The Australian National University ’s centre for social research and methods found confidence in the Morrison government has dipped below 50%.Tasmanian Liberal MP Adam Brooks will resign after being charged with alleged firearms offences by Queensland police.Australia’s foreign affairs minister, Marise Payne, has urged an end to the violence in the Gaza Strip as the death toll rises amid fears of war.Christian Porter’s defamation case against the ABC has effectively stalled while a judge decides whether his high-profile barrister has a conflict of interest in the case.More than 70 of the 150 vulnerable Australians booked on the India repatriation flight have been thrown off the passenger list after they either tested positive to Covid-19 or were deemed close contacts of cases.
OK, and with that we shall wrap up the blog for the day and for the week.