What we learned, Thursday 10 July
It’s time to wind down our live news coverage for the day. Here’s what’s been keeping us busy this Thursday:
Australia’s antisemitism envoy, Jillian Segal, unveiled a wide-ranging plan which would see universities and artists have funding withheld if they fail to act against antisemitism. AI tools would be banned from sharing Jewish hatred, and the government would have new grounds to deport visitors under the plan.
The federal Labor government has not committed to the plan in full, with the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, saying he would consider the recommendations of his handpicked envoy. Universities Australia’s CEO, Luke Sheehy, said the body “welcomed” the release of the special envoy’s antisemitism plan. The Coalition backed the plan, with the shadow home affairs minister, Andrew Hastie, calling for “a whole-of-government response” to antisemitism.
Police located the van that was being driven by German backpacker Carolina Wilga when she went missing.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner, Mick Gooda, said he would not want his children joining the Northern Territory police force because it is “not safe” following the findings from the coronial inquest into the 2019 death of Kumanjayi Walker.
One pedestrian has died and two are in hospital after a vehicle lost control in Wantirna South, Melbourne, this afternoon.
Finally, surfer Darcy Deefholts is “in good spirits” in hospital after spending the night stranded on an island in northern New South Wales.
We’ll be back bright and early again tomorrow.
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Police investigation into men’s deaths in inner Sydney ongoing
A police investigation is continuing after the decomposing bodies of two men were found inside a dilapidated terrace on a busy inner-Sydney street earlier this month.
On Thursday 3 July Eleanor Barker, 63, made a welfare concern call to police about one of her tenants. She has owned and lived at the Cleveland Street property in Surry Hills since the 1980s, and rented it out to the two men for at least a decade.
Officers arrived at the property at about 2pm and located the body of a man inside the house. A crime scene was established, and a short time later, a second body was found in a separate room.
The two men – aged 74 and 83 – have since been identified, police said on Thursday.
Both men are believed to have died in the house at different times within the past month and their deaths are not believed to be suspicious. A report will be prepared for the information of the coroner.
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