PM Anthony Albanese provides update on evacuation of Australians from Israel while condemning hate speech during conflict

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Australian PM Anthony Albanese has provided an update on the evacuation efforts underway to return Australians from the Israel-Palestine war zone while condemning hate speech associated with the conflict.

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00:00 We're getting them out of the danger zone safely and what Qantas is doing is putting

00:05 in place now the logistics so that they'll be able to travel from London back to Australia

00:10 via Singapore.

00:12 That's being organised as we speak.

00:15 The priority has been obviously to get people out of a war zone.

00:20 These are very complex logistics.

00:22 There's some 1600 people who have registered both in Israel but also a small number in

00:30 Gaza or the West Bank looking to travel to safety.

00:34 Anti-Semitism has no place in this country, nor does Islamophobia, nor does any form of

00:40 racism.

00:41 I met with leaders from the Jewish Community at a synagogue in St Kilda in Melbourne just

00:51 a couple of nights ago and they are completely unacceptable.

00:55 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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