Melbourne writer Alistair Kitchen was detained for 12 hours at Los Angeles International Airport, had his phone seized and was "interrogated" about his views on the conflict in the Middle East.

Australia has suggested Israel's attack on Iran was justified, citing international fears about the threat posed by the potential spread of nuclear weapons.

Alistair Kitchen, an Australian writer and former student in the U.S., was deported from the United States after writing articles supporting student protests at Columbia University against Israel.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Australia is "alarmed" by the escalation in tensions between Israel and Iran.

Donald Trump vetoed a plan by Israel to kill Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to reports from AP and Reuters. Israel’s ambassador to Australia has delivered a veiled barb to Foreign Minister Penny Wong she revealed she had phoned her Iranian counterpart urging restraint after Israel’s strikes on Iran.

IDF international spokesperson LTC Nadav Shoshani claims Israel has faced hundreds of ballistic missiles “fired towards civilian population centres”. “We’ve seen a lot of damage to buildings in Israel;

Foreign minister Penny Wong says she speaks with her Iranian counterpart, also with Israeli government through its ambassador, urging to show restraint

A prestigious Melbourne private school has apologised to parents and students after a guest speaker invited for a Pride Week assembly was found to have explicit sexual content on his public social media.