Sydney train strike called off after crisis talks

That’s a wrap – thank you for reading the Need to Know blog today. These were some of the main topics:

• Sydney train strike called off after crisis talks: The Minns government has reached an eleventh-hour agreement to avoid a crippling two-day strike that would have shut down Sydney’s train services.

• Australian teen dies after Laos methanol poisonings: Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones has died after being poisoned in the mass methanol poisoning incident in Laos.

• ‘Talk to your kids about drink spiking’: Foreign Minister Penny Wong has made a short statement at Parliament House about the death of Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones.

• Bill Shorten bows out, thanks family and electorate: Bill Shorten has delivered his valedictory speech to parliament ahead of his retirement.

• YouTube out of social media ban, Snapchat in: YouTube will not be banned for children under 16 after being carved from the Albanese government’s blanket ban on social media.

• Coles says cross-shopping creates significant competition: Coles says it disagrees with the ACCC’s view that discounter Aldi provides only a partial “price constraint”.

• I’m a big believer in the Future Fund: Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he is a “big supporter” and a “big believer” in the Future Fund, as the government fights back against accusations it has politicised the $230 billion fund.

• Antisemitic attack in Sydney ‘deeply troubling’: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the antisemitic attack in Sydney’s east is “deeply troubling”.