Aged care and childcare workers join the queue for more cash from the treasurer, while we profile the Coalition’s rising star who have a key role in the voice referendum
Morning everyone. Just hours after a trial began in New York, Dominion Voting Systems reached a settlement in its $1.6bn defamation lawsuit against Fox News, which was to have been a high-stakes battle over the network’s biased reporting of the 2020 election and its aftermath.
Meanwhile, back home, the drip-drip of stories about the federal budget are starting to intensify as the Albanese government seeks to square a lot of circles. Labor promised cheaper childcare and a revamp of aged care but today there are demands for a pay increase for workers in both sectors.
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