Australia politics live: Marles warns of risks in ‘grave’ China clash; the ‘fables’ spread by the no campaign

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Defence minister says US-aligned nations can’t afford a failure of deterrence. Follow live

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the day in Canberra and beyond. I’m Martin Farrer and I’ve got some of the breaking overnight stories before my colleague Amy Remeikis takes the controls.

As the violence continues in the Middle East, echoes of the conflict are felt on this side of the world by Australia’s Arabic and Jewish communities. A surge in hostility towards Palestinians and towards Australian Jews is causing alarm among advocacy groups as they seek to deal with the ripple effects of the Israel-Hamas war on these shores.

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