Here is a look at what is making news around the country today.
Today’s national news includes the Albanese Government housing agenda increasing home ownership, the most recent poll showing young voters walking away from Voice, Canberra assuring Japan’s investments in energy transition, and Australia seeing the Philippines as a promising market for its agriculture, cybersecurity, and education companies.
Nation
Albanese Government housing agenda increases home ownership
The Albanese Government’s expanded Home Guarantee Scheme is helping a growing number of Australians into home ownership, Mirage News reported. The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation’s Trends and Insights report reveals the expanded Scheme helped 41,700 Australians to purchase a home in 2022-23. The number of guarantees issued under the expanded Scheme was 39 per cent higher than the previous financial year. The scheme is also helping a growing number of key workers, such as teachers, nurses and social workers, to purchase a home with around 7,721 guarantees issued to key workers in 2022-23, up 37 per cent from 2021-22.
https://www.miragenews.com/albanese-govt-boosts-aussie-home-ownership-with-1099505/
Politics
Latest News poll shows young voters walking away from Voice
The Indigenous Voice to Parliament has lost more support in a concerning trend for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, with younger voters abandoning the Yes camp just days out from polling day, Sky News has reported. As Australians gear up to head to the polling booth on Saturday, support for the proposed constitutional change dropped two points to its lowest level at 34 per cent, in a News poll of 1,225 voters nationally, taken between October 3 and October 6 and conducted for The Australian. The Yes camp has also lost support from the younger voters with backing from the 18-34 age bracket falling below 50 per cent for the first time.
International trade
Australia assures Japan’s investments in energy transition
AUSTRALIA and Japan committed to working together to improve cooperation on energy and climate goals following a bilateral meeting, The Business Times reported. Canberra moved to calm fears in Tokyo that stricter emissions targets will impose higher costs for fossil fuel projects. Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura went into the meeting seeking assurances over the stability of Australia’s investment environment, citing a written response to questions from the Japanese minister. Japan is heavily reliant on Australian gas exports.
Australia sees Philippine agriculture, tech, and education as a promising market
AUSTRALIA’s investment and education promotion agency said it considers the Philippines a promising market for its agriculture, cybersecurity, and education companies, Business World has reported. It added that Australian industries long established in the Philippines like mining are also positive on the country’s prospects. “We are very bullish about the prospects for Philippine economic growth and correspondingly, we are also very focused and also very hopeful about increasing links between Australia and the Philippines in terms of trade, economic, and education ties,” Austrade Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner Christopher Lim said.
It’s all FALLING APART for our USELESS PM and his bunch of CLOWNS.
Even Plan B is in TATTERS due to TOTAL INEPTITUDE.
Be prepared for the INEVITABLE RECRIMINATIONS once the “Voice”
(or should I say INVOICE) is REJECTED by the QUIET MAJORITY of Australians.
The BEDWETTERS will be OUT IN FORCE.