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ABC News
14 hours ago
- Business
- ABC News
Minimum wage to increase by 3.5 per cent
Cost of Living dominated the election campaign, and the re-elected Albanese Government is now asking for an economically sustainable real wage increase for the almost three million Australians on minimum and award wages. ( AAP: Diego Fedele )
Courier-Mail
3 days ago
- Sport
- Courier-Mail
Melbourne streets turned red as A-League's fans set flares, taunt police
Don't miss out on the headlines from Sport. Followed categories will be added to My News. The streets of Melbourne have been turned red and yellow, with rowdy soccer fans setting of flares to a strong police presence amid the A-League decider. Incredible photos have captured the chaotic scenes, with soccer fans descending on AAMI park to watch the showdown between Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City FC. No one has been accused of any wrongdoing. Picture: NewsWire / Diego Fedele Members of the Public Order Response Team with Victoria Police arrive outside a pub where hundreds of Melbourne Victory football fans gather ahead of the A-League final. Picture: NewsWire / Diego Fedele Crowds of fans bundled up in soccer scarfs appeared to be taunting officers, who turned out in big numbers ahead of the match. Some shouted anti-police chants, The Herald Sun reported. Past matches between the two teams have erupted in chaos, including in 2022 where about 150 spectators stormed the field. Goalkeeper Tom Glover was allegedly struck in the head with a metal bucket during the incident. Some were handed down life bans following the match. No one has been accused of any wrongdoing. Picture: NewsWire / Diego Fedele Police are out in force. Picture: NewsWire / Diego Fedele Victoria Police CBD acting commander Zorka Dunstan said some fans barred from attending Saturday night's big game following 'reckless' behaviour earlier in the year. 'The majority of supporters do the right thing and create an incredible environment for everyone in attendance, including families,' Mr Dunstan said in a statement ahead of the match. 'However, at times this year we have seen a very small group of supporters engage in reckless and anti-social behaviour. Police are set to maintain a strong presence throughout Saturday night. Picture: NewsWire / Diego Fedele 'Due to their actions, some of these people are barred from attending this Saturday's big game. 'We don't want this small group to tarnish the event for the rest of the soccer community.' He said those in Richmond — particularly on Swan St — could expect a 'strong and dedicated police presence throughout the entire night'. 'There will be an unbelievable atmosphere on Saturday night as two traditional Melbourne rivals meet in the Grand Final for the first time,' Mr Dunstan said. 'The bumper crowd can expect to see plenty of police on the way to the game and at the ground itself.' Soccer fans allegedly lit flares under a Swan St bridge on the way to a game just two weeks ago.
Perth Now
3 days ago
- Sport
- Perth Now
Flares lit as A-League's decider kicks off
Flares have already been set off in Melbourne streets, with police out in force as the A-League's decider kicks off. Incredible photos have captured Melbourne streets turned red and yellow as flares were set off on Saturday evening, soccer fans descending on AAMI park to watch the showdown between Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City FC. No one has been accused of any wrongdoing. NewsWire / Diego Fedele Credit: News Corp Australia Members of the Public Order Response Team with Victoria Police arrive outside a pub where hundreds of Melbourne Victory football fans gather ahead of the A-League final. NewsWire / Diego Fedele Credit: News Corp Australia Crowds of fans bundled up in soccer scarfs appeared to be taunting officers, who turned out in big numbers ahead of the match. Some shouted anti-police chants, The Herald Sun reported. Previous matches between the two teams have erupted in chaos, including in 2022 where about 150 spectators stormed the field. Goalkeeper Tom Glover was allegedly struck in the head with a metal bucket during the incident, while life bans handed down. No one has been accused of any wrongdoing. NewsWire / Diego Fedele Credit: News Corp Australia Police are out in force. NewsWire / Diego Fedele Credit: News Corp Australia Victoria Police CBD acting commander Zorka Dunstan said some people were barred from attending Saturday night's big game, in a statement ahead of the match. 