Good morning. As Israel’s assault on Gaza continues, Australia’s potential supply of arms and ammunition to Israeli forces faces scrutiny in a landmark legal bid being taken by Palestinian human rights groups. The groups claim that Israel may be using Australian technology in serious human rights abuses.

We also exclusively reveal that thousands of MyGov accounts are being suspended each month over concern they have been breached by criminal “scam-in-a-box” kits. Meanwhile, the Department of Home Affairs has been paying a US company for access to a controversial tool tracking the movement of smartphones.

Additionally, we have the latest on a tragic crash that left five dead in a Daylesford pub garden. And we preview the Melbourne’s upcoming 33rd queer film festival, as it continues to push boundaries.

From Myanmar to Brisbane, author and journalist Conor Woodman has tracked the supply of methamphetamine to Australia – following the drug from origin to end users, while also examining addiction and use and the policing and treatment of that use. He talks with us about his book Meth Road, a life-and-death investigation following the world’s most destructive narcotic to Australia.

The biggest and oldest queer film festival in Australia isn’t afraid to push modern boundaries – but there’s still much to learn from the movies of yesteryear. The theme of Melbourne’s 33rd queer film festival is “rewind to fast forward”, and opens in selected theatres on 9 November.

Billions of dollars in infrastructure projects around the country are on the chopping block and more face years-long delays in an attempt to drive down inflation as borrowers brace for the Reserve Bank to lift interest rates again, reports the Sydney Morning Herald; Anthony Albanese’s approval ratings have fallen sharply in the wake of the referendum defeat and the decline in living standards, polling for the Australian has shown; complaints of alleged misconduct within the horse racing, greyhound racing and harness racing industries are up by 31% this year compared with the previous five-year average as cost-of-living pressures bite, reports the Age.

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