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Australian-based journalist Kean Wong arrested in Malaysia for editing banned book

Wong under investigation for sedition over book that was banned by Malaysian government three years ago

The Guardian - AU

Albanese says Gaza hospital blast ‘deeply distressing’ as Australia urges against wider regional conflict

PM condemns ‘any indiscriminate attacks’ on civilians while Penny Wong says spread of conflict would compound ‘risks to Israel’s security’

The Guardian - AU

New Australian Pacific visa scheme gets green light

The Albanese government has secured the passage of its Pacific engagement visa scheme after agreeing to a review to reduce discrimination in the system.

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Gaza blast underlines the need to protect civilians: PM

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is calling for the protection of civilians in Gaza following a hospital blast that killed hundreds of people.

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The donor you know: Fiji PM rejects money with strings

Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says he won't accept funding with strings attached and will work with Australia as China flexes its muscle in the Pacific.

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More evacuated Australians arrive home from Middle East

More than 200 Australians evacuated from Israel have arrived home, as the government looks to secure safe passage for those stuck in Gaza.

AAP

Number of Australians stuck in Gaza reaches 45 as Israel prepares for ground invasion

Richard Marles says the government is working with other countries on humanitarian corridors out but it remains an ‘extremely difficult’ situation

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Labor senator condemns Israel’s military action in Gaza – as it happened

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Small hope for Aussies in Gaza as envoy seeks restraint

Australians in Gaza are being told to make their way to a border crossing in the hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough that would enable a humanitarian corridor.

AAP

Indigenous progress the focus after voice fails

Both sides of politics are pledging to focus on closing the Indigenous disadvantage gap after a referendum to constitutionally enshrine an advisory body failed.

AAP

Unity, peace edict issued as Palestine protesters rally

All hate speech, including anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, must be condemned, the foreign minister says as Israel-Palestine tensions simmer in Australia.

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Australians land in Dubai on flights from Israel but Gaza efforts not yet successful

Of the 255 people who took the repatriation flights, Clare O’Neil says, most are Australian citizens and family members

The Guardian - AU

Australia works to bring citizens home as Hamas damned

Federal parliament has expressed its solidarity with Israel and emphatically condemned Hamas' attacks, while plans are under way to evacuate more Australians.

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'They're all out': Newcastle group departs Israel

'An extremely stressful eight days.'

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Reports of Islamophobic incidents in Australia rise – as it happened

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Evacuation flights for Aussies stranded in Israel

Hundreds of Australians desperate to leave Israel amid the escalating conflict are being offered seats on government chartered flights and air force planes.

The Guardian - AU

Australia cancels flights out of Israel amid fears of violence escalating in region

Cancellation comes as Australian government echoes US call for Israel to operate by the rules of war in its response to Hamas attacks

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton is Australia’s figurehead of fear and fake news, like Trump but without charisma

From geopolitics to the voice the Liberal leader is a political fabulist, dishing up provocations to get voters’ attention and using a deadly crisis to monster foesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast

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Penny Wong warns Australians in Israel who want to leave to take first available flight

Foreign minister says second repatriation flight is due to leave from Tel Aviv to Dubai on Saturday

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Flights set to rescue Australians from war-torn Israel

The situation for Australians trapped in Gaza is worsening as hundreds of citizens prepare to board repatriation flights out of Israel.

The Guardian - AU

Cheng Lei: Australia’s foreign minister reveals the promise she made to jailed journalist’s children

The day after Cheng arrived back in Australia after three years’ detention in China, Penny Wong says she had vowed to ‘do everything I could to bring her home’

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Emotions run high as Australian mother freed from China

After years of working for Cheng Lei's release from a Chinese prison, the foreign minister has detailed the journalist's emotional return to Australia.

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Australia plans third Israel repatriation flight amid ‘quite large demand’

Penny Wong says decision for Qantas to run initial services rather than military was based on ‘availability’ and speed

AAP

Detained Australian journalist released by China

Cheng Lei has returned to Melbourne and been reunited with her family after Chinese authorities released the Australian journalist from detention.

AAP

Australian dead in Israel as rescue flights confirmed

An Australian grandmother has been killed in the terrorist attacks on Israel as the Albanese government prepares to repatriate citizens.

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