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Average Australian electricity and gas bills may rise by $600 and $400 as forecasted by Treasurer Jim Chalmers in the newly announced budget, says Sky News Political Reporter Olivia Caisley. In response to this rise, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said the government is prepared to “look at measures that are beyond what governments have normally considered”. Source: Sky News

Leaders of a First Nation on B.C.’s central coast rejected an apology gift from Vancouver police leadership Monday night at a ceremony meant to heal divisions after an Indigenous man and his granddaughter were wrongly handcuffed outside a bank nearly three years ago. A planned apology feast at the Heiltsuk Nation’s Big House was changed to an “uplifting ceremony” at the last minute when the two Vancouver police constables involved in the incident did not show up for the event.More than a dozen executive members of the Vancouver Police Department, including Chief Adam Palmer, and members of the Vancouver Police…

Pennsylvania Senate Democratic hopeful John Fetterman and his Republican rival Dr. Mehmet Oz came out of the gate swinging Tuesday night in their only debate just two weeks before Election Day.Fetterman, the state’s lieutenant governor, in his opening statement said that if Oz “is on TV, he’s lying,” calling it “the Oz rule.”Oz hit back, calling Fetterman “extreme” and accusing him of being soft on crime.The Democrat, who is recovering from a stroke he suffered in May, appeared to struggle with his diction throughout the debate. He acknowledged his difficult recovery at the start and end of the event, saying…

Two high profile athletes are leaving Kanye West’s sports agency, Donda Sports, in the wake of the artist and businessman’s repeated antisemitic statements. Aaron Donald, a star football player on the Los Angeles Rams, announced Tuesday that he is leaving the agency. In a statement shared on Twitter, Donald and his wife Erica said their family decided to leave the company due to “recent comments and displays of hate and antisemitism,” which they characterized as “the exact opposite of how we choose to live our lives and raise our children.” The couple did not refer to West — who has…

Wall Street’s biggest banks are split on the outlook for emerging market equities, with Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs taking diametrically opposed views after a punishing $2tn sell-off this year.An MSCI index of EM stocks has slumped about 30 per cent since early January, reflecting a punishing rout in markets ranging from China to South Korea. Those steep declines have fuelled debate among analysts about how much worse things can get, with Morgan Stanley identifying bargain opportunities just as Goldman casts doubt over a possible recovery.The divergence comes at a critical point for emerging markets, particularly in Asia, which has…

NanoWired is a start-up by any measure. Spun off from Technical University of Darmstadt in 2017, the German company has a mere 22 employees and just a handful of customers.But chief executive Olav Birlem believes his technology can revolutionise chip production, and has set his sights on selling to the behemoth of the industry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. TSMC works with more than 700 suppliers already, many of them multinationals.Birlem’s company has commercialised a technology for growing tiny metal hairs on surfaces and using them to tightly connect two objects — a solution that can be used to package chips…

Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan accused Republicans on Tuesday of trying to distract voters with the issue of explicit material being allowed in public schools.Whitmer, who is seeking a second term as Michigan’s chief executive this year, said during a gubernatorial debate that Republicans were enflaming the issue for political gain. “I see how politicians try to wedge communities against one another,” said Whitmer. “It is dangerous and it is selfish.” The governor accused her GOP challenger, Tudor Dixon, of using the issue to obscure a conservative agenda and ties to former Trump-era Education Secretary and Michigan political heavyweight Betsy Devos. MUSLIM-AMERICANS…

New year, new baby bumps! Aaron Rodgers’ brother Luke Rodgers and more celebrities are expanding their families in 2022. The professional football player’s older sibling announced his wife Aimee Rodgers’ pregnancy in a January 1 Instagram post showing her baby bump in a white sweater. “For the last two and half years we have kept our struggle with infertility very private. Aimee and I have wanted to start a family since the day we were married,” the dad-to-be captioned their maternity shoot photos at the time. “Things don’t always go as we plan. What followed for us was multiple fertility…

Los Angeles Rams superstar defensive tackle Aaron Donald is leaving Ye’s Donda Sports. And after reflecting on his original comments, Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown will be terminating his affiliation with the company too. Their decisions came after Ye, formerly Kanye West, sparked major controversy for antisemitic comments and causing an uproar on social media after wearing a “White Lives Matter” shirt with Candace Owens, a political commentator. Because of this, Ye’s business partners, including Balenciaga and Adidas, have dropped him. JPMorgan Chase also dropped its account with Ye’s fashion company Yeezy.  Donald released a statement, along with wife Erica, explaining why…

Hal Steinbrenner needs to reach out to Aaron Judge. Not Brian Cashman. Not an intermediary. This is a job for the Yankees owner. He should tell Judge to decompress after a disappointing end to a season that taxed the slugger mentally and physically as he carried a franchise and pursued history. But Steinbrenner should also tell Judge he would like to meet in person sooner than later. They both live in Tampa, so the logistics are not an issue. Once together, Steinbrenner should ask Judge face-to-face with no other prying eyes and ears — “Do you really want to be…