Call for new senator penalties after Thorpe protest, salmon death mystery, terror attack in Turkey

Superbug study | The rise of an almost untreatable superbug has been linked to a common antibiotic, an Australian-led study has found. The study – published in Nature – found that rifaximin, an antibiotic commonly used to treat liver disease, causes resistance to another antibiotic, daptomycin.

Senate crackdown? | The opposition Senate leader has flagged the possibility of new penalties for senators who engage in “disorderly conduct” beyond the chamber itself, after independent senator Lidia Thorpe’s shouted protest at a parliamentary reception for King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

Salmon questions | Environmentalists are calling on the Tasmanian salmon industry to explain why more than 1,000 tonnes of salmon died in fish farms in Macquarie Harbour over seven months last spring and summer.

Abortion proposal | The Greens have promised to introduce a bill banning the Queensland government from any new deals to outsource public hospitals to organisations that refuse to provide abortions.

Broken grid | The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, is flying to Broken Hill to find out from Transgrid why a storm left about 20,000 people without power when a backup generator failed.

‘Israel’s might’ | Planned airstrikes on Iran will make the world understand Israel’s military might, the country’s defence minister, Yoav Gallant (pictured), has warned.

Turkey terror | Turkey’s interior minister has blamed a “terrorist attack” for an explosion and assault at the headquarters of the national aerospace company, Tusaş, outside Ankara that has killed at least five people and wounded 14 others.

‘We have to progress’ | Gisèle Pelicot, the French woman who has become a feminist hero for insisting that the rape trial of her ex-husband and 50 other men should be held in public, has told a court in southern France she was driven by her desire to change society and expose rape culture. “It’s not for us to have shame,” she said. Here are the key points of her testimony.

Commonwealth comment | Keir Starmer has insisted he wants to “look forward” rather than have “very long endless discussions about reparations on the past” in his first comments on the issue before the Commonwealth summit.

‘Prophet of the poor’ | Gustavo Gutiérrez, the influential Peruvian priest known as “the father of liberation theology” and hailed as a “prophet of the poor”, has died in Lima at the age of 96.

Football | The Matildas have to step up their game quickly as they start on a path towards redemption with friendlies against Switzerland and Germany.

Netball | Australia will need to win both games on home soil to have any chance of retaining the Constellation Cup after suffering another heavy netball loss to New Zealand.

Football | It’s another big morning of European football with Barcelona playing Bayern Munich, and Liverpool away to Leipzig.

Cricket | The Pat Cummins-inspired Cricket for Climate campaign has helped to increase awareness throughout Australia and its infuence is now being felt overseas.

Commonwealth summit | Heads of government meeting starts in Samoa.

Energy | Senate inquiry into nuclear power generation resumes.

Indigenous Australians | Reflections on the voice referendum with Thomas Mayo and Shireen Morris at 5pm.

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