What we learned, Friday 14 June
That’s where we’ll leave the blog for today. Here is a recap of the main news:
UK Labour said it was “fully committed” to the Aukus pact.
Bird flu spread to a sixth Victorian farm.
The IT contract for the My Health Record platform has ballooned out from $47m to $746m.
The education minister said the “cesspit” of social media needs a technological fix to protect children.
Six more people were arrested and charged over the riot outside a Wakeley church.
A pro-Palestine “protest parade” announced it would descend on offices of three Labor MPs in Melbourne tomorrow.
A two-year-old boy was bitten by a dingo on K’gari.
The AFL chief, Andrew Dillon, rejected a push by the CFMEU’s John Setka to sack its umpiring boss.
A teenager was charged with attempted murder over the alleged stabbing of Sydney bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel.
The AEC proposed the abolition of the federal seat of North Sydney.
A man died in a fire at a Brisbane unit complex.
Canberra police are investigating after pro-Palestine slogans were graffitied on the Australian War Memorial.
Have a good weekend and stay warm.
Updated
Canberra police ‘very disappointed’ over pro-Palestine graffiti at war memorial
The ACT police provided more information in a press conference a short time ago on the graffiti outside the war memorial.
Acting Insp Lisa Broomhall said the graffiti was painted on the outside of the building and on the grass, but she would not say what the graffiti said, only that it was “pro-Palestine slogans”.
The police again appealed for any information about the person who allegedly graffitied the slogans.
It comes after Labor MP offices around the country have been targeted by pro-Palestine protests and graffiti after a national day of action was called recently over claims the government was “complicit in genocide”.
Broomhall said:
We’re very disappointed to see that a national institution in Canberra, which holds a very significant place to many of us in Australia, has been vandalised.
We just like to remind the community that while peaceful protest is part of our community and our democracy, any criminal acts are not going to be tolerated by police.
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