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- Speculation growing about the date of the next federal election;
- Traditional Aboriginal place names to be added to Apple maps in a new update;
- Annika Wells talks up Labor's moves to address inequality in sport for women.
Speculation is growing that the Prime Minister will soon set the date for the next federal election.
Labor sources close to the PM have reportedly said tomorrow is a strong contender for the call, but there are still multiple options on the table.
The election is due to be held by May 17 at the latest.
The earliest the poll could be held is May 3, with a minimum of 33 days needed for a federal election campaign.
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Greens leader Adam Bandt says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has made the wrong move by inviting U-S President Donald Trump to Australia.
Mr Albanese says he wants to strengthen the relationship if he is re-elected.
But Mr Bandt says Trump's behaviour should have Australia rethinking its connection to the U-S leader.
"Australia should be rethinking its relationship to the dangerous Donald Trump, not sucking up to him. Donald Trump is a danger to democracy, he's a danger to peace. He leaves his allies in the lurch and he attacks marginalised communities every chance that he gets."
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Victims of crime will have to wait at least a week to find out if a breach of Australia's largest online court filing system has compromised their sensitive details.
New South Wales Police says an investigation into the breach of the Justicelink system remains ongoing, and it will take days to determine what files may have been taken.
JusticeLink allows lawyers, police and businesses to upload sworn statements, identity information and other court files for the 400,000-plus cases filed each year in New South Wales.
But Detective Chief Inspector Jason Smith has declined to speculate on whether domestic violence victims and other vulnerable people involved in the court system have been caught up in the breach.
"As you would appreciate these investigations are very technical in nature. At this point in time we simply don't know who is responsible... I guess what I would say is if you have concerns about your safety as a result of this data breach, you should contact your local police station."
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More than 50 people have died and 100,000 others have been forced from their homes by torrential rains in Bolivia.
Bolivian President Luis Arce has declared a national emergency after the severe flooding, which has impacted all nine of the country's departmental regions.
The President says his government is doing everything it can to respond quickly to the disaster.
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US President Donald Trump has announced a new round of tariff measures - this time 25 per cent levies on cars and light trucks imported into the country.
Mr Trump says he expects the measures will spur growth, arguing that the US was losing car manufacturing business before the election to Mexico, Canada and other places.
"We're going to charge countries for doing business in our country and taking our jobs, taking our wealth, taking a lot of the things that they've been taking over the years. They've taken so much out of our country, friend and foe and frankly, friend has been oftentimes much worse than foe."
But auto industry experts expect the move could slow production and risk job losses.
The Centre for Automotive Research says the tariffs could also drive the cost of cars higher, because the US car industry relies heavily on imported parts.
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Traditional Aboriginal place names will be put on the map for millions of smartphone users worldwide after a four-year project between Apple and local Indigenous groups.
More than 250 traditional Aboriginal place names including Meanjin (Brisbane), Naarm (Melbourne) and the Eora Nation (Sydney) will be displayed as options as part of the Apple Maps update, and will appear in location searches with several alternate spellings.
The online maps will also display the names of the traditional owners for each area, about which Apple consulted with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
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In sport,
Federal Sports Minister Annika Wells says she's proud of how her department has been able to tackle gender inequality within Australian sports and boost access for women and girls over the last three years.
In an interview with SBS News, Minister Wells has said women face enduring issues in the sports world.
She says the Albanese government has attempted to reduce those disparities.
"I'll be the first to say that Australian sport is not gender equal, it is not and we shouldn't pretend that it is. One of the things we did this term was make governance, make boards for sporting organisations a 50/50 gender requirement. $200 million for Play Our Way, which is our women and girls participation program. That's double the investment that's ever gone into women and girls sport to try and help people overcome the barriers."
