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Evacuation flights for Aussies stranded in Israel

Hundreds of Australians desperate to leave Israel amid the escalating conflict are being offered seats on government chartered flights and air force planes.

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Australia cancels flights out of Israel amid fears of violence escalating in region

Cancellation comes as Australian government echoes US call for Israel to operate by the rules of war in its response to Hamas attacks

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton is Australia’s figurehead of fear and fake news, like Trump but without charisma

From geopolitics to the voice the Liberal leader is a political fabulist, dishing up provocations to get voters’ attention and using a deadly crisis to monster foesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast

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Penny Wong warns Australians in Israel who want to leave to take first available flight

Foreign minister says second repatriation flight is due to leave from Tel Aviv to Dubai on Saturday

The Guardian - AU

Flights set to rescue Australians from war-torn Israel

The situation for Australians trapped in Gaza is worsening as hundreds of citizens prepare to board repatriation flights out of Israel.

AAP

Cheng Lei: Australia’s foreign minister reveals the promise she made to jailed journalist’s children

The day after Cheng arrived back in Australia after three years’ detention in China, Penny Wong says she had vowed to ‘do everything I could to bring her home’

The Guardian - AU

Emotions run high as Australian mother freed from China

After years of working for Cheng Lei's release from a Chinese prison, the foreign minister has detailed the journalist's emotional return to Australia.

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Australia plans third Israel repatriation flight amid ‘quite large demand’

Penny Wong says decision for Qantas to run initial services rather than military was based on ‘availability’ and speed

The Guardian - AU

Detained Australian journalist released by China

Cheng Lei has returned to Melbourne and been reunited with her family after Chinese authorities released the Australian journalist from detention.

AAP

Australian dead in Israel as rescue flights confirmed

An Australian grandmother has been killed in the terrorist attacks on Israel as the Albanese government prepares to repatriate citizens.

AAP

When Peter Dutton claims Labor isn’t horrified enough about Hamas, it doesn’t help anyone

All of this is bad enough without one side of politics misrepresenting the Australian government’s response, making unreasonable demands and trying to score points

The Guardian - AU

Qantas to help repatriate Australians from Israel starting Friday

Anthony Albanese has announced at least two new Qantas flights to begin evacuations as the death toll in the region mounts

The Guardian - AU

Australian woman Galit Carbone killed in Israel in Hamas attack

The Sydney-born 66-year-old is the first Australian victim known to have died amid the conflict

The Guardian - AU

PM says Dutton playing politics on Israel-Hamas war response – as it happened

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Australia’s leaders condemn ‘abhorrent’ scenes after anti-Jewish chants filmed at Sydney rally

Anthony Albanese says images from the rally were ‘horrific’ and featured ‘slogans which are antisemitic and just appalling’

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Parliament lights up in blue and white to support Israel

Parliament House was illuminated in the colours of the Israeli flag.

AAP

Tensions rise over rallies, vigils for Mideast unrest

Australian communities are being split after the outbreak of conflict in Israel following a surprise attack by Islamist militants.

The Guardian - AU

Australian man tells of ‘bullets flying’ while fleeing Israeli music festival where 260 killed

Daniel Moritz says people attending Supernova music festival were ‘totally unaware and unprotected’ in Hamas attack

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Hamas attacks against Israel 'abhorrent': Albanese

Anthony Albanese says Australia stands by Israel and recognises its right to defend itself after deadly attacks by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

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PM says Australians in Israel safe – as it happened

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Australia to rejoin Global Climate Fund it abandoned in 2018

The Green Climate Fund was set up to help poorer countries cope with the devastating effects of climate change.

The Conversation

How might the First Nations Voice to Parliament referendum affect Australia's international reputation?

In late September, American rap legend MC Hammer made a spectacular intervention into Australia’s upcoming referendum to establish a Voice to Parliament for First Nations people. In a tweet, he urged Australians to “repair the breach”.

The Canberra Times

'Silence is deafening': Armenian-Australians highlight Aust govt's inaction

More than 100,000 ethnic Armenians fled the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

AAP

New ambassadors tackle tense China and Russia relations

Two new ambassadors will try to steady relationships with China and Russia in a slew of diplomatic appointments announced by Australia's foreign minister.

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Wong cooks up 'yes' vote support with celebrity TV chef

The prime minister and foreign minister are campaigning in suburban Sydney to drum up support for an Indigenous voice and constitutional recognition.

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