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Beatrice Tucker becomes first student expelled by an Australian university since Israel-Gaza war broke out in OctoberFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian National University has expelled a student for saying Hamas deserved “unconditional support” during a radio interview, making ANU the country’s first campus to take such drastic action against a pro-Palestine activist since the war in Gaza broke out in October.Guardian Australia understands Beatrice Tucker, an organiser of the university’s pro-Palestine encampment, has been banned from entering campus or continuing their studies for

Updates from the first-round match at Kensington OvalAny thoughts? Email or get in touch on X @Jimbo_Cricket4th over: Australia 25-1 (Warner 11, Marsh 1) Shakeel Ahmed into the attack with his pacey left arm spin. Gah! His first ball is a drag down that Warner clubs away for four. The bowler is on the button after that though, round the wicket and with a flat trajectory, firing it in at the stumps and pads. He beats Warner’s edge and gets out of the over for just six runs in total.3rd over: Australia 19-1 (Warner 6, Marsh 0) Mitch Marsh arrives

Meanwhile Chalmers denies nation heading into recession but admits economy ‘very weak’. Follow all the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastGoing fully electric would save households more than $600 a year for next four decades, report saysHouseholds would save an average of $608 a year for the next 40 years if new residential buildings in New South Wales were required to be fully electric, according to a report commissioned by climate organisation 350 Australia.It cuts energy bills for local residents and small businesses during a cost of living crisis and reduces

Police arrest 13 pro-Palestinian demonstrators who staged occupation of office while roughly 50 others linked arms outsidePolice at Stanford University arrested a group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had barricaded themselves inside the campus president’s office on Wednesday morning to demand that the school divest from Israel.A group of about a dozen students staged an occupation of the office of Richard Saller, Stanford’s president, while roughly 50 others linked arms outside, the Stanford Daily reported. The group entered the building around 6am on Wednesday, the final day of classes for the spring quarter, and said they intended to stay until the