Bradfield recount continues, with Boele up by 28 votes
Exactly one month after the 3 May election, the NSW seat of Bradfield is yet to be called. A recount is under way, with independent Nicolette Boele currently up by 28 votes over her Liberal opponent, Gisele Kapterian.
The Australian Electoral Commission has until 9 July to declare a result, but it could take some time. Election-watcher Kevin Bonham notes the average difference from the first-vote tally found during a recount comes out to 22 votes, although in one case, the Tasmanian seat of Bass in 1998, the recount found a 64-vote difference.
Boele thanked supporters working as scrutineers and the volunteers cooking them hot lunches, writing on Facebook yesterday:
This is what community looks like. And it’s been the heartbeat of this campaign from day one. No matter what happens, it is such a joy to be part of this community.
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Tory Shepherd
One in three Australian men have used intimate partner violence in their lifetime, study finds
One in three Australian men has reported committing domestic violence, world-first research has found – and the same research has identified new ways to tackle it.
The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) found fostering affectionate relationships between sons and fathers (or father figures) was associated with reducing the risk of intimate partner violence by as much as 48%.
Having good social supports is another protective factor, according to the AIFS report based on the study’s robust data up to 2022. Men who reported high levels of social support all the time in 2013-14 were 26% less likely to report committing IPV by 2022.
You can read more on the findings here:
Natasha May
Ardern says she wrote the book to encourage others into leadership
Asked why it was so important to her to explain the depths of her self-doubt in the memoir, Ardern told 7.30 last night:
Because I know I’m not alone. Privately, in quiet conversation, the number of individuals – often people I have enormous respect for – who will in some way share that they’ve had a similar thought or a similar experience. There are plenty of people who have this experience. There just happens to be very few who then share it or talk about it out loud.
I see the benefit in that, because over time, I’ve seen the strength that comes from what we perceive to be weakness, a confidence gap often leads to humility, a willingness to bring in experts and advisers, and I think ultimately makes you a better decision maker.
And so for me, this was a way about talking about the strengths that some of these character traits bring and encourage those who might experience them – perhaps in passing, perhaps permanently – not to see it as a thing to exclude them from leadership, but rather something to encourage them into it.
Ardern had earlier said “who knows who’s out there considering whether or not they have what it takes, considering whether or not they can succeed if they lead with empathy, and perhaps who may have lost a bit of faith in politics, or politicians.”
You can read an extra from the memoir here:
Natasha May
Jacinda Ardern has a new memoir out
Dame Jacinda Ardern says she was “hesitant” to write a political memoir but did so in order to convey how it feels to lead as a person grappling with a “confidence gap” in the hope of inspiring others.
The former prime minister of New Zealand appeared last night on the ABC’s 7.30 report as part of her promotion of her new memoir, A Different Kind of Power, after giving the Guardian an exclusive interview which was published Saturday (definitely read it if you haven’t already done so), and the first major interview since she dramatically resigned after six years in power.
In that interview, Guardian’s editor in chief Katharine Viner writes it is the “the most modest political memoir I’ve read … dedicated to ‘the criers, worriers and huggers’; her thesis is that these people can make great leaders, too.”
Tanya Plibersek ‘delighted’ Dorinda Cox has defected to Labor
Tanya Plibersek, the minister for social services, said she is “delighted” senator Dorinda Cox had defected from the Greens to Labor. Cox announced the shock move yesterday during an appearance alongside the prime minister, saying after some “deep reflection” she had determined “what it is that I would like to achieve in my political life and what you can’t do from the crossbench is make change”.
Plibersek told Radio National Breakfast this morning:
We’re delighted that she’s joining a very strong West Australian team …
I’m very much looking forward to her joining what’s a very strong representation for Western Australia, and I’m looking forward to going there this afternoon for a cabinet meeting.
You can read more on Cox here:
Cait Kelly
Oxfam says level of inequality ‘scandalous and unjust’
Oxfam Australia acting chief executive Chrisanta Muli said this level of inequality was morally wrong, while many Australians are struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. Muli said:
It is scandalous and unjust that property continues to be one of the biggest drivers of wealth across the decade while over 99% of rentals are unaffordable for people earning a full-time minimum wage.
The single most urgent, structural, and strategic action that the Australian government can take now is to rapidly and radically reduce the gap between the super-rich and the rest of society.
To improve the integrity of our progressive tax system, we want to see superannuation and other tax loopholes closed for big corporations and the richest 1%.
This is the most effective tool we have to ensure a more fair and equal society. When tax loopholes are closed for the wealthiest, there will be more money in the budget for healthcare, affordable housing, action on climate change and ending poverty.
Cait Kelly
Australian billionaire wealth grew by $137m every day over last decade
The number of Australian billionaires has more than doubled over the past decade, rising from 74 in 2015 to 161 in 2025, according to Oxfam Australia analysis of the Australian Financial Review Rich List.
Number crunching also revealed that in the same period, billionaire wealth grew on average by more than $137m per day, or $95,000 per minute.
In light of these staggering figures, the anti-poverty organisation is renewing its call for urgent tax reform to address rampant inequality and ensure that Australia’s wealthiest contribute their fair share.
Oxfam analysis also uncovered:
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The total wealth of Australia’s richest 200 people has surged by 160% to $667.8bn in the past decade.
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The average Rich Lister has over 116,000 times the wealth of an Australian in the bottom 50%.
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Over the last 10 years, property has been the most frequent source of wealth accumulation for Australia’s richest, followed by retail, investments and mining/resources.
Bradfield recount continues, with Boele up by 28 votes
Exactly one month after the 3 May election, the NSW seat of Bradfield is yet to be called. A recount is under way, with independent Nicolette Boele currently up by 28 votes over her Liberal opponent, Gisele Kapterian.
The Australian Electoral Commission has until 9 July to declare a result, but it could take some time. Election-watcher Kevin Bonham notes the average difference from the first-vote tally found during a recount comes out to 22 votes, although in one case, the Tasmanian seat of Bass in 1998, the recount found a 64-vote difference.
Boele thanked supporters working as scrutineers and the volunteers cooking them hot lunches, writing on Facebook yesterday:
This is what community looks like. And it’s been the heartbeat of this campaign from day one. No matter what happens, it is such a joy to be part of this community.
Good morning, Nick Visser here to take you through today’s breaking news. For now:
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The race for the NSW seat of Bradfield remains neck-and-neck, with independent Nicolette Boele currently leading Liberal Gisele Kapterian by more than 20 votes. It’s still too early to call the seat, as a painstaking – and polite – recount remains under way. The federal election took place exactly one month ago.
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The number of Australia billionaires has more than doubled over the past decade. In 2015, there were 74. There are now 161, according to Oxfam Australia. Billionaire wealth grew on average by more than $137m per day.
Stick with us for all the twists and turns the day has to offer.
