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One Nation reveals gas policy – as it happened

What we learned today, Thursday 21 May
That’s where we’ll leave things. Thanks for reading, and have a good night. Until tomorrow, here were today’s top stories:
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One Nation announced its new resources policy; a Norway-inspired government equity scheme in prospective offshore oil and gas projects.
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Queensland’s Olympics minister, Tim Mander, stood down from his cabinet position after being referred to the federal police over claims he may have committed a “potential criminal offence” by enrolling to vote at a staffer’s house.
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Australia recorded a surprise jump in unemployment, with the jobless rate lifting to 4.5% in April.
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Australia’s foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, condemned the actions of a far-right Israeli minister who posted a video of himself abusing bound activists captured while trying to sail an aid flotilla to Gaza.
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The federal health minister, Mark Butler, announced a $7.2m package to address the growing diphtheria outbreak. Later in the day, South Australia’s chief public health officer, Nicola Spurrier, confirmed a number of people have tested positive to diphtheria in the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
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Paul Keating rubbished claims from the Coalition and the startup sector that Labor’s reforms to capital gains tax will undermine entrepreneurship.
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Australia’s national science agency confirmed at a staff town hall meeting that it is sacking 92 staff in its environment research team.
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New South Wales prison officers walked off the job across the state in solidarity with a local strike at Goulburn Correctional Centre, and in frustration over record prisoner numbers.
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Elon Musk’s X was fined $650,000 after failing to comply with an Australian child safety notice.
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And Victoria’s Avalon airport was sent into a partial lockdown, causing a series of flight delays after a security scare that police said was caused by a laser removal hair device.