About three million Australians could earn $2465 more each year under a new proposal floated ahead of the annual wage review.

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has called for a 5 per cent increase to the minimum wage when the Fair Work Commission reviews and renews rates for July 1.

This would lift the full-time minimum wage hourly rate from $24.95 to $26.19 and the annual rate from $49,296 to $51,761.

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The increase would put more into the pockets of an estimated three million workers, particularly those in the hospitality and retail, disability and health care sectors.

ACTU Secretary Sally McManus has pointed to the war in Iran and the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) interest rate hikes as one of the reasons to raise minimum wages.

"Everyone knows the lowest paid workers in Australia are doing it tough because they have borne the brunt of cost-of-living increases as landlords put up rent and supermarkets and fuel companies pumped up prices to inflate their profits," she said.

"We will not accept the lowest-paid workers in Australia going backwards because of the Reserve Bank and Donald Trump.

"Workers were the ones who felt it the most last time inflation spiked; we cannot let this happen again. This is why low-paid workers need and deserve a decent pay rise."

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The latest Treasury modelling found inflation could hit 5.5 per cent if global oil prices reach $US120 per barrel under a scenario of a prolonged war in Iran.

Inflation had already been rising before the conflict abroad and surpassed the target range at 3.8 per cent in the 12 months to January.

The RBA attributed the 0.25 per cent interest rate hike this month to rising inflation but warned of a global recession.

"The best contribution we can make to full employment and in fact to things like investment and productivity and so on, is to have low and stable inflation," RBA Governor Michele Bullock said at the time.

The ACTU said housing costs and power prices are driving inflation, while a minimum wage increase would only make up an estimated 0.6 per cent of the national wage bill.

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"Of course, employer groups will say that any wage rise will put pressure on inflation, like they do every year, and every time they have been wrong," McManus said.

The peak body made the submission to the Fair Work Commission ahead of its annual review into minimum wage and minimum pay rates under awards.

The commission holds hearings in May and implements any changes on the first full pay period on or after July 1.

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An unregulated doula who supported a wellness influencer during a fatal home birth has refused to provide a statement to a coroner.

Doula Emily Lal was present when Stacey Warnecke, 30, gave birth to her son at a Melbourne home on September 29.

The little boy was healthy but Warnecke's condition rapidly declined and an ambulance was called about 4.30am.

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She was rushed to Frankston Hospital but could not be saved, with a medical examiner confirming she died from a postpartum haemorrhage.

Warnecke's death was reported to police and her husband Nathan – who was also present at the birth – provided a statement to detectives but Lal refused.

The doula has also refused to provide a statement to the Victorian coroner investigating Warnecke's death, counsel assisting Rachel Ellyard told the court today.

She was objecting on the grounds she could incriminate herself, Ellyard said.

Coroner Therese McCarthy ordered a direct witness summons be served on Lal, where she would be advised she could give evidence at inquest under a certificate.

The certificate would protect Lal from facing criminal prosecution as a result of her evidence.

"I'm of the view Ms Lal's evidence is a crucial part of the picture leading up to the death of Ms Warnecke," McCarthy said.

"I really hope Ms Lal agrees to participate in this process … because I think she can make a significant contribution."

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If Lal continues to object, she will be compelled to give evidence and she will have to make submissions as to why she should be excused.

That process will take place in May ahead of the inquest starting on June 15, Ellyard said.

The scope of the inquest was also outlined during today's hearing, with the coroner set to investigate the circumstances of Warnecke's death and whether she would have survived with earlier medical intervention.

The coroner will also consider the risks of home births, whether Warnecke was aware of any risks, why she chose to proceed with a home birth, and any prevention measures going forward.

The coroner had already received statements from the medical examiner, various clinicians involved in Warnecke's care and the influencer's family, Ellyard said.

There were still outstanding statements from the Healthcare Complaints Commission and an expert midwife and obstetrician, the counsel assisting said.

The case was adjourned to the inquest in June.

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Donald Trump's deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to US airports appears to have done little to address increasingly long queues at security.

Travellers are reporting missing flights because of immense waits, thanks to a shortage of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers.

At Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport, passengers are told to expect waits of more than four hours.

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The delays are due to a partial government shutdown, which has prevented TSA agents from being paid.

For more than six weeks, TSA agents have been expected to come into work even though they aren't receiving a paycheque.

Instead, a huge number of the agents are calling in sick.

On Sunday Trump announced he would send ICE agents into airports.

"If the Radical Left Democrats don't immediately sign an agreement to let our Country, in particular, our Airports, be FREE and SAFE again, I will move our brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents to the Airports where they will do Security like no one has ever seen before, including the immediate arrest of all Illegal Immigrants who have come into our Country, with heavy emphasis on those from Somalia," he wrote on Truth Social.

"I look forward to seeing ICE in action at our Airports."

But ICE agents at the airports appear to have made little difference to queue lengths.

Passengers have been taking photos of the heavily armed agents standing around doing nothing at airports across the US.

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Meanwhile, the head of the TSA's union Everett Kelley has decried their use.

"TSA officers spend months learning to detect explosives, weapons and threats specifically designed to evade detection at checkpoints," Kelley said.

"You cannot improvise that.

"Putting untrained personnel at security checkpoints does not fill a gap. It creates one."

Democratic Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley said rogue ICE agents "have no business" at airports.

"This has nothing to do with public safety because it's making everyone less safe," she said.

"This is all just meant to intimidate. The cruelty is the point."

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The TSA are unfortunate casualties in a standoff between Democrats and the Trump administration.

Democrats have refused to vote on funding the Department of Homeland Security unless major changes are made to ICE.

They want to require ICE agents to wear identification and not wear masks, wear body cameras and only enter private property with a judicial warrant.

ICE would be prohibited from carrying out immigration enforcement operations at hospitals, schools, childcare facilities, churches, polling places and courts.

But the Trump administration has refused, resulting in funding getting cut for the Department, which includes the TSA.

Yesterday Democrats put forward a bill that would ensure that TSA agents would get paid, but it was knocked back by Republicans.

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"Instead of paying our TSA workers, Trump is using ICE as his personal gestapo to manufacture fear and chaos in our airports," Democratic Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost said.

While TSA agents aren't getting paid, ICE agents are, thanks to funding in Trump's so-called Big Beautiful Bill that was passed last year.

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The best part of a decade after negotiations started, Australia has finalised a free-trade deal with Europe which the government says will boost the economy by $10 billion a year.

Under the long-awaited agreement, Australian farmers will be able to sell nearly 10 times as much red meat to Europe, while local producers also appear set to be able to keep using names like prosecco, kransky and parmesan despite the objections of European Union nations.

In return, the luxury car tax – which hits major European manufacturers particularly hard – will be amended to introduce a $120,000 threshold for zero-emissions vehicles, and the 5 per cent tariff on EU goods axed.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a joint statement with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at Parliament House this morning and confirmed the deal had been finalised.

"It is a win-win," Albanese said.

"It eliminates tariffs on key Australian exports, including wine, seafood and horticulture, and it means our high-quality Australian produce, including beef, sheep meat, dairy, rice and sugar, will have access to consumers in the European market.

"This benefits Australian consumers and companies too, with greater choice in goods and services at lower prices, including important inputs for our manufacturing and primary industry sectors."

The deal will allow farmers to sell 35,000 tonnes of beef to the EU without incurring any tariffs.

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While roughly 10 times Australia's current quota of 3389 tonnes, the final figure has been met with fury from the local livestock industry, which had been pushing for at least 50,000 tonnes.

"Australia's red meat sector has been profoundly let down by this outcome," Australia-EU red meat market access taskforce chair Andrew McDonald said.

"To land a deal so far below what other suppliers have secured is genuinely bewildering.

"The agreement is a long way from anything resembling 'free and fair trade', particularly given Australia already provides the EU with quota‑and tariff‑free access for meat products like pork, while the A‑EU FTA locks in perpetual volume constraints on Australian red meat entering the EU.

