Labor and Coalition members sponsoring resource companies and lobby group representing online gambling giantsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor and Coalition MPs are facilitating permanent access to Parliament House for the country’s biggest resource...
Reddit challenges ban on grounds it impinges implied freedom of political communications for teensThe Australian government’s rush to pass the under-16s social media ban legislation in 2024 led to “ill-thought-out, over-broad legislation” that has since been narrowed after Reddit...
Reserve Bank of Australia increases official cash rate to 4.85%, bringing it to highest level since 2008RBA interest rates live updates: Reserve Bank cash rate decisionGet our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastThe Reserve Bank has hiked rates for the fifth time...
Recordings from police officer to man he’d met on dating app include one in which Lamarre-Condon states: ‘I’m in bed … not feeling the best’ Beau Lamarre-Condon said he was trying to “get back into a positive mindset” in voice notes he sent in the days after he allegedly killed t...
Iranian state media reported the sound of explosions on the island in the strait of Hormuz, coming on the eve of crucial US midtermsThe US launched limited strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island late on Monday, according to reports in US media, hours after US vice-president JD Vance s...
Footage from prosecutors shows aftermath of shooting of Tyrin Johnson, 20, shot and killed by national guard in JulyTennessee national guard troops in Memphis last summer trained their handguns on a man as he lay dying on a sidewalk after a guard member shot him in the back, vide...
Reserve Bank is expected to raise interest rates to an 18-year high on Tuesday, the fifth hike this yearGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAsked why Labor can’t guarantee it won’t find net savings in the mid-year budget update, Chalmers told RN the governm...
Ukrainian president Zelenskyy says attack on aid hub was ‘vile’ and shows Russia does not want to de-escalateRussia on Monday bombed an aid distribution centre and neighbouring shelter in southern Ukraine, killing at least 26 people, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and t...
Police confirm arrest of 37-year-old and 14-year-old boy over alleged assault outside Torquay home on Sunday nightA man and boy have been arrested after a One Nation volunteer was allegedly attacked with a baseball bat outside his home on Victoria’s Surf Coast.Police on Tuesday c...
Jones, a former radio broadcaster, has pleaded not guilty to 21 charges of indecent assault and sexual touchingThe Sydney Morning Herald’s chief investigative reporter, Kate McClymont, has told a Sydney court the alleged victims of Alan Jones she interviewed received no benefit f...
National Cyber Security Centre expects attacks on critical facilities such as power stations, airports and hospitalsAI-powered malicious software is “highly likely” to be used in hacking attacks against the UK’s power stations, airports and hospitals by 2028, according to the sta...
Latest arrests come after DoJ unsuccessfully fought to force state election officials to set aside about 20,000 ballotsUS midterms – live updatesThe US Department of Justice (DoJ) in California has charged six more people with alleged voter fraud crimes, an escalation of the Trum...
Justice department had ordered state to segregate and not count 20,000 ballots from people it claims are non-citizensThe supreme court on Monday ruled against the Trump administration and its attempts to force California election officials to segregate and not count ballots from ...
Andy Burnham to launch ‘structured dialogue’ on issue at Commonwealth summit in Antigua and BarudaAndy Burnham will ask countries affected by Britain’s role in slavery to help shape an expected formal apology, Downing Street has indicated, arguing that their input is indispensabl...
Individual, who also had underlying conditions, was hospitalized after being exposed to avian influenzaA Washington state resident has died after being hospitalized with “severe illness” after contracting bird flu, local health officials said on Sunday.The individual was exposed ...
Douglas DePodesta says he was made ‘scapegoat’ after collapse of case against Broadview Six anti-ICE protestersThe former head of the FBI in Chicago has accused the Trump administration of pressuring him to investigate the president’s political opponents and making him a “scapego...
While PM is keen to support those making a contribution his backing of Shabana Mahmood’s hard line is no surpriseWhile out on the campaign trail in Makerfield, Andy Burnham gave a glimpse into where he might land on Labour’s plans for immigration reform, which had already been de...
US president shares delayed results of chaotic renovation on DC site as Americans prepare to head to the pollsDonald Trump unveiled the delayed results of his $14m renovation of Washington DC’s Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in what is expected to be his final press conference ...