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Man charged with murder after alleged stabbing in Sydney's inner west

A man was charged with murder after an alleged stabbing in Sydney's inner west on Sunday.

I think it's important to work through this calmly, to understand the intelligence and the briefings that the government has to get to this juncture ... If you're going to send Australian personnel to a conflict, that is one of the most important decisions any government would make. And I think it's better that there's bipartisan support, and that's why you want to be constructive with the government ...

The reality is, we believe in regime change. This was a tyrant that was oppressing the people of Iran. And I think what's important here is that the people of Iran are empowered and given back their country through whatever mechanism that they should determine