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- Labor announces funding to boost security at Jewish community sites;
- An emergency meeting in Doha over the unfolding crisis in Syria;
- Aussie driver Oscar Piastri starting the Abu Dhabi grand prix from second place on the grid.
The federal government has unveiled a funding package worth millions of dollars to boost security around Jewish community sites.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says an already existing $25 million package will be boosted by a further $32.5 million over the next 18 months.
Police are yet to make any arrests over the arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue that's prompted the announcement.
But Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has said she's been assured by the chief commissioner there has been "progress" in the investigation.
"I've spoken to the Chief Commissioner this morning. I want to be absolutely clear that the Commissioner and the Victoria Police and the Australian Federal Police have their counter-terrorism units at the centre of this investigation. They are going to meet tomorrow (Monday) morning to review the evidence of the investigation to date and they will provide further advice following that meeting."
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Two men have died following a spate of stabbing attacks across two states.
Police have charged one man over the first deadly home invasion at Iluka in the New South Wales northern rivers region.
Detectives are questioning another over a separate fatal confrontation in Kangaroo Flat, near Bendigo in regional Victoria.
Meanwhile two other men are in hospital after two early morning stabbings at Caroline Springs in Melbourne's west.
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Foreign Ministers from Iran, Turkiye and Russia have held an emergency meeting over the unfolding crisis in Syria.
They have been joined by representatives from Saudi Arabia and Egypt on the margins of the Doha Forum.
The three nations are part of the Astana process established in 2017 to address the conflict in Syria and find a path to peace.
Turkey backs Syrian rebels in the conflict while Iran and Russia are the Assad regime’s principal supporters - but Turkiye's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Nuh Yilmaz says his country has had no involvement in this rebel uprising.
“The lack of hope for the comprehensive resolution and the continued violations of the Astana agreement brought the country to this point and seems to be the driving force behind the ongoing operation. Let me underline that: Turkey is not behind the current military operation, nor did we give our consent to it. We did not want to have further instability in the region, as the Israeli aggression is already sweeping the region."
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The leader of South Korea's ruling party says they will seek the President's early exit, despite his survival of an impeachment vote.
People Power Party leader Han Dong-hun says they will seek to oust President Yoon Suk Yeol in an orderly fashion after the opposition led impeachment attempt.
The PPP leader says they want to minimise opportunities for chaos, and alleviate national and international anxiety.
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Rescue crews are cleaning up after a severe storm cut power to regional communities and damaged hundreds of properties in regional New South Wales.
Emergency crews say they responded to more than 120 reports of damage after a severe storm impacted the Riverina region, in the southwest of the state, this weekend.
But despite the widespread damage, SES southern zone commander Chief Superintendent Ben Pickup says there are no reports of injuries or major infrastructure damage.
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A missing couple have been airlifted to safety after spending days being stalked by a crocodile.
The pair, aged in their 50s, spent three days stranded in the Gulf Country northwest of Staaten River National Park in Queensland after their four-wheel-drive washed away in crocodile-infested flood waters.
The couple told rescuers they were stalked by a giant crocodile for two nights as they endured 40C heat with no food, drinking only from the river.
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A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the Wizard of Oz film have been sold for a staggering $28 million.
The shoes were recovered by the FBI after being stolen from a US museum in the state of Minnesota in 2005.
But now that the thief has been convicted, the shoes have been returned to their rightful owner Mchael Shaw - who decided to sell them.
"Let some other lucky person have possession, with the hope that whoever buys them will at least loan them to a museum so that people can can see them."
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In motor sport,
Aussie driver Oscar Piastri will start the Abu Dhabi grand prix from second place on the grid.
The 23-year-old has recorded the second-fastest lap.
It puts Mclaren in a prime position of claiming the constructor's championship this weekend, as Ferrari's Charles Leclerc falls even further behind with a ten place grid penalty for going over the track limits in turn one.
Piastri says the situation is in Mclaren's hands.
"You know, I think we're in the best spot possible. Of course hopefully we can control what we want to do. It's up to Ferrari to make the risky moves."
