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25 women’s lives: the number that’s shocked Australia

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25: that’s the shocking number of women who’ve died violently in Australia already this year, according to a tracking project by Counting Dead Women. And the official HECS/HELP debt indexation figure has been released today after the latest inflation data, and anyone with a debt will have a 4.7% increase on June 1. Plus, the battle between Elon Musk, X and the eSafety Commissioner is still going on, with a war of words now coming from all sides of politics. Also, around 1,000 activists are setting sail on the unauthorised Freedom Flotilla to take aid to Gaza and Suyra McEwan is one of three Aussies joining the trip. Guests: Georgia Roberts, reporter, ABC Michelle Rowland, Federal Communications Minister Suyra McEwen, volunteer, Freedom Flotilla

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