We will bring you some of the press conferences David Pocock has held with Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja. There was one at 9am, where he said the prime minister had pulled out of a meeting between the pair to speak on gambling reform. By 10am, Albanese had met with Khawaja where he said he asked the prime minister to be brave.

Khawaja spoke to Mike Bowers and said:

I would never tell the PM to do anything. I didn’t tell the PM to do anything.

We just had a conversation, and what I said was, I think there’s an opportunity for Australians and the Australian government to be leaders. And there is opportunity for him to be one of the great leaders and unlike what Netanyahu is saying, that his legacy will be tarnished, I think it is quite the opposite. I think the community and younger generation Australians think it is actually an opportunity to be his legacy, standing up for what is right and for the people.

And I just wanted to thank him for getting a pathway to recognise Palestine as a state and to finally be able to..they have been dehumanised for so long, so first and foremost, I just wanted to thank him for that, and that I appreciate it, because it takes courage, and I just wanted to say that I think Australia can be very influential, I think our voice can be respected, and hopefully we can do that for the right reason and get full aid back in Gaza.