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Ben Carroll has been sworn in as the new premier of Victoria, with his first act as leader to announce a royal commission into alleged corruption in the construction sector.
Just four months out from the state election, it was announced Carroll had been unanimously endorsed for the role, while the transport infrastructure minister, Gabrielle Williams, secured the deputy leadership. Allan had declared her intention to contest the leadership ballot yesterday but this morning announced her resignation.
Carroll cast his leadership as a new era for Labor politics in Victoria, declaring “I’m not Daniel Andrews, I’m not Jacinta Allan”, and that “change starts today”.
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People at the scene of an Israeli strike on a storage facility in Gaza City, Palestine.
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“Why not Grayndler?” – Hannah Ferguson
Cheek media’s co-founder Hannah Ferguson has declared she’ll challenge the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, in his seat of Grayndler at the 2028 election.
Podcast
Race against time to contain wildfires in France and Spain
Firefighters in France and Spain are facing another day battling wildfires that have resulted in hundreds of thousands of people being evacuated, with another heatwave expected to hit this week.
Lucy Hough speaks to Europe environment correspondent Ajit Niranjan.
Before bed read
As a 21-year-old law student in Canberra, Farz Edraki was in desperate need of casual work and took a job as a gopher, or bike courier.
The work was simple: deliver letters, notices of assessment and other important legal documents, by bicycle. The locations were varied and inconvenient.
Daily word game
Today’s starter word is: CAG. You have five goes to get the longest word including the starter word. Play Wordiply.
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