What we learned: Sunday 12 November
We’re wrapping the blog for the evening. Here are today’s major developments:
The foreign minister, Penny Wong, has described the deal to allow Tuvalu’s residents to resettle in Australia as “most important since the independence of Papua New Guinea”.
Speaking to ABC Insiders, Wong also urged Israel not to attack hospitals and said the Australian government expects it to abide by international law.
Wong also said any ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war “cannot be one-sided”.
The defence minister, Richard Marles, said antisemitism against the Australian Jewish community and Islamophobia had no place in Australia.
The opposition defence spokesperson, Andrew Hastie, welcomed the government’s deal with Tuvalu.
During an appearance on Sky News, Hastie also said he believed the Israeli government had been “restrained” in its response to the 7 October Hamas attacks.
A rally has been held in Sydney in support of Israelis still held captive after being taken hostage by Hamas during the terror attacks.
Free Palestine rallies have been held at major capitals on Sunday, marking the fifth straight week of protests as Israel’s military escalates its operations.
The trade minister, Don Farrell, is in San Francisco to negotiate a new trade pact among south-east Asian and Pacific countries, and the US.
The home affairs minister, Clare O’Neil, has described a cyber-attack on major port operation DP World as serious and ongoing. The cyber-attack has left the port operator offline and interrupted imports and exports, prompting fears about freight delays.
A Malaysian bodyguard sentenced over the politically charged murder of a pregnant woman is among dozens of people released from immigration detention after Wednesday’s high court ruling that put an end to indefinite detention.
With that, we’ll leave it there for today. Join us first thing tomorrow when we’ll bring you all the latest.
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No arrests at Sydney rallies – NSW police
Police say there were no arrests at separate rallies for Palestine and Israel in Sydney today.
New South Wales police said in a statement:
A high-visibility police operation has concluded following two public assemblies in Sydney.
Today, as part of the ongoing Operation Shelter, large numbers of police were deployed across Sydney to maintain public safety and manage crowds.
General duties officers were assisted by specialist police from the police transport command, traffic and highway patrol command, public order and riot squad, state crime, operations support group, mounted unit, dog unit and PolAir.
The first public assembly occurred at Moore Park, Sydney.
The second public assembly occurred in Hyde Park, Sydney, and involved a march through the Sydney CBD.
There were no arrests and no incidents.
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