Donald Trump calls off planned attack on Iran, citing progress in negotiations; Indigenous affairs policy debated on day three of Garma; Dutch sprinter Lorena Wiebes wins the opening stage of the Women's Tour de France.
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- Donald Trump calls off an attack on Iran citing progress in negotiations
- Indigenous affairs policy debated on day three of Garma
- Dutch sprinter Lorena Wiebes wins the opening stage of the Women's Tour de France.
Donald Trump says he has cancelled planned attacks on Iran – as long as a deal is abided by, which would include the complete reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
In a social media post, the US president says he had been preparing to direct attacks against Iran at levels not seen since World War Two, but he is pulling back on that now that the early shape of a deal has been agreed to – with Israel also on board.
Earlier, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi warned that any aggression from the US and Israel would be met with a decisive and proportionate response.
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Australian drivers are being warned to expect prices to rise by a "few cents per litre" when the fuel excise discount ends at midnight.
The initial discount of 32 cents per litre ended in June, after which the government extended the fuel excise cut at a reduced rate.
The ramping up of strikes between Iran and the US has increased fears fuel supplies will be disrupted again, leaving drivers exposed to fresh price shocks.
Energy Minister Chris Bowen has warned against panic buying, urging people to buy only as much fuel as they need.
The NRMA's Peter Khoury says drivers can expect a modest rise in petrol prices from Monday.
"Once that 17 cent a litre is applied to the wholesale price, what we're expecting to happen to the national averages is that unleaded will go over $2 a litre. And so, you will see retail prices start nudge over that $2 a litre mark. We will see the wholesale price for diesel price heading closer to the mid-$2.40s. And so we will start to see those diesel prices go up. Now the flipside is that in addition to the excise going up, we have to monitor what is happening with oil prices."
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The federal government has rejected criticism from the Coalition that it has been adrift on Indigenous affairs policy after the loss of the Voice referendum three years ago.
The No vote won the referendum in 2023, despite strong support from Indigenous remote communities in Queensland, the Torres Strait, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
At the Garma Festival, Minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy, has told NITV News the federal government has taken steps to bring about meaningful change, but obstruction from politicians is not helping.
"We've been able to through around 120 stores in remote Australia be able to reduce the cost of about 30 items by 50 per cent. And it has made a significant change. I think in terms of wanting to move away from the loss of the referendum, I understand that there are still many people who find that really difficult. My job is to stay focused on closing the gap. You know there are some jurisdictions who are not easy to work with."
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Conservationists are calling for more investment to increase resilience as the H5N1 strain of bird flu establishes itself in local wildlife populations.
South Australia has confirmed new cases over the weekend, bringing the state's total to 40, and the national total to 54 across five jurisdictions.
Authorities are also waiting on testing results from a possible mass mortality event off South Australia's coast.
Over 80 greater crested terns have been found sick or dead, as the virus also begins infecting seagulls.
Jack Gough is the CEO of the Invasive Species Council.
"So we are calling on the Albanese government to urgently invest at least $200 million in wildlife resilience. And that's an investment in the other things you can do to protect wildlife, like removing feral foxes and cats and rats off islands where you've got large bird congregations, making sure there's good habitat connectivity, that we get good breeding events, that there's wetlands that are well watered so that bird numbers can be higher when this wave breaks across them."
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To sport.
In cycling, Dutch sprinter Lorena Wiebes has claimed the opening stage of the Women's Tour de France in the Swiss city of Lausanne.
The 27-year-old seized the yellow jersey, after outsprinting a select group of pre-race favourites on the final climb of Saint-François.
It is her sixth stage win in the Tour de France Femmes, extending her record as the rider with the most Tour de France Femmes stage wins since the race's return to the World Tour in 2022.
She says she is savouring this moment.
"I almost cannot believe it. The Team SD Worx-Protime, they worked super hard today. Then Anna (van der Breggen) came also still to the front with 1k to go, and then Demi (Vollering) attacked, and I was like I need to follow, and then yeah, it was a long sprint, but I'm super happy with this."
