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Senator Jess Collins (right) and her husband Ben Collins (left).

Inside the complaints made against a Liberal senator’s husband

Two complaints seen by CBD claimed the behaviour of Ben Collins, dating back to November 2023, was “intimidating” and “aggressive”.

  • Max Maddison, John Buckley and Fiona Byrne

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Flotilla delegation submitting the case to the Hague. 

Flotilla activists take evidence of alleged abuse to The Hague

Australians detained by Israel while attempting to deliver aid to Gaza have lodged serious abuse and mistreatment allegations with the International Criminal Court.

  • Nigel Gladstone
Australian activists, including Juliet Lamont (pictured in Sydney on Monday), have alleged they experienced abuse and mistreatment while in Israeli custody last week.

Australian government ‘deeply alarmed’ over flotilla activists’ claims of abuse in Israeli custody

Israel’s ambassador to Australia said “no one was hurt” when 428 participants were intercepted at sea and detained. The Australians who have just been released from prison say otherwise.

  • Bronte Gossling and William Davis
Australian activist Gemma O’Toole arrived home in Melbourne on Sunday night.

‘I’m enraged’: Family demands answers from Israel, meeting with PM as activists arrive home

Gemma O’Toole was the first of 11 Australians released by Israel to arrive home on Sunday night. She was greeted by her parents and supporters at Melbourne Airport.

  • Roy Ward
Juliet Lamont and daughter Isla Lamont reunite with Juliet’s daughter Luca Lamont at Istanbul Airport after their detention in Israel.

‘It was chaos’: Australians released from Israeli prison, allege mistreatment

Between hugs and tears with family members at Istanbul Airport, some of the 11 flotilla activists have said the group was mistreated and abused by Israeli authorities.

  • Bronte Gossling and Emily Kaine
Juliet Lamont is pictured here with daughter Isla Lamont and Zack Schofield. They are now in Ketziot Prison.

Two grandmothers, a mother and daughter, a doctor: What we know about the 11 Australians in an Israeli prison

Worried families back home claim the Australian government is asking them for updates, rather than giving them. Here’s what we know about those detained in the Negev Desert.

  • Bronte Gossling and Nick Newling
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Australian flotilla member Ethan Floyd (front) in early April before leaving Sydney for Italy.

Six Australian Gaza flotilla detainees freed by Israel

The activists were among more than a hundred people involved in a second Global Sumud Flotilla, attempting to break Israel’s naval blockade.

  • Nick Wilson
Zack Schofield (far left) is among the four Australians confirmed to have been intercepted by Israel en route to Gaza with the Global Sumud Flotilla.

Australians on Gaza-bound flotilla intercepted by Israel near Greece

CCTV footage shows Australian activists with their hands up as Israeli defence forces board boats.

  • Bronte Gossling
Palestinian men gather in front of a polling station to participate in local elections in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on Saturday.

Palestinians vote in Gaza for first time in more than two decades

The vote in Gaza’s central city of Deir al-Balah was part of the Palestinian Authority’s effort to politically link Gaza and the West Bank, officials said.

  • Sam Metz and Wafaa Shurafa
Northern Rivers documentary filmmaker Juliet Lamont and her two daughters, Luca (pictured) and Isla, are among 15 Australians aiming to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza.

The government has warned Juliet and her daughters not to join this group. They’re going to anyway

Fifteen Australians are risking “death, injury or deportation” as a flotilla attempts to break Israel’s land and sea blockade of Gaza.

  • Bronte Gossling