- The government reveals a new measure to stop companies ripping off consumers
- People urged to avoid an eastern Sydney beach after mysterious black balls wash up
- Thomas Tuchel will become the new England manager
Subscription traps that make it difficult and confusing to cancel ongoing contracts could soon be banned.
Online retailers who force customers to set up accounts and provide unnecessary information during transactions will also be targeted in new measures by the Albanese government to try and stop businesses ripping people off.
These include so-called 'drip pricing' tactics that add hidden fees as well as what's known as 'dynamic pricing', which impacts a product's cost during a transaction.
Albanese government frontbencher Clare O'Neil says its part of the governments overall efforts to combat cost-of-living pressures.
"These sort of charges and these sort of irritations are the sting in the tail of every single transaction we're making, whether it's buying a coffee or getting your car cleaned or all those other things that people do. The important thing is that this goes alongside those really substantial things that the government has been able to do: the tax cuts for every single Australian taxpayer, the cheaper medicines, those increases to bulk billing payments, the support with child care, the energy relief that's gone to every household. We absolutely get that times are really tough at the moment. It is really hard making ends meet."
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People are being urged to avoid an eastern Sydney beach after it became dotted with mysterious black ball-shaped debris.
Randwick City Council said lifeguards at Coogee Beach found the unexplained balls on Tuesday afternoon and announced the beach would be closed until further notice.
Local authorities say the council is investigating the origin and composition of the material.
The council say the material may be so-called 'tar balls' which are formed when oil comes in to contact with debris and water, typically due to oil spills.
In the meantime, they've advised beach-goers not to touch the material amid a clean-up and investigation of the matter.
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Hezbollah's deputy chief and acting leader Naim Qassem has called for a ceasefire with Israel amid the I-D-F's bombardment and invasion of Lebanon.
He says they want peace but they're prepared to make the Israeli army suffer.
"We will focus on targeting Israel's army, its centres and its residences. I say to the Israeli Home Front: The solution is a cease-fire. We are not speaking from a position of weakness, if the Israelis do not want that, we will continue."
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A man has been arrested and charged with almost 80 historical child sexual assault offences.
The 54-year-old man is accused of sexually abusing eight children in the Coffs Harbour area on the New South Wales north coast between 1998 and 2008.
Detectives received a tip-off in November 2023 and established Strike Force Durrumbul to investigate.
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The newly elected Northern Territory Government has been sworn in at the opening of the 15th Legislative Assembly.
The Country Liberal party led by the Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has been sworn in to 17 of the 25 legislative assembly seats.
Ms Finocchiaro says at the top of the C-L-P's agenda is law and order with legislation to lower the age of criminal responsibility, strengthen police powers and amend bail laws set to be brought forward on the next meeting day.
"Over this fortnight. In this first sittings of Parliament, my government will introduce its reducing crime package of legislation to turn this crime crisis around. We make no apologies for implementing the swift and decisive action. We've taken political commentators and special interest groups can say whatever they like, but we have the backing of the people that matter most and that is everyday Territorians Madam Speaker."
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Work is resuming at a housing development in Tarndanya, Adelaide, where ancestral remains have been found.
The bones of 29 people were found last year and work was stopped on the burial site.
The Walker Corporation is building 12 thousand homes at Riverlea in the city's north.
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Former Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Paris St Germain head coach Thomas Tuchel has signed a contract to become the new England manager.
Both Sky Sports News, the B-B-C and other British outlets have reported the German agreed a deal on Tuesday.
