Today
‘I’m disgusted’: premier blasts pro-Palestine activists
Pro-Palestine protesters have stormed a Labor state conference in Melbourne amid heightened tensions over the Israel-Hamas war.
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- Callum Godde
Israel recovers bodies of hostages amid fierce fighting in northern Gaza
The Israeli military says it has retrieved the bodies of three Israeli hostages from Gaza including Shani Louk, the 23-year-old German Israeli, who was pronounced dead last year.
- Nidal al-Mughrabi and Nataliya Vasilyeva
Yesterday
Sydney Uni wins appeal over academic dismissed over Nazi slide
Tough-talking university administrators are showing signs their patience is wearing thin, but police involvement is still a last resort.
- Julie Hare and Patrick Durkin
The red line on Gaza: PM draws it, students ignore it
Tensions have come to a head after Australia voted “yes” in a United Nations vote to support a Palestinian bid to become a full member.
- Patrick Durkin
- Opinion
- Opinion
What a ‘free Palestine’ means in practice
The campus protesters are not the first generation of Western activists who have championed movements that promised liberation in theory and misery and murder in practice.
- Bret Stephens
This Month
PM tells Vic Labor to sort out Gaza split
Labor factional powerbrokers were ordered to an emergency meeting to make sure a split on the Palestinian-Israel issue +does not erupt at the Victorian Labor conference.
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- Patrick Durkin
‘End it now or we’ll call police’: Uni toughens up on protesters
Melbourne University says protesters ‘crossed a line’ when they occupied a building and warned they could be charged by police if they don’t leave immediately.
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- Julie Hare and Patrick Durkin
Hamas regroups and Israel’s Gaza endgame is missing
US and Israeli officials are offering blunt assessments about Hamas’ resilience and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s failure to plan for post-war Gaza.
- Loveday Morris, Shira Rubin and Hazem Balousha
PM chides Labor MP over her use of anti-Israel slogan
The opposition wants Anthony Albanese to remove rookie senator Fatima Payman from a prestigious parliamentary committee after her pro-Palestinian advocacy.
- Andrew Tillett
Pro-Palestine protesters storm university building
Police were called and all classes in one building at the University of Melbourne were cancelled after students occupied the site in defiance of administrators.
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- Gus McCubbing
US to send $1.5b in new military aid to Israel
The White House has alerted Congress a security package is in the works, after it paused a bomb shipment last week in a warning to Israel over its war in Gaza.
- James Politi
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why the student protests make me optimistic about the future
If there is any failure in Australian universities it more likely lies with administrators, rather than student bodies.
- Adir Shiffman
Power bill relief, tax cuts in a budget ‘for every Australian’: Chalmers
The Treasurer has handed down his third budget, promising cost-of-living relief to struggling Australians while delivering a second consecutive surplus. How the day unfolded.
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- Gus McCubbing, Esther Han and Maxim Shanahan
Trump leads in crucial states as Biden’s support unravels
A new set of polls shows the US president is behind in five of six battleground states, as the economy, Israel’s war and a desire for change press on voters.
- Nate Cohn
- Exclusive
- Jacinta Allan
Go8 Universities agree to combat racism, uphold free speech
Australia’s oldest and most prestigious universities have set out five principles, as Deakin University prepares for a showdown with campus protesters.
- Patrick Durkin and Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel cannot stand alone and Netanyahu knows it
The American decision to restrict arms sales could be a turning point in the US-Israel relationship.
- Gideon Rachman
Seinfeld speech at Duke University ceremony prompts walkout
The walkout was the latest manifestation of protests that have roiled US campuses as students call for universities to divest from arms suppliers and others profiting from the war.
- Julia Harte
Fighting flares anew across Gaza as Hamas regroups
Close-quarters ground combat between Hamas fighters and Israeli troops raged in parts of northern Gaza over the weekend as people continued to flee Rafah.
- Liam Stack, Aaron Boxerman and Eric Nagourney
Plane makes safe emergency landing in Newcastle
A light plane with three people on board and no functioning landing gear has landed safely after circling for two hours. Sydney bishop stabbing videos back online after court’s decision. Follow updates live.
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- Gus McCubbing
Labor accused of ‘rewarding’ Hamas with Palestine vote
Opposition frontbencher Senator Jane Hume said there could be no sustainable two-state solution without the consent of Israel.
- Ronald Mizen
