What we learned; Monday 8 April
We’ll be wrapping up the blog for the night. Thanks for reading along and join us back here tomorrow. Here’s what happened today:
The Albanese government has appointed Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin as a special adviser to look at the “sufficiency and appropriateness” of Israel’s response to its strikes that killed Australian humanitarian worker Zomi Frankcom.
Anthony Albanese said Australia expects full cooperation from the Israeli defence force and that it is “in Israel’s interest” for there to be transparency around the deaths.
Craig Emerson’s interim supermarket review found the existing voluntary food and grocery code was “not effective” and that the code should be mandatory and come with “heavy penalties” including fines of up to $10m. Opposition leader Peter Dutton called the report commissioned by Labor a “Mickey Mouse review”.
A major flood warning remains current for the Warrego River, which comes as parts of south-west Queensland face major flooding.
Residents are continuing to return to their homes north-west of Sydney and along the Hawkesbury River after a weekend of wild weather which saw floods damage more than 60 homes in the greater Sydney region, leaving 17 uninhabitable.
A 21-year-old man has been charged with the murder of 23-year-old Hannah McGuire, after a woman’s body was found in a burned out car in bushland at Scarsdale, 25km south of Ballarat, on Friday morning.
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