PM says Australians in Israel safe – as it happened

Anthony Albanese outside Marrickville town hall on Saturday after casting his vote in the Indigenous voice referendum. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

5.22am BST

What we learned; Sunday 8 October

We are going to wrap up the live blog for Sunday. Here’s what made the news today:

• The foreign minister, Penny Wong, “unequivocally” condemned the Hamas attack on Israel.

• The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, labelled the no campaign’s argument that the Indigenous voice to parliament will sow racial division as “the great lie”.

• Albanese also said his government would not try to legislate the voice to parliament if it failed at the referendum.

• The peak Jewish body has called for the Australian government to condemn the violence in Israel.

• Australian law enforcement say they are aware of risks but there is no immediate threat to the Jewish community.

• The head of the Australian Palestine Advocacy Network said it was “disappointed” by the government’s stance in light of Israel’s stance on the Gaza strip.

We’ll be back with you tomorrow morning to bring you all the latest developments. Until then, enjoy your evening.

Updated at 5.29am BST

5.06am BST

The Australian Palestine Advocacy Network says it’s “disappointed” in Anthony Albanese’s response this morning to the ongoing conflict in Israel and Palestine.

The prime minister on ABC’s Insiders described the surprise attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas as “abhorrent”, adding Israel had the right to defend against it.

This is an abhorrent attack on Israel. This is indiscriminate. Civilians being targeted, killed and murdered, and as well, many of them being taken as hostages ... Israel has a right to defend itself, which is what it is doing.

But the network’s president Nasser Mashni told ABC on Sunday Albanese failed to acknowledge the thousands of Palestinians affected by Israel’s ongoing occupation of the Gaza strip.

Mashni said:

I’d like our government to speak out about our rights. There are many Australian Palestinians, and many Australians, an overwhelming majority of Australians in fact, according to our polling, on the side of justice for the Palestinians.

Mashni said his group condemned all violence but added “the world is waking up to the fact that Israel is committing a crime of apartheid”.

It’s past time for the world to wake up and help the Palestinians achieve their just rights to self determination to live peacefully and freely on the lands.

Updated at 5.26am BST