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Calls are growing for an investigation into the actions of New South Wales police officers at Monday's protest of the Israeli President's Australian visit, with Australia's federal Islamophobia envoy Aftab Malik calling on Premier Chris Minns and police to apologise.

The State's Premier Chris Minns and Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon have repeatedly defended the actions of officers, saying they responded proportionately.

• GUEST: Daniel Mookhey, New South Wales Treasurer 
• PRODUCER: Brooke Young

The Israeli Government has condemned the use of the phrase "globalise the Intifada" chanted during demonstrations against the Israeli President's visit to Australia.

The NSW government is considering outlawing the contentious phrase under revised hate speech laws.

The word "intifada" means "shaking off" in Arabic and has been used to refer to two periods of violent Palestinian protest against Israel.

Nine protesters have been charged-- including five accused of assaulting police - after demonstrating against the Israeli president's visit on Monday night. The Minister for Health and Ageing backs the Prime Minister's calls to 'bring the temperature down.'

Also, bulk-billing rates have rebounded in the last quarter. The increase is the first measure of the impact of the Albanese government's $8.5 billion cornerstone health pledge. 

Plus, aged care as intergenerational equity.  The Health Minister is 'very worried' about not seeing increases in approvals for aged care facilities. 

• GUEST: Mark Butler, Minister for Health and Ageing 
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australians "need to turn the temperature down" following protests in Sydney over the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog.  

Mr Albanese told parliament yesterday the violence seen in Sydney on Monday night was "devastating" and the Israeli president is in Australia to offer his support to members of Australia's Jewish community after the Bondi terror attack.

The Queensland government is taking to parliament what it's calling nation-leading gun reforms; including increased penalties for trafficking firearms and drive-by shootings and a ban on non-citizens owning a gun.

But advocates for gun reform say the Queensland laws are out of step with national action in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

Serious incidents endangering children at daycare centres have reached a record high, according to the Productivity Commission's annual report on government services.

The latest figures show the number of serious incidents rose to 160 per 100 services in 2024-25.  

Meanwhile in a separate development, the NSW Ombudsman has found two-thirds of tip-offs to the state's core child protection agency are not being investigated. These tip-offs were about vulnerable children being at significant harm. 

• Guest: Deb Tsorbaris, National Children's Commissioner
• Producer: Tyler Hall

New information is emerging about the brutal crackdown on protests in Iran last month.

Recent analysis by BBC News Persian has found the regime used a range of weapons against protesters, including machine guns, sniper rifles and machetes.

The protests may have subsided, but tens of thousands of people remain detained. There are also reports of sweeping arrests of doctors who treated injured protesters.

Security forces have also arrested a number of prominent opposition politicians who condemned the government's deadly violence.

• Guest: Professor Payam Akhavan, former UN prosecutor and Special Advisor to the International Criminal Court
• Producer: Pip Cook

Israel's government has taken steps to give itself greater control over the West Bank, in a move that has been condemned by Palestinians, Arab countries and NGOs as de facto annexation.

The measures – which were made during a closed-door meeting of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet on Sunday – will make it easier for Jewish settlers to buy Palestinian land.

The measures appear to flout agreements made under the Oslo peace process; a framework to end the Israeli-Palestine conflict.

A NSW state politician claims she was "beaten" by police at a protest on Monday night demonstrating the Israeli president's visit.

We hear from Greens MP Abigail Boyd, and others in the crowd, as the Premier Chris Minns defends the response by NSW police. 

Then, the son of jailed Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai speaks to Radio National Breakfast following the sentencing of his father to 20 years in jail. 

And we break down the latest on the Epstein saga out of the UK, as King Charles wades in and PM Keir Starmer fends off political attacks. 

Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.