Afternoon Update: Australia urged to resume UNRWA funding; Brisbane teen becomes nation’s fastest woman; and Australian dog of the year announced

Displaced Palestinians at a UNRWA school in southern Gaza. Several countries have suspended or reviewed funding to the UN agency following allegations that some UNRWA staff members were involved in the 7 October Hamas attacks. Photograph: Haitham Imad/EPA

Good afternoon. The federal government is facing calls to reinstate funding to UNRWA – the UN agency responsible for providing relief to the Palestinians – after Australia joined nine other western nations and Japan in pausing support for the agency over the weekend.

Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark urged the government to reconsider, saying the decision could have a “catastrophic” impact as the agency was the biggest service provider in Gaza. Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi called the funding cut “blatant hypocrisy”, while Liberal senator James Paterson welcomed the pause. Government minister Anne Aly said she hoped the suspension would be “as short as possible”.