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ABC
ABC staff fearing for their jobs will learn their fates today as managing director Mark Scott delivers a briefing on the sweeping changes the broadcaster will make in order to meet the Coalition’s $254m budget cuts.
More than 3,000 people rallied in Sydney against the funding cuts yesterday.
Opposition leader Bill Shorten told the rally that Tony Abbott leads “a government of censorship”, and that the cuts would cause the loss of jobs and local content.
Mark Scott has warned the cuts will lead to “significant” job losses.
Australian news and politics
• Trade minister Andrew Robb has slammed US president Barack Obama’s call for Australia to do more to save the Great Barrier Reef, saying the speech was unnecessary and Obama was misinformed.
• Queensland police have shot a 51-year-old man dead after a street confrontation; the Courier Mail has more on the fifth police shooting in Queensland this year.
• The federal government has beaten expectations to make $5.7bn from selling off Medibank Private, which makes its share market debut this week.
• The mother of a newborn baby found at the bottom of a drain in west Sydney has been charged with attempted murder.
Around the world
• US-led air strikes in Syria are encouraging anti-Assad fighters to support Islamic State.
• Israel’s cabinet has approved a controversial bill defining the country as a nation-state of Jewish people; if it becomes law, opponents say it will reserve “national rights” for Jews only and not for the minorities who make up 20% of the country’s population.
• Police in Cleveland, Ohio, have shot dead a 12-year-old boy carrying an “airsoft” BB gun.
• A suicide bomber has killed at least 45 people at a volleyball match in Afghanistan.
• Iran says it will not be possible to reach a comprehensive deal with world powers over its nuclear ambitions by today’s deadline, according to Iranian news reports.
• Switzerland has won the Davis Cup.
• Lewis Hamilton has won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to clinch his second F1 world championship.
More from around the web
• Among the most read on the Guardian this morning: a useful guide for those outside Britain on the UK Labour MP who lost her job over tweeting a photo of a house covered in flags.
• SBS reports that Clive Palmer has accused senator Jacqui Lambie of being set up to cause trouble within his party.
• Police have launched an investigation into Clive Palmer’s use of $12m in Chinese funds, the Australian reports.
• There are calls for an inquiry into Victoria’s disability sector amid allegations that one of Australia’s biggest providers failed to act on warnings about carerswho went on to sexually assault vulnerable clients, the ABC reports.
One last thing
Claudia Astorino writes on Michael Phelps’ purported girlfriend Taylor Lianne Chandler, who identifies as intersex, and the myriad problems with her portrayal by the media.
Have an excellent day – and if you spot something I’ve missed, let me know in the comments here or on Twitter @newsmary.
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