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- Thousands in Melbourne protest against Israeli president's visit to Australia;
- Angus Taylor expected to challenge for the Liberal leadership today;
- And in sport, the IOC bans a Ukrainian skeleton racer over a tribute helmet.
Demonstrators in Melbourne have continued protesting against the visit of Israel's President, as Isaac Herzog wrapped up his final leg of his trip to Australia by visiting the state.
This 85-year-old Catholic priest, Peter Murnane, told SBS Mr Herzog should be before the international criminal court, for the atrocities against civilians in Gaza.
"I'm here to speak against the visit of Herzog, who is a leader of genocide, and atrocities and should be before the international criminal court. Albanese doesn't see that the holocaust continuous. He says let's keep the temperature down."
Meanwhile President Herzog says while the aim of his time in the country was to console the Jewish community over the Bondi massacre, he's now leaving the country strengthened by their resilience.
"We came here to be with you. To look you in the eye, to embrace, to remember and weep together. Keep your Jewish hearts on your sleeve and wear your Zionism with pride."
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Angus Taylor says he will be a strong and decisive leader of the Liberal Party if he ousts Sussan Ley in a leadership ballot today.
The vote is to be held at Parliament House at 9am.
Several frontbenchers have already quit their roles and pledged to support Angus Taylor.
He's told parliament there needs to be a change of direction in the way Australia is governed.
"We need less government, less spending, less taxes, less regulation, less regulators. Australians need change and Australia is worth fighting for."
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says changing the leader won't change anything for the party.
"Not looking after Australians but just looking after themselves and it doesn't matter who sits in that chair, the problem is that the leader, the problem is that whoever sits there will just be another Liberal."
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The Minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy, is calling on governments to deliver on their commitments to Closing the disadvantage Gap for Indigenous Australians.
The latest Closing the Gap report reveals only four of the 19 targets are on track, with just five years remaining under the current agreement.
Several key measures continue to stall or deteriorate — including incarceration, out-of-home care and suicide rates.
The minister says she's considering penalties for states and territories that fail to meet their targets.
"And I hope by our leadership at the Commonwealth level but what I'm doing, what the Coalition of Peaks are doing at our level that we are sending a really firm example that this possible, we can achieve this but we need everyone on board."
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The United Kingdom's most senior government official, head of the Civil Service and cabinet secretary Chris Wormald, has agreed to stand down.
He's the third member of his team to go in recent days after the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador threw the government into crisis.
Mr Starmer has vowed to never walk away after facing the biggest challenge to his authority yet, including a call from Labour's leader in Scotland for him to stand down over the appointment of Mr Mandelson, who was close to the late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The Prime Minister has been forced to defend his leadership, as leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch questioned his authority.
KEMI BADENOCH: "Mr. Speaker, he's had three Cabinet Secretaries, four Chiefs of Staff, five Directors of Communications in just 18 months, and now he is mired in yet another scandal. Does he ever look in the mirror and ask himself, is the real problem staring him in the face?"
STARMER: "Mr Speaker, I delivered a landslide victory for our government. Only four people have ever led the Labour Party to victory in the general election. I am one of them."
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To sport,
The International Olympic Committee has banned Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from competing at the Winter Olympics.
He had continued to wear a helmet commemorating more than 20 athletes killed during Russia's invasion of his home country.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister says it's a moment of shame.
IOC President Kirsty Coventry visited the 26-year-old at Cortina's sliding track before the start of the men's skeleton race.
Heraskevych had worn the helmet in all of his training runs before the competition began, but was told by the IOC that it does not comply with the Olympic charter.
They suggested he wear a black armband instead.
Ukrainian Iryna Nalyvaiko was at the race and says the treatment was unfair.
"No, this is absolutely impossible. I don't know why other performers can put whatever they want on their helmets, but the Ukrainian performer, by showing a fact, reality that happened, is getting this treatment. It's absolutely unfair. This is reality. This is really happening. It's not a joke. It's not made-up. It's real."
