National security committee to meet after stabbings: PM
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National security committee to meet in Canberra: PM
Treasurer admits ‘difficult’ budget ahead for Queensland
French ambassador pays tribute to Bondi Junction stabbing victims
Defence spending to crack $53b this financial year: Marles
Architecture firm pays tribute to Bondi victim
Bondi shopping centre to reopen
That’s a wrap
Thanks very much for reading Need to Know this Wednesday, April 17. Here are some of today’s biggest developments:
- Richard Marles says defence will be given an extra $50 billion over the next decade as part of a shake-up of the Australian military.
Anthony Albanese says the powerful national security committee of cabinet will meet in Canberra on Wednesday afternoon.
The operators of the Westfield shopping centre at Bondi Junction say it will reopen for a community reflection day on Thursday before normal trading from Friday with an increased security presence.
US ambassador Caroline Kennedy has warned Australia’s high-quality battery minerals sector is under assault from state-owned Chinese companies in Indonesia.
- Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has slapped down Nick McKim after the Greens senator threatened outgoing Woolworths boss Brad Banducci with six months’ prison and $5 million worth of fines in a fiery supermarket inquiry hearing.
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