☕️ Andrew Tate arrested again

Happy Thursday!

Is anyone else ready for Winter?

Give me those fluffy socks and melted marshmallows.

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Quote of the day

“There is not a day that goes by that I don’t think about what happened that day, that night. There isn’t an hour that goes by where I’m not thinking of the families that have been affected by my actions.”
The driver involved in the Hunter Valley bus crash last June has made his first public statement since the incident, speaking outside court in Newcastle.

Stat of the day

$1.5 billion
The combined value of renewable energy projects that were launched in Australia in 2023 – a 76% drop in 2022 investments.

Today in history

2004
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was re-elected for a second presidential term after being initially elected in 2000. Russians will head to the polls again this weekend for an election in which Putin is running effectively unopposed. It will set him up to become Russia’s longest-serving ruler since the 18th century.

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Some headlines from this morning:

• Donald Trump and Joe Biden have each secured enough support to lead their parties into November’s U.S. presidential election. It paves the way for a Trump v Biden White House race, and will be the first U.S. presidential election rematch in 68 years. The former and current President have now officially won enough U.S. state primaries to lead their parties, (Biden a Democrat and Trump a Republican) into the election. Both major parties will hold national conventions in the coming months where their presidential and vice presidential nominees will be formally confirmed.
  

• The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is urging the Fair Work Commission to protect an employee’s right to work from home. In a submission to Fair Work, the ACTU said flexible work benefits carers, people with a disability and parents. It’s part of a review to update legislation to include work-from-home guidelines. The union said employers should “only be permitted to refuse a request” to work from home “on reasonable grounds”. The review will hand down its final report on 28 June.

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Weekly rents have risen by $150 since the start of the pandemic

Rent prices have increased by more than 32% since the start of the pandemic in 2020, according to property analysis firm CoreLogic.

That’s a median weekly rent increase of $150 in four years. Home values also increased by around 32% in the same period

The median or 'middle' price is used to provide an idea of 'typical' national rent and property prices.

Rentals

National rents increased 32.4% from March 2020 to February 2024. That’s compared to a 4.6% increase in rents from 2016 to 2020.

The rental vacancy rate, which measures the percentage of available properties to lease, is at a historic low of around 1%.

Here’s how rents have increased across the country since the start of COVID.

Property

CoreLogic found that median property prices are now $188,000 higher compared to March 2020.

However, house prices increased at a significantly higher rate than units — nearly 38% compared to 16.5%.

Here’s how property prices have increased across the country since the start of COVID.

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Andrew Tate is facing new sexual assault charges in the UK

Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan will be extradited from Romania to the UK over allegations of sexual aggression from 2012-2015.

Tate rose to fame over his misogynistic commentary on social media.

Extradition is when one country sends a person (currently in their custody) to another country to face criminal prosecution, or to serve a prison sentence.

Background

The Tates were arrested in Romania in December 2022 and were charged with sex trafficking in June 2023.

The brothers and two Romanian women are accused of forming an organised crime group to sexually exploit women.

Romanian prosecutors allege the Tate brothers ‘recruited’ at least seven women who were allegedly subjected to “physical violence and mental coercion” including “constant” surveillance.

Tate is also accused of using “physical violence and mental pressure” to rape one of the women.

Both men deny the charges against them.

The brothers were detained in prison and house arrest for much of 2023, but have been able to move relatively freely around Romania since August.

They must check in regularly with police and can’t leave the country while they await trial.

UK charges

This week, British police obtained an international arrest warrant for “two men in their 30s”. A spokesperson for the brothers confirmed these charges were in relation to the Tates and said they “unequivocally deny all allegations”.

The warrant relates to alleged sexual offences between 2012 and 2015 (separate to the charges in Romania).

The brothers were arrested in Romania on behalf of the UK, but will need to be extradited before further legal action can be brought against them.

After they were arrested, the brothers faced the Court of Appeal in Bucharest, the capital of Romania.

The court ruled that the Tate brothers could be extradited to the UK, but not until the Romanian case ends. It’s not clear when that could be.

A spokesperson for the brothers said the UK police had already investigated allegations relating to the charges and had previously decided not to pursue them.

The brothers have now been released from custody as they continue to wait for trial in Romania (for the trafficking charges).

Tate’s response

Tate spoke to the media outside his home in Bucharest, saying: “When you get to a certain level of fame, they go through your entire life forensically and try to destroy you...

“The whole thing is garbage. It’s head-to-toe garbage.”

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Australians are using more cocaine, methamphetamine, and MDMA than last year. How do we know this? It’s thanks to new sewage analysis by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.

On today’s podcast, we speak to Shane Neilson, the principal drugs advisor at ACIC, about what else this data tells us about drug consumption in Australia.

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Give me some good news

One of the world’s tallest tree species, redwoods – which can capture large amounts of carbon dioxide – are thriving in the UK.

Research led by University College London recorded rapid growth among its redwoods, which it said are an effective way to reduce carbon emissions.

Native to California, Redwood trees were introduced to the UK 160 years ago.

TDA tidbit

Um. The rats in the U.S. city of New Orleans have been getting into stashes of weed at its police headquarters. And the officers aren’t happy.

Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told the local council: “The rats are eating all our marijuana. They’re all high.”

Their police headquarters is currently infested with cockroaches and rats, who’ve made their way into the evidence room, where police keep confiscated illicit drugs stored.

Kirkpatrick told the local council: “The janitorial cleaning [team] deserves an award [for] trying to clean what is uncleanable.”

She’s calling for new offices in a different part of town, where there aren’t so many rats with the munchies. Fair.

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