Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Before we shut this blog, let’s recap what the top headlines were: The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, said the government was “outraged” over the decision by the Israel Defense Forces not to pursue a criminal investigation into the strike on an aid convoy in 2024 that killed seven people, including Australian Zomi Frankcom. After a meeting with Wong, Israel’s ambassador to Australia, Hillel Newman, backed the IDF’s decision and refused to apologise over Frankcom’s death. The body of 18-year-old Lily Hooper who went missing last week has been found. It came after a major miscommunication that the NSW police has apologised for. The eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, did the media rounds this morning, after putting Roblox, which has been accused of hosting grooming and sexual exploitation on its platform, on notice to improve its safety measures or face court. The government’s gambling reforms passed the Senate late last night after hours of debate, bringing in new restrictions to limit gambling advertising and a one-stop “opt-out register”. The Victorian premier, Ben Carroll, formally called fo
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The Israeli ambassador has claimed ‘a court came to a decision that there’s no criminal liability’ but there is no evidence that any court has been involved Zomi Frankcom did not deserve to die. She and her six colleagues were traveling in…
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The Israeli ambassador has claimed ‘a court came to a decision that there’s no criminal liability’ but there is no evidence that any court has been involved Zomi Frankcom did not deserve to die. She and her six…
Read original at The Guardian →Police in Australia have apologized after the family of an 18-year-old hiker missing in dense bushland for eight days was mistakenly informed that she had been found alive. In fact, Lily Hooper’s body was found and now…
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The Israeli ambassador has claimed ‘a court came to a decision that there’s no criminal liability’ but there is no evidence that any court has been involved Zomi Frankcom did not deserve to die. She and her six colleagues were traveling in…
View source →Police in Australia have apologized after the family of an 18-year-old hiker missing in dense bushland for eight days was mistakenly informed that she had been found alive. In fact, Lily Hooper’s body was found and now an investigation is…
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