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SBS News in Filipino Thursday, 5 March 2026

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Victorians are being promised the right to work from home two days per week from September. The Allan Labor government says it will enshrine the right to work from home in the state's Equal Opportunity Act. Credit: Drazen_/Getty Images

Here are today’s top stories on SBS Filipino.


Key Points
  • The U-S says it is deepening its war with Iran, after striking an Iranian naval ship with a torpedo in International waters - a move that is virtually unprecedented since the end of World War II
  • French president Emmanuel Macron is urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to deploy troops on the ground in Lebanon, now drawn into a widening war against Iran by the U-S and Israel.
  • OWWA: More than 1,000 OFWS in the MIddle East seeking assistance for repatriation
  • Victorians are being promised the right to work from home two days per week from September.

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