More than eight months after the protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Sydney, court proceedings and the inquiry into police conduct are exposing new evidence about the shocking events at the protest.

Unite against Racism in Melbourne brought together a panel of speakers last month in the lead up to the Victorian state election in November to discuss fighting racism and One Nation. Below is an edited transcript of the speeches.

The crisis created by the US and Israel attacking Iran has spread from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea, with Iran’s allies in Yemen seizing control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait.