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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Gallagher

Morning Mail: threats of escalation from US and Tehran; outrage over Legal Aid appointee; outsourced workers treated ‘like battery hens’

Police officer and woman inspect building destroyed by Iranian missile in Dimona, Israel
An Israeli police officer and a woman look at a destroyed building in Dimona after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran. Photograph: Amir Levy/Getty Images

Good morning. As missile strikes continue, Tehran is warning that it will deem energy and desalination infrastructure across the Middle East a legitimate target if Donald Trump follows through on threats to bomb Iran’s power plants.

Meanwhile, there has been disbelief as a former police detective is appointed to Queensland’s Legal Aid board – despite having been described in federal court documents as a “principal antagonist” in events surrounding the Palm Island riots in 2004.

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