Russian attacks throughout eastern Ukraine killed at least 27 people, including 12 in one of the worst strikes so far this year, hours before a midnight deadline ushering in an open-ended ceasefire proposed by Ukraine.
Home affairs minister says government continues to refuse to assist the group of 13, who are expected leave Syria soon
The Albanese government has confirmed that four Australian women and nine of their children who were linked to suspected Islamic State fighters in Syria are set to travel home.
The group of 13 were expected to fly into Australia very soon, the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, said on Wednesday.
Federal shadow treasurer says any handouts in budget could add to inflation
The federal shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson, has warned that potential cash handouts in next week’s federal budget could add to inflation.
Unfortunately when the government hasn’t take inflation seriously, we’ve ended up in this situation and the risk is that if you keep handing out money to households, what you’ll actually do is fuel inflation.
This is a government that cuts taxes. We’ve cut taxes already and we will cut taxes again, we made that clear and we made that public.
The issue is, the budget won’t be pumping a lot of extra stimulus in the economy, in fact overall we’ll be winding back spending in the budget.
Democratic senator Sherrod Brown and Republican senator Jon Husted won their party’s nominations in Ohio’s primary elections on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press – teeing them up for what is expected to be a high-profile and expensive Senate race in November’s midterm elections.
Husted ran unopposed, while Brown had a single opponent whom he handily outraised.
A teenage boy shot dead two staff members and injured two other people, including a student, at a school in northeast Brazil, prompting panicked students to try to escape over a wall, authorities and a witness said.
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