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Labor leader Anthony Albanese uses his budget reply speech to promise a $10bn affordable housing fund. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian
Friday: Anthony Albanese promises 20,000 new properties in his federal budget reply. Plus: two dead on Mount Everest
Thu 13 May 2021 16.49 EDT
Good morning. It’s Friday 14 May and ,while
budget week might be over, the analysis is just beginning. The
sexual harassment conversation shows no signs of slowing in Australia’s halls of power. And violence continues to escalate in
Gaza. This is Imogen Dewey with this morning’s main stories.