Greens senator Jordon Steele-John takes leave amid investigation into complaints
Steele-John said he rejected the claims and had referred them to the Western Australian Greens for a ‘fair, independent…
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Senior Victorian public servants hid loss of up to $285m from Covid grants given to ineligible businesses
Whistleblowers applauded as Ibac finds ‘decisions were made to withhold information about the magnitude of the loss’…
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Labor and Coalition block bill that would ban incarcerated women being shackled in childbirth
Liberal Paul Scarr breaks ranks to condemn major parties, saying he will write to Queensland attorney general Follow…
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As One Nation rises, Victorian Labor has promised to make abortions free. Is the timing pure politics?
Facing the prospect of election defeat, Labor is hoping to make abortion a defining issue as the Liberals attempt to…
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Paddington: The Musical is coming to Sydney in 2027
Hugely successful West End show will open at Capitol Theatre in September 2027, with dates in other Australian cities…
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Illegal tobacco increasingly hard to spot, with some fakes in plain packaging featuring Australian health warnings
Government warned that counterfeit tobacco produced by criminal organisations in south-east Asia is becoming more…
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Sydney hospital patient charged with attempted murder after allegedly setting fellow patient alight
NSW police allege Raymond James Dungay doused three patients in petrol before setting one alight at Prince of Wales…
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Ilhan Omar’s phone seized and relatives subpoenaed in criminal inquiry, source says
Federal authorities issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas in inquiry into potential immigration fraud US…
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UK hospitality sector to offer up to 100,000 jobs to young people out of work
Restaurants and pubs such as Nando’s and Fuller’s will create placements for 18- to 24-year-olds under DWP-backed…
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Pennsylvania woman allegedly kills husband and son before attempting suicide at resort
Police arrested Metallica Rose Harrison, 27, after reports of a ‘distressed female’ at the Great Wolf Lodge resort A…
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Israel blocks construction of key Gaza base created by Trump peace board
Exclusive: Israel has not permitted US-led project to house 150 international troops to move forward Israel is refusing…
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OpenAI’s London staff receive average of £2.3m per person annually
Accounts for the Westminster-based company behind ChatGPT show that 110 staff shared £87m in salaries and £168m in…
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India’s cockroach protesters defy Modi’s crackdown – The Latest
A fresh wave of protests by India’s youth-led Cockroach movement has been met with a brutal crackdown by Narendra…
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UK’s ‘incoherent’ approach to China plagued by lack of expertise, report says
International alliance of China-sceptic legislators warns of risks inherent in misjudging bilateral relationship The…
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Cornell president acknowledges he knew about fraternity sexual assault but didn’t follow up
Michael Kotlikoff addressed his administration’s handling of the 2024 allegations as he faces calls for his resignation…
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Mont Blanc, the ‘roof of Europe’, loses more than a metre of height in a year
Peak of French mountain now 4,807 metres high and fluctuates year by year due to changes in Alpine climate Western…
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Russell Brand was ‘ruthless and calculated’, prosecutors tell jury as rape and sexual assault trial begins – live
Brand is in Southwark crown court today where his rape and sexual assault trial begins Taking jurors through the third…
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France’s students are angry about more than crumbling classrooms and missing teachers
Beneath a wave of school protests in France lies a more existential worry: the future prospects of an entire generation…
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Excluding UK from ‘Made in Europe’ law will hurt entire EU car industry, Mercedes boss warns
Ola Källenius says it will ‘weaken the industry on both sides’ ahead of act intended to counter non-EU competition…
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Guinea-Bissau denies it has approved controversial vaccine trial in newborns
Health minister says government ‘did not authorize’ Danish-led hepatitis B trial in babies backed by RFK Jr…
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Uber begins self-driving robotaxi trial in Manchester
Company hails first step in rolling out technology across UK as first autonomous vehicles take to city’s streets Uber…
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Child safety officer incorrectly assessed Elizabeth Struhs as ‘safe’ day after she was admitted to hospital in coma
Inquest into death of eight-year-old Queensland girl who was denied insulin by her religious parents told her case was…
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Labor’s bill to cut private health insurance rebate blocked by Greens over pensioner carve-out
Almost 80,000 older Australians expected to end private health cover by 2028-29 as a result of Albanese government’s…
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Video recording device found in cabin of HMAS Leeuwin navy ship in Cairns
Defence announcement comes after Jacqui Lambie tells parliament a camera had been found concealed in a women’s shower…
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Trade minister says Coalition MPs walked out of meeting on EU trade deal – as it happened
This blog is now closed Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia missing out on $45bn of…
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Australian industry reliant on gas for ‘foreseeable future’, resources minister tells press club
Madeleine King says national gas reservation scheme, expected to come into effect from 2028, will reduce power prices…
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Wednesday briefing: Why small boat crossings are here to stay
In today’s newsletter: The collapse of the UK’s ‘one in, one out’ asylum deal with France exposes the limits of border…
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Leaders of India’s Cockroach party jailed for violating ban on protest site
Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das will spend spend five days in prison for entering Delhi’s Jantar Mantar – a historic…
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Beau Lamarre-Condon previously visited farm where he later allegedly tried to sink bodies, court told
Jury also shown 3D reconstruction of Paddington terrace outlining prosecution version of alleged murders of Jesse Baird…
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$20m public liability insurance to rally in a park: how council red tape hinders the right to protest
Public gatherings stymied by bureaucracy, Australian Democracy Network and Deakin University researchers find Get our…
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Court overturns Tanya Plibersek’s protection order which stalled controversial NSW goldmine
Federal court overrules decision by former environment minister for the McPhillamys goldmine development at Blayney…
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Family of Indigenous woman found dead in Melbourne mourn ‘vibrant, beautiful young girl’
Police have charged a 31-year-old man with the alleged murder of Jayda Allen Bonner, whose body was found in a Carlton…
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‘How do you explain the deletion of 130 million names?’: why Indian voters are on the streets
Anger at electoral roll changes has boiled over, sparking a crisis for Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government…
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Rachel Smith will turn 39 in prison. The high court says she could freeze her eggs from behind bars
Australia’s highest court says Queensland drug trafficker extracting and storing eggs is not ‘assisted reproductive…
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Chalmers denies Albanese overruled him on ATO credit card ban after PM says ‘I will get it done’
Treasurer’s comments come after prime minister revealed he intervened to delay a controversial ban on such payments to…
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Flying foxes in NSW and Victoria face mass starvation amid food shortages
Rescuers respond to surge in callouts for the vulnerable bat species, which usually feeds on blossoms and tree nectar…
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