US forces have launch tenth consecutive day of attacks against Iran, The Islamic Council of Victoria has comdemns desecration of Muslim graves on Melbourne's outskirts The AFLW defends its choice of ground for Ireland matchup
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- US forces have launched tenth consecutive day of attacks against Iran ...
- The Islamic Council of Victoria has condemns desecration of Muslim graves on Melbourne's outskirts ...
- The AFLW defends its choice of ground for Ireland matchup
US forces have launched a tenth consecutive day of attacks against Iran.
US Central Command says the strikes are designed to further degrade Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
CENTCOMM says it hit Iranian military command centres, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and air defence systems.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed responsibility for hitting another tanker in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman.
It comes as Yemen's Houthi rebels say they will impose a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, opening a potential new front against the US in its war with Iran and raising the threat to global energy supplies and trade.
A review into the circumstances leading up to the death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby has found serious failures in the Northern Territory's child protection system.
The review was led by former New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb and found repeated reports of domestic and family violence in the girl's family were not responded to effectively or in a timely manner.
It says the Department of Children and Families failed to adequately assess the cumulative risk to the child, despite multiple warning signs.
The review makes seven recommendations, including a comprehensive reset of the department's operating model, stronger domestic violence risk assessments and urgent action to address workforce shortages.
The Islamic Council of Victoria has condemned the desecration of Muslim graves, after discovering stickers depicting pigs heads on graves at Maddingly General Cemetery on the outskirts of Melbourne.
The group's president, Mohamed Mohideen, says families discovered the stickers on the graves of at least 10 loved ones and Victoria Police say they are investigating the issue.
Mr Mohideen says members of the community have sought counseling because of the vandalism, and warns Islamophobic hatred is increasingly moving from online spaces into the physical world.
He says he will raise these issues at a meeting with the Police Commissioner next week.
"It has caused so much distress. If it's your parent who's lying there, buried there, the last thing you want is their graves desecrated in this manner, and of all things a pigs head. I know for those white supremacists and people who hate Muslims, they think by putting bacon or pigs heads, like you know, pigs heads were put also at the Bendigo mosque, when it was being built, people went and put pigs heads there."
The Opposition has rejected claims the South Australian Liberal party is considering a merger with One Nation.
Chanel Nine Newspapers had previously reported Liberal senator Alex Antic was pushing for an alliance with One Nation.
The Opposition's Housing minister has since said he's unaware of any plans for any merger in South Australia.
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says a coalition with One Nation in the state is not an option.
"That will not be happening, i can assure you of that. The Liberal party is strong in South Australia, and will remain strong in South Australia, and there won't be any kind of merger or coalition."
Voters in the UK have expressed doubt new British PM Andy Burnham can deliver on his bold promise of a rewiring of the economy.
Mr Burnham has announced his cabinet naming former defence secretary John Healey as finance minister, weeks after Mr Healey resigned from the previous government, saying the Treasury had fallen short on defence spending.
Ed Miliband, who had been considered the leading contender for the role of chancellor, is the new foreign minister.
With summer holidays underway in the UK, and in the beachside town of Ramsgate, voters made it clear they have doubts about the new Prime Minister himself and his ability to deliver.
“I think it's a lost cause. I think we've all seen over the last couple of years of what the Labour government's done.”
“He will be another failed politician like the rest of them are.”
“Andy Burnham has to prove that he has more than just overriding ambition."
In sport,
The AFLW is defending its decision to play an international fixture against Ireland at a 10-thousand capacity ground.
The inaugural women's international between Australia and Ireland will be played at North Sydney Oval, which league boss Laura Kane says is driven by fan data.
Kane says she wants to ensure a packed-out stadium for the clash.
