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Peak body for community legal centres finds number of payments suspended due to IT glitch higher than department initially identified

Hundreds of thousands of Centrelink payments were illegally cancelled because of a glitch in the automated system that runs the government’s controversial mutual obligations scheme, the peak body for community legal centres has said.

The analysis from Economic Justice Australia shows about 310,000 people had their Centrelink payments unlawfully cancelled between 2020 and 2024 because they were not given enough time to reconnect to a job provider after missing a compulsory activity as part of their mutual obligations.

With China accounting for nearly a third of the world’s total emissions, any cuts it achieves will make a substantial difference for the world – and for fossil fuel exports

Anything China does on energy and climate change is very big news. Its plans ripple around the world, whether that’s in changing the demand for fossil fuels or affecting the impacts on the planet from global heating.

On Thursday, Australia woke to the news that China’s president, Xi Jinping, had told the United Nations that for the first time his country was setting a target to cut – in absolute terms – its greenhouse gas emissions.

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Over 1,000 children fall ill from free school lunches in Indonesia

Kremlin bans fuel exports until the end of the year as Russia’s supply is disrupted by Ukrainian drones – CNN

More than 300,000 Australians had Centrelink payments cancelled illegally, new analysis shows

China has announced its first target to cut emissions in real terms. What does it mean for Australia?

How Russia’s mounting economic woes could force Putin’s hand – DW

Italy, Spain deploy naval vessels to protect flotilla on course for Gaza – Reuters

Drone incursions in Denmark were ‘hybrid attack’ – DW

South Korea legalises tattooing by non-medical professionals

In a first, Polish climber skis down Everest without supplemental oxygen – Al Jazeera

Russian warplanes detected flying near Alaska again, US military says – Military Times

‘Palestinians will not leave,’ their president tells world leaders at UN in defiant, virtual speech – Yahoo

US will fight any attempt to ban Israel from World Cup

Australian film altered in China to make gay couple straight

Trump presents new Gaza peace plan to Arab and Muslim leaders – Financial Times

Former French president Sarkozy given five-year sentence after Libya case

NATO’s Rutte: members can target Russian aircraft entering NATO space when necessary – Reuters

NORAD scrambles fighter jets to intercept Russian planes off Alaska – Reuters

Ragasa weakens but brings heavy rain and flood risk to northern Vietnam – AP News

Iran has likely carried out an undeclared missile test, satellite photos analyzed by the AP show – Yahoo

Palestinians in West Bank stranded as Israel shuts only international crossing