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What we learned today, Friday 23 August

This is where we’ll wrap up the blog for today – but first, a quick recap:

  • In a win for transgender rights, federal court justice Robert Bromwhich found that Roxanne Tickle had been discriminated against when she was barred from using the “women-only” social media app Giggle for Girls.

  • The peak bodies for doctors and lawyers say they are concerned about the increasing politicisation of youth justice reform, including steps to walk back existing commitments to raise the age of criminal responsibility in some jurisdictions.

  • The Albanese government has placed the construction and general division of the CFMEU and all of its branches – including the Western Australian and ACT branches – into administration.

  • South Australia has notched up its hottest winter day on record, with Oodnadatta in the state’s north hitting 37.7C at 2pm ACST.

  • The outlook for the Great Barrier Reef remains one of “future deterioration” largely due to climate change, despite coral reef habitats improving in some areas.

  • A magnitude 4.8 earthquake hit New South Wales, causing windows to smash and a chimney to fall over.

  • Australia will take charge of an international mission to protect shipping routes in the Red Sea for the first time.

  • Biosecurity New Zealand has temporarily suspended all Australian tomato imports after the detection of the tomato brown rugose fruit virus at two South Australian growing properties earlier this week.

  • Tabcorp has been fined $4.6m for allegedly breaching its regulatory obligations on several occasions.