'The majority of supporters do the right thing and create an incredible environment for everyone in attendance, including families,' Mr Dunstan said. 'However, at times this year we have seen a very small group of supporters engage in reckless and anti-social behaviour. Police are set to maintain a strong presence throughout Saturday night. NewsWire / Diego Fedele Credit: News Corp Australia 'Due to their actions, some of these people are barred from attending this Saturday's big game. 'We don't want this small group to tarnish the event for the rest of the soccer community.' He said those in Richmond — particularly on Swan St — could expect a 'strong and dedicated police presence throughout the entire night'. 'There will be an unbelievable atmosphere on Saturday night as two traditional Melbourne rivals meet in the Grand Final for the first time,' Mr Dunstan said. 'The bumper crowd can expect to see plenty of police on the way to the game and at the ground itself.' Soccer fans lit flares under a Swan St bridge on the way to a game just two weeks ago. More to come …
Perth Now
23-05-2025
- Business
- Perth Now
‘Devastating' scam targets WFH job hunters
A scam targeting work-from-home job hunters has been found to cost Australians more than all other scam types combined. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released findings from a taskforce established to tackle job and employment scams – the fastest growing scam type of 2023. Scamwatch reports for the 2024 calendar year, Australians lost $13.7m to job and employment scams, with an average loss of $14,470. This is 5.1 per cent higher than the average loss for all other scam types combined. Job scams – which often come in the form of fraudulent offers of employment designed to encourage victims into giving money, providing personal information, or working for free – often target people seeking additional income, and flexible or work-from-home opportunities. The scams were found to have the greatest impact on people with low incomes, from culturally diverse communities, people living with disabilities and international students. The report found that fraudsters often impersonated reputable recruitment organisations such as Seek, LinkedIn and Adecco. The Australian Federal Police warns criminals are aggressively targeting Australians looking for flexible, remote or part-time work by posting fake job ads online. Supplied Credit: Supplied Often, scammers message people with a job offer that includes a high income, working from home and little effort. They then attempt to acquire a victim's personal information or trick them into providing free labour. Another type of job scam is 'money mule' scams, where an innocent victim is recruited to launder money for a criminal organisation. 'The impact of job scams can be devastating and is likely significantly underreported by victims,' ACCC deputy chair Catriona Lowe wrote in the report. 'Many job scam victims report that they have lost their life savings as well as money they have borrowed from family and friends 'In addition to these financial impacts, victims incur additional harm through the loss of personal information leading to an increased likelihood of future scam losses and identity crime. 'The cost of a victim's loss of trust in recruitment processes and loss of confidence in their ability to secure meaningful employment is hard to quantify.' Government, law enforcement and industry are collaborating in an attempt to combat the growing issue. NewsWire / Diego Fedele Credit: News Corp Australia In 2024, 78 per cent of those who provided their age when reporting a job scam were under 44, and 18.8 per cent of job scam victims who lost money self-reported English as their second language compared with 7.7 per cent for other scam types. The National Anti-Scam Centre's Job Scam Fusion Cell brought together government, law enforcement and industry to attempt to combat the growing issue. The taskforce, which ran for six months from September 2024, led to the referral of 836 scammer cryptocurrency wallets to digital currency exchanges for analysis and investigation, leading to blocking and black-listing. Intelligence sharing led to Meta's removal of about 29,000 accounts engaged in job scams in Australian Facebook groups, and 1850 scam enablers such as websites and scam job advertisements were referred for removal.
