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Two men die in Melbourne after reports of fight
Victoria police homicide squad detectives are investigating the deaths of two men in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs last night.
Emergency services were called to a property in Clyde North shortly after 9.30pm following reports of a fight, police said in a statement.
Two men were found with wounds consistent with a stabbing, and both died at the scene.
Both men are yet to be formally identified.
Police said a third male had left the address before they arrived and they were searching for him and speaking to other people present at the property at the time.
It was believed the people involved were known to each other.
As we wait to find out if all is normal today after two days of train chaos, here is our latest news story from Jordyn Beazley.
Mostafa Rachwani has been talking to Gazans who have travelled to Australia seeking refuge from the war.
Despite the changes a ceasefire could bring to Gaza after more than a year of bombardment, Karam Alakklouk is still concerned:
We have very mixed feelings about the deal, because we have so many bad experiences from previous ceasefire deals, where the violence increases before they come into effect.
Until it formally begins, these couple of days will be very heavy on our souls – each moment will be counted as a year. We just want to sleep through these couple of days and wake up and there is officially a ceasefire.
Read Mostafa’s full story here:
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Man charged with threat to kill
A Sydney man faces a potential jail term over allegations he made death threats towards members of a Jewish organisation.
On Thursday Australian federal police charged the 44-year-old with one count of using a carriage service to make a threat to kill, and one count of using a carriage service to menace, harass, or cause offence.
If convicted, the offences carry maximum penalties of 10 and five years’ prison respectively. The man has been bailed and is scheduled to appear before Downing Centre local court on 26 February.
The AFP’s Special Operation Avalite executed a search warrant at the man’s Blacktown home on Thursday, seizing electronic devices and documents.
Prosecutors will allege the man posted death threats to a Jewish association’s social media page.
AFP counter-terrorism and special investigations command Asst Comm Stephen Nutt said the charges were the first laid by Special Operation Avalite since it was established in December:
Special Operation Avalite was established to target high-harm, recidivist antisemites. A number of individuals are under investigation and the community should expect further charges.
It is abhorrent that individuals are being targeted and threatened because of their race or religion.
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Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it’ll be Emily Wind to take you through the day.
Sydney commuters should have an easier journey this morning after the Fair Work Commission delivered an interim order suspending the 300-plus work bans imposed by rail workers that have crippled the network.
Australia’s “diabolical” treatment of asylum seekers and youth crime has worsened, a global human rights advocacy body has warned, urging voters to push back on leaders politicising the issue for gain. Human Rights Watch’s latest world report, published overnight, has lashed Australia for going backwards on children in the criminal justice system in 2024, referencing the Northern Territory’s decision to reintroduce spit hoods for youth detainees and the continued use of watch houses to detain children in Queensland.
Although the Israel-Hamas peace deal is still not ratified by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, it is hoped the agreement will eventually be settled. Gazans exiled in Australia say the prospect of a ceasefire has given them hope of returning to see loved ones but also “to begin to grieve an unimaginable pain”. And a man has been charged in Sydney over allegations he made death threats towards members of a Jewish organisation. More on that coming up.