Today’s Top News

Breaking News

• Assassination Attempt on Former President Donald Trump

  The suspect arrested on suspicion of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump has been identified as Ryan Wesley Ruth, a 58-year-old man from Hawaii. He was found with a rifle in the bushes at Trump’s Florida golf course and fled in an SUV, but was arrested.

  In response to the second assassination attempt on former President Trump, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese emphasized the importance of resolving conflicts through voting, not violence, in a democracy.

• Housing Bill Uncertainty

  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is urging the Greens to back Labor’s housing bill, which is due to be tabled in the Senate this week. However, neither the Coalition nor the Greens support Labor’s Help to Buy, or Build to Rent housing bill, leaving uncertainty over whether it will pass the Senate.

  The Help to Buy Co-Capital Scheme would see the government lend up to 40 per cent of the cost of a home to 40,000 eligible buyers, while the Rental Build Tax Relief Scheme aims to incentivise developers to build affordable rental homes.

• Calls for Gambling Advertising Ban

  New figures have reignited calls for a blanket ban on gambling advertising, revealing that the total amount of gambling losses per adult has risen to $1,555 a year. The figures, released last week, show total gambling losses in 2022-2023 reaching $32 billion.

  This represents an increase from $28 billion the previous year and equates to an average of $1,555 per adult Australian per year, up from $1,395 in 2021-2022. In NSW, a single poker machine is estimated to generate more than $262,000 a year.

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