Perth Now
02-05-2025
- Business
- Perth Now
All the changes coming after May 3
The 2025 federal election has been tightly fought in several areas. But Australia's two major parties, Labor and the Coalition, have agreed on some key policies, meaning there are certain changes coming, no matter who wins on Saturday. The major parties are offering vastly different plans of attack on housing and how to reduce the cost of living, while the Greens and independents could hold even more power in the next parliament. Saturday's election result is up in the air, but there has been some common ground with the two major parties. The area both major parties are willing to talk about, where they differed the least this election campaign, has been health care. The area they share common ground, but evidently aren't willing to budge, is tax discounts for property investors. On Wednesday afternoon, betting markets were split between a Labor majority and a Labor minority government forming. NewsWire / Diego Fedele Credit: News Corp Australia Health Labor's flagship election promise is an extra $8.5bn for Medicare to fund 18 million more bulk-billed GP visits each year, nursing scholarships and more doctors. The Coalition quickly matched this and promised a $9bn boost. The Coalition has also pledged to match Labor's cap of $25 per prescription for medicines covered by the PBS, tipped to cost $689m over four years. Both of the major parties have also pledged $200m for a 24-hour telehealth service, dubbed '1800MEDICARE', $575m to add oral contraceptives, menopause hormone therapies, endometriosis and IVF drugs to the PBS, $32m towards Movember, men's sheds and male-specific mental health services, and funding for healthcare hubs in Burnie, Tasmania and at Adelaide's Flinders University. So no matter what the parliament looks like after this weekend – or once all the votes are finally counted – seeing a GP and accessing medicines should be easier for most people. Housing Housing has been central to this election, and the two major parties are coming at the crisis from different angles. Economists warn most of what they're offering will push up house prices by allowing people to get bigger mortgages. A chorus of progressive politicians have called for negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts to be scrapped, but this is a change both of the major parties have ruled out. Peter Dutton visited a women's crisis support charity in Melbourne on Wednesday. Adam Head / NewsWire Credit: News Corp Australia Both Labor and the Coalition will ban foreign investors and temporary residents from buying existing homes for two years. Under the next government, first-home buyers may find it easier to scrape together a deposit, but under which scheme will depend on the election result. Labor has promised $10bn to help developers build 100,000 new homes just for first-home buyers. The Coalition would let first-home buyers pull money from their superannuation for a deposit and allow the mortgage interest repayments to be tax deductible. Energy Energy is arguably the area where policies from the two major parties differ most significantly, with Labor staunchly opposing the Coalition's plan for nuclear power. Despite the stark difference in ideas on how power should be supplied to the national grid, both major parties agree Australians need relief from cost-of-living pressures and will knock an extra $150 off each household's power bill. A Coalition government would immediately lower petrol and diesel costs by halving the fuel excise (for one year), while Labor would lower the lowest tax rate from 16 per cent to 14 per cent over two years for broader household relief. Anthony Albanese has been taking lots of photos with babies this week. Jason Edwards / NewsWire Credit: News Corp Australia The Coalition has a scheme directed at lower income earners too, where such taxpayers would get a one-off tax refund of up to $1200. Both Labor and the Coalition have also committed to a $10m investment in a new Bureau of Meteorology weather radar for regional Queensland. AUKUS Both sides have resoundingly stuck fast with the AUKUS submarines deal, so voters should not expect that $368bn commitment to be unwound. Defence For defence more broadly, Labor committed an extra $50.3bn to the armed forces last year and brought the increased spending forward in the March budget. On the campaign trail, the Coalition announced it would spend an extra $21bn by 2030; this included a commitment to lift total defence spending to 3 per cent of gross domestic product within the next 10 years. Australia's defence spending in 2024-25 is about 2 per cent of GDP. Both parties have also pledged to regain ownership of the Port of Darwin. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton visited Blacktree Technology at Belmont in the Swan electorate of Perth with opposition defence spokesman Andrew Hastie. Richard Dobson / NewsWire Credit: News Corp Australia Immigration Under both parties, net overseas migration will drop significantly. The latest federal budget predicted the net overseas migration count would drop to 260,000 in 2025-26 and then 230,000 in 2026-27 After some confusion, Mr Dutton said his government would reduce Australia's net overseas migration levels by 100,000. Net overseas migration was 446,000 in 2023-24, down from 536,000 a year earlier. The Coalition pledged to triple the cost of student visa applications to $5000 (up from $1600), while a re-elected Labor government would increase the cost of student visa applications to $2000. Beer The Coalition has backed Labor's position to freeze the alcohol excise on draught beer for two years, starting from August 1, 2025. The much-hated tax adds about 1-2 cents per pint bought at the pub, and the move will aid brewers and publicans.
