Australia news live: Dreyfus denounces ‘attempts to politicise the Holocaust or antisemitism’ during Auschwitz visit

26/01/2025 21:33 The Guardian

The Attorney-General and the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, are in Krakow to attend the service marking the liberation of Auschwitz. Follow today’s news liveBoM warns of extreme fire danger and risk of ‘uncontrollable’ firesMore on the weather now, and it’s not just Victoria that’s going to be feeling the heat today. There will be very hot and windy conditions across much of south-eastern Australia, Dean Narramore, meteorologist from the Bureau of Meteorology, said this morning.That does include the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia and the Melbourne metropolitan area as well. So that means that if any fires do get going in these extreme areas today, they’re likely to be uncontrollable and uncontainable.There’s a matricide of older women [and] people aren’t even noticing, there’s no outcry. There’s silence … It’s just being missed. Continue reading...

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