Australia news LIVE: Albanese to attend Kyle Sandilands’ wedding; National cabinet proposes health overhaul; Migration changes for skilled workers announced

The Australian completed her first two manoeuvres with ease and was lining up for another when she was forced to bail as the wave closed out.

It meant Wright had to settle for a score of 4.60 on that ride, handing Moore her third Margaret River Pro crown, and a first since 2014.

“It feels amazing,” Moore told the WSL broadcast.

“It’s been nine years since the last time I won this event, and I was beginning to think I couldn’t do it.”

Despite the loss, Wright leapfrogged compatriot Molly Picklum into top spot on the rankings at the halfway point of the season.

Picklum slid to third, with Moore moving up to second.

“I haven’t been in that (No.1) position for a long time,” said Wright, who defended her Bells Beach title earlier this month.

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A report commissioned by the Property Council of Australia showed levelling the withholding tax rate could create an extra 150,000 homes over the next decade.

Property Council chief executive Mike Zorbas said the announcement was a “strong step” toward reversing Australia’s growing housing shortage.

“More supply means downward pressure on the cost of renting and buying homes and will offer more housing choices and affordable options at a time when we desperately need them,” he said.

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Two cruise missiles also hit a residential building and storage facilities in Uman, around 215 kilometres south of Kyiv, said Ihor Taburets, the regional governor of Cherkasy, where the city is located.

Three people were killed and eight were wounded in the city, Taburets said.

Emergency service workers were at the site and local media shared footage and photos from the multi-story building that caught fire with several floors destroyed.

In Kyiv, the anti-aircraft system was activated, according to the Kyiv City Administration. Air raid sirens started about 4am and the alert ended about two hours later.

The attack was the first on the capital since March 9.

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“We’ve got a cohort here where we’re seeing the outcomes of race and gender inequality within the health system,” Murdolo said.

“There are a whole lot of changes within the health system that can increase access and make it culturally safe, increase health literacy amongst migrant women and truly extend reproductive health care to women regardless of their visa status.”

Abortion, contraception and vasectomy care provider MSI Australia urged the federal government to establish a national abortion fund in the upcoming budget.

The proposed fund would provide people in financial distress with timely access to sexual and reproductive health care.

MSI Australia head of policy and research Bonney Corbin said the fund would help bridge existing gaps in the public health workforce.

The committee heard only seven per cent of general practitioners across Australia were registered to provide medical abortions, a figure which decreased significantly in regional areas.

“Despite being a progressive and quite fair country there are many barriers to affordable, appropriate and effective contraception and abortion in Australia,” Royal Women’s Hospital chief executive Sue Matthews said.

“Much of it is by design, it’s not by choice.”

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