SBS Korean Program analyses and sums up the major national news from Australia's mainstream daily newspapers.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the economy faces "significant consequences"
if the banking royal commission triggers a credit crunch and warns that an
election contest over which party is tougher on the beleaguered financial
services industry risks undermining the system.
Justice Desmond Fagan has called on Muslims to publicly disavow violent verses
of the Koran that he says have been used by extremists to support terrorism in
Australia.
Former federal Greens leader Bob Brown held talks with a group of NSW Greens MPs
about forming a new breakaway party as the civil war inside the state branch
reached boiling point.
The Herald Sun
Darren Weir's famous 2015 Melbourne Cup victory is under a cloud as the
champion trainer faces the prospect of bans in Victoria and New South Wales over
corruption and animal cruelty allegations.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has given an "in principle" commitment to implementing
all of the recommendations of the banking royal commission, but says he needs to
read the report before making a final decision on the government's response.
Bourke St killer James Gargasoulas smoked ice hours before he went on his
murderous rampage, killing six pedestrians and injuring dozens more.
Prominent owner Terry Henderson has urged Racing Victoria to introduce a
strict code of conduct for trainers and says not enough is done to school them.
The West Australian
A young father accused of killing his son has walked free after it emerged
police encouraged him to "go home and speak to his imaginary friend" about how
the baby died. Prosecutors dropped the manslaughter charge yesterday against
Dylan Clinton O'Meara after a Supreme Court judge ruled the interview with him
was inadmissible.
An average eight-year-old has spent a year of their life in front of a screen.
International research from the Association of Play Industries shows that
children have never been more inactive and "discretionary screen time" has
become their main activity - rising 50 per cent in a decade.
More than 365,000 West Australians are paying excess fees and getting little
value out of duplicate superannuation accounts, according to Federal Treasurer
Josh Frydenberg.
The Courier-Mail
An 18-year-old woman at the centre of a harassment claim that is today expected
to see MP Jason Costigan expelled from the LNP told her mother she clutched a
duress alarm during her encounter with the politician.
A Queensland political super power is forming as Pauline Hanson's One Nation and
Bob Katter's Australian Party work to finalise an alliance aimed at securing the
federal balance of power.
The Mercury
The Government has indicated a willingness to budge on its 2 per cent annual
wage cap for public servants if unions can come up with ways to fund their
requested pay rises.
The Tasmanian Liberals have cut funding to public school students since coming
to government, new figures show, while increasing spending on non-government
school students.
A man who put the lives of motorists, passengers and pedestrians at risk during
an hour-long dangerous-driving escapade in Hobart's northern suburbs has been
jailed. Zack David Devine previously pleaded guilty to dangerous driving.
