Podcast Summary
Cost of living measures in Australia: Despite economic slowdown, Australian govt offers tax cuts, energy relief, cheaper medicines, and rent assistance to ease citizens' cost of living pressures
Despite Australia's economy experiencing a slowdown with annual growth at 1% and high interest rates, the government is pushing forward with cost of living measures such as tax cuts, energy bill relief, cheaper medicines, and rent assistance to ease the pressures on citizens. Meanwhile, natural disasters continue to impact communities, with Tasmanian households affected by floods and wild weather receiving a $350 food grant. Elsewhere, severe weather warnings have been issued for parts of Victoria. Notable figures in the news include Actor Simon Baker, who pleaded guilty to a drink driving charge and will learn his fate at a later sentencing, and King Charles, who is undergoing cancer treatments and is doing well according to his wife, Queen Camilla. In sports, the NRL's South Sydney Rabbitohs are appealing the one-match ban for their full-back, while Aussie cricket begins life without David Warner, with Jake Fraser McGurk tipped to open the batting against Scotland.