Arnold made wholesale changes to his squad with only goalkeeper Joe Gauci, Jackson Irvine and Yengi keeping their starting places from the 2-0 win against Bangladesh on Thursday. Makram Daboub also sprang seven changes to his side with top scorer Oday Dabbagh and captain Mus'ab Al Battat dropping to the bench.

The Socceroos made a dream start as the referee pointed to the spot after Aziz Behich went down under a challenge from Yaser Hamed inside the box. Yengi stepped up to take the spot-kick and converted past Rami Hamadeh to give the hosts a 1-0 lead with only five minutes clocked.

The visitors went close to finding an equaliser in the 16th minute when Omar Faraj raced forward on a counter and crossed in for Mohammed Rashid to fire at Gauci’s goal, only to see his effort blocked by Alessandro Circati.

But it was Australia who doubled the lead through a move started and finished off by Taggart in the 26th minute. The Perth Glory striker’s lifted pass down the right wing released Boyle who drove into the box and instead of going for goal himself, he cut the ball back for Taggart to score his first international goal on home soil.

The hosts found a third before the break as Irvine’s defence-splitting pass played Boyle into the box and the Hibernian winger picked out Yengi whose shot on the turn nestled into the back of the net in the 41st minute.

Daboub’s side almost conceded a fourth goal, five minutes after the restart, when Behich’s cross took a deflection off Michel Termanini and sailed dangerously close to the goal. But the home side did not have to wait for long for another goal as Boyle, after bagging two assists, wrote his name into the scoresheet.

Yengi’s pass played Taggart behind the opposition defence and the striker, unselfishly, squared the ball for Boyle who had the easiest of finishes to make it 4-0 in the 53rd minute.

Palestine went close in the 70th minute when Dabbagh made it into the box and passed the ball back to the edge of the box where it was met by fellow substitute Moustafa Zeidan whose shot whistled over the goal after taking a slight deflection off Circati.

Hamed then conceded a second penalty for a handball inside the box with 18-year-old Irankunda sending Hamadeh the wrong way in the 87th minute to bag his first international goal.

While Australia wrapped up their campaign with 18 points, Palestine took second place with eight points and booked a place in the 2027 AFC Asian Cup and the third round of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers alongside the Socceroos.