"This outcome also sits uneasily beside the EU's rhetoric of providing 'a level playing field for all' and its claims that Australia is a 'like‑minded' partner. In practice, this agreement delivers neither fairness nor reciprocity."

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Some food and drink producers will be happier with the deal than others, due to the names of so-called "geographic indicators" that are fiercely protected by Europe.

Winemakers will be able to continue labelling Italian-style sparkling as prosecco locally, making Australia the only country outside Italy to be granted permission by the EU to do so, but they will need to phase out the term for exports.

Dairy and meat producers will be allowed to keep using the names kransky and parmesan, but Albanese's office said "grandfathering and lengthy phase-out periods have been secured for a limited number of terms such as feta, romano and gruyere".

Negotiations on the free-trade deal first started in 2018, but broke down in 2023 when both parties hit an impasse over how much tariff-free beef Australia should be able to export.

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However, talks resumed in the wake of US President Donald Trump's so-called "liberation day" tariff announcement, which put the value of reliable free trade agreements into stark contrast with the volatility coming from the world's largest economy.

"It's a long way from Europe to Australia, but it's absolutely worth it, because today we are writing a new chapter in our partnership," von der Leyen said.

"Australia is a like-minded partner and is a trusted friend… good friends have to stand by each other to get closer, and that's what we're doing today."

In addition to the free-trade agreement, Canberra and Brussels will ink a defence agreement, and Australia is also set to join the EU's $158 billion Horizon Europe research program next year.

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The Australian Capital Territory will align with New South Wales in declaring both Anzac Day and the following Monday as public holidays this year.

Anzac Day is commemorated nationally on April 25 regardless of what day of the week it falls on in any particular year.

The ACT, like Queensland and the Northern Territory, previously provided an alternate public holiday on the following Monday only when the 25th fell on a Sunday.

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But his year it will align with NSW, which last month announced a two-year trial of having two public holidays, both on Anzac Day, which fall on Saturday and Sunday in 2026 and 2027 respectively, as well as an additional public holiday on the following Monday.

"The ACT is uniquely positioned within NSW, with many families living on one side of the border and working or studying on the other," ACT Chief Minister, Andrew Barr said.

"Declaring both Saturday and Monday as public holidays respects the significance of the day and provides clarity for the community."

"This decision provides clear, straightforward arrangements and removes unnecessary confusion across our borders with NSW."

Previously in NSW, as is the case in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, if April 25 fell on a weekend day, there was no additional public holiday.

Western Australia also gives an additional public holiday on the Monday if Anzac Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday.

Still confused about Anzac Day public holidays?

NSW

2026: Saturday April 25 and Monday April 27

2027: Sunday April 25 and Monday April 26

ACT

2026: Saturday April 25 and Monday April 27

2027: Monday April 26 (so far, they may fall in line with NSW again next year too)

WA

2026: Saturday April 25 and Monday April 27

2027: Sunday April 25 and Monday April 26

SA

2026: Saturday April 25

2027: Sunday April 25

Queensland

2026: Saturday April 25

2027: Monday April 26

Victoria

2026: Saturday April 25

2027: Sunday April 25

NT

2026: Saturday April 25

2027: Monday April 26

Tasmania

2026: Saturday April 25

2027: Sunday April 25

The most up-to-date information can usually be found on the Fair Trading website.

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At 9.50pm AEDT yesterday, there was a sudden spike in trading on the oil and S&P 500 futures market.

6.50am New York time is an unusual time for a rush on trades on West Texas Intermediate May futures.

But it showed that all of a sudden, a substantial sum of money was bet on oil prices dropping and the stock market rising.

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In the space of a minute, more than $800 million in trades was made on oil futures.

Then a few minutes later, US President Donald Trump made a Truth Social post.

"I am pleased to report that the United States of America, and the country of Iran, have had, over the last two days, very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East," Trump wrote.

"Based on the tenor and tone of these in depth, detailed, and constructive conversations, witch (sic) will continue throughout the week, I have instructed the Department of War to postpone any and all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five day period, subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions."

The S&P 500 futures market surged and crude oil prices dropped through the floor.

And whoever made those trades made an incredible amount of money.

A White House spokesperson brushed off the suspicious activity.

