Australia politics live: author Anna Funder says she’s a ‘victim of crime’ as creatives lobby government to protect them from AI

The brief

Fuel prices rise 16 cents a litre in Perth as excise cuts scale back Petrol prices are a little higher around the country today – and a lot higher in Perth – after the fuel excise relief has begun to taper off. The federal and state governments’ 32-cent-a-litre cut to the fuel tax has today been replaced with a 16-cent discount, to expire on 2 August. The excise was initially cut to combat price surges in the wake of the US war on Iran. Unleaded petrol prices have risen about 4 cents a litre today in most cities, MotorMouth data shows. Stations have passed on the costs of higher excise…