Australian News Briefing: Christian Brothers Compensation, Trade Tariffs, and Climate Concerns

The entity that was gifted vast property holdings by the Christian Brothers has agreed to help compensate abuse survivors in full, in a stunning reversal after weeks of public pressure. The Christian Brothers, a Catholic order with a long history of clergy abuse, last month announced it was going broke and could not afford to meet civil claims from abuse survivors.

In South Australia, conservation groups have questioned why their advertisements targeting Labor politicians were pulled by Adelaide airport for breaking rules on political advertising, while others promoting gas and mining kept running.

And in global news, Donald Trump has hit Australian exports with new trade tariffs, claiming the country is not doing enough to combat forced labour, but the Albanese government has demanded he remove them immediately.

Socceroos star Cristian Volpato allegedly tests positive for cocaine during roadside test. TGA warns of potential links between ‘rare but serious’ eye disorder and GLP-1 related drugs. Adelaide airport pulls ads from conservation groups but keeps gas and mining ads during ALP conference. Barnaby Joyce’s wife Vikki Campion bans 7.30 from farm after dog incident. Qantas tests new ultra long-range Airbus in 17,000km direct flight from France to Melbourne. Gina Rinehart offers bonuses for Australian swimming medals as funding gap exposed.

Political and media attention this week has once again been squarely focused on One Nation’s antics. But while Pauline Hanson had her Euro summer, many of that continent’s biggest cities were enduring their worst heat stress in recorded history.

In Australia, an El Niño summer is not far away and we may be headed for our hottest winter on record.

Jo Tovey speaks with Mike Ticher and assistant climate editor Donna Lu about whether Australia is being too complacent about the changing climate.