The International Criminal Court chief prosecutor says he believes Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip and Israel.

Rapist Mohammad Ali Ahmad Rezaei, who "terrorised" an Adelaide woman for three years, has been jailed for more than two decades, while the victim has been praised for her "bravery and courage" in reporting his crimes to police.

Julian Assange's lawyers tell a court he would be "discriminated against" in the US judicial system because he is Australian, as they seek to fight his extradition from Britain.

Six days after delivering his make-or-break budget, treasurer Jim Chalmers faces his own constituents in a special Q+A from Logan, south of Brisbane. 

The government is sticking by its National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children, but a co-author of the scheme says Labor is failing to back it up with adequate investment.

A long-running inquest into the deaths of four Aboriginal women killed by their partners in the Northern Territory has heard police response times have worsened over the past 12 months.