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Foreign Minister Penny Wong has spoken to the Israeli Foreign minister about the country's decision to not conduct a criminal investigation into a strike that killed Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom in Gaza two years ago.
The Israeli Defense Force has cleared its soldiers of criminal wrongdoing over the strike on a convoy from World Central Kitchen.
Minister Wong spoke with Israeli Ambassador Hillel Newman yesterday and a spokesperson says she spoke with Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar last night.
The spokesperson says Minister Wong conveyed Australia’s view and expectations, as she did with the Israeli Ambassador
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The Commissioner of the New South Wales State Emergency Service, Mike Wassing, has apologised for confusion that led to the family of missing hiker Lily Hooper mistakenly being told she'd been found alive.
The 18-year-old's body was found by search volunteers yesterday lunchtime after a days-long search.
Confusion around a code word led to the family initially being told Lily Hooper had been found alive.
Commissioner Wassing says hundreds of SES volunteers were involved in the search.
"I'm not focused on any blame and I can say that in having this conversation with the police commissioner as well, we're not looking at blame, we're looking at identifying how this occurred and to make sure we work as agencies together, to make sure this can't occur again."
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A Federal Parliamentary Inquiry into the value of skilled migration has heard an intake of skilled foreign workers is essential to grow national productivity.
CEO of the Migration Institute of Australia, Peter Van Vliet, says the current Australian birthrate of 1.5 children per family would see Australia face a "demographic cliff" without skilled migration.
The figure is below the population replacement level.
Mr Vliet says studies show skilled migrants are more likely to be younger, more highly skilled and of net benefit to the economy, than the average Australian.
"Properly targeted skilled migration is critical in addressing skills gaps in sectors with persistent labour shortages, such as health, healthcare, aged care, construction, engineering, education, agriculture, trades and technology."
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In cycling,
Aussie Maeve Plouffe (ploof) says she was nearly hit by a car during a chaotic chase at the Tour of Britain Women earlier this week.
Her experience has prompted organisers of the week-long road race to review safety procedures after she outlined her "scary" experience.
Plouffe says she was about two minutes behind the main pack when she was nearly hit by a car driven by a member of the general public while going through a roundabout.
Events director of British Cycling Ventures, Jonathan Day, says it's taking the incident extremely seriously and reviewing what happened
