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A report has found Jewish people who have given evidence at a royal commission into antisemitism are facing a "dramatic increase" in online abuse.

The Dor Foundation has revealed calls for executions and witnesses depicted as AI-generated animals.

Royal Commissioner Virginia Bell yesterday said there had been a "dramatic increase in online hate messages" after some Jewish Australians gave evidence.

The latest group of women linked to the so-called Islamic State group who have returned to Australia from Syria could still face arrest, according to the government.

The women were not arrested or charged upon arrival, unlike a group that returned earlier this month where three women were charged with terrorism and slavery offences and remain in custody.

Meanwhile, it's been revealed Australian woman Hodan Abby was blocked from boarding a flight to Australia, following a temporary exclusion order issued in February

The men's Rugby league State of Origin series will kick off tonight as New South Wales takes on Queensland in Sydney.

Yesterday, the Blues announced a last minute team change with five eighth Mitch Moses' ruled out due to a hamstring injury.

Debutant Ethan Strange will take his place.

Queensland is looking to defend the shield, with the series opening in front of more than 75-thousand fans expected to attend at Stadium Australia.

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Australians accessing JobSeeker will be required to complete tasks and activities tailored to their situation, under a shake up to the nation's primary employment service.

Currently people receiving the payment are required to carry out similar tasks, regardless of their skills or experience.

Under the proposed changes what's known as 'mutual obligations' will be dependent on the individual.

The Federal Treasurer has welcomed a drop in inflation but concedes there's still a way to go.

Inflation fell to 4.2 per cent in the year to April, down from 4.6 per cent driven largely by lower petrol prices, due to the government's cut to the fuel excise.

Trimmed mean annual inflation, meanwhile, was up to 3.4 per cent in the 12 months to April, from 3.3 per cent in March.

It's been revealed that a woman with links to the so-called Islamic State group who's been barred from entering Australia tried to board a flight home.

Hodan Abby, was issued a temporary exclusion order in February but a senate estimates committee has heard she tried to return to Australia with other women and children who landed in Sydney and Melbourne last night.

The Australian Border Force says its systems worked effectively to bar her entry.

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Headline inflation decelerated in April, with consumer prices increasing at an annual pace of 4.2 per cent, down from 4.6 per cent in March.

Headline inflation has dipped to 4.2 per cent in the year to April, down from 4.6 per cent in March.

The trimmed mean measure - which strips out volatile items - was 3.4 per cent, up from 3.3 per cent the previous month.

Fuel prices were largely responsible for the easing, falling seven percent in the month, after a 32.8 per cent hike in March.The employment minister Amanda Rishworth has unveiled the government's changes to the nation's unemployment system.

She says Labor is ending the one-size-fits-all approach and creating three distinct streams to support jobseekers depending on their distance from the labour market.

The reforms come after years of criticism that the $2 billion employment services system leaves people stuck in unsuitable jobs or without adequate support.

After five weeks, the National walk for truth has officially concluded on the steps of Parliament House in Canberra.

The walk from Melbourne has aimed to highlight the need for truth-telling, healing and meaningful change for Indigenous Australians.

Walk leader Travis Lovett and supporters have been met by the Prime Minister, who received a message stick and an open letter calling for a national truth telling process.

Anthony Albanese has told the group that the business of reconciliation is unfinished and that he plans to continue engaging with truth telling campaigners.

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New inflation figures show it cooled by point four of a per cent across April to 4.2 per cent.

Australia's system of helping the unemployed find jobs is about to be overhauled for the first time in 30 years.

Media tip-offs about the arrest of former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith have been referred to the national anti-corruption commission.

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The newest space race is underway with NASA promising to land humans on the moon again and establish the first lunar base.

The goal of the next Artemis mission is to land a crew on the moon by then end of 2028 and then a permanent base by 2032.

But the American space agency now has competition from China who wants its own moon base.

Canada says it will temporarily ban people from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan from entering its borders amid the ebola outbreak gripping central Africa.

It follows a move by the US last week banning non-citizens who'd recently travelled to the same countries from entering the States.

There are roughly one-thousand suspected Ebola cases in the DRC and more than 220 suspected deaths, with the World Health Organisation declaring the outbreak an emergency of international concern.

Two men arrested in Victoria's north-east as part of the Dezi Freeman investigation have been released without charge.

Freeman fatally shot two police officers in Porepunkah, Victoria last year and went on the run before being killed in a police shootout on March 30th.

Taskforce Summit has been focussing on anyone who may have assisted him in the seven months he was on the run.  

Australians living with an early pre-symptomatic stage of type one diabetes can now be treated with a new drug which delays the onset of the disease.

The Therapeutics Goods Administration has approved Teplizumab or Tzield as its marketed, which slows the immune attack that leads to symptomatic T1D.

Experts say its the first new therapy to be approved for the disease since the discovery of insulin 100 years ago.

The drug's not yet subsidised by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

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