Morning everyone. The announcement overnight of a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon might help ease tensions in the Middle East – and Australia’s fuel crisis, as Anthony Albanese visits the Geelong refinery where a fire broke out. Pete Hegseth’s latest resort to biblical rhetoric might be less helpful.
We also report on the Coalition’s apparent adoption of a fringe One Nation stance, “one of the dumbest crimes ever” in Melbourne, and ask why everyone seems to dislike Meghan so much.