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Travel warning for Jewish visitors to Australia after synagogue attack
Anthony Albanese announced a new taskforce to tackle antisemitism, but a US-based Jewish human rights organisation still issued a warning.
- by Chip Le Grand, Paul Sakkal and James Massola
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Wong defends criticism of Israel, rebukes Dutton
Penny Wong says Australia expects Israel to comply with international law in the same way it expects authoritarian regimes such as Russia and China to do so.
- by Matthew Knott, Josefine Ganko and Nick Bonyhady
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Immigration
Voters back migration cuts as Dutton retreats on target
Labor seized on the move to accuse Opposition Leader Peter Dutton of dumping a promise he made in May.
- by David Crowe
Perspective
Government
The LNP MPs paid extra to lead scrutiny of the government’s new laws
While those elevated to chair parliamentary committees may get less attention than ministers or opposition frontbenchers, they wield a lot of influence.
- by Matt Dennien
‘Lost his voice’: Dutton criticises Jewish MP over government’s antisemitism response
Labor’s Josh Burns said he “couldn’t care less” about Peter Dutton’s remarks, and they would not stop him standing up for the Jewish community.
- by James Massola and Josefine Ganko
‘I did some exercise’: Albanese returns serve over tennis photos
The prime minister said he had visited a synagogue and had six hours of meetings before he was photographed playing tennis on Saturday afternoon.
- by James Massola and Hamish Hastie
Sydney rail commuters face disruption from fresh round of work bans
A day after an eleventh-hour legal manoeuvre by the government, unions have filed papers seeking the right to ballot members on a new round of industrial action.
- by Matt O'Sullivan and Alexandra Smith
Father of injured cyclist lashes out as Andrews crash case heads to civil trial
A civil court stoush between cyclist Ryan Meuleman and a law firm over a crash involving former premier Daniel Andrews’ wife Catherine is going to trial.
- by Cassandra Morgan and Erin Pearson
Analysis
Political leadership
Dutton takes the lead, but is he defying gravity?
The opposition leader is now ahead in the opinion polls at a time of deep unrest over the cost of living when he has no significant public plan to fix the problem.
- by David Crowe
The Coalition told the CSIRO to redo its nuclear report. It’s bad news for Dutton
Peter Dutton’s Coalition wanted new modelling on the cost of nuclear energy. The CSIRO obliged, but the opposition leader won’t like the results.
- by Mike Foley
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Antisemitism
‘I fear the next attack will be worse’: former Labor minister’s warning on antisemitism
PM Anthony Albanese said he personally believed the firebombing of a Melbourne synagogue was a terrorist attack, as he hit back at claims he had failed to tackle antisemitism.
- by Matthew Knott