In this bulletin;
- Labor Senator Fatima Payman insists she will not leave party after crossing floor;
- Greens to introduce legislation for an Indigenous truth-telling commission next week;
- And at Euro 2024, hosts Germany through to the last eight, while Italy crash out three years after lifting the trophy.
Labor Senator Fatima Payman says despite being given the "cold shoulder" by some colleagues over her support for a pro-Palestine motion, she has no intention of leaving the party.
The federal senator for Western Australia has been barred from a Labor caucus meeting at Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's behest, after crossing the floor to support a Greens motion supporting Palestinian statehood.
She told the ABC's Insiders she had received overwhelming for voter support for decision to vote against her party, saying she would do the same if the motion was brought forward again.
"This is about 40,000 Palestinians that have been massacred and slaughtered since the 7th of October, and I know that Australians are fair people. And knowing the Labor party, we are a party with a conscience and champions of human rights whether that be justice, freedom or fighting for equality, so I believe that I've been abiding by those principles of the party."
Deputy prime minister Richard Marles has declined to say how the party would respond if Senator Payman crossed the floor again.
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he is confident new tax cuts coming into effect tomorrow won't put upward pressure on inflation.
The saving depends on individual tax brackets but federal government analysis shows the average full-time worker earning around $98,220 will be getting a cut of $2,134 a year, or $41 a week.
The monthly consumer price indicator rose to 4 per cent in May.
That has increased concerns of a potential interest rate rise in the future.
Mr Chalmers says the government is calibrating its policies to strike the right balance.
"Well, we are confident but not complacent about inflation in our economy. What we have seen in the last couple of years, is that inflation has moderated really quite substantially. But it doesn't always moderate in a straight line. We've seen that around the world. This (the tax cuts) are all about making sure that our cost of living help is meaningful and substantial - but responsible as well. In the context of this fight against inflation."
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The Greens say they will introduce a bill to federal parliament this week to seek to establish an Indigenous truth and justice commission.
The effort comes after Alyawarre woman and leading social justice advocate Pat Anderson said the government had been "silent" after the majority No result of last year's Voice referendum.
The Uluru Dialogues chair said the referendum outcome should not stop the government from enacting the Uluru Statement from the Heart, including a commission to examine historic and ongoing injustices against First Nations peoples.
Greens First Nations spokesperson Senator Dorinda Cox says the government should honour its 2022 election commitment to implement the statement in full.
"This truth-telling commission, or Makarrata as some call it, is one of the important pillars of the Uluru Statement from the Heart. It is a year on from when the campaign began for a Voice to Parliament, it is now time for us to move onto the next chapter."
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And at Euro 2024,
Hosts Germany have stormed through to the last eight in a weather and VAR-afflicted 2-nil victory over Denmark.
The Dortmund game was suspended for 30 minutes in the first half after a huge thunderstorm, before two controversial V-A-R decisions denied Denmark's Joachim Andersen a goal for an offside, then awarded Germany a penalty for a handball.
Former Socceroos and current-Tottenham coach Ange Postecoglou told British broadcaster ITV the handball decision, which also involved Andersen, showed the use of the technology had gone too far.
"If I hear one more persons saying that they're not re-refereeing a game, I will blow up. Seriously, because that's exactly what they do. I don't think that's why we brought in technology, for that decision. That decision for me is quite an easy one."
Meanwhile, title-holders Italy have crashed out of the tournament in a 2-nil defeat to Switzerland in Berlin, three years after lifting the trophy in Wembley.
