Australian Defence Drive chiefs can have phrases prolonged
Daniel Hurst
The chief of the ADF, Angus Campbell, can have his time period prolonged by two years, the defence minister, Richard Marles, has introduced.
Marles has additionally introduced that the vice chief of the ADF, David Johnston, can have his time period prolonged by two years. Marles mentioned:
We arrive at a time which is as strategically complicated as any because the finish of the second world struggle by way of our nationwide safety and the wants of our defence procurement.
He has additionally introduced new chiefs for navy, military and air power. Extra particulars quickly.
Josh Nicholas
A lot has been mentioned a couple of shift away from flats and dense dwelling throughout Covid however it doesn’t appear to be the case.
Nearly precisely the identical share of the inhabitants dwell in flats and indifferent homes as in 2016.
Podcaster denies influencing potential witnesses in Chris Dawson homicide trial
Investigative journalist Hedley Thomas has rejected options by legal professionals for Chris Dawson that he influenced potential witnesses in Dawson’s homicide trial by discussing potential motion pictures or miniseries in regards to the case, reviews AAP.
Thomas, who produced The Trainer’s Pet podcast on the January 1982 disappearance of Lynette Dawson, was returning to provide proof within the NSW supreme court docket on Tuesday.
He mentioned speak of interviewees taking part in a job in a manufacturing was merely banter throughout interviews with them, which occurred earlier than Dawson was cost.
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First day of college vibes as new MPs and senators meet their classmates and are launched to their new workplaces in parliament home at present. It’s O-week now, forward of parliament sitting in late July.
At the very least 42 folks have been discovered useless inside a trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas, the state’s governor and native media mentioned on Monday.
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QLD information 19 deaths from Covid-19 with 593 folks in hospital
There have been 5,268 new instances recorded prior to now 24 hours, and 19 individuals are in intensive care.
if I am studying this proper – rental and housing stress measures really *decreased* from 2016 to 2021. might this be skewed by pandemic-specific funds? #census pic.twitter.com/aTzTkm1lMc
— Nick Evershed (@NickEvershed) June 28, 2022
Nick Evershed
Enhance in proportion of non-religious Australians
There’s been fairly a big improve within the proportion of Australians who aren’t spiritual, with the share of non-religious folks rising from 29.6% in 2016 to 38.9% in 2021.
The ABS reviews that whereas the proportion of Christians has declined, there have additionally been will increase in different religions, reminiscent of Hinduism which grew by 55.3% to 684,002 folks, or 2.7% of the inhabitants.
Peter Hannam
Shopper sentiment reveals resilience
Amid the considerations about rising costs, it’s value maintaining a tally of how shopper sentiment is faring.
Currently, maybe surprisingly, customers have been perking up, a minimum of in line with the weekly surveys by ANZ and Roy Morgan. The gauge stays effectively under impartial ranges.
The underlying elements are additionally a bit combined. “Present financial circumstances” fell 2.5%, its fourth straight weekly decline, however “future financial circumstances” are up 6% – clawing again a lot of the 7.1% slide over the earlier three weeks.
As for “time to purchase a significant family merchandise”, this gauge rose 9.8%, one other upbeat signal.
Additionally carefully watched is whether or not expectations of upper inflation are taking maintain. On this measure, too, there’s some excellent news, with customers paring again barely their views of how excessive costs will go:
One issue which will chill shopper confidence – and expectations about greater costs – is rising rates of interest. As of yesterday, right here’s what traders have been tipping, together with a 63% likelihood that the RBA will carry its money charge to 1.5% at subsequent Tuesday’s board assembly.
Traders, in the meantime, are nonetheless ranking the chances the RBA will carry its money charge to 1.5% on July fifth as nearly a two-in-three likelihood. pic.twitter.com/fyTR4wXyOC
— Peter Hannam (@p_hannam) June 28, 2022
One other factor to look at is what occurs to property costs. Rising “residence values” are inclined to make folks really feel richer (should you personal a home or flat, or are paying one off), and that tends to stoke spending.
On that rating, the arrow seems to be pointed decrease, as we reported this morning.
And right here’s a visualisation of how migration has grown since 2016.
