Friday, 19th August 2022.
- The man responsible for making the bomb that caused the Bali Bombing in 2002 is set to be released, after serving half of his 20 year sentence.
- An EV summit will be held in Canberra today, the Climate Council wants fuel efficiency standards to be considered.
- Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says that Australians just want to put the Morrison scandal behind them.
- The national unemployment rate is still at a low, but wages aren’t keeping up, with growth recorded at 3.4% the lowest for decades.
- After 40 years of campaigning the RSPCA has succeeded in convincing the poultry industry to phase out barren battery cages.
- Uber has launched UBER HEALTH, which will give lifts to patients going to medical appointments.
- One of Canberra’s newest suburbs, Whitlam, has opened its first playground named Blue Poles.
- A new survey has found that 65% of Aussie dogs sleep on the bed and 61% of owners spend between $1-4 grand a year on their pooches.
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