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- Australia welcomes a ruling that Russia is responsible for the downing of MH17;
- Sussan Ley the new leader of the Liberal party;
- The Victorian Aboriginal Health Service cuts ties with the Melbourne Storm NRL team.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has called on Russia to make amends for the downing of MH17, after the United Nations aviation council ruled it was responsible for shooting down the Malaysia airlines plane.
Dutch authorities have released a statement saying the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation would in the coming weeks consider what form of reparation was in order.
But the Foreign Minister says Russia already has obligations under international law that they must honour.
The MH17 case was launched in 2022 by Australia and the Netherlands, after the flight was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board, including 38 Australians.
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Sussan Ley has been elected the new leader of the federal Liberal party.
The former deputy defeated treasury spokesman Angus Taylor 29 votes to 25 in a party room ballot of 54 members in Canberra.
Ms Lee now faces the task of rebuilding the Liberal party after almost all of its metropolitan seats were wiped out on May 3.
Mitchell MP Alex Hawke says the feedback he's received from voters has made it clear changes must be made.
"Well, they're talking about some of our lack of policy development. I think women are particularly frank about our party's need to modernise. I agree with that. I think there is a need to modernise our party."
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Fighting has resumed in Gaza after the release of an American hostage by Hamas.
Palestinian health officials say an air strike has killed three people and wounded several others at a shelter housing displaced families in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had earlier said Israel would pause its operations to allow for the hostage release.
Hamas says it freed Edan Alexander as a goodwill gesture to US President Donald Trump, who is visiting the region this week.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is vowing to cut immigration numbers and make it harder to settle in the UK.
The move has been made under pressure from Nigel Farage's right-wing, anti-immigration Reform UK party, which won the most seats in English local elections in May and opened a big lead in opinion polls.
Mr Starmer says his government intends to increase English-speaking requirements for immigrants, prevent companies including care homes from recruiting abroad, and grant automatic citizenship only to those who have lived in Britain for 10 years, not five.
"Now, make no mistake, this plan means migration will fall. That's a promise. But I want to be very clear on this. If we do need to take further steps, if we do need to do more to release pressure on housing and our public services, then mark my words, we will."
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A safety campaign has been launched on the back of figures showing the number of road fatalities has hit a 12 year high.
Emergency services are teaming up with road safety groups and governments across Australia to reduce deaths.
Victoria's Road Policing assistant commissioner, Glenn Weir, says speed is the biggest killer on our roads.
"No fatal or serious injury collision should occur. They are all avoidable. Yet people still just don't get it. We are still seeing the predominant cause of most of the road trauma in Victoria as a single act of non compliance. Something as simple as rolling through - or not stopping at a stop or give way sign. Being distracted or speeding. Well we are seeing people die and be seriously injured because they are making those choices to be a few kays (kilometres) over."
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Iconic objects from stars of the Australian stage are going on display to the public from December at the Australian Museum of Performing Arts.
Those objects will include Kylie Minogue's gold hotpants, and a 19th-century cloak worn by Dame Nellie Melba.
Arts Centre Melbourne CEO Karen Quinlan says the Museum in Melbourne will be the custodian of more than 850,000 objects once construction is complete.
"Trying to exhibit an entire collection, no. But certainly bringing out and changing over exhibitions to enhance people's enjoyment and understanding of the genre, whether it is theatre, opera, dance, ballet, comedy, circus - we've got it all. And we're just really excited. The team are excited about bringing that to life."
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The Victorian Aboriginal Health Service has ended its partnership with the Melbourne Storm football club.
The Service has issued a statement confirming the termination of its Deadly Choices campaign partnership, which includes all associated community initiatives.
That means it will withdraw its branding from a Melbourne Storm warm-up shirt used in the health check promotion, and will no longer serve as a community outlet for Indigenous Round tickets, organise halftime Koori children’s games, or distribute tickets to Storm home games.
The statement says the decision is the direct result of the Storm's cancellation of a Welcome to Country hours before its Anzac Day match against South Sydney.
