{"id":871581,"date":"2025-09-09T00:13:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T05:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/09\/australia-news-live-netanyahu-intends-to-take-full-control-of-gaza-albanese-to-consider-palestine-recognition-without-trumps-approval\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T00:13:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T05:13:48","slug":"australia-news-live-netanyahu-intends-to-take-full-control-of-gaza-albanese-to-consider-palestine-recognition-without-trumps-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/09\/australia-news-live-netanyahu-intends-to-take-full-control-of-gaza-albanese-to-consider-palestine-recognition-without-trumps-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia news LIVE: Netanyahu intends to take full control of Gaza; Albanese to consider Palestine recognition without Trump\u2019s approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section data-testid=\"key-posts-section\">\n<h3>Key posts<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<nav data-testid=\"post-navigation\">\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span data-testid=\"current-page\">1<\/span> of <span>5<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<div>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<p>Pinned post from<\/p>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-08-08T17:59:30+10:00\">5.59pm on Aug 8, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">What we covered today<\/h2>\n<h5><span>By <\/span><span><span data-testid=\"byline\">Alexander Darling<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Thanks for joining us today, have a great weekend! We\u2019ll be back soon with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/link\/follow-20170101-p5mlup\">more live coverage<\/a>. A quick recap as we knock off:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Israel\u2019s security cabinet deciding on a military takeover of Gaza City has dominated the day\u2019s news. Foreign Minister Penny Wong is against the idea, but the Greens have said the government needs to go further than words and sanction Israel the same way it has imposed sanctions on Russia.<\/li>\n<li>Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet US counterpart Donald Trump next week to discuss Putin\u2019s war on Ukraine. This afternoon we learnt Trump will still meet with Putin even if the Russian leader doesn\u2019t meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/li>\n<li>Celebrated orthopaedic surgeon Dr Munjed Al Muderis has lost his marathon defamation case against Nine, the publisher of this masthead, over a series of reports alleging negligent surgery.<\/li>\n<li>Mushroom cook killer Erin Patterson will make her plea for leniency to a Supreme Court judge in Melbourne later this month.<\/li>\n<li>Virgin Australia has renewed its calls to the government to remove status credits &#8211; a secondary form of loyalty points offered by Qantas that offers flyers lounge access and other perks which have long been seen as a way they curry favour with Canberra\u2019s decision makers. Virgin\u2019s comments come after a government report this week review public servant travel policies.<\/li>\n<li>Optus is facing a potentially mammoth fine after Australia\u2019s Information Commissioner launched civil Federal Court proceedings over a September 2022 cyberattack in which the personal information of nearly 10 million Australians was stolen.<\/li>\n<li>And more than three months after the federal election, Liberal hopeful Gisele Kapterian\u2019s challenge to the election result in the NSW seat of Bradfield will go to trial before the Federal Court. Teal Nicolette Boele won that seat by 151 votes after several recounts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><h3 data-testid=\"latest-posts-header\">Latest posts<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-08-08T17:50:15+10:00\">5.50pm on Aug 8, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">The last time Melbourne had an opening this grand<\/h2>\n<h5><span>By <\/span><span><span data-testid=\"byline\">Alexander Darling<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>It was a moment that even stopped the trams.<\/p>\n<p>Not for more than a century has Melbourne had the grand opening of a new store quite like the Mecca on Bourke Street this morning, when thousands of people lined up to witness and partake in the crowning moment of a cosmetics business that began out of founder Jo Horgan\u2019s living room in the same city.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, the last time a store opened to this much fanfare in the CBD was right across the road: Myer reopened its eight-storey Bourke Street premises in July 1914 with a gala and advertising blitz, including in <em>The Age<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe staff, so considerably augmented, is now reasonably familiar with the numerous sections &#8230; Will you permit us a few days to swing into our stride? Thank you!\u201d reads one of the ads of the time.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"417\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"433\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Myer ad in The Age on July 11, 1914.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1.33%2C$multiply_0.5855%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_1664\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/610c2ccb6d307ba01eca48ca236e345d6fc3298be8f90e273e8c50ef113fdd3a\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>The Myer ad in The Age on July 11, 1914.<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>The Age Archives<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It seems that even in the 1910s, customer politeness was a most valuable commodity to retail workers.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, here is what Bourke Street looked like back then.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"417\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"433\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bourke Street, c. 1910-1920.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.195%2C$multiply_0.5855%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_189\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/3dd90e61839d79f56a54505f49a07b6d506cf23c\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Bourke Street, c. 1910-1920.<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>State Library of Victoria<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For more on this, read this week\u2019s report by our city editor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/link\/follow-20170101-p5mkfs\"><strong>Cara Waters<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-08-08T17:35:35+10:00\">5.35pm on Aug 8, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">Transparency gaps cloud $2 million Folbigg compensation offer<\/h2>\n<h5><span>By <\/span><span><span data-testid=\"byline\">Tom Wark<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Secrecy surrounds why Kathleen Folbigg has been offered $2 million for decades of wrongful imprisonment, with concerns the compensation system risks undermining the principles of open justice.<\/p>\n<p>The NSW government is refusing to budge on the sum, and Premier Chris Minns said Folbigg would need to go to court for more, despite widespread criticism of the payout amount.