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Thanks for reading today’s live national news blog. This is where we’ll end today’s coverage.
To conclude, here’s a look back at what we covered today.
- Opposition Leader Peter Dutton named seven locations where a Coalition government would build nuclear plants but didn’t confirm the project’s cost and has already faced rebukes from state leaders over the plan.
- Vandals smashed windows and used flammable liquid to set fire to the office of Jewish Labor MP Josh Burns early this morning, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says represents a troubling escalation of radical pro-Palestinian activism in Australia.
- Australian journalist Cheng Lei claimed she was barred from entering a second major government press event attended by Chinese Premier Li Qiang this week.
- A former Australian Taxation Office employee-turned-whistleblower facing prosecution over steps he took to gather evidence has lost his appeal against a court decision preventing him from relying on Commonwealth …