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To conclude, here’s a look back at the day’s major stories:
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has begged for calm in the debate over the war in Gaza to stave off political violence after Australia raised its terror threat level for the first time in a decade as isolated young men and eight suspected terror plots put authorities on alert.
More than $80 billion has been wiped off the local sharemarket in the worst two-day sell-off since the COVID-19 pandemic four years ago. The ASX dropped 3.7 per cent today.
Tensions between Israel and the federal government have intensified following the release of a high-profile report into the killing of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom, with Israeli officials today accusing Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong of misrepresenting the findings.
In NSW, police are searching for three men who allegedly fled the scene of a fiery crash in south-west Sydney that left a man in a critical condition in hospital.
In Victoria, a cooling tower in Melbourne’s west has been identified as the probable source of the Legionnaire’s disease outbreak which has killed two and spread to almost 90 cases.
In Queensland, the state’s CFMEU’s branch has declared its members feel no affinity with the Labor Party, labelling the federal and state governments’ push to put it into administration a “full-frontal attack” on workers.
In Western Australia, Brittany Higgins’ lawyer has declared Liberal senator Linda Reynolds’ reputation was “baked in” when her former staffer published three critical social media posts now at the centre of their high-stakes defamation row.
In world news, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer strongly condemned an attack on a hotel housing asylum seekers which injured at least 10 police officers, describing it as “far-right thuggery” as violence roils the UK.
- In sport news, Australian divers, sprinters, sailors, and hockey players will all compete tonight as the Olympic Games continue in France. Follow our live coverage here.
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