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Here are the main stories on Thursday, 9 May:
The Albanese government’s gas plan sparks a backlash from within, as at least four Labor MPs express concern about fossil fuels;
Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi has applied to have her federal court case against Pauline Hanson re-opened to hear additional evidence, less than a week after the court adjourned for the justice to consider the evidence;
China accuses Australia of ‘spying’ after navy flare-up;
NSW premier, Chris Minns, says Sydney council book ban is “a joke”;
Australia promises not to stop Tuvalu pursuing ties with China;
Victoria police will apologise for its role in the Stolen Generations as part of reforms stemming from the state’s truth-telling inquiry; and
The shadow minister for education, Sarah Henderson, will seek to establish a Senate inquiry into antisemitism on university campuses after a series of roundtables with Jewish students and community members amid ongoing protests.
We will see you back here for more news tomorrow.
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ADF chief says ‘helicopter was behaving in a correct and disciplined fashion’: Yellow Sea
GenAngus Campbell was caught by journalists on his way out of a defence conference in Canberra this afternoon, where he was again pressed about a military incident between Australia and China in the Yellow Sea.
The Australian government said China released flares in front of an Australian navy helicopter as HMAS Hobart participated in an operation to enforce United Nations sanctions against North Korea. China’s foreign ministry first accused an Australian navy helicopter of deliberately flying “within close range” of Chinese airspace, later accusing the helicopter of spying.
Campbell was asked whether the spying allegations were “preposterous” or not.
The helicopter was behaving in a correct and disciplined fashion and I don’t accept that the response was anything but unsafe and unprofessional.
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