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- The United States Vice President say too many innocent Palestinians have been killed
- A Senate inquiry into alleged price gouging by the major supermarkets
- The Adelaide Strikers have beaten the Brisbane Heat by three runs to claim consecutive WBBL titles
United States Vice President Kamala Harris says too many innocent Palestinians have been killed in Gaza.
Speaking at the COP28 climate summit, she says as Israel defends itself, it matters how and international humanitarian law must be respected.
"Innocent civilian lives should not be intentionally targeted and that Israel must do more to protect innocent life in Gaza and innocent civilians in Gaza and we've been very clear about that and we continue to make that point, not only privately but publicly as well."
Israel's defence force has carried out intense air strikes in Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip and the Hamas-run health ministry says at least 193 people have been killed in the latest attacks.
Israel has withdrawn its negotiators from talks in Qatar after discussions to reach another temporary ceasefire and secure the release of of more hostages broke down.
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A Senate inquiry led by the Greens will investigate whether Australia's major supermarkets are price gouging during a cost-of-living crisis.
Both Coles and Woolworths have each recorded profits of more than $1 billion but have repeatedly denied accusations of profiteering.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has food overall food and grocery inflation is at 4.8 per cent which is lower than the overall inflation rate of 5.4 per cent.
But some staple items such as bread and milk are much more expensive with bread prices up 12.6 per cent to the year to September and dairy up 10.2 per cent.
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The Federal Government says it needs to pass new preventative detention laws as it tries to respond to the recent High Court ruling.
More than 140 people, including convicted criminals have been released into the community after the court ruled indefinite immigration detention was unlawful.
Legislation will be introduced this week based off Coalition anti-terror laws seeking to retain some of those released.
Labor's Murray Watt has told Sky News the laws will comply with the Constitution.
"One of the important things that we're doing with this law is fixing Peter Dutton's mess. He left an unconstitutional, unlawful scheme in place which has what has led to the release of these 140 odd people."
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More than a hundred countries, including Australia, have pledged to triple the world's renewable energy capacity by 2030.
The Chair of the Energy Transitions Commission, Adair Turner, has told the COP28 summit there must be agreements to drastically cut fossil fuel use.
He says tripling the world's renewable capacity is achievable and there might be scope to be even more ambitious.
"Tripling renewables capacity is an achieveable objective by 2030 and it is therefore vital that government's across the world embrace objetive or even in some cases more ambitious objectives and crucially that they and the global financial institutions embrace the enabling actions which will actualy make that possible."
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Almost 18,000 police in Victoria are taking industrial action as they try to secure a four per cent pay rise and better working conditions, such as nine-hour shifts.
One of their tactics will involve placing police cars beside the highest yielding speed cameras in the state to warn motorists to slow down and deprive the government of revenue.
Negotiations over a new agreement have been taking place for the past five months.
Police Association Secretary Wayne Gatt says police officers are overworked and undervalued.
"We hope this is the shortest dispute in the history of the police association. Quite frankly, we hoped it never started. But I'll tell you one thing about our members-they don't lost too easily and they don't back down too easily. All they want is to be treated fairly. They're not being unreasonable."
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In women's cricket, the Adelaide Strikers have beaten the Brisbane Heat by three runs to claim consecutive WBBL titles.
Chasing Adelaide's 5 for 125, the Heat reached 8 for 122 in the final at Adelaide Oval.
