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Today’s riddle: What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great person, while the entire word signifies a great woman. What is the word?

Answer is in the tidbit.

The quote
"I’m regretting watching the last episode now. It was terrific, but I must admit, this morning it was like, ‘oh, maybe I should have watched it on the weekend’." – Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sharing that he watched the 90 minute-long Succession finale on Monday night after a day of waking up in Canberra, flying to Sydney, then flying to Adelaide, then back to Canberra.

The stat
$450 million
The penalty the Federal Government and Crown Casino have settled on for money laundering and terrorism financing breaches at Crown’s Melbourne and Perth venues. It will go to the Federal Court before it’s finalised.

Today in history
1942: Three Japanese submarines entered Sydney Harbour, just a few months after Japan officially entered World War II against the U.S. and its allies, including Australia.

Some headlines from this morning:

A study of 17 vape samples by Queensland Health has uncovered the chemical makeup of some vapes in Australia.

Only pharmacies can sell nicotine vapes in Queensland if a person has a prescription. The vapes used for the study were sold illegally.

Metals and chemicals:
All the samples contained chemicals that can irritate lung tissue. Compounds typically used in the manufacturing of paint were also found.

Five to 15 types of heavy metals were found in each sample. These included lead, nickel, aluminium, copper, and iron.

Many of these metals have been found to cause serious health issues for smokers, including respiratory diseases and neurological defects.

Nicotine content:
Some vapes had only small, trace levels of nicotine, while others had significant levels. None were over the maximum nicotine vape content that can be legally sold in a prescription.

IGET Bar vapes, such as those in Passionfruit Watermelon or Grape Ice (far left) flavours, had the highest nicotine content among the samples.

Those from the HQD brand, including their Passionfruit and Strawberry Watermelon options, also had significant nicotine content.

The Vorteke Melon vape and IGET XXL Lush Ice had the smallest amounts of nicotine in the study.

Power bills in NSW, Victoria, SA and southeast Queensland are set for a large increase from 1 July.

Energy regulators in these states have finalised changes to the 'default' price – that's the maximum price energy companies can charge you on a standard account.

The prices would represent an increase of 20-25% for a typical household, or between $300 and $600 a year.

Background:
To protect the public from exorbitant power prices, government regulators set an annual 'default' price, also called a 'safety net' price.

Power companies usually offer lower prices and most customers are not on the default. However, it is used as a point of reference for customer prices.

The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) sets the default for NSW, SA and southeast Queensland and the Essential Services Commission (ESC) sets it for Victoria.

This year’s change:
The AER and the ESC publish draft changes in March and final ones in May. In their draft decisions, both said the large increase reflected the much higher cost of generating and supplying electricity. This is partly due to higher global prices for gas and coal and partly because of coal plant failures in Australia.

The AER's final decision was similar to its draft decision. The ESC's was lower by about $74 a year for households.

Bill support:
The Federal Government website energymadeeasy.gov.au allows you to upload your power bill and get advice on whether you could get a better deal.

Energy companies also have a legal requirement to make accommodations for you if you are struggling to pay.

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Female full-time employment is at an all-time high in Australia, according to new Federal Government analysis.

It found that total employment among women increased by almost 200,000 in the past 12 months, bringing the number of full-time employed women to over 3.8 million in Australia.

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In one of the more bizarre stories of 2023, a government official in India has been suspended after he ordered an entire dam to be drained so he could retrieve his phone, which he dropped when trying to take a selfie.

Approximately two million litres of water were drained. When the phone was found, it was too water-damaged to work.

Not sure what else to say about that one.

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Answer: Heroine.

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