Sydney Muslim cleric told to prominently display online judge’s findings he was ‘racist and antisemitic’ pred 1 dnevom, 14 urami in 15 minutami Wissam Haddad ordered to ‘pin’ corrective notices describing federal court’s findingsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Islamist preacher who used harmful racial stereotypes about Jewish people in sermons will be forced to tell the world of his antisemitism through prominent online posts.Sydney-based Al Madina Dawah Centre cleric Wissam Haddad was ordered by the federal court earlier in July not to repeat the perverse and racist tropes he used in a series of fiery sermons from November 2023. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Syrian president condemns Israel’s attacks on Damascus and vows to protect Druze community pred 1 dnevom, 14 urami in 40 minutami Ahmed al-Sharaa thanks American, Arab and Turkish mediators as efforts to restore order in city of Sweida continueSyria’s interim president has condemned Israel for “wide-scale targeting of civilian and government facilities” after the Israeli military struck Damascus on Wednesday as it sought to intervene in clashes between the Syrian army and Druze fighters.Israel’s strikes would have pushed “matters to a large-scale escalation, except for the effective intervention of American, Arab, and Turkish mediation, which saved the region from an unknown fate”, Ahmed al-Sharaa said in his first televised statement since the attacks. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Mark Latham is a pig’: NSW MP criticised for allegedly taking covert photos of female colleagues in parliament pred 1 dnevom, 15 urami in 7 minutami Premier Chris Minns says former One Nation MP’s alleged remarks about female MPs in messages to his then partner ‘troubling’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales housing minister, Rose Jackson, has labelled the independent MP Mark Latham a “pig” after allegations he took covert photographs of female colleagues in the upper house and shared them.The messages, reportedly sent to his former partner Nathalie Matthews and published in the Daily Telegraph on Thursday, allegedly included disparaging comments about the female politicians’ appearance.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...(The Guardian)
European missile group MBDA selling parts for bombs that have killed children in Gaza pred 1 dnevom, 15 urami in 9 minutami Exclusive: Britain has paused some weapons sales to Israel, but a Guardian investigation shows revenues from the GBU-39 bomb generated by the US arm of MBDA flow through the UKEurope’s largest missiles maker, MBDA, is selling key components for bombs that have been shipped in their thousands to Israel and used in multiple airstrikes where research indicates Palestinian children and other civilians were killed.With concerns mounting about the extent to which European companies may be profiting from the devastation of Gaza, a Guardian investigation with the independent newsrooms Disclose and Follow the Money has examined the supply chain behind the GBU-39 bomb, and the ways in which it has been deployed during the conflict. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Von der Leyen calls for new EU taxes on big firms in €2tn budget proposal pred 1 dnevom, 16 urami in 9 minutami Plan, which also includes levies on tobacco and electronic waste, ignites major political scrap to define bloc’s futureThe European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for new EU taxes on large companies, tobacco and electronic waste as part of a proposed €2tn (£1.7tn) budget.Announcing the planned EU budget for 2028 to 2034, she effectively fired the starting gun on a major and complex political fight to define the EU’s future. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Man charged with stealing ‘communal crime car’ used in Adass Israel synagogue arson attack pred 1 dnevom, 17 urami in 7 minutami Victoria police also allege 20-year-old blocked detectives from accessing apps on his phoneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man accused of stealing “a communal crime car” used in an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue has been arrested and charged, with Victoria police also alleging he blocked detectives from accessing apps on his phone.The attack on the ultra-Orthodox Adass Israel synagogue in December is still being investigated as a politically motivated attack by the Victorian joint counter-terrorism team, which includes representatives from the federal police and the domestic spy agency, Asio.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Melbourne creek turns bright blue after construction chemicals wash into waterway pred 1 dnevom, 17 urami in 18 minutami Victoria’s environmental protection agency launches investigation over pollution of Banyule creek in RosannaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA creek in Melbourne’s north-east has turned a lurid blue after chemicals used in construction of a major road project washed into the waterway.The Environmental Protection Agency began investigating after a community member reported blue discoloration in the waters of Banyule creek, south of Lower Plenty Road in Rosanna, on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the EPA said.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Alleged sex offender Joshua Dale Brown was sacked by Melbourne childcare centre in 2021 before joining another pred 1 dnevom, 17 urami in 33 minutami Nido Early School confirmed it terminated Brown from its Werribee childcare service during his probation period but not because of any behaviour towards childrenFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlleged sex offender Joshua Dale Brown was sacked from a Melbourne childcare centre in Melbourne’s west after working there for just three weeks, it has been revealed.Nido Early School on Thursday confirmed it terminated Brown from its Werribee childcare service during his probation period in July 2021, after he allegedly breached the company’s internal policies around handling of incident reports.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Meta argues its AI needs personal information from social media posts to learn ‘Australian concepts’ pred 1 dnevom, 17 urami in 57 minutami Tech giant says posts from Australian Facebook and Instagram users are ‘vital learning’ about ‘concepts, realities, and figures’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMeta has urged the Australian government not to make privacy law changes that would prevent the company using personal information taken from Facebook and Instagram posts to train its AI, arguing the AI needs to learn “how individuals discuss Australian concepts”.In a submission to the Productivity Commission’s review on harnessing data and digital technology, published this week, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp argued for a “global policy alignment” in the Albanese government’s pursuit of privacy reform in the AI age.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump rescinds $4bn in US funding for California high-speed rail project pred 1 dnevom, 18 urami in 7 minutami White House says no viable path forward for planned 800-mile system aiming to connect San Francisco to LADonald Trump said on Wednesday the transportation department is rescinding $4bn in US government funding for California’s high-speed rail project.The department said there was no viable path forward for California’s high-speed rail project and it was considering potentially clawing back additional funding related to the project. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