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"The White House does not tolerate any administration official illegally profiteering off of insider knowledge, and any implication that officials are engaged in such activity without evidence is baseless and irresponsible reporting," Kush Desai told FT.

Hours later, top Iranian politician Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf denied the president's claim.

"No negotiations have been held with the US, and fake news is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire in which the US and Israel are trapped," he said.

"Iranian people demand complete and remorseful punishment of the aggressors.

"All Iranian officials stand firmly behind their supreme leader and people until this goal is achieved."

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Today's future market trades are not the first time eyebrows have been raised at suspicious bets before a Trump decision.

Betting app Kalshi has refused to pay out $77 million in winnings to punters who bet Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would be out of office by March 1.

Khamenei was killed by a US and Israeli bombing strike hours before the deadline was reached.

Meanwhile on Polymarket, 150 accounts bet more than a million dollars that the US would strike Iran the next day.

And in January, a Polymarket user made about $570,000 betting that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro would be out of office before the end of the month.

They had doubled down on their bet hours before the US seized the leader in a military strike.

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OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky has died after a battle with cancer, the company has confirmed.

The Ukrainian-born American businessman and entrepreneur was 43 years old and had an estimated net worth of $US4.7 billion at the time of his death, according to Forbes.

His death was announced by OnlyFans, the British company he owned and turned into an online pornography powerhouse.

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"We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Leo Radvinsky," a company spokesperson said.

"Leo passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer."

The entrepreneur founded an adult streaming website MyFreeCams in 2004, and developed several websites that helped amass his fortune.

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In 2018, he acquired a 75 per cent stake in Fenix International, the parent company of OnlyFans.

Under his watch, the company became focused on offering a platform for online pornography creators, with OnlyFans taking a 20 per cent cut of any profits made.

Since the site was founded in 2016, OnlyFans has paid out more than $36 billion to creators. 

Last year, it generated $10.27 billion from users, who pay subscriptions to the content creators, as well as offer tips and payment for special requests.

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A Sydney mum has pulled the curtain back on the brutal reality many Australian families face as the cost-of-living crisis continues to worsen.

The mum of three, who goes by K and runs the Instagram account @mylifebackinoz, confessed that despite earning two good incomes she and her partner "feel broke".

"Here's what middle class actually looks like in 2026," she wrote on a reel posted over the weekend.

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"Mortgage rates went up 0.25 per cent, groceries cost more than our first apartment rent, petrol prices [are] more than $2.50 a litre, add on childcare and kids' activities.

"We're not struggling, but we're not comfortable either."

K recently moved back to Australia after 14 years spent living abroad in the UK and said she has struggled with 'reverse culture shock', especially around the cost of living.

But K's family isn't the only one struggling.

Last week the Reserve Bank's second consecutive rate hike took rates to an eight-month high of 4.1 per cent.

That has put extra pressure on mortgage holders already struggling to make ends meet as essentials like groceries and fuel surge in price.

The cost of food and non-alcoholic beverages spiked by 3.1 per cent in the 12 months to January 2026, per the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

That's on top of years of rising grocery prices that have hit Aussies in the hip pocket.

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An inquiry into price gouging and unfair pricing practices released in 2024 found the cost of cheese alone increased by 27.3 per cent between March 2021 and September 2023.

The cost of bread rose by 24.1 per cent, milk got 22.7 per cent more expensive, and eggs also saw a 19.7 per cent price hike.

According to the inquiry, the total price of a staple shopping basket rose by more than 15 per cent in that time period.

That's on top of rising housing costs, which have left many Aussies struggling to make rent.

The national median rent leapt from $420 per week in 2020 to $650 per week in 2025, marking the lowest level of rental affordability on record.

Meanwhile, the national median house price has hit $1.28 million, making homeownership an impossible dream for many families.

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Aussies also have the fuel crisis to contend with at the moment, which has seen the cost of petrol soar to more than $2.50 a litre in some locations.

Diesel hit a record three dollars a litre in parts of the country over the weekend.

Add the cost of raising a child – upwards of $200,000, according to some research – on top and it's no wonder some families feel like they're falling behind.

