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More evacuated Australians arrive home from Middle East

More than 200 Australians evacuated from Israel have arrived home, as the government looks to secure safe passage for those stuck in Gaza.

AAP · Oct 17, 2023

Number of Australians stuck in Gaza reaches 45 as Israel prepares for ground invasion

Richard Marles says the government is working with other countries on humanitarian corridors out but it remains an ‘extremely difficult’ situation

The Guardian - AU · Oct 16, 2023

Labor senator condemns Israel’s military action in Gaza – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Oct 16, 2023

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Small hope for Aussies in Gaza as envoy seeks restraint

Australians in Gaza are being told to make their way to a border crossing in the hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough that would enable a humanitarian corridor.

AAP · Oct 16, 2023

Indigenous progress the focus after voice fails

Both sides of politics are pledging to focus on closing the Indigenous disadvantage gap after a referendum to constitutionally enshrine an advisory body failed.

AAP · Oct 16, 2023

Unity, peace edict issued as Palestine protesters rally

All hate speech, including anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, must be condemned, the foreign minister says as Israel-Palestine tensions simmer in Australia.

AAP · Oct 16, 2023

Australians land in Dubai on flights from Israel but Gaza efforts not yet successful

Of the 255 people who took the repatriation flights, Clare O’Neil says, most are Australian citizens and family members

The Guardian - AU · Oct 16, 2023

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Australia works to bring citizens home as Hamas damned

Federal parliament has expressed its solidarity with Israel and emphatically condemned Hamas' attacks, while plans are under way to evacuate more Australians.

AAP · Oct 16, 2023

'They're all out': Newcastle group departs Israel

'An extremely stressful eight days.'

Newcastle Herald · Oct 16, 2023

Reports of Islamophobic incidents in Australia rise – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Oct 15, 2023

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.

AAP · Oct 15, 2023

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 · Oct 14, 2023

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

The Guardian - AU · Oct 13, 2023

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 · Oct 13, 2023

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AAP · Oct 13, 2023

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.

The Guardian - AU · Oct 12, 2023

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’

AAP · Oct 12, 2023

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.

The Guardian - AU · Oct 12, 2023

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

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AAP · Oct 11, 2023

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 · Oct 11, 2023

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.

The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2023

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 · Oct 11, 2023

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 · Oct 10, 2023

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 · Oct 10, 2023

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

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The Guardian - AU · Oct 9, 2023

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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