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- Australia's first formal truth-telling inquiry recommends redress for Aboriginal Victorians
- Foreign ministers of the Quad alliance meet in Washington
- Alex de Minaur starts his Wimbledon campaign with a statement win
The Victorian government says it will consider all of the recommendations of the final report from Australia's first formal truth-telling inquiry.
The four-year inquiry found crimes against humanity and a genocide were committed against Aboriginal people in Victoria.
The 100 recommendations include, using a treaty framework to provide redress for what occurred during and as a result of colonisation.
Commissioner Travis Lovett says the report is necessary reading for all Australians.
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An enormous clean-up awaits as a rare and damaging storm hits Australia's east coast.
Residents have been ordered to evacuate amid threats of flash flooding, damaging wind and coastal erosion.
The impacted areas stretch from Queensland's Lockyer Valley to Bega on the New South Wales south coast.
The State Emergency Service says more than 1,300 incidents had been reported, including two flood rescues.
Senior meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, Jonathan How says the worst of the impacts will be felt today.
"We still see this system gradually pushing towards the north on Wednesday and still pushing those strong winds onto the coast. And then later Wednesday, we see another low pressure system really dumbbelling around that first one. That will really intensify and reinforce some of those winds and rain across the south coast of New South Wales. It is not until late Thursday, that we finally see those conditions easing up."
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United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has praised the Quad alliance, saying it benefits many other countries outside the group.
Speaking after a meeting with the Quad foreign ministers in Washington DC, Mr Rubio says there are a number of areas where progress can be made.
"And that's the next step in this great partnership - is to actually begin to see concrete actions and steps being in taken in conjunction with one another for the benefit of our respective countries - and ultimately many other countries in the world. There are many countries that are going to benefit from this partnership, even though they're not members of it. It is not simply a security matter, it is largely in many cases about economic development. For example, diversifying the global supply chain of critical minerals. Not just the access to the raw material."
Australia's Foreign Minister, Penny Wong, says it is significant that the four countries of the alliance - Australia, India, Japan and the US - represent nearly a quarter of the world's population.
"This is a very important Quad meeting and unfortunately, we meet against a backdrop of conflict and escalating competition. So it has never been more important for us to harness our collective strength, for peace, for stability, for prosperity and for all our peoples."
In a one-on-one meeting with Mr Rubio, Ms Wong is also expected to make the case for Australia's exemption from US tariffs and the potential for a face-to-face meeting between US President Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese.
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Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been suspended from duty pending a case seeking her dismissal.
Thailand's Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Shinawatra after accepting a petition from 36 senators accusing the leader of dishonesty and breaching ethical standards after a sensitive phone call was leaked.
The phone call, with Cambodia's influential former leader Hun Sen, was intended to de-escalate a territorial disagreement and tense troop buildup at their border.
Ms Shinawatra has apologised over the leaked call, during which she called the Cambodian politician her uncle and criticised a Thai army commander, a red line in a country where the military has significant influence.
This resident in Bangkok say the country's politics keeps going around in circles.
"I've seen a lot of the news, it sometimes gets me bored of politics. It's like, things keep repeating in loops. This is again the same thing that's happened before."
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In tennis, Alex de Minaur has started his Wimbledon campaign with a statement straight-set win over Roberto Carballes Baena in his opening match.
The Australian dominated the Spaniard 6-2, 6-2 in the first two sets before being pushed to a tie-breaker in the third, triumphing 7-2.
This was the winning moment heard on Channel Nine.
"Refreshed and rejuvenated. The demon ready to roll at Wimbledon 2025, through in straight sets in the first round and now 4-0 head to head against Carballes Baena."
