Fucking hell SA

Credit to the Australian members of parliament who haven’t let this go:

[Prime Minister Anthony] Albanese has said he raised the matter directly with the US, including with the president, Joe Biden, during his visit to Washington in October 2023.

In February this year, Albanese and cabinet members supported a motion put forward by independent MP Andrew Wilkie urging the UK and US to allow Assange to return home to Australia.

The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, said he also raised the matter with his US counterpart, Merrick Garland, during a meeting in January this year.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/25/julian-assange-australia-reaction-wikileaks-founder-plea-deal

Absolutely. Great idea.

He’s getting grilled about that now on 7:30 report!

Looks like no increase in Jobseeker (big miss IMO). Everything was pre-released, so no big announcements.

• 29 Medicare urgent care clinics ($227 million)
• National digital mental health service + other services ($361 million)
• Aged care ($2.2 billion)
• NDIS crack down on fraud ($469 million)

• Biggest cost of living relief is the stage 3 tax cuts
• $300 for energy bill relief for all Australian households, beginning July 1 (eligible small businesses will receive $325)
• 10% increase to Commonwealth Rent Assistance ($1.9 billion)
• Cheaper medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
• Waiving $3 billion of student HECS-HELP debt (and adjusting the indexation rate)
• Aim to build 1.2 million homes ($6.2 billion)
• Superannuation to be paid on all government-funded paid parental leave ($1.1 billion)
• Limit university students based on how much student housing they build
• Sunshine Coast rail link

Here’s what we know already: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-14/federal-budget-2024-chalmers-tax-cuts-cost-of-living-surplus/103810306

110F = 43.33C if anyone else was wondering.