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This blog has now closedGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAs we reported, X has provided an update on its legal challenge against Australia’s eSafety commissioner, stating it had complied with a direction to remove content from the Wakeley church stabbing.However, underneath the post from the platform’s global government affairs team (which we quoted in our previous post),...

This blog is now closed.Seven juveniles with alleged ‘violent extremist ideology’ arrested in Sydney counter-terror raidsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastInspired by similar protests in the United States, students from Sydney University established a protest on the quad in support of Palestine last night, stating they will remain until the uni cuts ties “with Israeli universities and...

Australian federal police have told court there was ‘a real risk’ the video could be used to encourage people to commit terrorist attacksGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe bishop who was allegedly stabbed in his Sydney church last week has written an affidavit for Elon Musk’s X arguing video of the attack should not be censored as...

This blog is now closed.Elon Musk’s X v Australia’s online safety regulator: untangling the tweet takedown ordersGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnglicare says government spending eight times more on private investors than building housing itselfThe Anglicare Australia executive director, Kasy Chambers, says the government must step up and intervene, instead of leaving housing to the private sector:We...

This blog is now closed.Anthony Albanese criticises X’s ‘extraordinary’ fight against removal of church stabbing postsQueensland police fatally shoot man at rest area south of GladstoneGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Matildas’ route to potential Asian Cup success is a step closer to being finalised, AAP reports, after Football Australia revealed the host states for matches at...

Reynolds says if ‘Higgins does not accept Justice Lee’s findings on the claims of coverup and mistreatment … it will have to be proved again in our trial’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLinda Reynolds has welcomed Brittany Higgins’ “olive branch” apology but insists she will take her former staffer to court in July unless she accepts a...

Coalition was previously fiercely critical of Labor’s misinformation legislation, having campaigned to ‘bin the bill’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has expressed support for a crackdown on the spread of dangerous lies on social media platforms, renewing focus on the government’s misinformation legislation which was...

Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock say they would split official duties and make joint decisions if elected to the seat of HigginsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMelbourne women Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock have announced a plan to run for federal parliament as independent “job-sharing candidates”.Bradlow, a political communications...

Despite having Australia’s highest rates of domestic violence, particularly against Indigenous women, the NT only receives about 1% of federal funding, senators hearFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastShe was a domestic and family violence advocate; a leader in her community and the country. But in 2021 Kumarn Rubuntja was...

Acting foreign minister Katy Gallagher says government is worried about potential for ‘further escalation of conflict in the region’The Australian government has urged all parties to “exercise restraint and step back” after the US confirmed Israel has launched retaliatory strikes on Iran, bringing the Middle East closer to a regional war.Officials in Washington said Israeli forces were carrying out military operations against Iran but...

This blog is now closed.Australia ‘extremely concerned’ after Israeli airstrikes on Iran confirmed by USNine-year-old among four killed in car crash in Western AustraliaGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe NSW police commissioner, Karen Webb, is speaking to the media after a 16-year-old was charged with a “terrorist act” for allegedly stabbing a bishop on Monday and is...

This blog is now closedSydney church stabbing: police treating as terrorist attack the alleged stabbing of bishop during livestreamed massGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says he has been briefed by the Australian federal police following an alleged stabbing at a Wakeley church overnight.Albanese wrote on X:I have been briefed by the AFP...

Deputy ambassador says Israel may ask Albanese government to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organisationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Israeli government may push Australia to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organisation, with the country’s ambassador in Canberra calling for “extreme measures” in...

This blog is now closed.Bondi Junction stabbings: Killer Joel Cauchi may have targeted women and children, NSW police sayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese on Bondi attacker’s motive: ‘The gender breakdown is of course concerning’I just wanted to go back to the PM’s appearance on ABC radio earlier, where he was asked what he thought of the...

Treasurer offers more detail on forthcoming Future Made in Australia plan after concerns raised by productivity commissionerGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTax breaks and subsidies may be offered to industry as part of the government’s yet-to-be-detailed Future Made in Australia plan – but Jim Chalmers says there will be “strict tests” on public funding for the green...

The byelection in the south Sydney seat was triggered when the former prime minister announced his resignation from politics in JanuaryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLiberal candidate Simon Kennedy has been elected successor to former prime minister Scott Morrison in the seat of Cook in Sydney’s south.Saturday’s byelection was...

Commonwealth requests Fair Work Commission phase in full 23% increase over two years to prevent workforce shortages elsewhereFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAged care workers should wait until January 2026 for the full 23% pay rise ordered by the Fair Work Commission, according to the Albanese government.The commonwealth has...

Tasmanians say opposition leader’s ‘cheap political shots’ undermine the healing process for those still heavily impacted by the eventFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPeter Dutton’s comments comparing the 1996 mass murder of 35 people at Port Arthur to a pro-Palestine protest at the Sydney Opera House have been labelled...

This blog is now closedPort Arthur survivor criticises Peter Dutton’s comparison of pro-Palestine protest to massacreGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has defended his comments comparing a pro-Palestinian protest at the Sydney Opera House to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, AAP reports.Speaking on the Today show, Dutton stood by his remark and said...

This blog is now closed.Brittany Higgins questions whether she was drugged on night of alleged rape in new court submissionMona ordered to allow people ‘who do not identify as ladies’ into Ladies Lounge exhibitGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA search will resume this morning for a woman who went missing while bushwalking at Belmore Falls in New...

This blog is now closedEmerson says breaking up supermarkets ‘too heavy handed’ as Dutton derides ‘Mickey Mouse review’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPM ‘absolutely’ confident supermarket review will reduce prices for consumersThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is speaking to ABC News Radio, also weighing in on Craig Emerson’s supermarket review.Including the Senate review … we’ve already announced...

Dozens of flights cancelled at Sydney airport and drivers told to avoid non-essential travel as inland low and coastal trough combine. This blog is now closedBruce Lehrmann defamation trial live: watch and follow the latest newsBoM weather radar: track the path of the storms and latest updates and warnings for NSW and QueenslandGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news...

Integrity commission cites ‘exceptional circumstances’ to make announcement, which involves ‘no adverse findings of any kind’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe ACT’s anti-corruption watchdog has said it is “assessing corruption allegations” against Walter Sofronoff over his dealings with the media while he led an inquiry into the Bruce Lehrmann trial.In a rare public acknowledgment, the ACT Integrity...

Some Labor figures are worried about their grip on Wills if Ratnam secures preselection Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian Greens leader, Samantha Ratnam, has put her hand up to run in the federal seat of Wills, in a move that has some Labor figures worried about the...