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PM flags amendments to privacy laws and strengthening of hate speech laws after publication of details of a WhatsApp group of Jewish Australians

Did the ABC bow to pressure from an Israel lobby group by taking freelance journalist Antoinette Lattouf off air?

• Godfreys has entered voluntary administration while looking for a potential buyer for the vacuum cleaner retailer.

• The business has struggled with maintaining its profitability due to reduced customer demand and higher operational costs.

• Administrators expect 54 Godfreys stores will close within the fortnight, affecting 193 jobs in Australia and New Zealand.

oh dear. i thought it was a belt, not the addition of a mid rift top...

why would that happen anyway? seems stupid to me. why ~~mid rift~~ midriff!?!

edit: turns out i was a bit too literal... it is a rift in the middle of her clothes...

What gets me is the New South Wales Premier Chris Minns says he has the option to publicly name the members.... Fucking paedophiles are protected to the hilt though there's no naming them in the majority of circumstances until they're convicted and even then they're often not named. Just goes to show who the courts and politicians are protecting.

Key points:

• Anthony Albanese said Australia was not a party to the ICJ process
• The Australian Centre for International Justice said Mr Albanese's response was an attempt to hide from obligations under international law
• The Executive Council of Australian Jewry said the ICJ ruling did not impede Israel's campaign to rescue hostages and destroy Hamas

Looks like a rather significant adjustment to the proposed cuts. Although still moving some beans around rather than dropping it.

Rough back of the envelope stuff it seems like ~80-120k earners get the largest dollar cut, but it's more significant in terms of % income at the lower end. So workers in "professional" roles likely to see the biggest impact, still gonna be tough at the low end of town.

• In short: Victoria police say pepper spray was used on protesters at a rally at the Port of Melbourne where 10 people were arrested.
• It's the fourth day protesters have rallied there blocking an Israeli-owned shipping company from unloading.
• What's next? Police will continue to monitor the situation as protests are expected to continue.

ABC global affairs editor John Lyons told a staff meeting the broadcaster “faced one of its darkest days” when this masthead published a series of leaked WhatsApp messages from a group of pro-Israel lawyers.

Unpaywalled link for any folks that need it.

Labor MP condemns Netanyahu’s rejection of Palestinian state as a step toward apartheid

Julian Hill labels Israeli prime minister’s position ‘appalling’ as he calls for financial consequences for Israeli settlers

Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaration he rejects any moves to establish a Palestinian state after Israel’s offensive in Gaza has been labelled “appalling” and a step toward “apartheid” by influential Labor MP Julian Hill.

Hill has called for a suite of measures to respond, including financial consequences for Israeli settlers and an international push to fast-track recognition of a Palestinian state. The left faction convener argued that the “vast majority of the world recognises Israeli sovereignty only within the 1967 borders”.

The condemnation of the Israeli prime minister’s position appears to put Hill at odds with his own leader, Anthony Albanese, who declared on Friday that Australia’s support for “the existence of the state of Israel is completely unconditional”.

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Disgraced former top detective Roger Rogerson dies serving prison sentence for murder

Quick read

• In short: About 4,000 demonstrators have met in Melbourne CBD to support Palestinians and call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
• A small group of people has continued to block workers from unloading an Israeli-owned ship at the Port of Melbourne.
• What's next? A state government minister says people should be able to move in and out of their workplace without fear of their safety.