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- New South Wales Premier defends police response at Sydney protest against Israeli president's visit;
- Members of the crossbench call for policy to repair social media algorithms;
- And in sport, Snowboarding history made as two Australian women finish in top 10 for the first time.
Premier Chris Minns has defended the police response at the Sydney protest against the Israeli president's visit.
Protesters who gathered at Sydney Town Hall to speak out against Isaac Herzog's Australian visit were pepper-sprayed, arrested, beaten and shoved by police.
New South Wales Police says 27 protesters were arrested, including 10 for assaulting officers.
Mr Minns conceded social media videos of police actions didn't "look good", but he says officers responded appropriately to prevent a breach of containment lines.
"New South Wales Police had to keep both protesters and mourners separate, so as disturbing as the scenes were last night on the news; they weren't even worse as a result of thousands of people clashing together on the streets of Sydney. I understand there has been criticism of New South Wales Police. I just want to make it clear, they were caught in an impossible situation. They did their job by keeping those groups separate. And we want to thank for their service to the people of New South Wales. It is a difficult, combustible situation."
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Members of the crossbench are calling on the Australian government to adopt a policy giving people control over their social media content.
The 'fix our feeds' campaign - established by sexual consent advocacy organisation 'Teach Us Consent' - calls for the government to introduce an opt-in feature for social media algorithms to bring affirmative consent to our screens.
Independent member for Wentworth, Allegra Spender, says there's a real problem with extremist content on social media, including anything ranging from misogynistic content to messaging which promotes disordered eating or radicalised violence.
"I think this is, you know we have a social media ban for people aged under 16. But the point is that this, the radicalisation by social media isn't just constrained to those under 16. We see that in young people, we see that in people of different ages. And this is about once again giving Australians the choice to opt in, opt out to the algorithms that the social media companies are sharing."
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Liberal senator Jonathan Duniam says Angus Taylor needs to make clear whether he is going to challenge Sussan Ley's leadership, but acknowledges his party has work to do to repair their relationship with the public.
He says the party needs to work on effectively communicating and selling the party's policy to Australians.
"The policies we're putting out there, the way we're selling them, the communication we're having with the Australian people, is part of the problem. It's not all at the feet of one person, the leader of our party, we all have a role to play. So all this talk of changing leaders and what not, that is not the answer to every problem we face. We have a lot of work to do, and we have to get on and do it."
In the wake of the Coalition's 17-day split and then reunification, there's growing speculation that Angus Taylor might challenge Sussan Ley's leadership this week.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is rejecting Türkiye’s bid to co-host next year's UN climate summit, as diplomatic tensions escalate over the hosting deadlock.
President Erdogan is formally lobbying for a co-presidency model, despite strict United Nations regulations.
Mr Albanese has dismissed the proposal as a procedural impossibility under United Nations rules.
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And in sport,
Australia's snowboarders have missed out on top positions at the Olympic big air final, with Japan's Kokomo Murase taking the gold medal in Livigno.
Beijing slopestyle bronze medallist Tess Coady finished seventh while her debutante teammate Meila Stalker placed 10th.
Twenty-five year-old Coady was very impressed with the three medallists, describing them as 'insane' and 'amazing'.
This was the first time Australia saw two women finish in the top 10.
