The Act leader suggested the teens could keep whatever money they earned.

Australian Disney+ subscribers are set to pay more for their streaming plans for the second time in less than 15 months.

In an email to customers, the popular streaming platform said standard monthly subscriptions would immediately rise more than 12 per cent from $15.99 to $17.99 per month for new customers, or from the next billing date for existing customers.

For standard subscribers who pay on an annual basis, plans will rise $20, from $159.99 to $179.99.

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Premium monthly plans will be hiked from $20.99 to $24.99 a month, or an extra $30 for yearly subscribers – rising to $249.99.

It's the second price hike the platform has passed onto Aussie customers in around 14 months.

Premium tier have increased from $17.99 to $24.99 in that time, after the plan was lifted by $4 last March to accommodate fresh ESPN and Hulu inclusions.

The price change coincides with the launch of a new budget-conscious Standard with Ads plan priced at $9.99.

Customers on promotional offers will not incur the increase, Disney+ said.

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Almost all Aussie adults (91 per cent) used an online service to watch video content in a given week last year, according to research by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

More than two-thirds of Australians had a paid streaming subscription last year, the research found.

Of those, 31 per cent were subscribed to Disney+, down from 34 per cent in 2024.

Currently, a standard monthly Netflix plan costs $20.99, a Paramount Plus account is priced at $12.99 and Binge charges $19 a month for a standard plan.

An Apple TV account costs $15.99 a month and a Stan standard monthly subscription will set you back $17.

Disney+ is a streaming competitor to Stan, which is owned by Nine, the publisher of this website.

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First-home buyers made more than 27% of national purchases in the first quarter.

He also falsified her attendance records so she could skip class and gave her presents.

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A popular betting website has banned three US politicians for placing bets on the outcomes of their own elections.

Kalshi, a popular prediction markets site, announced it had banned and fined three political hopefuls.

"Just like in traditional financial markets, bad actors will try to cheat," the website said in a statement.

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"Regulated exchanges must constantly evolve and adapt their systems to address insider threats. 

"These three cases are an example of how developing proactive engineering solutions can help identify illicit trading activity."

One of the candidates, an independent running for the Virginia senate race, said he placed the bet on purpose to see if he would get caught.

"YES, I did bet ~$100 on myself on Kalshi because I wanted to get caught," Mark Moran said on X.

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But in an interview with Wired, he said he placed the bet for the publicity he would receive as a result.

He said the $100 he spent was worth it for the attention it drew to his race.

Moran is an investment banker and former participant on reality show FBoy Island.

Moran had placed 10 orders on his own name on the market "Who will run for public office this year?"

Two months later, he announced a run.

He did not cooperate with the Kalshi investigation and was given a $US6229 fine.

Democratic state senator Matt Klein apologised for betting on the outcome of the race for Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, which he is running in.

"That was the only wager I have ever made on a predictions market," he said.

"This was a mistake, and I apologise."

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He paid a $US540 fine and has been banned from the site for five years.

Zeke Enriquez bet on his own race for Texas' 21st congressional district. In the March primary, he came in 11th place. 

While Kalshi argues it is not a gambling website, its prediction markets allow users to put money on the outcomes of future events like sports in the hopes of winning even more money.

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Shane Jones told media his comment wasn’t up to standard.

Over 100 jobs will be axed at Australia's biggest bank as the business embarks on a fresh redundancy spree.

Another wave of cuts are expected at Commonwealth Bank, with 119 jobs set to be slashed, including 43 roles at CBA's online banking subsidiary Bankwest.

Six of the impacted jobs are due to automation, the Finance Sector Union (FSU) said.

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The FSU said this week's job cuts are "adding salt to the wound" after CBA flagged hundreds of jobs would be lost earlier this year.

CBA also cut 45 call centre jobs in 2025 after rolling out an AI chatbot to deal with customer enquiries.

"Still reeling from the 400 job cuts announced mere months ago, CBA employees are now peering down the barrel of another 119 jobs being wiped out, with seemingly no end in sight," FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano said.

"This time, CBA seems intent on hollowing out its frontline services, including mobile lending managers – the very services that make our banking sector human."

A spokesperson for the bank said in a large business it wasn't uncommon for department roles to shift and change.

"Within a workforce of this scale, there is ongoing movement through hiring, internal mobility and recruitment in priority capability areas," A CBA spokesperson said.

"We also regularly review the roles and skills we need to deliver the best customer outcomes. Some roles are shifting, new roles are being created, and some roles are reducing as programs finish, work is simplified and the mix of roles and skills across the bank evolves."

CBA said it employs around 49,000 around Australia and that its workforce grew by 2500 people in 2025.

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A recent survey conducted by the union found that three quarters of CBA's workforce is "unsatisfied" with their job security.

Of those surveyed at Bankwest, the number of unsatisfied employees represented 85 per cent of the workforce.

The FSU said that more than half of employees at both banks considered leaving in the past 12 months because of "workload pressures and insecurity".

"FSU members spoke loud and clear via a recent survey that things are seriously wrong at CBA – 72 per cent of workers are worried about their ongoing job security, with offshoring and the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence cited as the primary drivers of uncertainty," Angrisano added.

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