Category: Politics

Detectives claim to have uncovered Sydney-based network involving online distribution of child sexual abuse material involving ritualistic or satanic themes Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Four Australians remain locked up after being charged for alleged involvement in a satanic child…

Greens senator Steph Hodgins-May says gas corporations have created a “crisis” that Australian households have had to pay for. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Final stage of early childhood educator pay rise kicks in Early childhood educators will receive a 5% pay rise today, the…

Exclusive: Long waiting times affected 386,849 patients in England during September, data analysis shows Hundreds of thousands of people in England are not getting tests for killer diseases because of widespread delays that doctors fear will harm patients. A total of 386,849 people in September had been waiting more than six weeks for a diagnostic…

Axing of Maki Otsuki performance in Shanghai the latest in spate of cancelled cultural events involving Asia’s two biggest economies Japanese “One Piece” singer Maki Otsuki was forced to halt her performance on stage in Shanghai, her management said, one of the latest events hit by a diplomatic spat between Tokyo and Beijing. Otsuki, known…

Follow all the day’s news live Exclusive: Taxpayers subsidise rising specialist fees as spending on Abbott-era Medicare safety net ‘explodes’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Littleproud suggests values test for temporary migrants would stop ‘importing hate’ Littleproud says a values test for new migrants – which the Coalition has…

Two Palestinian children reportedly killed on Saturday as Israel continues its strikes after latest ceasefire The Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began, Gaza’s health ministry said on Saturday, while a hospital reported Israeli fire killed two Palestinian children in the territory’s south. The toll has continued to rise after the…

At a time when distrust of big tech is high, Silicon Valley is embracing an alternative ecosystem where every CEO is a star A montage of Palantir’s CEO, Alex Karp, and waving US flags set to a remix of AC/DC’s Thunderstruck blasts out as the intro for the tech billionaire’s interview with Sourcery, a YouTube…

Another 130 missing after heavy rains from Cyclone Ditwah while almost 44,000 evacuated to temporary shelters amid rescue operations Torrential rains and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah have killed 123 people across Sri Lanka so far, with another 130 still missing, the Disaster Management Centre (DCM) said on Saturday. Director general Sampath Kotuwegoda said relief…

Hernández was convicted in 2024 of accepting millions in bribes to protect cocaine shipments Donald Trump has said he will grand a pardon to Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras who is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the US on drug trafficking and weapons charges. “I will be granting a Full and…

US president’s social media post escalates longstanding campaign to portray his predecessor as addled and not in charge by end of his term West Virginia governor Patrick Morrisey reaffirmed his support for the state’s National Guard members deployed in Washington, DC. “When you have these terrorists, when you have these evildoers, you’re not going to…