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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned the neo-Nazis that were arrested in Adelaide's CBD, after they disrupted a peaceful Survival Day rally yesterday.
Sixteen people believed to be part of the National Socialist Network were arrested, including a 25-year-old Western Australian man who was charged with displaying a Nazi symbol.
A 16-year-old Victorian boy is the youngest of the group to charged with failing to cease loitering.
Most of the other members of the group are from interstate.
Mr Albanese says the incident in Adelaide is horrific.
"To have people openly identifying as neo-Nazis and fascists. White supremacists marching through our streets. And I congratulate the South Australian police on the actions that they took. And there is no place for this hateful ideology here in Australia - or indeed anywhere else. Today, of all days when we commemorate 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp."
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The announcement of a national Holocaust education centre in Canberra has been welcomed by members of the Jewish community.
The federal government has committed $6.4 million to building the centre in partnership with the ACT Jewish Community group.
Once completed, the centre is expected to receive visits from 165,000 schoolchildren each year.
Dr David Rosalky is the treasurer of the ACT Jewish Community group, who has been closely involved in the project.
He says it means a lot to him.
"My father was a prisoner in Dachau and Buchenwald for over a year. They were two of the worst of the Nazi concentration camps. Like most people, he wouldn't talk much. But I know that the treatment there was quite horrific. My paternal grandmother was murdered. An aunt and uncle were murdered... Well, it means that people will remember that this happened. And it must never happen again."
A suggestion by US President Donald Trump for Egypt and Jordan to take more Palestinian refugees from Gaza has been rejected by both Arab countries, with officials saying they won't accept Palestinians who are "forcibly evicted from their land".
After speaking with Jordan’s King Abdullah II about the issue, Mr Trump told reporters Gaza is "literally a demolition site" and "we should just clear out the whole thing".
He says the relocation could be temporary or long-term.
Hamas and its ally, Islamic Jihad, have also both rejected Mr Trump's proposition, but Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says it's a "great idea".
Former Palestinian official, analyst Ghassan Al- Khatib says the proposal has no place in reality.
"I think this dramatic statement from President Trump about transferring Palestinians from Gaza into Jordan and Egypt came in order to try to rescue Netanyahu from sinking in the sands of Gaza, because apparently Netanyahu has a big political dilemma with the day after of this war that he has been launching in Gaza. I think that the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and everywhere together with the Jordanians and the Egyptians, will definitely reject this proposal."
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The White House says that Colombia has backed down and agreed to accept repatriated citizens on military flights, after President Donald Trump threatened major sanctions.
There was no immediate confirmation from Colombia to the announcement by the White House, which said it would freeze most plans for tariffs and sanctions on Latin America's fourth largest economy.
A White House statement says Colombia has agreed to unrestricted acceptance of all illegal aliens from Colombia returned from the United States, including on U.S. military aircraft, without limitation or delay.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro had infuriated Mr Trump by refusing to accept military planes of Colombians deported from the United States.
Mr Trump had threatened to impose tariffs of 25 percent on all goods coming into the US from Columbia, and to raise the tariffs to 50 percent in a week.
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Rugby League player Jordan Mailata could soon become the first Australian to play in two Super Bowls.
Mailata will join his team, the Philadelphia Eagles, on America's biggest football stage on the 6th of February.
The Eagles are in the running for the trophy after a record-breaking win over the Washington Commanders.
The team is hoping to defeat defending champions, the Kansas City Chiefs, who are attempting an historic third consecutive Superbowl win.
27-year-old Mailata was born to Samoan immigrants in Bankstown in Sydney and formerly played as a junior for the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
