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We’re expecting ICAC, NSW’s corruption watchdog, to release its findings from its investigation into former NSW Premier Gladys Berijiklian today.
It’s been a long time coming - if you need a refresher, you can listen to today’s podcast here.
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The quote
"There's a concern that we are producing, if we haven't already produced, another generation of Australians who see sport and betting as intrinsically linked.” – Labor MP Peta Murphy, after a parliamentary committee released the findings of its inquiry into the harm caused by online gambling.
The stat
3 in 4
The number of South Koreans in favour of changing the country's system for counting ages, according to a poll by local firm Hankook Research. Under the previous system, citizens were deemed to be a year old at birth. The system has now been brought in line with international standards.
Today in history
2007: Apple releases the first iPhone.
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Some headlines from this morning:
A Parliamentary Committee has supported a ban on online gambling ads during sports broadcasts. They put forward a three-year plan that would also include a gradual phase-out of ads at sports grounds and on players’ uniforms. The Federal Government said it would consider the recommendation before putting forward its own proposed reforms.
Convicted murderer Chris Dawson has been found guilty of an unlawful sexual relationship with one of his former school students in the 80s. Dawson was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years behind bars for killing his wife, Lynette, last year. He’ll face sentencing for Wednesday’s verdict in September.
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Inflation (price growth) has reached its lowest level in over a year, according to new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Prices grew 5.6% in May compared to a year earlier. The April result was 6.8%.
Despite the lower result, inflation remains much higher than the RBA's target level of 2-3%.
The context:
Inflation is a single number that summarises how a variety of different prices have changed.
Wednesday’s figure is measured compared to a year ago – so prices were 5.6% higher this May than they were last May.
As long as inflation remains a positive number (which it currently is), a 'fall' in inflation just means prices aren’t going up by as much as they were. It doesn’t mean prices are actually 'falling'.
Major drivers:
The fall in inflation is the result of a combination of factors.
Housing, food and power prices – three of the biggest contributors to inflation – have slowed.
However, rental costs continue to accelerate. Rents have grown 6.3% in the last year, compared to just 1.5% the year before.
How to interpret:
The ABS suggests monthly inflation numbers should be interpreted cautiously, because the price of items such as petrol and fresh food tend to fluctuate.
The ABS also publishes an inflation figure that excludes these fluctuating items. That figure was slightly higher at 6.4% in May – but still the lowest result since last August.
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The University of Melbourne, UNSW and the University of Sydney have made the top 20 in the QS global rankings for the first time.
Education company QS' annual global rankings are one of two authoritative annual lists.
The Australian National University (ANU) became the first local uni to make this list in 2016 and 2018.
How it’s calculated:
The QS rankings score 1,500 universities on a range of criteria including academic reputation, research output and employability.
This year, universities' commitment to sustainability was considered for the first time.
Australian universities:
The University of Melbourne was the highest-ranked Australian university at 14th.
UNSW and The University of Sydney tied for 19th.
All scored highly in most categories but were let down by their low ratio of staff to students.
Top of the list:
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ranked first, a position it has held since 2012.
Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard and Stanford completed the top five.
Australian representation in the top 150:
University of Melbourne (14th overall)
University of NSW (=19th)
University of Sydney (=19th)
ANU – ACT (34th)
Monash University – Victoria (42nd)
University of Queensland (43rd)
University of Western Australia (72nd)
University of Adelaide (89th)
University of Technology, Sydney (90th)
Macquarie University – NSW (130th)
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (140th)
Give me some good news
A woman has scaled all the mountains in Scotland in record time.
Jamie Aarons climbed 282 mountains in 31 days and 10 hours, breaking the previous record by over 12 hours. She scaled the equivalent of Mount Everest 16 times.
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A TDA tidbit
A teenager in Colorado has saved two people thanks to… his drone.
The 18-year-old, who was flying his drone from his driveway, happened to see two people trapped in an upturned car amid rising floodwaters.
With help from his neighbour, Josh Logue sought help for the two trapped people and they were ultimately rescued and taken to hospital.
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