Dave Hughes says he will no longer be taking the stage at Victorian Liberal events, claiming the party decided having him on the bill could run afoul of the state’s political donation laws.

The comedian, better known as Hughesy, once described himself as a lifelong Labor voter, but has become a vocal critic of the party following May’s federal budget, which included sweeping reforms to negative gearing and capital gain tax concessions.

He has since been campaigning for the Liberals ahead of the November Victorian election.

>Personal information of national disability insurance scheme participants may have ended up in controversial software company Palantir’s analytics platform as part of a massive multi-agency sharing program investigating fraud, Guardian Australia can reveal.

>There have been calls to ban the use of Palantir’s software by the Australian government since May, after it implied some cultures are inferior to others in a manifesto described by one UK MP as the “ramblings of a supervillain”.

>Last month, the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) denied using Palantir’s software, following questions from Guardian Australia after a freedom of information request revealed the agency had met with representatives of the company co-founded by US Trump-aligned billionaire Peter Thiel in 2023.

>However, Guardian Australia can reveal data from the agency is being shared with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC), which has used Palantir as part of the Fraud Fusion Taskforce of 25 government agencies that is responsible for investigating fraud.

>In short: >NAB is forecasting a peak-to-trough decline in dwelling prices of about 7 per cent across Australia's combined capital cities.

>But Sally Auld, NAB chief economist, says the price declines will not solve Australia's housing affordability issues.

>What's next? >Luci Ellis, Westpac chief economist, said relatively low inflation and financial deregulation had also contributed to rising house prices to household incomes in Australia in recent decades

>This video was going to be a serious investigation into the community that call themselves ‘Sovereign Citizens’. But we weren’t clear enough with our producer so we ended up at Sovereign Hill instead.

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