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Follow all the day’s newsIsrael-Hamas war: live coverageGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe PM has said he has raised Julian Assange’s case with President Biden, but he shied away from calling him to intervene, saying Biden ‘doesn’t interfere with the Department of Justice’.We keep our discussions private. I made clear Australia’s position that I made as Labor leader, the same position I hold as prime minister, which is that enough is enough, it is time that this issue was brought to a conclusion.Well, the Australian officials are working very hard to achieve an outcome which is consistent with the position that I’ve put.Look, this is – this is of major benefit, not just to the workers and the base there at Virginia and other places, but, of course, particularly for South Australia and Western Australia. This will be a jobs bonanza, and it will do more than the direct jobs as well.A bit like the former auto industry did … this is highly advanced manufacturing for Australia. We will reap the benefit for decades to come. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2023/oct/29/australia-news-live-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-queensland-bushfires

Author : Cait Kelly

Publish date : 2023-10-28 22:38:46

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Fee income for 20 largest operators – many private equity-owned – soars as councils struggle to meet costsThe biggest private providers of children’s homes in England made profits of more than £300m last year, as concern mounts over the conditions some children are being placed in and the spiralling costs for councils.Fee income for the 20 largest operators of independent children’s homes totalled £1.63bn last year, a 6.5% increase on the previous year. And 19% of that – £310m – was recorded as profit, according to an independent analysis. Half of the top 20 providers have some private equity or sovereign wealth fund ownership. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/28/biggest-private-childrens-homes-in-england-made-300m-profit-last-year

Author : Michael Savage Policy Editor

Publish date : 2023-10-28 18:02:39

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After three days of lockdown, fear and grief, residents of Lewiston and Lisbon prepare to move forward as manhunt endsThe terrified residents of Lewiston, Maine, woke up to a sense of some relief amid their shock and grief on Saturday after the “armed and dangerous” gunman who had kept them on lockdown since killing 18 people on Wednesday was found dead.The body of suspected shooter Robert Card, 40, was found on Friday evening near a recycling area 10 miles from Lewiston, with what the authorities said was an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/28/maine-shootings-residents-relieved-suspect-dead

Author : Edward Helmore in Lewiston, Maine

Publish date : 2023-10-28 13:58:21

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