Aussies Demand More from Tech Giants 17/09/20

The Reserve Bank has abandoned talk of more rate hikes, as it `kept the official cash rate steady at a 12-year high of 4.35 per cent.  Harrowing new details have emerged of allegations convicted wife killer Brian Earl Johnston repeatedly raped Kelly Wilkinson just weeks before her murder in Queensland.  Electricity prices for South Australian customers will start to fall from July.  Straight from her Las Vegas residency, Kylie Minogue has touched down in Sydney for a well earnt break. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Population growth fuelled by soaring migration is set to cut the amount of GST revenue coming to NSW by $80 per person next financial year, heaping pressure on the state government to fund hospitals, schools and roads with a decreasing share of Commonwealth cash.  A beloved special forces soldier described by his squad mates as a loyal friend with an “infectious sense of humour” has been farewelled in a heartfelt ceremony.  In Victoria, organised crime figures who use their profits to lash out on yachts, penthouse living and sex workers will pay the price under new Allan Government laws.  And Adelaide’s most famous madam, Stormy Summers, has died, three days short of her 78th birthday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Baby Boomers are happily spending during the cost-of-living crisis, while younger generations tighten their purse strings. Regional townships in NSW have been rebranded by the Bureau of Statistics, causing an uproar over the GST carve up. David Speirs has denied a threat to quit as SA Liberal leader if former cabinet minister Anne Ruston lost the top Senate ticket spot. The Victorian government is being urged to set up special tax havens across Melbourne and regional areas to solve the housing crisis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Australia’s migration intake hit record numbers in January despite the Albanese government’s plan to slow the surge. A union boss is pushing for manslaughter charges to be brought against the owner of the Ballarat Gold Mine. A Chinese tourist has been found guilty of manslaughter over a botched boob job during which a Sydney beauty clinic manager died of an anaesthetic overdose. Plans to transform South Australia into a plant protein pow­er­house have collapsed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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All workers would have the right to request to work from home under a union push to provide more flexibility for carers of children and elderly parents. Kelly Wilkinson’s devastated loved ones called her killer Brian Earl Johnston “pure evil” as he was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday. Violent incidents at regional NSW schools have increased to their highest level in five years. One of South Australia’s most senior firefighters has called in police over a fake email scam.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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More than eight in 10 voters think that nicotine vapes should be sold in the same way as alcohol and tobacco. China issues an interim recommendation to abolish crippling tariffs on bottled wine. Malaysia looks poised to swoop on the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Queensland Premier Steven Miles and Opposition Leader David Crisafulli have gone head-to-head for the first time ahead of the October 26 election. The Matildas have sold out their 13th straight home game – in record time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The son of an ex-AFL player had been under scrutiny over the murder of Samantha Murphy for more than a fortnight before police made their move.  Former Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon has told of his “heartbreak” at the death of his son who died after a parachute mishap during a 14,000ft training jump in Sydney’s west.  Not one of the 111 frontline domestic violence workers promised to Queensland by the Albanese government are on the ground more than two years after it was spruiked as an election commitment.  An Adelaide vet clinic has been destroyed in a suspected arson attack, with two men still on the run. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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All community footballers could be forced to wear helmets in the near future, with a head protection trial being launched this season.  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has revealed it is going to look at whether Compare the Market should have to change its name because so many of the insurance products it compares are sold by its parent company.  The South Australian international education sector has bounced back and even grown since a Covid slump when border closures prevented students from coming to the state.  A prominent Sydney architect, who couldn’t resist the lure of her neighbour’s beautiful hydrangeas, has been convicted of being a flower thief. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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