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The federal government is facing criticism over its decision to abstain from a vote in the United Nations General Assembly.
The resolution called for Israel to withdraw from Gaza and the West Bank, and allow all Palestinians displaced during the occupation to return to their original place of residence.
Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi has condemned Australia's lack of support for the resolution.
"The Labor Government has shown itself to be gutless, fence sitters by abstaining on a vote in the UN for Israel to end its occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. That is just plain cowardly."
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The New South Wales government says it will support all 19 recommendations from a landmark inquiry into historical hate crimes towards members of the LGTBQIA+ community.
Police have (also) confirmed they have formally started two new investigations, in the hope technological advancements will lead to breakthroughs.
The New South Wales Police Minister Yasmin Catley says it's crucial to address the harm caused by past operational failures.
"To make sure that the New South Wales police do better, do better. Because the LGBTQI+ community deserve that."
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New South Wales is rolling out portable wi-fi technology to help communities hit by natural disasters.
The technology includes trailer-mounted, solar-powered satellite internet stations that can provide wi-fi coverage to a 500 metre radius.
Premier Chris Minns says the technology will enable emergency responders to stay connected.
He says the units will also be available in Service NSW disaster recovery centres so contact can be made with family members.
It will also be available for people to lodge government support or insurance claims.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has travelled to the United States for a meeting of the Quad countries.
The leaders of the US, Japan, India and Australia will gather in Joe Biden's home state of Delaware.
The discussions will cover security in the Indo-Pacific region and also Biden's departure from the US presidency.
But Mr Albanese says he's not worried about the outcome of November's election - whatever happens.
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Hundreds of First Nations artefacts have been unearthed at a proposed housing development site near Brisbane.
The discovery was made by archaeologists and Aboriginal custodians assessing the land in Ipswich before construction started.
Yuggera Elder, Eddie Ruska, has called for development plans to now be abandoned and the area protected.
"The area should be closed down, and there should be a large investigation into it to see what else they can find here. No work to be done on the area. The whole area is significant. Just up the road is a woman's area; you've got a burial site just over this other side."
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A new report has found older people in Australia are spending months without support while they wait for care at home.
The Anglicare Australia [['Life on the Wait List']] report suggests some are being pushed into residential aged care and even hospital as their health worsens.
Acting Executive Director Maiy Azize says people are facing excruciating waits to get the care they’re entitled to – time they simply don’t have.
"What we're calling on the government to do in the next media budget update is actually just release enough packages to clear this wait list. And the reason we're asking for that is, firstly, because some people are waiting for up to 15 months, and as we found in our report, that's leading people to go into hospital early, it's leading people to go into aged care early. That's much more expensive than just looking after them at home. The other reason that this would be a really smart investment, is because they're setting up a new support at home system from July 2025 and it's just going to be set up for failure if it inherits this not just huge waiting list, but a waiting list that is rapidly growing, and we want to set this new system up for success."
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Australia has marked 25 years since its peacekeeping troops were deployed to Timor-Leste.
Six Australians died during the operations between 1999 and 2013.
A national commemorative service has been held at the Australian Peacekeeping Memorial in Canberra.
Veteran Jody Hillier has told Sky News today is a day for reflection.
"It's a combination of mixed feelings. It's a lot of pride for what we achieved and the freedom that we bought helped the East Timorese people achieve. But there's also a sense of that 25 years have passed, wonder, missing our friends that are deployed with, and just an overall sense of did that really happen?"
