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- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces new agreement to fund schools in Western Australia
- Opposition leader Peter Dutton accuses Prime Minister of misleading ASIO boss on Gaza visa situation
- Alex De Minaur survives all-Australian clash against Jordan Thompson to advance to U-S Open quarterfinals
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of mishandling the situation with the refugees from Gaza.
It comes following statements from the head of Australia's security agency Mike Burgess, who retraced his own earlier comments regarding Hamas supporters from the enclave.
Mr Burgess has said that those initial comments were being distorted and has issued a warning that anyone with extremist ideologies will have problems being granted entry to Australia.
Based on Mr Burgess' initial comments, the Opposition claimed that migrants granted entry to Australia from the Gaza warzone, have done so without going through the necessary security checks.
Mr Dutton says the ASIO boss has been placed in a difficult situation by how the government has dealt with the Gaza migration issue.
"I think the Prime Minister, by misleading the parliament about ASIO's role in all this, suggesting that ASIO had checked all these individuals, which they haven't, I think he's put Mr Burgess in a difficult position. I think, frankly, the Prime Minister should be apologising to the ASIO boss for what they've put in place, which has made ASIO's job much harder."
The federal government says it will increase its funding for public schools in Western Australia following the Schooling Resource Standard.
A statement released by the government says they have come to an agreement with the state government for the funding of the schools.
Under the agreement, the federal government is set to invest over $785 million to the state's public schools between 2025 to 2029, with the W-A government meeting that amount.
That will bring the total investment to the state's educational institutions to over $1.6 billion.
Mr Albanese has said that investing in education is equivalent to investing in the future of Australia.
"There's nowhere, no area that's more important than education. So my government is investing, of course, in early learning. We're investing in schools. We're investing in fee-free TAFE, after this I'll be going to a fee-free TAFE there, looking at the difference that that's made as well. And, of course, we have our universities accord."
The Transport Workers' Union has ordered one of its branches to disband after an investigation found significant cultural and operational problems.
The TWU's national council made the decision on Tuesday to shut the Victorian and Tasmanian branch after an inquiry was carried out by retired judge Frank Marks.
His findings issues within the branch, including unfounded allegations of misconduct against former branch secretary Mem Suleyman.
Victorian and Tasmanian members will continue to be represented by the union under an interim governance arrangement by the national committee of management.
New South Wales police have provided an update following the rescue of two people on a yacht that sailed off the south coast on Monday.
Chief inspector Anthony Brazzill says the pair are now safely on the police vessel Nemesis where they are both asleep after being fed.
Authorities received a distress call from the vessel which was carried over 150 kilometres off the coast by the strong winds.
They carried out a rescue operation late last night in association with the HMAS Canberra, bringing the two on board the Nemesis.
Chief Inspector Brazzill says the incident wasn't due to any fault of the pair on board the vessel.
"Yeah, from what I see they have done everything right. They have checked the weather but probably haven't checked it close enough. I understand that they probably were when they've identified the terrible sea conditions and the winds that were out there. they were re-diverting, coming into Sydney but accidents happen and obviously mechanical failure and (they) started taking on water."
In tennis,
Alex De Minaur has won the all-Australian battle against Jordan Thompson on the fourth round of the U-S Open, 6-0 3-6 6-3 7-5.
The number ten seed came into the game strongly, dominating the first set and playing some great tennis.
Thompson fought to get back into the match and levelled things up on the second set.
The final parts of the game were a tight fought contest, with De Minaur proving to be more consistent in the crucial moments.
Following his victory, the 25-year-old has shared his praise for his Australian teammate and friend.
"I've got so much respect for Tommo (Thompson). We've grown up together. He's been like a big brother to me. So I really appreciate everything he's done for me and he's a hell of a competitor, my Davis Cup teammate and I can't wait to share the court many, many times with him."
De Minaur will now go on to face Jack Draper of the U-S in the quarterfinals.
