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> The ban, which would take effect at the end of Friday, makes it illegal to support, fund, train, recruit, join or direct the group, including if it reformed under a new name, Burke said. Breaking the law is punishable by up to 15 years in prison. > > The Islamist group Hibzt ut-Tahrir was in March the first group banned under the hate speech law. That organization and the National Socialist Network were publicly identified by lawmakers and officials as the policy’s primary targets.

> * A Tasmanian conservation group is working to save the state's native Pacific black duck population from being displaced by hybrid ducks. > * Crossbreeding with introduced domestic mallards has devastated the species in New Zealand, and experts warn Tasmania could face the same outcome without intervention. > * The Pacific Black Duck Conservation Group says the problem can be solved with cooperation between communities and local and state governments.

> * The CSIRO says it still needs to cut up to 350 jobs, despite more than $387 million in additional funding from the federal government over four years. > * The agency says the cuts, announced last November, are well underway and are necessary to support the long-term sustainability of the organisation. > * The CSIRO will spend the funds on projects relating to medical research, pandemic preparedness and advanced technology development.

> Increasing the JobSeeker payment to the suggested 90% rate would cost around $6 billion per year. This is a permanent cost to the budget. > > But the committee’s report provides a number of alternatives that cost roughly half this over the forward estimates (2026-29 financial years). > > The first approach is to gradually increase the rate each year until it reaches 90% of the age pension by 2029. > > A second approach would be to vary the JobSeeker payment according to how many hours a person had a “partial capacity to work”.