Australia politics live: Dennis Richardson says he was ‘way overpaid’ for work on royal commission into antisemitism

Dennis Richardson resigned from the royal commission into antisemitism in Australia because he felt "surplus" to its needs and believed he was overpaid. He stated his decision was unrelated to government influence and expects the commission to perform professionally. Separately, Atlassian announced it will lay off approximately 10% of its workforce to focus on AI. During a hearing, Anthropic, establishing a Sydney office, promised to match US commitments on power and water usage to mitigate environmental impact from its data centers. One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts criticized the ABC for attributing the party's growth to "Vietnamese bots." Other events included a Victorian plan for free homebuyer reports, the discovery of a missing tourists' vehicle, and an earthquake near Boorowa.

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