Credit to the Australian members of parliament who haven’t let this go:

[Prime Minister Anthony] Albanese has said he raised the matter directly with the US, including with the president, Joe Biden, during his visit to Washington in October 2023.

In February this year, Albanese and cabinet members supported a motion put forward by independent MP Andrew Wilkie urging the UK and US to allow Assange to return home to Australia.

The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, said he also raised the matter with his US counterpart, Merrick Garland, during a meeting in January this year.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/25/julian-assange-australia-reaction-wikileaks-founder-plea-deal

Beach Read by Emily Henry. Both protagonists are authors.

Absolutely. Great idea.

He’s getting grilled about that now on 7:30 report!

Looks like no increase in Jobseeker (big miss IMO). Everything was pre-released, so no big announcements.

• 29 Medicare urgent care clinics ($227 million)
• National digital mental health service + other services ($361 million)
• Aged care ($2.2 billion)
• NDIS crack down on fraud ($469 million)

• Biggest cost of living relief is the stage 3 tax cuts
• $300 for energy bill relief for all Australian households, beginning July 1 (eligible small businesses will receive $325)
• 10% increase to Commonwealth Rent Assistance ($1.9 billion)
• Cheaper medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
• Waiving $3 billion of student HECS-HELP debt (and adjusting the indexation rate)
• Aim to build 1.2 million homes ($6.2 billion)
• Superannuation to be paid on all government-funded paid parental leave ($1.1 billion)
• Limit university students based on how much student housing they build
• Sunshine Coast rail link

Here’s what we know already: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-14/federal-budget-2024-chalmers-tax-cuts-cost-of-living-surplus/103810306

That is amazing.

Because while the sun is up it’s extraordinarily hot and the UV is high. The more north you go, the hotter it is in the evenings and the less it makes sense.

Exactly. That’s why we’re an early morning city. Once the sun is up it’s too hot to do anything.

I’m trying to lift my mood with upbeat electronica but it’s not working. Maybe classic rock is the go to. Have a good one anyway 👍

Doing the same! What music you listening to?

The elastic strap is a good idea. I have a couple of giant daiso bags that fit like 3 supermarket bags in them. Keeps them together and makes it a ton easier to carry instead of trying to loop 6 different bags through your fingers.

This was click and collect, and brought out in crates, so maybe that’s why.

Yeah they’ll try and cut costs anywhere I reckon. Won’t be long and they’ll be disintegrating before you get them home!

Married At First Sight. It’s as bad as it sounds.

Ha happens to all of us! Maybe 200-101 will be better.

1. Paint The Town Red - Doja Cat
2. The Worst Person Alive - G Flip ^
3. Saving Up - Dom Dolla ^
4. Rhyme Dust - MK & Dom Dolla ^
5. Prada - cassö x RAYE x D-Block Europe
6. adore u - Fred again… & Obongjayar
7. What Was I Made For? - Billie Eilish
8. Rush - Troye Sivan ^
9. Lovin On Me - Jack Harlow
10. Chemical - Post Malone
11. vampire - Olivia Rodrigo
12. Rumble - Skrillex, Fred again… & Flowdan
13. Kill Bill - SZA
14. Atmosphere - FISHER x Kita Alexander ^
15. (It Goes Like) Nanana - Peggy Gou
16. Sprinter - Dave & Central Cee
17. Back On 74 - Jungle
18. Eat Your Man - Dom Dolla & Nelly Furtado ^
19. Therapy - Budjerah ^
20. Sorry Instead - Spacey Jane ^
21. greedy - Tate McRae
22. Be Your Man - G Flip ^
23. Take It Off - FISHER x Aatig ^
24. Good Enough - G Flip ^
25. Rich Baby Daddy [Ft. Sexyy Red/SZA] - Drake

Should be 11 Australian artists in the top 25 by my count.