Hi, it’s Wednesday, June 8th. Here’s what you need to keep up to date with today’s news.
The High Court has ruled that a law allowing the Home Secretary to strip suspected terrorists of their citizenship is illegal.
The case before the court involved Delil Alexander, who was jailed in Syria after allegedly joining Islamic State.
He said he could not get out of prison because he had nowhere to go after the Australian government stripped him of his citizenship in July 2021.
The main issue in the case was whether the law allowing the Home Secretary to remove him from his citizenship was valid under the constitution.
This is what the main ruling of the decision said:
“The power to determine the facts that animate the power to impose such punishment is that which, according to [chapter 3] of the Constitution, is exercisable exclusively by a court that is part of the federal jurisdiction “.
What this means is that, in fact, the High Court ruled that, although the government at the time could pass laws relating to citizenship, the consequences of stripping a person of their citizenship without them facing a trial on Australian soil was so serious that it would only have to be handled by a judge.
Commonwealth Bank, ANZ and NAB have teamed up with Westpac to pass on the Reserve Bank’s interest rate hike to mortgage borrowers in full.
The three banks said they would increase variable interest rates on home loans by half a percentage point from June 17.
Here is the summary:
- CBA said it would pass the full value of the RBA rate hike instead of selected deposit
- ANZ said it was reviewing its current savings rates
- CBA will extend the availability of a term deposit rate by 2.25 percent over 18 months
- ANZ offered a term deposit rate of 2.25 percent for 11 months starting June 13th
- NAB introduced a term deposit rate of 2.25 percent for one year starting June 17th
Westpac took the lead as the first major bank to pass on the full value of the RBA’s rate hike on Tuesday.
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The Nadesalingam family has arrived in Brisbane as they travel from Perth to their hometown, Biloela.
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to search, up and down arrows for volume. The Nadesalingam family thanked Perth for their support before returning home to Biloela.
The cost of certain fresh produce, such as lettuce and tomatoes, has more than doubled in recent weeks and the industry says prices will not go down any time soon.
You could be paying more than $ 10 for a lettuce.
Supermarkets are struggling to keep shelves stocked with major supply chain disruptions to lettuce varieties. (ABC News: Brian Hurst)
The humid climate in southeast Queensland caused growers to lose one crop and have difficulty planting the next one when freezing temperatures set in.
Wholesalers say items such as baby leaf spinach and wombok cost three to four times the normal price, and expect the shortage to last at least a couple of months.
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We’ll be back with more tomorrow.
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Posted 5 hours 5 hours agoWednesday, June 8, 2022 at 7:28 AM, last updated 4 hours agoJune 8, 2022 at 8:15 AM