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Anthony Albanese will not meet with U-S President Donald Trump at the G-7 meeting in Canada as planned.
Mr Trump will be leaving the G-7 meeting early.
Earlier, Mr Albanese met with South Korea's newly elected Lee Jae-myung on the sidelines of the summit.
He says the first face-to-face meeting with Mr Lee was important, particularly ahead of South Korea hosting the APEC in late October.
"I congratulated him on his election. And I am sure will develop a very strong relationship. The Republic of Korea are important economic partners. I look forward to further developments in the relationship. I will visit APEC later this year where President Lee will host the meeting. This will come at an important time, particularly given APEC's focus on economic relationships and trade."
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The federal government says plans are being made to evacuate Australians from Israel and Iran once airline options become available.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong says so far around 300 Australians in Israel have registered their interest in leaving the country, another 350 want help to leave Iran.
Aerial attacks have continued for a fourth day, with Iran's state broadcaster briefly knocked off air when an Israeli strike hit buildings in Tehran.
Other countries are already getting their citizens out of the area.
Slovakia's Interior Minister, Matúš Šutaj-Eštok says everything is being done to evacuate their foreign nationals from the region, with a plane departing from Jordan.
(Slovak then translated into English): "The role of the state is to take care of its citizens, to take care even if they are outside the territory of the Slovak Republic, whether they are already in danger due to various problems during calamities or even in cases where this is done even in the immediate aftermath of a military conflict."
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Employer organisation the Australian Industry Group says there is nothing nefarious or untoward about its contributions to a review by the Fair Work Commission on work-from-home arrangements under modern awards.
In September 2023, the federal government commissioned a review of the framework for 2.2 million Australian workers.
One of the options being considered is whether the Clerks Award should include a right to work from home.
Confidential documents obtained by The Australian newspaper reveal employers are proposing to the Fair Work Commission that there could be a trade-off of key entitlements in the clerks award in return for employees working from home.
It's a move criticised by the unions as something that would drag workplace standards back decades.
In a statement, the Australian Industry Group says it has been participating in proceedings organised by the Commission on a confidential basis.
The group's CEO, Innes Willox, says the goal for members is to advance a proposal that would make it easier for employers and employees to adopt working from home arrangements, by agreement, that suit their circumstances.
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Legal action continues over the Victorian Government plans to demolish and redevelop all public housing towers around Melbourne.
The government says the buildings built in the 1960s and seventies, are no longer fit for purpose and will cost more to maintain and upgrade than to replace.
The rebuild plans however are expected to benefit private renters or owners, reducing the options for public housing.
An appeal has been lodged against a Supreme Court decision in April dismissing a class action brought by residents.
Inner Melbourne Community Legal has lodged an appeal on behalf of new lead plaintiff Jason Mallard and residents of public housing towers in North Melbourne and Flemington.
Professor of Architecture at Monash University, Nigel Bertram has written a report looking at options to reduce the costs of maintaining the public housing towers through retro-fitting.
He says there are a lot of things to consider.
"There's still a lot of people involved and a lot of people who are being dislocated from their homes and communities and services and everything. And I think the government could be evaluating how the demolition and rebuild process goes and whether or not any new information comes to light or whether now there's a bit of time to do a slightly more in-depth study of alternatives. That would be a very positive step."
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Tasmania Police have called the killing one of their police officers in the state's north-west a tragic and devastating incident.
The 57-year-old constable was shot and killed while approaching a home in North Motton.
Another police officer then shot their weapon toward the suspect, who subsequently surrendered to police.
Police Commissioner Donna Adams says the constable was killed while attempting to serve a warrant to repossess the house.
"It's a tragic and devastating day for Tasmania police and the family of one of our own who lost their life. The officers were there to serve a court-approved warrant to repossess a home. The occupant of the residence was present at the time that police had arrived and some time between the police officer leaving his police vehicle and making his way towards the front of the residence he was fatally shot."
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Shares in Australia's second largest oil and gas producer, Santos, increased by 11 per cent, after the company received a A$36 billion takeover bid from a consortium led by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company.
The board of Santos have indicated support for the deal, but it still needs approval from the South Australian government, the federal Treasurer, and the Foreign Investment Review Board.
South Australia's minister for infrastructure and transport, Tom Koutsantonis, says the deal will be assessed carefully.
"We've got legislation, which puts us at the table, that means we're going to use that legislation. And if the deal is not in the interest of South Australians, the South Australian government will say so - and act accordingly."
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Protesters have turned water guns on tourists in Spain.
The protests in several Spanish cities, most notably Barcelona, are against the effects of excessive tourism.
15.5 million people visited Barcelona last year, which some locals believe is crowding locals out of the housing market, due to the heavy use of short-term rental properties, such as those offered on AirBnB, by tourists.
Tourists on the island of Mallorca laughed off the water blasts.
Spanish authorities are trying to balance local feeling with the economic benefits tourists bring.
The Spanish government ordered AirBnB to take down 66,000 rental listings in the country last month, saying they violated local rules.
Barcelona's local government has announced all 10,000 short-term rental licences in the city will be revoked by 2028.
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In cricket, Ellyse Perry has re-signed with the Big Bash League's Sydney Sixers for the next three seasons.
The 34-year-old all-rounder is one of Australia's greatest-ever female athletes, having won eight Cricket World Cups across various formats and a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal, and previously representing Australia in football as well, playing for the Matildas at the 2011 World Cup.
She's the second-highest run scorer in Big Bash League history, and was named captain of the league's Team of the Decade last year.
Perry says she's particularly excited to re-unite with Matthew Mott at the Sixers this season.
He was the coach of the Australian women's team for many of the successes Perry has been a part of there.
