“We are a party that is built on tolerance, acceptance and a diversity of opinion” one talking point read, accompanied by a note in the margin which declared “SAY THIS PHRASE IN YOUR MEDIA INTERVIEWS TODAY OR PENNY AND I WILL NEVER TALK TO YOU AGAIN!”

Australia’s long-standing modern record in the ‘5 Prime Ministers Ashes’ has come to an end, after Kier Starmer won the UK election overnight.

Many believed Australia’s modern-era feat of installing five Prime Ministers in five years and two months – set in 2015 – would never be beaten. But in a stunning performance, Britain smashed the record, achieving the coveted PM Quintuple in four years, eleven months and ten days.

Some are now questioning Rishi Sunak’s unusual decision to call an early election, suggesting he may have been trying to influence the result of the 5 Prime Ministers Ashes. “It does beg the question, did he have money on Britain winning it?” one insider asked. “Why else would he have gone so early? It looks obvious now. If he’d waited a few more months, the record would’ve stayed with Australia. But he wanted to win it”.

To mark this occasion, a new mini-game has been added where the five members of Advent ride in a taxi through a city illuminated by neon lights at night.
“Age of Advent” is a casual game consisting of multiple mini-games, each themed around the hololive English -Advent- members. It features a wide variety of mini-games, with each structured in different genres, allowing varied gameplay styles. With various game modes available, you might find your favorite game!

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2679690/Age_of_Advent/

Xitter

In the service of digging into what the Dodgers might be doing to entrench themselves as Japan’s favorite major league team, I am interviewing an animated character.

“I’m a shark-girl from the lost city of Atlantis,” Gawr Gura tells me. “I swam to the surface to hang out with you guys on land about 9,000 years ago.”

Tell me more.

“I’ve been told I have a heart of gold and a head of bone,” she says. “I have a long history of saying and doing ridiculous things on the internet.”

This is the part where I tell you that Gura — she said I could just call her Gura — will be shouting out the traditional “It’s Time for Dodger Baseball!” exclamation at Dodger Stadium on Friday.

• In short: A Senate committee recommends ASIC be split up, to create a corporations regulator and a financial services regulator.
• Key findings of the report include a "bad culture" at the corporate watchdog, and a sprawling bureaucracy that is unable to prosecute white-collar crime.
• What's next? Committee chair Andrew Bragg says its unlikely the recommendations will be adopted in this term of government.

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• The Conversation: ASIC has comprehensively failed and its role should be split in two, according to long-awaited report

• In short: Australian book retailer Booktopia has gone into voluntary administration.
• The company has been trading at a loss for over a year and earlier made 50 staff redundant.
• What's next? Administrators are looking at selling or restructuring the main Booktopia business and its three subsidiaries.