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Angus Taylor had some harsh words for the prime minister this morning, saying Anthony Albanese is “swanning around New York” at the UN general assembly rather than tackling fuel prices at home.
Taylor had this to say this morning:
Australians are suffering. And that’s why our fuel price shield will bring down the price of fuel when the price is high … What we see is a prime minister swanning around New York, getting his global citizen of the year award, hanging out with the United Nations, instead of looking at and seeing the pain that Australians are feeling at the bowser and struggling to make ends meet. Get real, mate. Get back here and cut the price of fuel.
Australians are suffering. And that’s why our fuel price shield will bring down the price of fuel when the price is high … What we see is a prime minister swanning around New York, getting his global citizen of the year award, hanging out with the United Nations, instead of looking at and seeing the pain that Australians are feeling at the bowser and struggling to make ends meet.
Get real, mate. Get back here and cut the price of fuel.
Albanese issued robust calls for an end to the Iranian war during his address to the UN general assembly today. Taylor and the Coalition have proposed a cut to the fuel excise tax whenever oil prices are sustained at more than US$100 a barrel.
Renters in New South Wales will only need to provide their driver’s licences and passports if they are about to sign a lease, instead of including them in every rental application, under new laws.
Agents and landlords will also be required to use one standardised rental application form, which will not request details such as photos, social media accounts, details about children – or tattoos.
The new rules also require landlords and agents to say if photographs of the property have been digitally altered or AI-generated to hide faults – including “fake furniture that hides structural damage or misrepresents room proportions”.
In addition, it will become mandatory for agents to tell renters if a property is locked in to an embedded utility network – like a private electricity or gas system – which stops them from shopping around for the best price.
Potential breaches will be up to $11,000 for individuals and $49,500 for corporations for privacy violations, and up to $22,000 for failure to disclose digitally altered photographs.
Anoulack Chanthivong, the minster for better regulation and fair trading, said:
This is a strong step forward to protect renters from false information in the rental market and is an important part of the Minns Labor government’s commitment to supporting the ethical use of AI across the state. These laws put an end to the practice of excessive and intrusive data collection in the rental process and make it fairer for renters and less stressful for landlords and agents. Whether you have a tattoo, or what school your kids go to, is not relevant to whether you’ll be a good tenant.
This is a strong step forward to protect renters from false information in the rental market and is an important part of the Minns Labor government’s commitment to supporting the ethical use of AI across the state.
These laws put an end to the practice of excessive and intrusive data collection in the rental process and make it fairer for renters and less stressful for landlords and agents. Whether you have a tattoo, or what school your kids go to, is not relevant to whether you’ll be a good tenant.
Australia has a new chicken factory, but will it improve animal welfare?
The sleek, rust-coloured saucer settles into the earth, mirroring the surrounding hills. It looks like an art gallery or a high-end conference centre – an architectural masterpiece designed to sit lightly on the land.
Until you see the shed behind it.
The sweeping lines are the gateway to a $600m poultry processing plant that will, at full capacity, process 3 million chickens a week. Jed Goodfellow, the director of policy and government relations at the Australian Alliance for Animals, said while the Baiada building may be state of the art, he believes “the welfare model behind it is anything but”.
