The US House of Representatives set to vote on a Tiktok crackdown bill; Australia's rental affordability crisis the worst it's been in 17 years; And in NRL, Anthony Mundine has urged Latrell Mitchell to focus on footy rather than"disrespect".Australia's rental affordability crisis the worst it's been in 17 years;United States President Joe Biden says he would sign legislation that gives China's ByteDance about six months to divest the popular TikTok short video app.
"With respect to the TikTok related legislation. That was a strongly bipartisan vote. That is impressive in nature in any instance, but particularly as it relates to something in the social media space, which hasn't always been easy for Democrats and Republicans to find common ground."A lack of available properties is a key factor behind Australia's worst rental affordability crisis in 17 years, according to a senior economist at PropTrack.
PropTrack's senior economist, Angus Moore, says surging rents have significantly outpaced wages, a disparity growing since the pandemic hit. They fear it could further dent freedoms in the financial hub, which has already been subjected to a China-led crackdown on dissent that has sent many pro-democracy politicians and activists into jail or exile.
Emergency services were responding to reports of a in Melbourne's northeast suburb of Lower Plenty last night.