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The quote
"Australia is much better prepared for this coming season than we were heading into Black Summer.” – Federal Emergency Management Minister Murray Watt speaking to Insiders on the increased risk of fire in the coming months due to the onset of El Niño, which will bring hot and dry weather conditions.

The stat
3rd
Australian driver Oscar Piastri’s finishing position on the podium at the Japanese Grand Prix on the weekend. It is the first time he has finished on the podium in Formula 1. He said after the race: “I’ll remember it for a very, very long time.”

Today in history
2000: Cathy Freeman won the women's 400m final at the Sydney Olympic Games. About 8.8 million Australians watched the event live, making it the most-watched Australian sporting event in history.

Some headlines from this morning:

Over the next few weeks, The Daily Aus will be answering the questions our audience have sent in about the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

Here’s a question that landed in our DMs last week: “I was wondering who the Voice members are going to be? Do we know how they will be chosen?”

Answer:
This would be up to Parliament to decide. The proposed change to the Constitution does not specify who should be on the Voice or how they should be chosen.

The Government's plan is for the Voice's members to be chosen by First Nations people, with a gender balance and representation for young people and remote communities.

For determining eligibility to be a member of the Voice, the Government plans to use an identification process called the 'three-part test', which is already used to determine eligibility for many First Nations-specific programs.

This test requires that a person is of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, that they identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person, and that they are accepted as such by their community.

The Government has not committed to further specifics such as the number of members or their term length.

TW: Suicide

South Korea has passed laws to protect school teachers from mistreatment by parents.

The reforms follow weeks of protests by thousands of Korean teachers in response to a growing trend of parents accusing staff of child abuse.

According to the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union, 60% of teachers have either been reported for child abuse or know another teacher who has.

What’s the context?
Under current laws, teachers in South Korea face an automatic suspension if reported for child abuse.

Teachers can legally be accused of abuse even when no evidence has been provided to substantiate claims against them.

Staff at several schools have claimed parents are taking advantage of that rule and maliciously abusing child welfare laws by making false allegations of abuse.

Many teachers say the risk of being accused has undermined their ability to do their jobs.

Teacher deaths:
The reform follows the recent death of a young primary school teacher in Seoul, suspected of having died by suicide.

An official investigation found the 23-year-old had experienced issues with a parent of a student and " was having difficulties running the homeroom".

Government data suggests around 100 public school teachers died by suicide from 2018 to June this year, most of whom were employed at primary schools.

The South Korean Government has amended four bills, known collectively as "Teacher Rights Restoration Bills”, to strengthen protections for teachers.

Teachers will no longer be automatically suspended from work following a child abuse complaint.

Instead, a formal investigation with evidence must occur before any disciplinary action is taken.

Financial support will also be offered to teachers fighting lawsuits.

What’s the response from teachers?
The Federation of Teachers’ Trade Unions has praised the Bill.

"We believe that this legislation will make great progress in protecting teachers' right to education and students' right to learn, but there are many shortcomings," said Chairman Kim Yong-seo.

The federation called for additional reforms, including for the Government to legally allow teachers to separate disruptive students from class.

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Brazil’s Supreme Court has blocked an attempt to reduce Indigenous land rights in the country.

It’s been hailed a victory for Indigenous communities across Brazil, after years of protests.

There’s a solid chance you’re reading this while working from home. While WFH definitely has its perks (nothing better than popping out to a local cafe mid-morning or attending a very serious meeting without pants on), having a solid WFH setup can take up a bunch of space and make it tough to separate work from personal life.

According to a recent study by Logitech, 60% of Aussies are now juggling between working at home and the office, yet only 12% feel like they’ve got the right gear. About 1 in 2 use ‘makeshift setups’ (we see you, book stack).

Logitech has seen this problem and knocked it out of the park. The new Logitech Casa Pop-Up Desk equips you with an ergonomic laptop stand, a wireless keyboard, and a trackpad - all neatly packed into a portable case (particularly helpful when you move from home to cafe for a change of scene).

Check it out here - and tell us what you think of it!

This year’s shortlist for the prestigious Booker Prize has been announced. And it features more authors named Paul than women.

The Booker Prize is the world’s leading literary award for a single work of fiction. It is awarded yearly by a panel of judges who vote on the best English-language book published in the UK and Ireland that year.

Four of the six books shortlisted for 2023 were written by men, three of whom share the name Paul – Paul Murray (not the Aussie commentator), Paul Lynch, and Paul Harding.

A winner will be announced in late November and will receive £50,000 ($AU96,000) in prize money.

Do you reckon Paul will win?

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