Bondi terror attack updates: NSW opposition leader says low policing levels left Jewish event attendees ‘sitting ducks’; PM speaking with antisemitism envoy ‘daily’ | Australia news

Bondi terror attack updates: NSW opposition leader says low policing levels left Jewish event attendees ‘sitting ducks’; PM speaking with antisemitism envoy ‘daily’ | Australia news

Policing levels left Hanukah event attendees ‘sitting ducks’, says NSW Liberal leader Luca Ittimani Kellie Sloane, NSW’s opposition leader, has said police didn’t provide enough resources to Sunday’s attack. Sloane said more needed to be revealed about the decisions on police resourcing to protect Jewish events, both to protect the community and the police. She […]

Bondi beach shooting live: Victoria announces $2m package to protect Jewish community and combat radicalisation; new record for blood donation | Australia news

Bondi beach shooting live: Victoria announces $2m package to protect Jewish community and combat radicalisation; new record for blood donation | Australia news

Allan announces $2m community safety package Benita Kolovos The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, is holding a press conference at the Beth Weizmann Jewish Community Centre in Caulfield to announce a $2m community safety package. The package includes: $900m for the Community Safety Group to deploy further security measures at community events, holiday programs and Jewish […]

Australia news live: Labor reports $20bn in savings in mid-year budget update; Queensland driver charged with eight attempted murders after pedestrians struck | Australia news

Australia news live: Labor reports $20bn in savings in mid-year budget update; Queensland driver charged with eight attempted murders after pedestrians struck | Australia news

Labor promotes $20bn in savings before mid-year budget update Tom McIlroy Ahead of Wednesday’s mid-year update to the federal budget, Labor is talking up $20bn in savings. This weekend, the government has also moved to stop huge blowouts in the cost of its home battery program, with changes due to come into force in May. […]

Australia news live: gas company reaches final sign-off for Beetaloo fracking project; Mark Butler to meet state health ministers over funding standoff | Australia news

Australia news live: gas company reaches final sign-off for Beetaloo fracking project; Mark Butler to meet state health ministers over funding standoff | Australia news

Beetaloo Energy reaches final sign-off for NT fracking project Beetaloo Energy, a gas company operating in the NT’s Beetaloo basin, said it has reached a final investment decision (a developer’s formal approval to proceed with a specific project) for its Carpentaria fracking project after the Northern Territory government recently signed an agreement to see gas […]

Australia news live: Marles praises ‘very significant’ Aukus meeting in Washington; NSW reaches deal on workers’ compensation changes | Australia news

Australia news live: Marles praises ‘very significant’ Aukus meeting in Washington; NSW reaches deal on workers’ compensation changes | Australia news

Aukus meetings begin in Washington Pete Hegseth has kicked off a series of meetings with British and Australian defence counterparts in Washington that are aimed at moving forward with the large nuclear submarine building and technology sharing pact between the three nations known as known as Aukus. “Fantastic to be meeting today with Secretary Hegseth […]

Australia news live: ‘full steam ahead’ for Aukus deal as Wong and Marles meet Rubio and Hegseth in Washington | Australia news

Australia news live: ‘full steam ahead’ for Aukus deal as Wong and Marles meet Rubio and Hegseth in Washington | Australia news

‘Full steam ahead’ for Aukus deal as Wong and Marles meet Rubio and Hegseth in Washington The Aukus submarine deal is going “full steam ahead”, Australia and the US have confirmed after a high-level meeting in Washington. Associated Press reports US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, met their Australian counterparts […]