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Welcome to SBS News in Easy English. I'm Greg Dyett.
Qantas has been ordered to pay up to $200,000 for non-economic loss to three workers, after the airline was found guilty of illegally firing 1700 workers during the COVID pandemic.
Qantas has been seeking to overturn a 2021 ruling by the Federal Court that found the airline had acted unlawfully when it fired workers in 2020 - outsourcing their roles to contractors for a lower wage.
Justice Michael Lee has handed down his decision on the amount of compensation for three test case employees over the legal breach.
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King Charles and Queen Camilla are continuing their royal tour of Australia with engagements in Canberra.
King Charles says he is enjoying his visit to Australia immensely.
"What a great joy it is to come Australia for the first time as sovereign. And to renew a love of this country and its people, which I have cherished for so long. So thank you, thank you ladies and gentlemen for making me feel so very welcome."
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The New South Wales government says data shows that its ban on mobile phones in thousands of public school classrooms has delivered results.
Twelve months on from the implementation of the policy, a Education Department survey of almost 1000 public school principals found huge support for the ban, with 95 per cent reporting positive results.
Education Minister Prue Car says there were critics when the policy was first introduced, but the results speak for themselves.
"Our children are paying attention, they're learning more, and they're socialising with one another. (These) are all some of the brilliant benefits of going to school in the first place."
Environmentalists say a United Nations biodiversity summit is the best chance to make progress on concrete plans to meet 2030 targets for protecting nature.
The goals were agreed upon at last year's summit, with what was hailed as an historic agreement to protect 30 per cent of Earth's land and seas by 2030.
Leaders and representatives from nearly every country on Earth are gathering in the city of Cali in Colombia for this year's summit, known as COP16.
Victoria's opposition says the state government's proposal for high-rise apartments in Melbourne's inner suburbs won't fix the housing problem.
The criticism is in response to Premier Jacinta Allan's announcement to create 50 new activity zones to help deliver more than 30,000 additional homes across Melbourne by 2051.
Ms Allan says townhouses and apartments would be built around 50 high-frequency train stations and tram stops in Melbourne, including some in Melbourne's most expensive areas such as Toorak, Armadale and Brighton.
The Opposition leader, John Pesutto, says there's been a lack of consultation before the announcement, adding he thinks the plan is "out of reach" for those in need of housing.
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Indonesia's new leader, Prabowo Subianto, has vowed to address corruption and make the country more self-sufficient.
The 73-year-old former military commander was sworn in as the country's eighth president during a ceremony at Indonesia's parliament.
I'm Greg Dyett and that's SBS News in Easy English.
