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It was just a incongruous decision to send South Africa into bat I don't know what they were thinking anyway that is the state of play in the castle of common sense we specialize in the talkback format here after it made its Australian debut right on this program on this station 2SM in 1967 and the tradition continues and you are most invited to have your say there's plenty on 13 12 69 on the guest list The Iranian plot to take out two pro-Israel commentators.

This story is broken this morning in The Australian, and the pair targeted by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard was former Victorian Liberal President Michael Kroger and News24 host Shari Markson.

We'll hear from Michael on the program shortly about how close they got to carrying out that evil plot.

We had to delay our interview yesterday with Angus Taylor.

Let's explain this to us.

Why would the Iranian...

Revolutionary Guard have any interest in two people from News24 having something to say against anti-Semitism?

Because the Iranian government are violently anti-Israel.

But will it change...

What I say on News 24, no.

Will it stop me attending Jewish functions and showing support for the Jewish community? No way.

As I said, people have suffered a lot worse than a cyber attack.

All the best.

Good on you.

Michael Kroger, the former Victorian Liberal Party president and regular on News 24.

This is Gabriella Power with your News 24 update.

The Coalition is seeking to force the Prime Minister to correct the record over a $6 million grant to a golf club in his electorate.

Anthony Albanese suggested the taxpayer-funded grant was to fix a sewage problem at the club during question time in September, but senior infrastructure department officials revealed during a Senate inquiry overnight that the money had not been allocated to Sewerage Works Opposition frontbencher Dan Tehan accused the Prime Minister of misleading Parliament.

The sheer arrogance of the major political parties in this country and I think it's wrong.

Look, from our point of view, from News24's point of view, and I think from the point of view of most viewers, they'd want to see the three major polling parties up there on stage.

But the reality is you don't have any MPs in Victoria, so it's a pretty easy case to make.

Sorry, we do have an Upper House MP, Rikki Lee.

I am Liz Burke.

And to my right, I have Caleb Bond from News24.

To my left, news.com.au's Mary Madigan.

We are here together again.

This is Gabriella Power with your News 24 update.

The New South Wales Police Minister has defended the Minns government's decision to pursue a gun buyback scheme in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

Firearm owners can now book in to surrender their weapons for compensation.

We were going to be crossing to Zizi Avril from the NT News, but I can only assume that she has been stuck in court.

So I'm very pleased to say that joining us live on the line, Matt Cunningham from News 24.

Good morning to you, Matt.

Always happy to be your second best option, Wilkie.

Included in that was funding to fix the sewerage...

And joining me now to discuss is physician and policy expert Dr Nick Coatsworth and News24 host Joe Hildebrand.

Great to see you both.

Great to be