Australia news live: Marles welcomes Trump’s Gaza plan; Pentagon review to back Aukus, report says

<p>Deputy PM says Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza ‘represents hope’. Follow today’s news live</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>McIntosh says ‘something needs to happen’ with Optus CEO</strong></p><p>McIntosh said Australians hadn’t heard enough from Optus, saying the CEO of the telco needed to take responsibility for the outrages.</p><p>Australians have lost confidence in Optus and they’ve lost confidence in the CEO doing his job. So it would be logical that the person at the top needs to take responsibility for this.</p><p>That is going to be up to the Optus board, but something needs to happen.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/sep/30/australia-news-live-albanese-supermarket-united-arab-emirates-uae-coalition-sussan-ley-andrew-hastie-reserve-bank-rba-chalmers-interest-rates-decision-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>