Good afternoon. The California governor, Gavin Newsom,said “democracy is under assault”in a blistering evening address in which he accused the US president, Donald Trump, of “pulling a military dragnet” across Los Angeles. As mass protests over Trump’s immigration crackdownspread across the US, Newsom said Trump’s decision to deploy the national guard without his support as governor was “a brazen abuse of power” that has “inflamed a combustible situation”.
The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass,has instituted a 8pm to 6am curfewin the city’s downtown area, after the police department said it had carried out more than 300 arrests of protesters in the past two days. Follow all the latest developmentsin our US live blog.
Meanwhile,the number of Australian journalistshit by law enforcement while covering the protests has climbed, with reporters for Nine, the ABC and the New York Times being hit with so-called “less lethal” munitions.
ABC confirms Q+A to be axed amid wider changes and scores of redundancies across broadcaster
‘We won’t give up’: Kumanjayi White’s family hold vigil demanding independent investigation
Sydney Muslim cleric tells court Jewish people can’t be offended by him calling them ‘vile’ as lectures were private
Vulnerable Queenslanders might suffer more ‘harassment’ under expanded ‘Jack’s law’ police powers, expert warns
Fury over year 9 students in South Australia being asked to debate whether the tradwife movement is good for women
Against the grain: as prices and temperatures rise, can Japan learn to love imported rice?
Brisbane will be transformed into an outdoor gallery of brightly coloured inflatables and sculptures this September as part of Brisbane festival. Internationally renowned Australian duo Craig Redman and Karl Maier – AKA Craig & Karl –will create colourful, inflatable installationson three of the Queensland capital’s central walking bridges and present a public art trail of sculptures, inflatable installations, projections and animations through the city.
“Sometimes, friends have to be clear with each other.” – Anthony Albanese
The prime minister said “Australia makes their own decisions” after being asked if he was concerned about the American response to his decision tosanction two extremist Israeli government ministers. The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio,said the travel bans and financial restrictions imposed byAustralia, the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Norway “do not advance” efforts toward a ceasefire in Gaza, while the shadow foreign affairs minister, Michaelia Cash,said the sanctioning of a key ally was a“very serious development”.
The Qantas group today announcedthe closure of Jetstar Asia, an offshoot of its low-cost carrier that flies 16 intra-Asia routes. The airline said it will redeploy 13 aircraft from those Asian routes to Australia and New Zealand, where about 100 jobs will be relocated.
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