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A man accused of raping and murdering a brothel owner has argued the prosecution case against him was "guesswork" as he sought to have the charges thrown out.

Michael James Chalmers, 36, faced Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday, charged over the death of Asian migrant sex worker Yuko.

The 62-year-old woman was found dead at the Footscray brothel she ran in Melbourne's west in late November 2024.

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CCTV footage allegedly showed Chalmers speaking with Yuko for about two minutes before he grabbed her in a headlock and pinned her down on the bed, prosecutor Jordan Johnston said.

"The interaction commences with violence," Mr Johnston told the court on Monday morning.

Chalmers was captured on the footage leaving the brothel room about 30 minutes later while Yuko was either unconscious or already dead, the prosecutor said.

Two pathologists previously told the court Yuko likely died from strangulation or smothering.

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The prosecutor said the injuries Yuko sustained were consistent with rape and the CCTV showed a "quite shocking" act of violence.

But defence barrister Barnaby Johnston argued there were was no DNA evidence linking Chalmers to those injuries, and Yuko had seen other clients in the lead-up to her death.

"It is utter guesswork how those injuries occurred," the defence barrister said.

He urged magistrate Vincenzo Caltabiano to discharge Chalmers of rape and the state offence of murder, which alleges the 36-year-old unintentionally caused the death during the rape.

Chalmers is also facing a separate charge of common law murder.

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The prosecutor accepted it was an atypical and circumstantial case but argued it should be left to a jury to decide.

Mr Caltabiano will have to consider whether there is sufficient evidence to commit Chalmers to stand trial in the Supreme Court on all or some of the charges.

The magistrate adjourned his decision to March 31.

Help is available via the National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service on 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).

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"Do you know who I am?"

The well-worn catchphrase of famous people caught in embarrassing situations was wielded to little effect before dual-code rugby great Wendell Sailor was arrested during a drunken night out. 

The former Wallabies player became agitated when talking to another man at Pappy's Bar in Sydney's city centre after 8.30pm on November 6, 2024, according to agreed facts of his court case. 

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The bar manager threatened to call police after asking the 51-year-old to leave the bar at least three times because of his level of intoxication. 

"F—ing call the cops and see what happens," Sailor replied, according to court documents. 

"Do you know who I am? You're f—ing done."

Police spoke to him outside the bar before he spotted the man whom he accused of trying to fight him and gave chase, the agreed facts state.

Reinforcements were called to help arrest the former NRL and rugby union international, who maintained his capture was racially motivated.

He was subsequently granted bail on conditions that included a prohibition on being intoxicated in public. 

But the premiership-winning NRL star ignored the restriction when he went to a sports bar in Wollongong and drank a large volume of alcohol on January 5, 2025, according to the agreed facts. 

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Police were called after he became aggressive with a taxi driver and found Sailor stumbling and swaying in the middle of the road.

He smelled strongly of alcohol and was slurring his words as he abused officers, the agreed facts state. 

Officers called for backup as they struggled to arrest an increasingly aggressive former NRL star, who tensed his arms to prevent handcuffs being placed on him and braced himself against the car. 

He resisted nine officers before eventually being taken into custody, where the agreed facts say he continued to be aggressive and hostile. 

The 51-year-old appeared in Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court on Monday after pleading guilty to failing to leave a premises after being excluded, intimidation, and resisting police. 

His lawyer asked the court to dismiss the charges on mental health grounds, citing information arising out of a psychiatric report. 

If the application is not successful when it's heard on Friday, Sailor will be sentenced.

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The former rugby great is in the process of a difficult separation from his wife of nearly three decades, a court was previously told.

He represented Australia in rugby league and rugby union, distinguishing himself as the top try-scorer when the Kangaroos won the Rugby League World Cup in 2000. 

Sailor also proved a prolific scorer during a four-year rugby union stint, crossing 13 times in 37 games for the Wallabies and earning a start in the 2003 World Cup final.

He finished his 222-game NRL career in 2009 after nine seasons with the Brisbane Broncos and two seasons with St George Illawarra.

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