As it happened:Samantha Mostyn named new governor-general;Israel confirms ‘unintended’ strike killed Australian aid worker in Gaza

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will fly to New Zealand to attend the International Democracy Union Asia-Pacific Conference tomorrow.

He will address the conference alongside former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper,who is chair of the organisation.

Dutton will also meet with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon,and the country’s Attorney-General Judith Collins.

Liberal senators Simon Birmingham and Jane Hume will also attend.

Former prime minister Julia Gillard has congratulated Sam Mostyn on her appointment to beAustralia’s next Governor-General.

Anthony Albanese announced today that the former lawyer would succeed David Hurley on July 1,and said she would be a “modern and optimistic leader for our modern and optimistic nation”.

Gillard praised the appointment,and said on social media site X that Mosytn was a fantastic pick for the roel.

“She will be an outstanding representative for Australia internationally and thoughtfully engaged with communities around our great country,” Gillard wrote.

Earlier,Trade Minister Don Farrell praised the appointment on ABC’s Afternoon Briefing.

“I think the Prime Minister has hit the nail on the head here with this appointment and I think she will do a terrific job,” he said.

A major university that collected body parts from almost 150 coronial autopsies over decades may have done so without the consent or knowledge of families.

The University of Tasmania’s RA Rodda Museum of Pathology advised the state coroner’s office in 2016 it might have specimens from coronial autopsies.

In a statement today,the coroner’s office said the existence of the specimens had been confirmed and had been formally reported under provisions of the coronial act.

“The coroner has now commenced a formal investigation,” the statement said.

“Initial records provided indicate that the collection of specimens began in 1953 and ceased in 1985 and relate to 147 persons.

“It is unclear whether this occurred with the knowledge or consent of family members.”

The museum was established in 1966 by pathology professor Roland Arnold Rodda as a teaching and research facility.

It specialises in diseased organs from samples collected primarily through autopsies and surgical specimens from the years soon after it was established,the museum’s website says.

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Social media site X,formerly known as Twitter,plans to file a legal challenge against the office of the eSafety Commissioner.

It comes after the Elon Musk owned social network was ordered to remove a harmful post attacking an Australian queer health expert.

The request was made last week regarding a post vilifying trans rights activist Teddy Cook,who is director of community health at NSW health organisation ACON.

Anti-trans commentators on X had taken notice of the Australian following of an article about his involvement in a World Health Organisation panel on transgender issues.

The article,published by theDaily Mail,suggested Cook was “too smutty” for intergovernmental work.

Here’s more on the issue.

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong laid flowers at a monument for humanitarian workers today,in tribute toaid worker Zomi Franckom.

Melbourne-born aid worker Zomi Frankcom was volunteering with the World Central Kitchen charity in Gaza when the car she was travelling came under deadly Israeli missile fire.

“This afternoon I joined representatives from Australian NGOs to lay flowers for Zomi Frankcom at the monument to commemorate the sacrifices of Australia’s humanitarian workers. Zomi will not be forgotten,” Wong wrote on social media today.

Along with the flowers,was a note from the minister which read:“For Zomi,Your commitment to humanity will not be forgotten. Vale,Penny Wong.”

The first recorded deaths of foreign aid workers since the war in Gaza began prompted several organisations to suspend operations in the beleaguered enclave,where civilians were already struggling from malnutrition and extreme hunger.

Returning to the death of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom,who was killed when the car she wastravelling in came under deadly Israeli missile fire.

Her family shared a wonderful tribute to her,and here’s an excerpt:

She wasn’t just smart. She was brimming with fun,always the life of the party with her ability to make everyone around her laugh.

She loved dress-up parties and always entered into the theme with great enthusiasm. She had the biggest smile and a very distinctive,loud laugh that was enormously infectious.

Zomi was not just a livewire. She was immensely serious about politics and humanity. She was passionate about justice and equality for all people and loved a philosophical debate.

Zomi displayed amazing kindness,wisdom and love to her friends and family – always ready to hear about our lives even when her own was so much more interesting.

Continue reading the tribute to Zomi here.

Northern Territory senator Malarndirri McCarthy has been speaking about thecurfew imposed on young people in Alice Springs and says it’s not a long-term solution to issues in the community.

The two-week curfew was imposed in a bid to curb a spate of youth crime. It bars under-18s from entering the CBD between 6pm and 6am.

“It is good to see calm on the streets of Alice Springs and from the many organisations and individuals,I’ve been able to speak to,they certainly do say it’s very calm,” she said on ABC’sAfternoon Briefing.

The assistant minister said it was the intent of the curfew,but it wasn’t a long-term solution to issues in the community.

“I do believe[it’s] the circuit breaker right now that the town has needed. But clearly it’s not the long-term solution,” McCarthy said.

She said she would visit the town this weekend to get a sense of how people were feeling and an understanding about what would happen.

“We have committed from the federal perspective quite heavily in terms of funding in central Australia,and it’s important to get a sense of where people are at.”

Staying with Trade Minister Don Farrell,who has been questioned about remaining Chinese tariffs in place on Australian goods such as lobster.

Last week China dropped its tariffs on Australian wine after years of sanctions thatcrippled the billion-dollar export industry.

The minister said the government’s objective over the past 18 months had been to stabilise its relationship with China.

“I have now met with my Chinese counterpart on six occasions and on each occasion,I raised with him the lifting of these trade impediments as we saw … we got the good news about wine,” Farrell said onAfternoon Briefing.

He said that would provide a boost to South Australia,which was particularly impacted by the impediments.

“ I continue to advocate for the removal of these bans on lobster and the few remaining abattoirs. I am confident that the good working relationship that we have now established with my counterpart will result in the lifting of these impediments,” he said.

But the minister didn’t provide a timeline for when that could happen.

Australia’s Trade Minister,Don Farrell,says the government wants full accountability after the death of seven aid workers in Gaza,including an Australian.

Melbourne-born aid workerZomi Frankcom was volunteering with the World Central Kitchen charity in Gaza when the car she was travelling in came under deadly Israeli missile fire.

“We want full accountability from the Israeli government about what has happened here,” Farrell told the ABC’sAfternoon Briefing.

He was asked whether Australia would expel Israel’s diplomatic representative over the incident.

“I’ll be leaving this to the prime minister,the foreign minister,” Farrell said in response.

“I don’t think we could have expressed more strongly our condemnation of what has gone on here. An innocent young Australian has been killed in terrible circumstances and we will continue to press the Israeli government for the satisfactory outcome of the situation.”