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WED · 2026-07-29 · 21:43 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0729-97281
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Australia news live: McCarthy welcomes ‘milestone’ as one Closing the Gap target reached; three dead in Sydney house fire

Australia has reached a significant milestone with 95% of First Nations children enrolled in early childhood education nationwide. This achievement is highlighted as a "milestone" by McCarthy.

Nick VisserThe Guardian - World NewsFiled 2026-07-29 · 21:43 GMTLean · Center-LeftRead · 1 min
Australia news live: McCarthy welcomes ‘milestone’ as one Closing the Gap target reached; three dead in Sydney house fire
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Australia has reached a significant milestone with 95% of First Nations children enrolled in early childhood education nationwide. This achievement is highlighted as a "milestone" by McCarthy. In economic news, Finance Minister Katy Gallagher described recent inflation figures as "encouraging" but cautioned that "uncertain times" and global instability, such as the Middle East war's impact, will likely continue to affect the economy. She stated that the country still has work to do and that recent events will flow through to the economy. Separately, three people died in a house fire in Sydney.

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Global instability, such as the Middle East war, has impacted inflation.

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Inflation figures are encouraging but uncertain times will likely have ongoing impact on the economy.

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Three people have died in a house fire in Sydney.

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Early childhood education enrolment for First Nations children reaches 95% across the country.

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Early childhood education enrolment for First Nations children reaches 95% across the country. Follow updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Finance minister says inflation figures ‘encouraging’, but ‘uncertain times’ will likely have ongoing impact on economy Katy Gallagher, the federal minister for finance, said yesterday’s inflation numbers were “encouraging”, but the country still had a “job ahead of us”. I think we are living in very uncertain times. There’s a lot of global instability. … We saw it the last time the Middle East war increased. We saw that impact on inflation … We will see some of what’s happened in the last month flow through [into the economy]. Continue reading...
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