The incident has intensified scrutiny of the $26 billion North East Link project, which will connect the Eastern Freeway at Bulleen via a 10-kilometre corridor including 6.5 kilometres of tunnels.

"But when you find yourself having to fight against your own team, it becomes impossible to put those interests first. That is not the standard I came into public life to accept, and it is not the kind of politics Victorians deserve."

'I Will Take You to the Colony of the Chamars and Other Poems' brings together 74 translated works—originally written as ghazals, nazms and poems in Hindi and Urdu—capturing Adam Gondvi’s uncompromising commitment to social justice and his lifelong resistance to inequality and oppression.

Supporters of further reform point to data showing Australia now has more than 4 million civilian firearms, higher than estimates in 1996, even after decades of strict controls.

She said Mr Piper was taking medication and believed it may have interacted with alcohol consumed the previous evening, and that he should not have driven the following morning.

They left on 28 November, with Davao listed as their final destination before connecting to Manila on their return to Sydney

ASIO and the Joint Counter Terrorism Team will piece together how a previously investigated extremist, allegedly inspired by IS, was able to arm himself and carry out a devastating attack on a Jewish festival

Tragically, they were shot and killed in the process. They were heroes too. They stepped forward in the face of extreme danger.”

Over nearly three decades in the foreign service, Singh has held a series of key postings in New Delhi and overseas that have given him experience across multilateral diplomacy

The assessment followed the July 2019 arrest of IS supporter Isaak El-Matari, who was jailed for plotting attacks in Australia and for attempting to establish himself as the group’s “Australian commander”.