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Monday, 2 November 2026

No. 23,584

International Coravia Business Daily

Independent journalism · Est. 1962 · Meridale

Breaking

Assembly passes $9bn Coastal Shield infrastructure bill after 14-hour session

Central bank holds key rate at 3.25% and signals autumn review

Flood warnings issued for the lower Aldenne Valley as river levels peak

Auriga-3 launch puts first Coravian weather satellite into orbit

Assembly passes $9bn Coastal Shield infrastructure bill after 14-hour session

Central bank holds key rate at 3.25% and signals autumn review

Flood warnings issued for the lower Aldenne Valley as river levels peak

Auriga-3 launch puts first Coravian weather satellite into orbit

National Assembly

Portrait of Yuna Karel.

The Assembly found consensus — keeping it is the hard part

Two landmark acts in one week looks like a new politics. The autumn budget will reveal whether it survives contact with arithmetic.

11:40

Yuna Karel

Members of the National Assembly's finance committee take evidence ahead of the final Coastal Shield vote.

National Assembly

Coastal Shield bill clears final vote, sending $9bn to flood defences

Ministers hail a “generational upgrade” to sea walls, pumping stations and river barriers after the longest sitting in the Assembly's modern history. Opposition parties back the plan but demand quarterly spending audits.

08:42

Yuna Karel

Students cross the main quad of the University of Meridale on a bright summer morning.

Assembly approves tuition-free degrees at public universities from 2027

The Higher Education Access Act passes 214–96 after a marathon overnight sitting, ending two decades of fee rises and reshaping how Coravia pays for its universities.

07:10

Yuna Karel

Lawyers climb the steps of the High Court in Meridale.

Ethics panel clears deputy speaker after eight-month inquiry

The Assembly's standards committee finds “no breach of the code” over undeclared hospitality, but recommends tightening the disclosure rules it says are “written for another era”.

17:20

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Dry farmland in the Aldenne Valley after weeks without rain.

Drought relief package for Aldenne farmers passes first reading

$480m in emergency support clears its first hurdle as the valley records its driest summer in six decades.

13:05

Montlior Newsdesk

A health worker prepares a vaccine dose at a clinic.

Health ministry defends autumn booster procurement before committee

Officials tell the health committee the $310m vaccine contract followed “every rule in the book” after auditors query a compressed tender window.

15:50

Montlior Newsdesk