Here is a look at what is making news around the country today.
Today’s national news includes China’s ambassador airing a ‘grossly inappropriate’ threat to Canberra, Australians saying the government failed to tackle the cost of living crisis, work stoppages growing at DP Australia terminals due to pay dispute, and Australia admits providing support for US, UK strikes in Yemen.
Economy
Australians believe the government has failed to tackle the cost of living crisis
The latest Freshwater Strategy poll shows that more than 80 per cent of Australians believe the federal government has failed to tackle the cost of living crisis, SkyNews reported. A total of 74 per cent of the 1,000 people polled placed the cost of living as their most important issue, followed by housing at 41 per cent. Other areas voters said were hitting hip pockets included grocery prices, energy, interest rates, and transport costs. Sixty-eight per cent of voters answered “no” when asked if they thought the Albanese government would do enough in the next six months to address the cost of living.
Politics
China’s ambassador airs ‘grossly inappropriate’ threat to Canberra
The warning from China’s Ambassador to Australia about miscalculations in Canberra’s ties with the new Taiwanese government is “grossly inappropriate” and an “overreaction”, Foundation for Defence of Democracies Senior Fellow Mark Montgomery says. He said the U.S., Australia, and Japan will be able to work with whoever is elected to maintain a security relationship with Taiwan, SkyNews has reported. Australia also congratulated Dr Lai Ching-te on his victory in the recent Taiwan elections.
Business
Work stoppages grow at DP Australia terminals due to pay dispute
Work at the terminals operated by DP World in Australia’s four largest ports ground to a halt over the weekend with the expectation that the dispute is likely to further escalate in the coming weeks, The Maritime Executive reported. Maersk informed customers that it expects work stoppages in Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne next week warning of further delays beyond the port congestion already experienced around Australia. The Maritime Union of Australia, which has been without a contract since October 2023, won new rights to strike from Australia’s labour regulators after three days of talks to break the impasse collapsed overnight and left shippers and carriers calling for the government to intervene.
World
Australia admits providing support for the US, and UK strikes in Yemen
Defence Minister Richard Marles has confirmed that Australia provided personnel support to the U.S. and UK in their strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen, Reuters reported over the weekend. “Australia will continue to support any actions which assert the global rules-based order,” he said. Both the US and Britain launched strikes from the air and sea against Houthi military targets due to their attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
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