Here is a look at what is making news around the country today.
Today’s national news includes NSW officials pardoning Australia’s worst serial killer, two Australians facing the death penalty granted clemency in Vietnam, Dell Australia accused of misleading consumers, and Australia’s influenza cases have soared by more than 40 per cent as the nation heads into winter.
Nation
Australia’s worst serial killer granted pardon
Kathleen Folbigg, once dubbed “Australia’s worst female serial killer” has been granted a pardon and dramatically freed from prison after 20 years after officials accepted there are doubts about whether she had killed her four children. “There is a reasonable doubt as to Folbigg’s guilt of the manslaughter of her child Caleb, the infliction of grievous bodily harm on her child Patrick and the murder of her children Patrick, Sarah and Laura,” New South Wales (NSW) state attorney general Michael Daley said. Mr Daley said that the governor of NSW Margaret Beazley had granted an unconditional pardon, allowing Folbigg to be released from prison, the UK Independent has reported.
Politics
Two Australians facing the death penalty granted clemency in Vietnam
Two Australians facing the death penalty in Vietnam have been granted clemency after Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited the country, with the prime minister crediting the government’s strengthening relationship with Asian nations for the “substantial breakthrough”, The Guardian reported. “There was a substantial breakthrough with the granting of clemency just yesterday for two Australians who had been sentenced to capital punishment,” Albanese said.
Companies
Dell Australia accused of misleading consumers
The Federal Court has declared by consent that Dell Australia Pty Ltd made false and misleading representations on its website about the prices of add-on monitors and in ‘strikethrough’ prices shown on the website, Mirage News has reported. When a consumer selected a desktop, laptop, or notebook on Dell Australia’s website, they were shown several compatible monitors and offered the option of ‘bundling’ a monitor to the purchase, often at a discounted price. The monitor was often shown with a higher strikethrough price, representing a significant saving if purchased with the computer. Consumers paid more than $2 million for add-on monitors between August 2019 and mid-December 2021. Dell Australia has been ordered to offer full or partial refunds to affected consumers.
https://www.miragenews.com/dell-australia-accused-of-misleading-consumers-1020860/
Health
Influenza cases increase as winter comes
Australia’s influenza cases have soared by more than 40 per cent over two weeks as the nation heads into winter. There had been 57,816 confirmed influenza cases and 57 deaths in the country as of May 28 according to the Australian Influenza Surveillance Report (AISR) for 2023 from the Department of Health. The figure represents an increase of 43 per cent from the 40,318 cases reported as of May 14. Under the National Immunization Program, flu vaccines are free for children aged between six months and five years old, Xinhua News reported.
https://english.news.cn/asiapacific/20230606/405a9f434d844811900362e41217961e/c.html
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