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Hello and welcome back to our rolling coverage of national news this Monday, November 9 . Here’s what is making headlines today.
The Albanese government has bowed to public pressure and abandoned the sale of Victoria Barracks , removing its most high-profile defence asset from its attempt to claw back $3 billion in taxpayer money.
The decision, announced yesterday, means the 186-year-old Victoria Barracks in Paddington will remain in government hands.
The government has also reversed course on selling land containing an ancient Angophora red gum forest inside HMAS Penguin on Sydney Harbour, which will now be handed over to the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust.
Victoria Barracks, the colonial-era sandstone military headquarters, will not be sold, but it will also no longer be used as an active Australian Defence Force facility. Instead, it will be opened to the public and the space will be commercialised to fund the maintenance of the building. Part of the site may also be developed.
Jerusalem: Former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot said he would work to form a wide government as quickly as possible, but his path to power was uncertain following a deadlocked election that failed to dislodge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the weekend gave Eisenkot the first opportunity to try to form a new government after the October 27 election left both Eisenkot and Netanyahu short of the majority.
That started the clock on what Eisenkot said would be an “extraordinarily complex” process.
“We are in a state of emergency, approaching a point of no return for the State of Israel,” Eisenkot said on Sunday (Israel time). “We must form a national emergency government. This will require creative and unconventional political steps.”
Hello and welcome back to our rolling coverage of national news this Monday, November 9 . Here’s what is making headlines today.
