By The Guardian (World News) | Created at 2024-09-30 20:35:12 | Updated at 2024-10-01 13:36:25
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Queenslanders will go to the polls on 26 October and we’ve assembled the five key things you need to know about the vote.
And here’s our video explainer.
Welcome
Good morning and welcome to our rolling news coverage. I’m Martin Farrer bringing you the best of the overnight news before Emily Wind takes the reins.
The federal government has tasked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission with cracking down on misleading and deceptive pricing in supermarkets, tipping an extra $30m into the competition regulator after damning allegations against Coles and Woolworths. And we also have an analysis coming up to show how Coles and Woolworths have leapfrogged their peers in profitability.
Gambling reform campaigners have accused wagering companies of “showering” federal politicians with hospitality as the government considers advertising restrictions, with new data showing betting groups have given numerous free tickets to MPs. New analysis from the Alliance for Gambling Reform, informed by a new database collecting all federal politicians’ updates to their parliamentary register of interests, shows at least 19 have accepted hospitality from wagering companies to attend major events including the Melbourne Cup, Australian Open, AFL matches and cricket games.
A former Royal Australian Navy officer who alleges a colleague’s bullying led to them feeling suicidal was further traumatised – and pushed to the brink of suicide again – after appearing as a special “key witness” in the royal commission into defence and veteran suicide. In a Guardian Australia exclusive, they tell Paul Daley how the process itself retraumatised them.
The Queensland government will go into caretaker mode today when premier Steven Miles visits governor Jeannette Young, officially starting the countdown to the 26 October poll. We have a run down of the five things you need to know about the election, which is expected to be won by the Liberal National party under the leadership of David Crisafulli. More coming up.
And a new safety code for dating apps comes into force today – more soon on what that means.
