From The Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tassel. It's Wednesday, the seventeenth of September. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
Opposition leader Susan Lee has described debt as an issue of intergenerational fairness and warned Australians have become too reliant on welfare. Speaking at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia in Melbourne, Lee outlined the principles that will guide coalition policy into the next election, including a targeted approach
to government subsidies and benefit payments. The opposition leader said the government quote should not be paying benefits to high income households and that support should be a safety net, not a hammock. Lee did not cite specific cuts or policy proposals during her first major economic address as Opposition leader. However, she claimed improvements can be made without attacking welfare or health or school funding to ensure the next generation inherits opportunity, not death.
Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing Gaza City after Israel launched its ground offensive on Tuesday. The Israeli Defense Forces the IDF, which says its targeting hamas issued evacuation warnings telling Palestinians to go to a humanitarian zone in Almwasi in South Gaza. The UN said Israel had not taken effective steps to ensure the safety of those forced to move there, and that it had not provided enough space or services for
those already there. UN officials have previously accused the IDF of targeting displaced Palestinians tents in Almwasi quote killing entire families. Israel's latest military action has been met with widespread condemnation from international governments and families of hostages taken by Hamas. The offensive began shortly after a UN Commission of Inquiry announced it had found Israel was carrying out a genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Israel has called the finding fake.
US President Donald Trump has revealed his planning to meet with Anthony Albanzi when the Prime Minister visits the US next week. Trump was criticizing an Australian journalist when he hinted at a face to face talk with the PM. ABC America's editor John Lyons was questioning Trump about his business ventures and White House spending when the President accused Lyons of hurting Australia very much. Right now. Your leader is coming over to see me very soon, Trump said,
adding I'm going to tell him about you. You set a very bad tone. The comment is the closest recent indicator out of the US that a Trump Albanesi meeting will go ahead. The Prime Minister is expected to meet with his US counterpart in New York ahead of a meeting of the UN General Assembly.
And today's good news in an Australian first, pet owners can now book tickets to bring their small dogs and cats on Virgin Australia flights. The airline's Pets in Cabin service officially on sale today ahead of the first services departing on the sixteenth of October. Virgin said it's launching the initiative across select flights between Melbourne, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast before expanding the service to all
eligible domestic flights in twenty twenty six. Virgin CEO Dave Emerson said, quote, with almost seventy percent of households owning a pet, we expect the service to be embraced by pet lovers all around the country. A limit of four pets per flight will be permitted and will cost passengers and extra one hundred and forty nine dollars per animal.
That's the latest from the Daily os newsroom. If you're looking for something else to listen to, you can check out today's deep dive, where we discuss the latest tensions between Russia and NATO members.
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