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"417\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"433\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kathleen Folbigg.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.562%2C$multiply_0.5855%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_965%2C$y_212\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/49570dc87275face540a15030d57d351bc08ae9e\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Kathleen Folbigg.<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>James Brickwood<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>High-profile lawyer Sam Tierney said $2 million appeared to be low for her 20 years in jail.<\/p>\n<p>Tierney represented <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/link\/follow-20170101-p513j9\">David Eastman<\/a> in his $7 million compensation win against the ACT government after being wrongly convicted of murdering AFP assistant commissioner Colin Winchester.<\/p>\n<p>Serious concerns about the transparency of the ex gratia payment process would persist until governments handed over powers to the courts or released reasons for their decision, he said.<\/p>\n<p><span><span><\/span><span>Loading<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems only fair and reasonable and sensible that the decision maker would issue reasons explaining why they arrived at a particular figure,\u201d Tierney told AAP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cState and commonwealth legislatures should look very seriously at implementing Human Rights Acts so that courts can be empowered to properly review these situations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Folbigg was jailed over the deaths of her four children before being freed in June 2023 after new scientific evidence cast reasonable doubt about her convictions.<\/p>\n<p>Minns said Folbigg\u2019s lawyers were free to sue the government if they felt the offer was inadequate, but he wouldn\u2019t budge without a court order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no future action that cannot be pursued by Ms Folbigg or her lawyers,\u201d he said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley\u2019s office declined to comment when asked whether it would release the reasons for the decision.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"417\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"433\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam Tierney.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1%2C$multiply_0.5855%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_690%2C$y_9\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/f4faa7ace9f1d376ac1837f68a22fc5a2fa9e60e\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Sam Tierney.<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>Steven Siewert<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite his former client\u2019s success, Tierney said Folbigg would struggle to appeal against the offer she received on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there are no reasons issued by the decision maker, then it\u2019s very difficult to attack the decision that\u2019s been made,\u201d the lawyer said.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike court-run compensation claims, which have precedents, ex gratia payments are one-off matters and are a decision of state cabinets.<\/p>\n<p>Arguing about the viability of a $2 million payment in a state budget of billions of dollars was \u201ca little trite\u201d, Tierney said.<\/p>\n<p>Against the NSW annual budget of $128 billion, the amount offered to Folbigg represents about 0.0015 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition Leader Mark Speakman said the government\u2019s offer was unfair and far too low.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AAP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-08-08T17:21:57+10:00\">5.21pm on Aug 8, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">Victoria records rise in mpox cases<\/h2>\n<h5><span>By <\/span><span><span data-testid=\"byline\">Alexander Darling<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Victorian health authorities are urging all people with mpox symptoms to get tested, after the state recorded a recent increase in cases.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Health says eight cases have been reported since mid-July, five of them in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, there is an ongoing risk of mpox being imported into Victoria by travellers returning from overseas or interstate,\u201d the department said in an update on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Victoria, mpox mostly affects gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM), however, it can affect anyone. To help prevent further transmission in Victoria, clinicians are requested to increase testing for mpox and promote vaccination in at-risk groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NSW has not been publishing mpox surveillance reports since mid-May, when four people were recorded as having the virus.<\/p>\n<p>There have been more than 1100 cases of mpox across Victoria and NSW since April 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-08-08T17:09:37+10:00\">5.09pm on Aug 8, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">Protesters in Israel call for hostages deal<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s office in Jerusalem on Thursday evening, hundreds of demonstrators gathered to protest against the notion of an expanded war, demanding an immediate end to the military campaign in Gaza in return for the release of all hostages held by Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters held signs bearing the faces of hostages still held in Gaza and voiced deep frustration with the Israeli government\u2019s handling of the crisis.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"494\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"512\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Protesters in Tel Aviv, Israel hold photos of hostages held by Hamas.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.168%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/08d0e62a979bfaaeb55b0be17779f1d6016f5088\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Protesters in Tel Aviv, Israel hold photos of hostages held by Hamas.<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here because I am sick and tired of this government. It\u2019s ruined our life,\u201d said 55-year-old Noa Starkman, a Jerusalem resident who was born in a southern Israeli community close to where Hamas attacked in October 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The Hostages Families Forum, which represents captives held in Gaza, urged military Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir to oppose widening the war and the government to accept a deal that would end the war and free the remaining hostages.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday that the military would carry out the government\u2019s decisions until all war objectives were achieved.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli leaders have long insisted that Hamas be disarmed and have no future role in a demilitarised Gaza and that the hostages be freed.