Australia news live: Penny Wong rebukes Israel over ‘shocking and unacceptable’ treatment of flotilla activists

Australia’s foreign minister condemns video posted by Israel’s national security minister taunting detained activists. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Thousands of childcare workers prepare walk off job over key federal government payment As many as 20,000 childcare workers are preparing to walk off the job around the country in July, after the Albanese government failed to extend a key workers retention payment in last week’s federal budget. We cannot go backwards. Educators fought hard for this and the government had every opportunity in the Budget to finish the job. The 15 per cent pay rise recognised that early childhood educators had been undervalued for too long. Continue reading...