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Morning Mail: Wong pushes two-state solution; warning over rightwing extremism; ancient pottery find

Penny Wong speaks at a press conference
Penny Wong has told an ANU National Security College conference that a two-state solution is ‘the only hope to break the endless cycle of violence’ in the Middle East. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Good morning. Penny Wong says recognition of a Palestinian state is “the only hope to break the endless cycle of violence” in the Middle East – and that a two-state solution would help ensure Israel’s long-term security while undermining Hamas. The foreign minister used her speech to the ANU National Security College conference to again urge Israel to abandon plans for a ground invasion of Rafah and warned of imminent starvation among besieged Palestinians.

Meanwhile, the security agency Asio has informed a Senate inquiry of an uptick in activity from rightwing hate groups “who want to trigger a so-called ‘race war’” in Australia.

And: groundbreaking archaeological research may have upended the longstanding belief that Aboriginal Australians did not make pottery.

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