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli officials believe Hamas is still holding about 20 living hostages in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reuters<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-08-08T17:01:23+10:00\">5.01pm on Aug 8, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">Palestinian author\u2019s visa cancelled over post celebrating Hamas attack<\/h2>\n<h5><span>By <\/span><span><span data-testid=\"byline\">Brittany Busch<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><span><span><\/span><span>Loading<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Returning to one of the top stories from this morning.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Home Affairs has cancelled a visa it had issued to a Palestinian woman who allegedly celebrated Hamas\u2019 October 7, 2023 massacre of Israelis, reversing course just days after Immigration Minister Tony Burke vowed to block potentially divisive visitors.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Friday afternoon, hours after social media posts from an account in Mona Zahed\u2019s name emerged that celebrated Hamas\u2019 massacre of about 1200 Israelis almost two years ago, a spokesman for Burke said her visa had been revoked.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/link\/follow-20170101-p5mldv\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-08-08T16:45:09+10:00\">4.45pm on Aug 8, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">Minister denies lowering English proficiency standards for migrants <\/h2>\n<h5><span>By <\/span><span><span data-testid=\"byline\">Alexander Darling<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Staying on Matt Thistlethwaite on ABC News\u2019 <em>Afternoon Briefing<\/em> for a moment, and the Assistant Foreign Minister was also asked about reports that the government has lowered English test score requirements for some visa categories.<\/p>\n<p>The reports in News Corp papers say Thistlethwaite made the order earlier this week.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"417\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"433\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matt Thistlethwaite\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.611%2C$multiply_0.5855%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_1301%2C$y_440\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/7f86574e8c25110b8d97689bc000a14a35dd88bf\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Matt Thistlethwaite<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>Sydney Morning Herald<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI can assure members of the public there\u2019s been no reduction whatsoever in the English language proficiencies that are required for skilled visas in Australia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a number of providers that provide English language testing capacity for the Australian government to use in assessing whether an applicant has the requisite capacity. We have standardised a means for those tests to be looked at, and we get a standard outcome. So there\u2019s been no reduction whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Directly after Thistlethwaite on the show was opposition home affairs spokesman Andrew Hastie, who was adamant that \u201cthere\u2019s been a lowering of English proficiency for migrants to this country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe question for the home affairs minister is, \u2018What is going on?\u2019\u201d Hastie said.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"417\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"433\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Liberal MP Andrew Hastie.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.229%2C$multiply_0.5855%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_22%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/622633bb718c0d8c9527905e1144d3063aa368b0\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Liberal MP Andrew Hastie.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLabor has let in 1 million people over a two-year period, the highest by 70 per cent for any two-year period in our nation\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Australian people are feeling the pressure from this immigration under Labor. We\u2019re seeing it through the housing demand crisis, young Australians are locked out of homes, they\u2019re finding it very hard to get a rental or buy a property, our hospitals and roads are congested and there\u2019s social cohesion issues<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Albanese government needs to explain its immigration policy and lowering this English proficiency standard is one such explanation we all deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-08-08T16:30:20+10:00\">4.30pm on Aug 8, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">Assistant foreign minister refuses to be drawn on Palestinian recognition<\/h2>\n<h5><span>By <\/span><span><span data-testid=\"byline\">Alexander Darling<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Assistant Foreign Minister Matt Thistlethwaite was just on the ABC\u2019s <em>Afternoon Briefing<\/em>, where he was asked several times whether the Netanyahu government\u2019s plan to take over Gaza City would hasten Australia\u2019s moves to recognise Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, we\u2019ve been working with those international partners,\u201d Thistlethwaite replied.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"417\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"433\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Assistant Foreign Minister Matt Thistlethwaite.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.258%2C$multiply_0.5855%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_213%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/477deecc4f3238506dead33931c2ea0b86122a92\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Assistant Foreign Minister Matt Thistlethwaite.<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>Jessica Hromas<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe think it\u2019s a pretty unique opportunity for the world to come together. If you\u2019re going to get a lasting solution to this, and one that ensures a permanent ceasefire, the release of hostages, and eventually a two-state solution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Host Patricia Karvelas asked: \u201cSo this doesn\u2019t hasten your push for Palestinian statehood?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, it doesn\u2019t stop the negotiations. And the conversations that have been occurring between Australia and nations like &#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Karvelas: \u201cDoes it change them? Because the other day [Foreign Minister] Penny Wong said if you don\u2019t act quickly, there won\u2019t be any Palestine to recognise. We now are looking at the potential occupation of Gaza as announced by the Netanyahu cabinet. Doesn\u2019t that mean there is a sense of urgency based on the metrics the foreign minister set out the other day?