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- Fifty-seven more Palestinians killed in Gaza
- The First People's Assembly of Victoria agree to begin negotiating on a Treaty
- Gareth Southgate resigns as England manager
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The First People's Assembly of Victoria have revealed it's ready to negotiate on a Treaty with the state government.
In 2022, a Treaty Negotiation Framework was established to allow traditional owners to advice on priorities for their area, and the Assembly to negotiate big-picture structural reforms.
The purpose of a Treaty is to acknowledge the sovereignty of First Nations and to improve the lives of First Peoples.
Both the Assembly and government will be required to satisfy the independent Treaty Authority that they are upholding certain standards.
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Nine people have been killed, including three attackers, in an assault on a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Oman, authorities say, in a rare breach of security in one of the most stable countries in the Middle East.
According to Pakistani, Indian and Omani officials, four Pakistanis, an Indian and a police officer were among those killed in the gun attack.
The Oman police said 28 people of various nationalities were wounded, including security personnel.
A video on social media verified by Reuters showed people running away from the mosque while gunshots could be heard.
Police have not said whether they have identified a motive for the attack or if they had made any arrests.
The identity of the attackers has also not been released.
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Police say nearly a dozen police investigations have begun into coercive control allegations lodged in the first week since it was criminalised in New South Wales.
Authorities have received around 10 reports of coercive control in the first week since laws criminalising the practice were introduced on July 1 in an Australia-first move.
State Police Commissioner Karen Webb has revealed senior executives have discussed setting up a specialist family violence command similar to those operating in Victoria and Queensland.
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The federal government will reportedly appoint an external administrator to clean up the CFMEU, sidelining its national and state leaders.
The intervention comes as the Maritime Union of Australia considers whether to split from the union amid concerns about criminal links and claims of corruption within the union’s ranks.
This morning, the Australian Council of Trade Unions will also meet to consider a motion to suspend the CFMEU from the peak body.
It comes as state Labor leaders continue to distance themselves from the union, with Northern Territory Chief Minister Eva Lawler saying she has always maintained she has no relationship with the union.
"I'll be watching carefully what happens in Victoria where there's obviously a lot more intense activity. We're not friends, that's for sure. And if you understand politics of labor on the right, and obviously very much a left oriented union. So I mean, I understand we do need unions. We all understand that, and the importance of unions around looking after workers and negotiations around enterprise bargaining. But as I said, the CFMEU aren't a friend of mine."
ACTU secretary Sally McManus has also denied any prior knowledge of alleged criminal activity within the union.
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The first Australian woman to become an astronaut, Katherine Bennell-Pegg, says she hopes her story inspires other females to pursue a career in STEM.
The 39-year-old mother-of-two has recently graduated from the European Space Agency astronaut program , one of the final six to graduate from a process that involved 22,500 other initial applicants.
Bennell-Pegg undertook her first public engagement since graduating in Sydney, with a meet and greet with fans at Pitt Street Mall.
She says her training was challenging, but also rewarding.
"So you have to be an all-rounder. So we studied science, engineering, medicine. We studied expeditionary activities like winter survival, ocean survival, rescue. We learnt to scuba dive deep in pools to practice spacewalk techniques. It has been a wild ride... Well, I passed - so yes, it's doable. Absolutely. My class got through it together. It was a great team spirit - and I look forward to one day flying with them one day in space. We'll see."
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In football, Gareth Southgate has resigned as manager of the England men's team.
Southgate had been in the job since 2016, presiding over some of England's most successful results since they won the 1966 World Cup.
He took the side to back-to-back European Championship finals, a World Cup semi-final in 2018, and a World Cup quarter-final in 2022.
