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What we learned, Thursday 7 May

That’s all from the live blog today. Here are today’s big headlines:

• ‘We just want our children to be safe’: two Australian states prepare to resettle children from Syrian detention camp

• Gas companies will be forced to set aside local supply under major Labor shake-up

• Neo-Nazi Joel Davis charged with inciting hatred over “Abolish the Jewish lobby” rally at NSW parliament

• Snowfall in several states as polar blast chills Australia’s south-east

• Coalition considers plan to slash net overseas immigration by nearly half its current rate, leaked document reveals

• New gasfield approved near Twelve Apostles puts climate and “pristine” ocean in jeopardy, environmentalists warn

• ARN reveals $22m drop in advertising because of Kyle and Jackie O Show content

Thanks for joining, see you tomorrow for another day of breaking news.

Updated at 8.20am BST

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Antisemitism envoy says Australian leaders have stepped up efforts since Bondi attack

Australia’s antisemitism envoy has said a hesitation from Australian leaders to speak out against antisemitism has lifted in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

Jillian Segal, the special envoy to combat antisemitism, said she had spoken to leaders in all fields, from business to the law to sport. She said:

There has been a hesitation to speak up. [They were] not sure about the impact it would have on them, their family or their businesses but also a hesitation that comes from perhaps not clearly understanding what is antisemitism.

Segal said senior Australians had grown more willing to engage with her, in particular a group of business leaders, since the terror attack at a Bondi beach Hanukah event in 2025.

Post-December 14 last year, I think there’s been a change. There’s been a realisation that what the Jewish community was experiencing and complaining about that they were seeing wasn’t a collection of isolated incidents, it wasn’t an exaggeration, it was very real and very dangerous for the country. And I’ve been contacted by many leaders since then, wanting to be more engaged.

Updated at 8.04am BST