1 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: Today's biggest News from The Australian. I'm christan Amio with 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. Barnaby Joyce says Grace Tame should 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: be stripped of her Australian of the Year honors after 4 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: she led a chance of globalize the Interfada at a 5 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: pro Palestine protest in Sydney. 6 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 2: You have a responsibility, when given in honor by the 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 2: Australian people, to basically conduct yourself in a way that 8 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 2: inspires the harmonious nature of Australia. I know she had 9 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 2: a tumultuous childhood, we don't deny that, but that is 10 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 2: not a license therefore to go on out and be 11 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 2: a John provocateur and to stir up the Australian people. 12 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 2: And when we look at the actual narrative she's talking 13 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 2: about the removal of the Jewish people. Now that's just 14 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 2: completely unacceptable because if people are to follow her screeching 15 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 2: from the steps, then they are going to go out 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 2: and hurt people. 17 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: Police say approximately six thousand people gathered at Sydney Town 18 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: Hall on Monday to protest a visit by Israeli President 19 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: Isaac Hertzog. Tame, who was Australian of the Year in 20 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one for her advocacy for survivors of sexual assault. 21 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: Told the assembled crowd Herzog is a quote war criminal 22 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: and an inciter of genocide, before leading. 23 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 3: The chant, a so called democracy that punishes peace protesters 24 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 3: like us bug welcomes a war criminal with open arm, 25 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 3: a man who signed his name on woms that were 26 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 3: used to kill. 27 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: New South Wales Premier Chris Mins said the protest was 28 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: a distressing scene and defended his decision to declare Herzog's 29 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: visit a major event, a move that made it illegal 30 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: for the protesters to march from Sydney's town Hall to Parliament, 31 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: how and gave police extra powers to move them along. 32 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: New South Wales Police said twenty seven people were arrested 33 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: at the rally, including ten people for assaulting officers after 34 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: the scene descended into violence. Nine people, seven men and 35 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: two women, were charged with assault and public order offenses 36 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: on Tuesday. The force was criticized in turn for using 37 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: excessive force against protesters, but Premier Minn said they were 38 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: in an impossible situation trying to keep protesters away from 39 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: the convention center down the hill at Darling Harbor, where 40 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: Herzog was attending a memorial service for victims of the 41 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: Bondai Beach terror attack with members of the Jewish community. 42 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 3: What you saw last night was New South Wales police 43 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 3: being confronted multiple times by a section of that crowd 44 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 3: in ten on disturbing and disrupting police lines. Now what 45 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,799 Speaker 3: we can say today that we couldn't say yesterday is 46 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 3: that we had concurrently seven thousand mourners down at the 47 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 3: National Convention Center who were mourning the horrible events of 48 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:08,079 Speaker 3: the fourteenth of December with the President of Israel. New 49 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 3: South Wales police had to keep both protesters and mourners separate. 50 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 3: Sos that as disturbing as the scenes were last night 51 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 3: on the news, they weren't even worse as a result 52 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 3: of thousands of people clashing together on the streets of Sydney. 53 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: New South Wales Police Commissioner Mel Lanyon said he's proud 54 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 1: of the force's response, but said footage from body worn 55 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: cameras would be reviewed. The rally went ahead after the 56 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: Palestine Action Group lost an eleventh hour court bid to 57 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: have the Premier's Major Event declaration dropped. Representative Josh Lees 58 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: said the group refused to be quote shunted off after 59 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: making what he called several concessions regarding demonstrations over the 60 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: last two and a half years. American alpine Skierre Lindsay 61 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: Vaughn will need multiple surgeries to repair her broken tibia 62 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: after she crashed during the war women's downhill event at 63 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: the Winter Olympics in Milan on Sunday, but the five 64 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: time Olympians said in a post on social media she 65 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: has no regrets about her participation in the event. Vaughn 66 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 1: also said an earlier injury, a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament 67 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 1: sustained in a World Cup race before the Games, had 68 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: nothing to do with the crash. Angus Taylor could resign 69 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 1: from Susan Lee's front bench as early as Wednesday, triggering 70 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: a leadership spill in the embattled Liberal Party. That's the 71 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: expectation of some members of the party, who say it's 72 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: the most likely turn of events, but leading conservatives say 73 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: no decisions have been made about when a spill will happen. 74 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 1: Check out those stories live right now at the Australian 75 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: dot Com dot a U and come back to the 76 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: front first thing in the morning.