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Ed Husic says he has “deep concerns” about the impending visit of Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, saying it is hard to reconcile concepts of social cohesion with the 2023 image of the leader signing an artillery shell about to be dropped on Gaza.
Husic is the most high-profile Labor objector to the invitation to Herzog, which came in the wake of the Bondi terror attack. But he is not alone, with NSW Labor backbenchers set to attend a Sydney protest against Herzog’s visit in defiance of the NSW premier, Chris Minns, who opposes rallies.
Husic also criticised the finger-pointing by politicians after the Bondi attack and the relative silence following the bomb threat at an Invasion Day rally in Perth in a wide-ranging interview with Nour Haydar for the Full Story podcast.
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In pictures
A cargo ship run aground off Turkey is among the most striking images from today’s selection of the best photos from around the world.
What they said …
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“I was deep in sleep, dreaming. I picked up the phone and this fellow said, ‘It’s Steve Bannon here.’ I said, ‘Hello, Steve, are you a member of our party?’”
Clive Palmer has confirmed he received a call from Trump ally Steve Bannon, but directly denied claims purportedly by the rightwing political strategist that he was behind Palmer’s controversial $60m advertising strategy at the 2019 federal election.
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Greg Jericho on the ‘cowardly’ rate rise
Guardian columnist and chief economist of the Australia Institute, Greg Jericho, talks to Nour Haydar about what the Reserve Bank’s latest cash rate hike means, why he sees it as “cowardly” and what it all has to do with the Ashes.
Before bed read
“There is a grief around becoming a mother,” Rose Byrne said in a recent interview, “because you lose part of yourself that you will never, ever, ever, ever, ever get back.” Polly Hudson writes that the Australian actor’s comments are relatable, having struggled with her own motherhood journey – until confessing her deplorable secret to a friend changed her life. “At the beginning of my after, when I brought my baby home from hospital 11 years ago, I had a devastating epiphany: I’ve made a terrible mistake.”
Daily word game
Today’s starter word is: REDE. You have five goes to get the longest word including the starter word. Play Wordiply.
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