From the Daily Os. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Zara Seidler. It's Friday, the ninth of May. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
Prime Minister Anthony Alberesi has addressed the Labour caucus at a meeting in Canberra. Alberanzi congratulated the party's newly elected MPs, saying they have a clear objective to continue to earn the right to sit in this room, he said, because this is where decisions are made. The caucus meant to sign off on a list of the thirty MP's who will form the Albanese government's new front bench. The prime minister confirmed his re elected government's first priority will be
to legislate Labour's promised HEXTEP cuts. Meanwhile, Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor has formally announced his bid to lead the Liberal Party. He'll go up against the party's deputy Susan Lee in a vote on Tuesday.
Proceedings in the trial of accused mushroom murderer Aaron Patterson have wrapped for another week in Victoria. Today, the court was shown footage from a police interview with Patterson's teenage son. He claimed his fifty year old mother built lego by herself in the hours after serving a deadly beef Wellington lunch. Pattison's son told police his mother complained of feeling quote
a bit sick and had diarrhea the day after the lunch. However, the team said she did not stop to use the toilet during a one hundred and eighty kilometer round trip in the car that day. Patterson has pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder. Hearings will continue next week.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has announced his planning to give away ninety nine percent of his fortune by twenty forty five. Once the world's richest man, Gates had already promised to donate his wealth via the Gates Foundation, but this announcement will see that plan fast tracked. Gates made the pledge on his website and said the foundation would focus on eliminating preventable and infectious diseases and lifting hundreds of millions
of people out of poverty. The billionaire has criticized recent US spending cuts to global aid programs. He also criticized Elon Musk for his role in slashing aid funding, saying these cuts will kill not just children, but millions of children.
And today's good news. Brisbane artist Julie Frager has been named winner of the twenty twenty five Archibald Prize. Frager beat out fifty six other finalists with her portrait of fellow Brisbane artist Justine Williams. The prestigious award includes a one hundred thousand dollar cash prize. It's the first time Fraga has won the Archibald, but her fourth appearance as
a finalist in the competition. According to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, it marks the fifteenth time the Archibald has been awarded to a woman since its inception in nineteen twenty one.
That wraps up another week of The Daily Oz, a fairly big week. I would suggest thank you so much for your support this week. If you are looking up for something to accompany you into the weekend, tune into this morning's Deep Dive, where we explain everything you need to know about the conflict escalating between India and Pakistan.
We will be back next week, but until then, have a fabulous weekend.
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