Pauline Hanson fails in her bid to overturn a racial vilification ruling; Israel approves an international force to enter Gaza; Oscar Piastri looks to reset after a disastrous Hungarian Grand Prix.
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- Pauline Hanson fails in her bid to overturn a racial vilification ruling
- Israel approves international force to enter Gaza
- Oscar Piastri looks to reset after a disastrous Hungarian Grand Prix
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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has lost an appeal against a ruling that she racially vilified Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi.
The Federal Court found in 2024 that Senator Hanson breached the Racial Discrimination Act over a social media post telling Senator Faruqi to go back to Pakistan.
Senator Hanson argued the law should not apply to political communication because it is protected by the Constitution.
The Federal Court dismissed the appeal, and Senator Faruqi’s lawyer Michael Bradley says the ruling sends a clear message.
"Pauline Hanson has a long, long history of saying appalling things and then dodging the consequences and today some of those consequences have been visited on her."
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Victorian Deputy Premier Ben Carroll has confirmed he will challenge Premier Jacinta Allan for the Labor leadership.
Four months ahead of the state election, a delegation of Labor MPs and ministers has told Ms Allan she no longer has the support of a majority of caucus and urged her to resign.
In a statement, Mr Carroll says he has decided to nominate for the leadership after being approached by colleagues.
Ms Allan has written to Victorian Labor state secretary Steve Staikos confirming she will contest any leadership ballot.
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Investigators are working to determine what caused a fire that destroyed a Sikh temple in Adelaide's northern suburbs.
It took more than 60 Country Fire Service firefighters to extinguish the fire, which broke out at about 9:40pm on Sunday night.
The fire destroyed most of the temple, which had been converted from a large industrial factory about two years ago.
Gurudwara Dashmesh Darbar Virginia temple president Bakshish Singh says the damage will limit the temple's ability to do community outreach.
"So, people come here to bow down the head in front of the holy book. They mediate; they sit there for some time. And they serve the community there. So, they donate groceries. They cook together; they eat together. They find peace here. After work, when you are stressed, so you come here and do some community work. So, they find all that peace here by doing all of these things."
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Israeli officials say the government will allow an international security force into Gaza as part of a US-proposed ceasefire plan.
The Israeli security cabinet has approved the legal framework for what's being called the International Stabilisation Force.
Officials say the force will include 200 personnel from what they describe as friendly countries, including Uganda and Morocco.
It will deploy in areas outside Israeli control, with all entry requiring Israeli approval.
Amin Subh, who has been displaced by the war, says he hopes the move will bring peace to Gaza.
"This is the moment that we want, that the peace council which Israel has allowed to enter the Gaza Strip to actually enter. That is what we want. This is the moment we want. Ever since we left the south, the bombardment has continued over us. We have had no security, no peace, and nothing."
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Australian Oscar Piastri says he is looking forward to a reset after the turn of events at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Piastri lost his lead that he had in the opening lap of the race after he had a collision with backmarker Carlos Sainz.
The Australian ultimately retired on lap 56 due to a gearbox failure.
He says he is trying to put that behind him and look forward.
"I had track position, and I felt like even though I was struggling, it felt like I could hang on. But from that point on, everything that could have gone wrong, did. You don't plan a strategy for getting taken out by a backmarker. I can't blame the team at all for that. So yeah, just try and improve over the break, have a bit of time to reset and come back again."
Piastri's teammate, Lando Norris, won the race, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen in second place and Kimi Antonelli in third place.
