Labor has admitted it “missed the mark” with social media posts sharing a T-shirt stating that “This is Australia, we eat meat, we drink beer and we love Medicare!”
The T-shirt design appears similar to an archival example of nationalist racist memorabilia held by Museums Victoria. The posts have now been removed.
The ALP is also grappling with internal angst over its attempt to protect Tasmania’s salmon industry from legal challenge over its impact on the endangered Maugean skate. Sources told Guardian Australia the party’s environment caucus committee needed three meetings between Friday and Sunday night to reach agreement on the intervention.
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In pictures
A Palestinian girl crouches next to the site of an Israeli strike that targeted senior Hamas official Salah al-Bardawil. The photograph is featured in the Guardian’s picture editors’ weekend gallery from around the world.
What they said …
“There’s nothing that can’t be solved over a bit of common sense and a cannoli.”
The Queensland premier, David Crisafulli, said he and the prime minister – who are both of Italian descent – have been negotiating “well” together over familiar sweets while planning for the Brisbane Olympic Games in 2032.
In numbers
On Monday, the prime minister and the Queensland government signed a landmark deal to ensure every public school in that state would be “fully funded” by 2034. Queensland was the final state to sign such a deal after protracted negotiations, meaning every school in Australia will be fully funded for the first time within a decade. Our education reporter, Caitlin Cassidy, unpacks what the deal means.
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Before bed read
For this week’s Kindness of strangers column, Jane shares the time she was crying at the airport while holding her baby, watching her suitcase go round and round the carousel. An older woman saw her, walked over and said: “What’s the matter?” It was a simple gesture – followed by a simple solution.
Daily word game
Today’s starter word is: PTS. You have five goes to get the longest word including the starter word. Play Wordiply.
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