Hostilities in the Middle East have escalated overnight, with 35 Palestinians killed in Gaza and 5 in Israel in the most intensive aerial exchanges for years.
Qantas has delayed its planned resumption of international flights until late December after the federal budget revised forecasts for reopening Australia's borders.
Labor's finance spokeswoman Katy Gallagher has criticised the federal government's budget for for projecting childcare as a women's issue.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is expected to decide this weekend whether to end coronavirus restrictions imposed in the state last week after a Sydney man tested positive.