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thistlethwaite: \u201cThe foreign minister is correct &#8230; That\u2019s not an outcome that our government wants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Karvelas: \u201cSo do you want to get ahead of it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thistlethwaite: \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019ve said this decision by the government today in Israel is a setback for that. We want to work through those international organisations and with our partner nations on trying to achieve that effective outcome through international action.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-08-08T16:10:54+10:00\">4.10pm on Aug 8, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">Queensland premier criticises plans for pro-Palestine protest march over Brisbane bridge<\/h2>\n<h5><span>By <\/span><span><span data-testid=\"byline\">Matt Dennien<\/span> and <span data-testid=\"byline\">William Davis<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Brisbane\u2019s Story Bridge could be shut for a march mirroring the protest on the Sydney Harbour Bridge last weekend \u2013 but Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has criticised the plan.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers Justice for Palestine Magan-djin has sought permission to rally between Raymond Park in Kangaroo Point and Centenary Park in Fortitude Valley from 1pm on Sunday, August 24, as part of a \u201cnationwide march for Palestine\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"417\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"433\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brisbane\u2019s Story Bridge.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.185%2C$multiply_0.5855%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_189\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/55062daeec874bb81efd0d2be41d4ded5d6b62218b09644b7c3380a9b211dcf7\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Brisbane\u2019s Story Bridge.<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>Courtney Kruk<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span><span><\/span><span>Loading<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>They said in a statement on Friday that the protest was being organised to reflect the \u201curgency of the situation in Gaza\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the same bridge our lord mayor refused to light in the colours of the Palestinian flag, denying solidarity to a grieving community,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Crisafulli said: \u201cPolice will assess the application independently based on community safety but shutting down a city is no way to endear Queenslanders to your cause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new events being planned follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/national\/nsw\/sydney-harbour-bridge-palestine-protest-live-thousands-set-to-march-for-gaza-20250803-p5mjuk.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday\u2019s march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge<\/a> by what police estimate was a crowd of 90,000, and organisers put at 200,000 to 300,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>Protests are also planned for Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Perth on August 24.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/link\/follow-20170101-p5mlim\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-testid=\"live-article-post\">\n<header>\n<p><span data-testid=\"post-time\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time data-testid=\"datetime\" datetime=\"2025-08-08T15:50:38+10:00\">3.50pm on Aug 8, 2025<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"post-headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">Australian Jewish peak body welcomes Netanyahu\u2019s Gaza takeover plan<\/h2>\n<h5><span>By <\/span><span><span data-testid=\"byline\">Maeve Bannister<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div data-testid=\"body-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Overnight, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his nation intended to take military control of all of Gaza in the latest development in the bloody war in the strip that began almost two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-chief Alex Ryvchin said Netanyahu\u2019s proposal would mean the defeat of Hamas, the designated terrorist organisation whose actions began the war on October 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"image\">\n<div aria-label=\"enlarge image\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"><picture class><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"  height=\"417\" width=\"740\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"  height=\"433\" width=\"768\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alex Ryvchin, a co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.191%2C$multiply_0.5855%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/c69378787799f4ab11d9d4698abc8a1917592d9e\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" ><\/picture><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span>Alex Ryvchin, a co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry.<\/span><cite><span>Credit: <\/span>James Brickwood<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span><span><\/span><span>Loading<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proposal, as I understand, it is to conquer Gaza, to remove the last bastions of Hamas strongholds, to dismantle infrastructure, hopefully rescue the hostages and then hand over control of the strip to an international force made up of Arab nations as a transition towards Palestinian self-government,\u201d he told ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Palestinians have to determine their own future, but Hamas has to be removed from power as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Australian Palestine Advocacy Network president Nasser Mashni said the Albanese government must go beyond \u201cflimsy acts of diplomacy\u201d to prevent a takeover of Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere can surely be no remaining pretence that Israel is doing anything other than permanently erasing Gaza in order to occupy and annex it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><span><span><\/span><span>Loading<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGaza has already been occupied, besieged and bombed by Israel for decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is happening now is the final stage of ethnic cleansing and the world is enabling it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli government has said it wants total victory in its war with Hamas, which attacked the nation\u2019s south on October 7, 2023, killing about 1200 people and taking 251 hostages.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s retaliatory assaults have killed more than 61,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza health ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 200 people, nearly half of them children, have reportedly died of starvation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AAP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<nav data-testid=\"live-article-pagination\">\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span data-testid=\"current-page\">1<\/span> of <span>5<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<nav>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<section 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