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Trump attack: fury directed at Secret Service

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Original article by Adam Creighton
The Australian – Page: 1 & 8 : 17-Sep-24

The US Secret Service has come under criticism from Republicans after Ryan Wesley Routh got close enough to Donald Trump to threaten his life, just nine weeks after Trump’s ear was grazed by an assassin’s bullet in Pennsylvania. Routh was detained by authorities after allegedly seeking to shoot the former president while he was playing golf at his private golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, while Trump says the attempted assassination would not deter his efforts to return to the White House. Democrat rival Kamala Harris said she was "deeply disturbed" by the attempted assassination, while President Joe Biden said he was "relieved that the former president is unharmed".

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UNITED STATES. SECRET SERVICE, DEMOCRATIC PARTY (UNITED STATES)

Aged care taps the rich

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 13-Sep-24

The federal government and the Opposition have reached an agreement on an overhaul of the aged care sector that aims to rein in increasing costs and which will see wealthier retirees pay more for the cost of their care, whether in residential care or in their homes. The overhaul puts an increased focus on in-home care, in acknowledgement that people will increasingly use residential care only for the very end of their lives, while there will be no changes to the treatment of the family home under the new means testing regime that will apply under the overhaul. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese thanked Opposition leader Peter Dutton for the bipartisanship the Coalition had shown hroughout the discussions on the aged care overhaul, while Dutton said he wanted to make sure people have dignity as they age.

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CFMEU $3m transfer stinks to high heaven

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian – Page: 2 : 13-Sep-24

The CFMEU is under renewed scrutiny following revelations that its NSW branch transferred $3.15m of members’ funds to a Sydney law firm that was representing former state secretary Darren Greenfield and his son. Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt has credited the federal government’s "strong action" in appointing an administrator to the CFMEU for exposing the funds transfer, which occured just two days after Labor revealed plans to force the union’s construction divisions into administration. He says it shows that many of the CFMEU’s former leaders had acted in their own interests, rather than the interests of the union’s members.

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Vile expo protesters’ sickening horse play

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Original article by John Ferguson, Mohammad Alfares
The Australian – Page: 5 : 13-Sep-24

Protestors who took part in demonstrations against the Land Forces 24 Expo in Melbourne on Wednesday have been accused of squirting an irritant up the nostrils of some police horses and the visors of some riders. Victoria Police stated that some Mounted Branch members and stable hands had shown signs of skin irritation when washing down horses after their shift, while an assessment of horses on Thursday morning revealed that their symptoms had subsided. Five protestors were arrested during more subdued demonstrations on Thursday, while police are investigating the assault of a conference attendee, who also had urine and faeces tipped on him when he was trying to enter the event.

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Bunnings, Aldi and Kmart are Australia’s three most trusted brands, while Toyota, Bendigo Bank and Nike are on the up

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 13-Sep-24

Bunnings has again been crowned Australia’s most trusted brand in the 12 months to June 2024, retaining top spot ahead of supermarket Aldi and discount department store Kmart in third place. The hardware chain has now held top spot as the nation’s most trusted brand for three consecutive quarters, after previous leaders Woolworths and Coles fell down Roy Morgan’s rankings earlier this year. Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine says the rapid slide down the rankings for both major supermarkets shows how quickly distrust can gain momentum and devalue a brand’s reputation. Meanwhile, Optus is once again the most distrusted brand in Australia, ahead of Qantas and Facebook/Meta.

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June 2024 Quarterly Update – Trust, Distrust and Australia’s Energy Dilemma Webinar

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 13-Sep-24

Join Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine to discover Australia’s most Trusted and Distrusted brands (including dramatic changes in the rankings); if the plummeting distrust in Woolworths and Coles has continued; which form of energy Australians trust to provide a reliable supply; what percentage of Australians want nuclear power plants; if more men or more women want nuclear power, and whether Australians trust the government to make decisions on energy. Watch the webinar on YouTube.

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Yarra City Council and Port Phillip City Council could be abolished under plan by lord mayoral candidate Gary Morgan

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Original article by Laura Placella
Herald Sun – Page: Online : 13-Sep-24

Port Phillip City Council and the City of Yarra would be abolished under a plan being put forward by City of Melbourne lord mayoral candidate Gary Morgan. Morgan says he will urge the state government to include the two councils within an expanded City of Melbourne if his campaign to be elected mayor is successful, saying that to do so would deliver significant cost efficiencies, and that it made sense to "bring them together". He said that if the state government implemented his plan, reviews would then be held to see if other neighbouring councils could be brought into an expanded City of Melbourne.

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Greens are gambling their future on violent activists

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Original article by John Ferguson
The Australian – Page: 5 : 13-Sep-24

The Greens are being accused of supporting the actions of violent pro-Palestinian activists at demonstrations in Melbourne in a cynical attempt to secure the pro-Palestinian vote in Labor seats like Wills and Calwell at the next federal election. However, while there may some short-term gain in supporting the protestors, the repulsive nature of the demonstrations, which saw protesters going after police horses with plastic bread crates and deliberately trying to scare them, could damage the Greens’ brand over the longer term.

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Strategic error in age-limit plan for social media

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Original article by Paul Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 11-Sep-24

The federal government has yet to specify an age limit for restricting teenagers’ access to social media. In constrast, the Coalition has committed to introducing an age limit of 16 if it wins the upcoming election; it plans to do so within 100 days of taking office. Meanwhile, technology investor Daniel Petrie contends that rather than spending $6.5m on a trial of age verification technology, the government should be putting the onus for restricting teenagers’ access to social media on the companies that own these platforms. He contends that social media companies would quickly find ways to block access to their platforms if the penalties for failing to do so were severe enough.

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Roy Morgan Business Confidence jumps 6.2pts to 101.3 due to increased confidence about the economy

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 11-Sep-24

In August 2024, Roy Morgan Business Confidence was 101.3 (up 6.2pts since July). The boost to Business Confidence came after the Stage 3 tax cuts were introduced for income taxpayers in July and the latest inflation figure dropped to 3.5%. However, Business Confidence is now 9.9pts below the long-term average of 111.2, although it is up 6.6pts on August 2023. Now 56.4% (up 7.1ppts) of businesses expect ‘good times’ for the Australian economy over the next year (the highest figure for this indicator since February 2022), while 41.7% (down 7ppts) expect ‘bad times’ (the lowest figure for this indicator since February 2022). Meanwhile, 46.2% (up 7.4ppts) of businesses expect the business to be ‘better off’ financially this time next year, while 19.7% (down 0.9ppts) expect the business to be ‘worse off’ financially (the lowest figure for this indicator since February 2022). The latest Roy Morgan Business Confidence results for August are based on 1,481 detailed interviews with a cross-section of Australian businesses from each State and Territory.

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