Major companies report mixed financial results, with AMP posting increased profits while Origin Energy sees a profit fall due to cost-of-living pressures, ASX faces shareholders amid a search for a new CEO, and Heineken announces significant job cuts due to declining sales; meanwhile, household debt reaches a decade-low according to Commonwealth Bank, and Ford records heavy losses impacted by tariffs and other challenges, alongside warnings about BMW fire risks and financial advice on bond trading and tax compliance for medical firms.
Evacuations from Gaza present impossible choices amidst the ongoing conflict, as Israeli President Herzog's Australian visit sparks protests with reports of police violence against medics and lawyers questioning the tactics, and controversy arises over the alleged desecration of Australian war graves by the IDF while Herzog commemorates a local tragedy, alongside chilling accounts of medical brutality in Iran from an Australian-Iranian doctor.