What we learned, 13 October 2024
With that we’re wrapping up the blog. Before we go, here are the major stories from Sunday:
Repatriation flights from Lebanon are expected to wind down as the Australian government seeks to end its evacuation scheme;
The Coalition has doubled down on its support for Israel’s attacks on southern Lebanon and Gaza, despite its views being out of step with Australia’s international counterparts;
The Coalition wants to scrutinise Chinese electric vehicle imports over “national security risks”;
Queensland Labor leader Steven Miles has promised free school lunches as part of his bid to seek re-election and fend of a resurgent LNP challenge;
Sussan Ley has condemned a white supremacist rally in Corowa, saying “racism and hate has no place” in the border town;
A man is dead after allegedly being hit by a car in Melbourne.
We’ll pick things up again tomorrow.
Updated
Olympian posts first marathon win in Melbourne
Some more from today’s Melbourne marathon, where Genevieve Gregson scored her first marathon win, two months after running in the event at the Paris Olympics.
The Queenslander won the Melbourne Marathon on Sunday in two hours, 28 minutes and 13 seconds, beating local Sarah Klein by nearly three minutes. Kate Mason, also from Melbourne, completed the women’s podium in 2:34:08.
Gregson’s husband, Ryan Gregson, finished second in the men’s race behind Jack Rayner, who clocked 2:11:49 after winning the Melbourne half-marathon for the past three years.
