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- The Federal Treasurer says this week's economic roundtable will shape years of policy.
- Queensland residents could feel aftershocks today, after record earthquake this weekend.
- And in football, Tottenham blitz Burnley three-nil in the Premier League.
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the economic reform roundtable taking place this week will inform the next three Federal budgets.
Governments, unions, experts and business groups will meet in Canberra on Tuesday for three days of discussions focusing on forming policy to improve key issues including Australia's lagging productivity and stagnant wages.
"It's all about ensuring people can earn more and keep more of what they earn. We make our economy more dynamic, more competitive. We teach people to adapt and adopt technology. We get the energy transition right. These are the government's priorities."
Ahead of the meetings, the Productivity Commission has released multiple reports with suggestions to lift productivity, including cutting red tape and using AI in some sectors.
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Queensland residents are being warned about possible aftershocks today, after the state recorded a 5.6 magnitude earthquake, northwest of the Sunshine Coast yesterday.
The earthquake, which was at a depth of two kilometres and was felt as far as Brisbane, is the largest to be recorded on-shore in the state in the past 50 years.
Geoscience Australia senior seismologist, Michelle Salmon, told Channel Seven at least one aftershock has been felt already.
"We are likely to see aftershocks. In fact, there was a very small aftershock last night. It was small enough that it was quite difficult for us to locate and it didn't actually get published, but someone did feel it. So we can expect some more aftershocks over time."
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An intense fire has threatened homes in Casula in Sydney's southwest in the early hours of the morning.
It broke out at an industrial site that houses businesses, and was contained within an hour by fire crews.
Nobody was harmed in the blaze and it is not believed to be suspicious.
One of the staff connected to a business in the facility told channel 9 he found out about the incident by watching the television.
"Well my dad woke me up this morning and goes oh your workshop was on fire and I was like no it wasn't. I was a bit dismissive about it. And then he goes no, it was on the news, I know what your workshop looks like. I was like ok. We were going to wait for the news story to just come back up and I was like, why? We can just walk down and have a look. Yeah, it was, it was all burnt down."
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The United States' First Lady has written a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, urging him to consider the children impacted by the Ukraine war.
Melania Trump, who was born in Slovenia, was not present at Friday's Alaska summit between her husband and Mr Putin, but has addressed the appeal directly to the leader.
Ms Trump wrote that he could 'restore the melodic laughter' of children whose innocence should be protected, writing that he could do so with the stroke of a pen.
The emotive letter did not specifically reference Ukraine, but is believed to reference reports Russia has abducted tens of thousands of children - something the White House has recently stated is a concern.
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In football,
Tottenham Hotspur have made a statement start to the 2025/26 Premier League season with a three-nil home win over Burnley.
Brazillian striker Richarlison has had a dream start to the campaign with two goals, the second of which - a thrilling bicycle kick - could prove to be one of the goals of the season.
New signing Mohammed Kudus assisted both goals with his exciting footwork and chance-creation well on display.
And it was Brennan Johnson, Spurs leading scorer last season, who rounded the match off with a third goal in the sixty-sixth minute to secure the three points.
New coach Thomas Frank, who replaces Australia's Ange Postecoglou after he led the team to European glory earlier this year, praised Richarlison and says it's a dream start to his new era.
"I think he was very good against PSG, today he was exceptional. His work rate, driving the team, just dominating. Second goal finished with two top actions: first, Mohammed Kudus and then an exceptional finish from Richarlison. I'm a little disappointed that so on we had our goal of the season but it must be a contender. That's of course a perfect start, our dream start. We all know we have to follow up on it but I hope the players, the fans, the club enjoyed today."
