Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the government is promising to deliver on its stage three tax cuts, Warnings to parents following a rise in cases of children being exposed to sexually explicit images, All hopes pinned on Alex De Minaur and Storm Hunter to secure a home victory at the Australian Open.
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- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the government is promising to deliver on its stage three tax cuts.
- Warnings to parents following a rise in cases of children being exposed to sexually explicit images.
- All hopes pinned on Alex De Minaur and Storm Hunter to secure a home victory at the Australian Open.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the government is promising to deliver on its stage three tax cuts, where workers will gain a cut to their personal income tax from July 1.
This is despite warnings from economists about the impact on inflation and calls from the Greens to abolish the $313 billion package.
The tax cuts will create a single tax bracket for workers earning between $45,000 and $200,000 a year.
Workers with a taxable income above $45,000 will benefit from the tax cuts but high income earners are set to receive the highest gains.
Mr Albanese told ABC Radio the tax cuts will have a positive effect amid a cost of living crisis and will not just benefit higher paid workers.
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Increasing cases of explicit images being used to blackmail young people have prompted a warning to parents and carers as schools return to classes.
Sextortion is the practice whereby offenders trick or coerce someone into sending sexual images of themselves before threatening to share those images unless their demands are met.
Cases of these incidents are on the rise and the Australian Federal Police are warning of the often disastrous and hugely stressful impact for those targeted.
Around 300 cases of children falling are being reported nationally each month, according to the latest data from the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation.
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Education Minister Jason Clare insists the government is doing everything they can to ensure affordable education for Australian families.
It comes as a new report reveals one third of parents can't afford to pay for essential school equipment such as stationery and uniforms.
The Finder survey of 1039 respondents, also found eleven per cent of parents admitted they would have to go into debt to pay back-to-school costs.
Mr Clare told Channel Seven's Sunrise program that public school funding was the answer to reducing costs for parents as private or independent school fees is one of the biggest expenses.
"The big important things we need to do this year is make sure we fund our public schools properly to make sure they have the resources they need to help children who fall behind to catch up, to keep up, to finish school. SO that for more parents public education, public schools are their first choice, so that it will help with costs but also make sure that their children get the education that they deserve."
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New South Wales laws prohibiting incitement of violence are to go under review, amid recent escalating tensions between communities in the state as a result of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Some community groups are concerend that the laws prohibiting incitement of violence don't go far enough, prompting a review by former New South Wales Supreme Court chief justice Tom Bathurst AC KC.
Premier Chris Minns said it is vital to have legal protection for people from different communities all around the world who call NSW home.
He added that the widespread loss of life from the war in Gaza is traumatic for many families and communities, reiterating the government's commitment to ensuring all communities live peacefully without fear of violence.
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The United States has urged restraint on all sides as tensions between Pakistan and Iran escalate.
Pakistan launched strikes on seperatist militants inside Iran in a retaliatory attack two days after Tehran said it struck the bases of another group within Pakistani territory.
State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said Pakistan's statements about the importance of cooperative relations with neighbours were productive and useful.
"We are concerned about escalating tensions in the region. It's been something, as you know, we've spoken about a number of times. It's something we've focused on. I will say we noted the comments from the government of Pakistan about the importance of cooperative relations between Pakistan and its neighbors. We thought those were productive, useful statements."
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All hopes are now set upon Alex De Minaur and Storm Hunter to secure a home victory at the Australian Open.
Following the Thursday night exit of Thanasi Kokkinakis, de Minaur is the last Australian man left in the singles, while Storm Hunter is the one local woman remaining following Ajla Tomljanovic's defeat.
World number 10 De Minaur can match his previous best Open finish - making the fourth round in the last two years - with a win on Friday night [[19 Jan]] over Italian qualifier Flavio Cobolli.
Australia's world number 1 doubles star Storm Hunter follows Djokovic on to court for her third round clash with the Czech Republic's former French Open champ Barbora Krejcikova.
