
One in three Australians saw their HELP debt go backwards due to inflation last year. New policy announced last weekend will partially address this
Lower repayment thresholds and higher inflation has created a new class of hundreds of thousands of Australians with HELP debts that go backwards even as taxpayers are charged for them, 360info analysis of taxpayer data has found.
The Australian government announced a policy at the weekend intended to restrain HELP debt inflation on years when prices grow faster than wages.
This policy is set to retroactively apply from 2023. The reduction in last year’s indexation rate will see the number of people with HELP debts “going backwards” fall from 1 in 3 to about 1 in 10. [Read more]
📰 Good News, Inspiring, Positive Stories
Monash University Professor awarded prestigious research fellowship to support Gunaikurnai archaeological discoveries
Professor Bruno David from the Monash Indigenous Studies Centre has been awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Industry Laureate Fellowship to research coastal archaeological sites and preserve Indigenous cultural heritage with the Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GKLaWAC).
Professor David is just one of eight new Fellows announced by the ARC across Australia, and one of only two Monash academics to receive the accolade.
The Fellowship, 'Katungal: Managing archaeological sites threatened by sea level rise’, investigates coastal archaeological sites and landforms on GunaiKurnai Country that are endangered by sea level rise. The project aims to generate new knowledge on the distribution, characteristics and antiquity of archaeological sites in vulnerable landforms of the Gippsland coast. [Read more]
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