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Albanese’s mosque visit ‘incredibly positive’, despite hecklers · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest News from The Australian I'm Christian amy it
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  Speaker 1: with the Front's afternoon headlines. The Prime Minister says his
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  Speaker 1: reception at a Western Sydney mosque, which he attended for
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  Speaker 1: a prayer event on Friday morning, was incredibly positive. That's
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  Speaker 1: after Albanzi and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke were called
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  Speaker 1: genocide supporters by members of the Stand for Palestine group
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  Speaker 1: as they observed the end of Ramadan at Lakember.
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  Speaker 2: Mosque following World Will.
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  Speaker 1: Responsible, but the PM said the hecklers represented only a
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  Speaker 1: small fraction of the thirty thousand strong crowd who gathered
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  Speaker 1: at the mosque for the service, and he thanked the
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  Speaker 1: Lebanese Muslim Association for inviting him to attend. A scuffle
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  Speaker 1: erupted as Albanesi and Burke took their seats before the protesters,
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  Speaker 1: including Stand for Palestine leader Muklisma, were removed from the
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  Speaker 1: area by police. In footage shared by the group on
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  Speaker 1: social media, mar Can be heard opposing the Prime Minister's
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  Speaker 1: attendance at the event. Stand for Palestine is linked to
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  Speaker 1: the fundamentalist Islamic group. His Booktaria, which was designated as
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  Speaker 1: a prohibited hate group earlier this month under legislation enacted
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  Speaker 1: following the Bondai Beach massacre, but Stand for Palestine denies
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  Speaker 1: any formal connection to the group. Albanzi said the protesters
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  Speaker 1: he encountered on Friday were only upset about the hate
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  Speaker 1: group designation. Anti Israel. Author Randa Abdelfatar accused the organizers
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  Speaker 1: of the event, the Lebanese Muslim Association, of trading their
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  Speaker 1: integrity for quote grants and selfies. The author, who's dumping
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  Speaker 1: from the lineup of the Adelaide Writers Week earlier this
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  Speaker 1: year caused the event to be canceled, echoed the sentiments
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  Speaker 1: of the protesters, saying the association had given the Labour
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  Speaker 1: Party a quote reward for supporting the genocide, and Abdelfhata
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  Speaker 1: also said quote the blood of Palestinians and Lebanese and
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  Speaker 1: Iranians is on the hands of the LMA, a reference
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  Speaker 1: to the conflicts raging in the Middle East. The LMA
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  Speaker 1: secretary said the vast majority of attendees at the prayer
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  Speaker 1: event were respectful of the Prime Minister's attendants, and he
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  Speaker 1: told the Australian Friday Service was the first time federal
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  Speaker 1: MPs had attended the service in several years. Ampole will
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  Speaker 1: put off a major maintenance job at its Brisbane refinery
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  Speaker 1: as fuel supplies dwindle. The plant was due to be
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  Speaker 1: shut down from maintenance for two months, but Ampole's managing
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  Speaker 1: director Matthew Halliday said keeping it open will boost output
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  Speaker 1: by about three hundred million liters. Ampole is the biggest
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  Speaker 1: fuel supplier in Australia and supplies of petrol, diesel and
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  Speaker 1: jet fuel are dwindling due to disruptions in agent supply
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  Speaker 1: chains caused by the conflict in the Middle East. After
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  Speaker 1: smash hit drama Peaky Blinders has come to an end.
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  Speaker 1: au and come back to the front first thing in
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  Speaker 1: the morning for the culture faux pas that's got everyone talking.
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