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Many Australian Muslims say concerns about Israel's conduct in Gaza and a spike in Islamophobia at home have gone unheard by the Albanese government.

Federal seats with large Muslim populations could see a swing against Labor at the federal election, as happened with centre-left parties in the UK and US last year.

You can read more here from my colleague Max Walden

There's been another development in the ongoing domestic tug-of-war over who wants to get burnt the most by the "Russian aircraft in Indonesia" story.

Let's take a quick look back at what's happened so far:

The Coalition found itself in hot water on Tuesday after it seized on an unconfirmed report on global military intelligence website Janes that Russia had requested to base military aircraft in Indonesia, using it to attack the government for being caught by surprise.

The government held its tongue as it sought clarification from Indonesia, whose defence minister soon assured Australia there was no prospect of Russian aircraft being based in the country.

The Indonesian defence minister also told his Australian counterpart Richard Marles that he had not received any such request from Russia — though that doesn't rule out the possibility it had been raised at a more junior level.

The government then turned the focus back on the Coalition, labelling Peter Dutton "too aggro to be prime minister" after he said it would be catastrophic for Labor if Australia hadn't been notified of the request before it was "publicly announced by the president of Indonesia" — which, of course, it had never been — which is why Labor then accused Dutton of "fabricating a statement by the president of Indonesia".

The opposition is now requesting a briefing on the incident, which the government is refusing because there's no actual prospect of Russian planes being based in Indonesia — with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at one point wondering out loud if the opposition would also like a briefing on the faking of the moon landing.

Got all that? Now on to today's developments:

Shadow Foreign Minister David Coleman has now picked up on comments made by Labor frontbencher Murray Watt on Sky News this morning that Russia definitively did not make any request to Indonesia to base aircraft there — as distinct from what we know for sure, which is that Indonesia says it would not honour such a request, and never received one at the ministerial level.

"The opposition is asking for a briefing on something that doesn't exist. I mean, they might as well ask for a briefing on the Loch Ness Monster. This is something that doesn't exist, that they fabricated," Watt told Sky's Andrew Clenell.

"Are you saying there wasn't a request?" Clenell pressed.

"All of this is already on the record and has been answered by the prime minister and the defence minister," Watt said.

"There is no proposal from Russia to have a base anywhere in Indonesia in the way that Peter Dutton and his colleagues have been claiming over the last couple of weeks*."

The Coalition's Coleman soon released a statement saying the government should "urgently clarify" Watt's comments.

"He has said that there is no proposal from Russia to establish a base in Indonesia.  The prime minister and other ministers have been deliberately avoiding this exact question on the reported request," Coleman said.

"It appears that Murray Watt’s comments are at odds with his colleagues.

The government has been refusing to say when it learnt of any such reported request. Is Senator Watt’s statement accurate?

"This inconsistency from the government reinforces the need for a briefing to be provided to the opposition."

*It has, in fact, only been six days — but I don't blame the senator for assuming this saga has been going on for longer, given he's just welcomed the Loch Ness Monster into the fray.

The prime minister was asked about keeping things like rugby league on free to air TV and what he makes of it.

"On my watch, it'll be on free TV forever. 

"I think it's really important everyone has access to it, and that's why we've made sure that that's happened," he told the Sunday Footy show.

In December, a deal was unveiled for Papua New Guinea to enter the NRL in 2028.

Albanese was asked  on Channel Nine's Sunday Footy Show why he was so onboard to get PNG into the NRL.

"They love their footy, they are so passionate about it.

"Every year we have the PM's XIII games and so there is such an opportunity [there].

"When you think about Samoa and Tonga and how successful they've been, there's a lot more people in PNG than the rest of the Pacific combined is about 50 per cent of the population is there in Papua New Guinea.

"Every one of them love their footy, and it's a great way of engaging, lifting them up with economic development as well," he told the Sunday Footy Show.

Anthony Albanese was on Channel Nine's Sunday Footy show earlier today to talk politics and footy.

He was asked how he deals with getting attacked for anything he does especially when a lot of them are personal attacks.

Albanese said he just has to "wash it through" because he worried about it , he wouldn't get out of bed in the morning.

"I think one of the things about social media and I don't want to get political here, but we're taking action about young people and social media, because people will say things anonymously that they'd never say to your face," Albanese told the Sunday Footy show.

The Albanese government's changes to Australia's industrial relations laws have been hotly debated in the lead-up to the federal election.

In Western Australia, much of the attention has focused on the potential return of major unions to the Pilbara, where they once boasted significant membership and power.

You can read more from my colleague Charlie Mills here:

There are fresh hopes that captured Australian Oscar Jenkins could be freed as part of a prisoner swap with Russia, after local authorities charged the former teacher as a "mercenary" for fighting with Ukrainian forces.

A prosecutor in the Russian-controlled territory of Lugansk has confirmed the 33-year-old will soon stand trial and could face up to 15 years in jail.

Ukraine's ambassador to Australia, Vasyl Myroshnychenko, has told the ABC that once the Australian is sentenced, he could eventually be exchanged — but the timeline is unclear.

"It means that we will continue making representations as the Ukrainian government on his behalf to have him exchanged, and certainly we're working very closely with the Australian government on making sure that it happens," he says.

"So, it is the priority for me personally, as the Ukrainian ambassador to Australia, to work closely so that it can happen sooner rather than later."

The ambassador says a senior official from Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade last week travelled to Kyiv and discussed Mr Jenkins's situation with Ukraine's deputy foreign minister.

Cost of living is the most important issue for Vote Compass respondents regardless of age, education, birth, sex, and voting intention.

Vote Compass data shows the most important issues this election differ to 2022 when climate change was the leading concern for 23.4 per cent of respondents.

You can read more from my colleague Claudia Williams here: