Cooler temperatures have brought relief for South Australia and Victoria; ABC given $83m boost in midyear economic update Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it’ll be Caitlin Cassidy with the main action.The latest Essential poll contains some good and bad news for Anthony Albanese as many respondents confirmed 2024 was worse than they expected and they are worse off than three years ago. The poll of 1,151 voters found that Albanese’s net approval rating is now -11, with 50% disapproving of the job he is doing as prime minister (up three points since November) and 39% approving (down three). But there is some hope – more people expect their situation to get better than do not. More coming up. Continue reading…
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Author : Martin Farrer
Publish date : 2024-12-16 20:03:14
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Australia news live: cool change for south-east states; Labor prepares to defend budget choices
