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Welcome to SBS News in Easy English. I'm Sam Dover.
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Police have found no evidence an offensive antisemitic phrase was ever used at a widely condemned pro-Palestinian rally at the Sydney Opera House last year.
The rally on 9 October was in response to a decision to light up the Opera House in the colours of the Israeli flag after the Hamas attack that sparked the latest Israel-Gaza conflict.
Edited footage of protesters appearing to chant "gas the Jews" was later shared by the Australian Jewish Association with a news organisation, leading to widespread condemnation from politicians and changes to hate-crimes laws.
But New South Wales Police Deputy Commissioner Mal Lanyon says an extensive investigation found no evidence the chants were used at the rally.
"Investigators engaged an eminent expert in biometric science. That expert has conducted an audio visual and acoustic phonetic analysis of the audio visual files. As a result of that examination, the expert has concluded with overwhelming certainty that the phrase chanted during that protest as recorded on the audio and visual files, was 'Where's the Jews', not another phrase, as otherwise widely reported."
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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has suggested that the Liberal Party will support Labor’s changes to stage three tax cuts.
The Albanese Government has broken an election promise by making changes to the policy in order to redistribute planned cuts through all tax brackets.
The government will need support from the coalition or the cross bench to pass the legislation.
Peter Dutton says the party hasn’t settled its final position but he will not stop lower taxes.
"Most Australians have been shocked by the brazen lie that the Prime Minister has perpetrated here. We wanted to wait for the details, we still don't see the legislation, but once we've got the legislation, once we have a look at all of the detail which we're working through at the moment. We do believe that there's a black hole in the government's costings, and we're analysing that at the moment, and we'll make our announcement in due course. But I give you this guarantee - taxes will always be lower under a Liberal-National government than they will be under a Labor government."
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Two people have died after being hit by a freight train in Sydney's north.
Emergency services responded to Berowra train station around midnight after receiving reports a man and woman had been hit.
News South Wales Police say a man in his twenties was assisting a woman in her thirties to get off the tracks when they were both hit.
Paramedics tried to help the two people but they were pronounced dead at the scene.
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In football,
Real Madrid have regained the Spanish league lead with a comfortable 2-0 win.
Joselu Mato scored a goal in each half to move Madrid two points clear of Girona at the top of the standings.
It was the sixth straight league victory for Madrid, who are unbeaten in 25 matches in all competitions, since a 3-1 league loss at Atletico Madrid in September.
Madrid are now 10 points ahead of both Atletico and defending champions Barcelona.
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I'm Sam Dover. This has been SBS News in Easy English.
