Australia news live: Greens call for 25% gas export tax; house price surge wipes out benefits of three interest rate cuts

Greens senator Steph Hodgins-May says gas corporations have created a “crisis” that Australian households have had to pay for. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFinal stage of early childhood educator pay rise kicks inEarly childhood educators will receive a 5% pay rise today, the last instalment of a promised 15% wage increase by Labor.Our early educators deserve to be paid fairly for that work. That’s why we’re delivering this 15 per cent pay rise, with the final 5 per cent hitting the pay packets of early educators from tomorrow.We know the pay rise is working to bring more people into sector and help to keep the great educators we’ve already got. Continue reading…