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Qantas announces 18-hour direct flights from Sydney to New York with onboard ‘wellbeing zones’
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Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran in UN speech as officials from both countries meet on sidelines
In his address, the US president pondered whether a peace deal would be agreed or whether he would have to take extreme action against Iran.
The Guardian
Australia news live: police offer $1m for information about Gus Lamont; Trump and Albanese ‘catch up’ on sidelines of UN summit
Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Andrew Bragg , the shadow housing minister, said he believes in “big debates” about housing after pushing his new proposal yesterday to allow people to use their superannuation as collateral to get a home loan. The policy hasn’t been adopted by the opposition, and leader Angus Taylor said yesterday it wasn’t Coalition policy. We’re a great country, and we should be able to have big debates, as we had in the 80s and 90s about national savings and housing and the like, which led, in fact, to the super guarantee. … It’s very important that we look to calibrate the retirement and housing and superannuation systems to make sure that they’re getting the best outcomes for the Australian people. Continue reading...
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Canada pledges aid for Palestine as UK and France demand action at UNGA
Canada pledges 100 million Canadian dollars ($71m) for Palestinians as UK and France urge action on Israeli settlements.
Al Jazeera
UK Prime Minister vows not to ‘stand by’ as Palestinians suffer
UK PM Burnham condemned Israel’s war on Gaza, and explains why the UK sanctioned illegal Israeli settlements.
The Guardian
Jesse Baird ‘petrified’ of Beau Lamarre-Condon and kept repeating ‘he has a gun’, court hears
Friend sobs in witness box and tells Sydney murder trial Baird was scared to go to the police Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Jesse Baird was “petrified” of Beau Lamarre-Condon because he was an armed police officer who could make a false allegation that would ruin his career, a court has heard. Lamarre-Condon has been accused of fatally shooting Sydney couple Jesse Baird, 26, and Luke Davies, 29, with a police service weapon at Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024. Continue reading...
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South Sudan’s Kiir dissolves government ahead of first national elections
President's move clears hurdles to long delayed election and raises concern he can now wield unchecked power.