Australia politics live: nearly 3 million workers to receive a 4.75% pay rise under minimum wage decision; Chalmers says economic woes driving voters to One Nation

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Unions had demanded a higher 6% pay increase after last month’s budget projected inflation reaching 5% in the year to June. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe foreign minister, Penny Wong, has announced new sanctions by the commonwealth over three Israeli individuals and four entities in response to “escalating settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank”.The entities will receive targeted financial sanctions while the individuals will receive travel bans to Australia.For the first time, designated entities now include farming outposts that serve as hubs for settler violence.Settler violence is used to

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