Labor group’s alarm at US military in Australia; food price warnings amid El Niño; and Radiohead return
Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Good morning. While the government has defended the growing presence of the US military in Australia, the Labor Against War group is urging it to chart a foreign policy independent “from the American war machine”. There are warnings the impacts of the…
Labor against War has called on the Australian government to pursue a foreign policy independent of the United States, citing the presence of over 100 US military bases across the country. The group warns that the impending El Niño weather phenomenon, predicted to be the most severe on record, could lead to higher food prices for Australian households already facing a cost-of-living crisis.
Meanwhile, the alleged killers of Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, along with their American accomplice Jack Carter Rhoad, are on trial in Mexico for a 2024 incident in a surfing town. Indigenous Australians who were forcibly removed under assimilation policies in the past have been found to have significantly higher physical and health challenges compared to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, according to a recent report.
Bureaucrats are pushing for stricter measures to prevent the editing and sharing of video footage from parliamentary hearings on social media, aiming to curb online ridicule and abuse. Radiohead, the iconic British band, will return to Australia next year to perform a series of 16 concerts in Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney, marking their first visit to the country in 15 years.
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