Australia news LIVE: Labor will attempt to pass tax reforms on Thursday; Second cohort of IS-linked brides to return home today; Antisemitism royal commission continues, security services probed

Minister for Aged Care and Seniors Sam Rae has said this morning there are “lessons to be learned” from the antisemitism royal commission, and that the government will pay close attention to where improvements can be made to keep Australians safe.

Yesterday, the royal commission into antisemitism resumed and heard from police and security agencies about the handling of security and intelligence linked to the shooters who opened fire on a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach in December, killing 15 people.

NSW Police did not conduct a risk assessment for the festival, the commission heard, even as the national terrorism threat was considered “probable” and Jewish groups raised fears of an attack.

“These are very sobering reports that are coming out of this royal commission … I know the security agencies will be looking or listening, they’re obviously participating. There are lessons to be learned.

“The government is likewise paying close attention, and where we can make improvements, obviously we will do that,” Rae told Nine’s Today show.

Donald Trump dramatically expanded the scope of Iran peace talks by demanding Arab nations sign agreements with Israel and threatening to freeze key Gulf allies out of the negotiations if they failed to do so.

The US president confirmed that during a phone call on Saturday with the leaders of Arab countries including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt and Jordan, he pressed them to join the Abraham Accords – a diplomatic agreement from his first term by which Arab nations normalise relations with Israel.

“It may be possible that one or two have a reason for not doing so, and that will be accepted, but most should be ready, willing, and able to make this Settlement with Iran a far more Historic Event than it would, otherwise, be,” Trump posted on social media.

He said he was “mandatorily requesting” that all countries join the accords. “It should start with the immediate signing by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and everybody else should follow suit. If they don’t, they should not be part of this Deal in that it shows bad intention.”

Trump also claimed Arab leaders would be “honoured” to have Iran join the Abraham Accords once a deal to end the war was signed – as would he. “Wow, now that would be something special!” he said.

Victorian senator Bridget McKenzie claimed taxpayer-funded flights to Tasmania on the weekend of her son’s engagement party, 10 months before she billed taxpayers to travel to his Tamar Valley wedding, according to expenditure records.

The fresh revelations come after senior Coalition MP Tim Wilson questioned the optics of McKenzie using public money to partially fund her four-day trip to Tasmania for the family wedding in 2023.

Published by the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority, the expenditure records show McKenzie also invoiced taxpayers for flights in the days around her son’s engagement party in 2022 when she was a senior cabinet minister within the Morrison government.

On Friday, April 29, 2022, McKenzie’s domestic flight schedule lists a trip – with no price listed – from Melbourne to Devonport, where her son lives.

The following night, she attended her son’s engagement party, where she posed for photos with her family.

Read the full story from Annika Smethurst.