The Sydney Morning Herald
Bill Shorten has told allies that he wants to return as Labor leader but is
preparing to be denied his preferred frontbench positions of health or foreign
affairs spokesman when Anthony Albanese unveils the opposition's new-look
frontbench this weekend.
Wealthy migrant and Anglo families are "self-segregating" when they choose
schools, with migrants shunning private schools in favour of the selective
system and Anglo families doing the opposite, a leading researcher has said.
The Age
An elite police unit repeatedly accused of using excessive force is the subject
of complaints from within its own ranks about alleged bullying and safety
breaches during a training drill that left an officer with a serious eye injury.
Some of the state's top International Baccalaureate students will receive lower
ATARs under changes aimed at stopping high achievers getting an unfair
advantage. From 2021, Australian admissions centres will draw on more detailed
data about IB students' performance before converting their scores into ATARs.
Mining giants have rejected the federal Resources Minister's claim they were
"out of step" for backing a carbon price, with companies saying it was the best
way to reduce emissions
The Daily Telegraph
A vile hate campaign potentially endangering the life of respected Sydney Muslim
community leader Jamal Rifi - over his support of a charity saving Palestinian
children - is being investigated by NSW police.
Construction of nearly $3 billion worth of dams in the state's most drought-
ravaged regions would be fast-tracked under a new push from NSW's peak farming
body.
The Herald Sun
Texting motorists have been declared the new drink-drivers as safety chiefs,
alarmed by a soaring road toll, call for a concerted effort to achieve their
bold aim of zero deaths. Victoria's road toll of 137, compared with 88 at the
same time last year, is at a 14-year high.
The Andrews Government has come under fire after approving a Chinese steel deal
for the West Gate Tunnel while promising to use local goods for the $11 billion
Metro Rail Tunnel.
The Australian
Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter has backed the fifth consecutive
above-inflation minimum wage rise awarded to 2.2 million workers, predicting the
pay increase combined with proposed tax cuts would lift the living standards of
the nation's low paid.
James Packer has signed off on a $1.8 billion deal that will for the first time
see him relinquish control of his Crown Resorts casino empire. Mr Packer has
sold almost half his stake in Crown to Hong Kong casino mogul and former partner
Lawrence Ho, who heads Melco Resorts & Entertainment.
Bill Shorten has blamed "corporate leviathans" and a "financial behemoth" for
Labor's historic election defeat, attributing the loss to a media-fuelled fear
campaign and shunning responsibility for the people's rejection of his high
taxing, class warfare agenda.
