Good morning. Anthony Albanese is marking the anniversary of the 7 October attacks in Israel by condemning “all prejudice and hatred” – and acknowledging the terrible pain that the anniversary brings. Violence in the Middle East is showing no signs of easing as Israel makes heavy bombing raids on Lebanon and Gaza, and says “everything is on the table” for a strike on Iran.
Back home, the NSW government is investigating a feared “second Juukan Gorge”, after rock falls at a site bearing culturally significant Indigenous artwork near the Dendrobium coalmine. A mine excavating coal beneath greater Sydney’s water catchment has damaged a site of “significant” cultural heritage, . In a video message, Anthony Albanese says the first anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel but that he holds out hope for peace for all.
Many in Australia’s Jewish community and exhausted by conflict amid dissolving unity and a rise in antisemitism. The help to buy housing bill – the government’s shared equity housing affordability scheme – is darkening parliament’s doors again. , Paul Karp asks.
An eight-year-old girl has died and a woman remains unaccounted for after a townhouse , east of Brisbane, yesterday. Israel attacked Lebanon and Gaza amid intense airstrikes and evacuation orders; its defence minister said “everything is on the table” as it prepares a strike on Iran. Benjamin Netanyahu has hit out at Emmanuel Macron over his ; Israel’s lack of vision , Peter.