Morning everyone. The crisis sweeping the Middle East continued overnight as eight Israeli soldiers were killed in Lebanon, while dozens of people were killed in Gaza in ground raids and airstrikes by the Israel Defense Forces. Joe Biden said he would not support Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear sites as the US sought to temper Israel’s response to Iran’s missile attack.
We also have the story of a senior ACT Liberal who wrote a school history book that glossed over the frontier wars. There’s evidence rents may have peaked, and Hobart’s symphony orchestra has a noisy neighbour problem.