Category: Politics

There will be expanded access to 5% deposits for first home buyers from 1 October. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast PM to seek meeting with Trump as ‘summit season’ approaches Anthony Albanese and Clare O’Neil have taken a venture out to the Canberra ‘burbs this…

Olympian joins in Europe’s biggest street party, whose future is at risk from lack of sponsors and public funding Any attempt to move Notting Hill carnival out of its traditional home would kill one of the UK’s most important cultural events, Usain Bolt has said. Bolt, the world’s fastest man and an eight-time Olympic gold…

Tory leader tells Sunday Times she is surprised at amount of racism she has experienced since being elected Kemi Badenoch has spoken openly about the racism she has suffered as the first black woman to lead the Conservative party. The Tory leader told the Sunday Times she had been surprised at the amount of racism…

Clear majority backs restarting Maanshan reactor but doesn’t reach legal threshold, as president says nuclear power may be reconsidered if it becomes safe A referendum to push for the reopening of Taiwan’s last nuclear plant has failed to reach the legal threshold to be valid, though the president said the island could return to the…

Follow all the day’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Retirees still deserve “concessional treatment” on the superannuation despite pressure on the government to shake up the tax system to for the benefit of future generations, Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers says. Speaking to ABC Insiders host David Speers…

Former Labour leader says Francesca Albanese to take part in event seeking answers over UK’s ‘role in war crimes’ A UN special rapporteur will contribute to a two-day “tribunal” being held by Jeremy Corbyn into Britain’s “role in war crimes perpetrated in Gaza”, the former Labour leader has said. Corbyn, who is campaigning for a…

Gaza hospitals record eight new deaths due to starvation and malnutrition, including two children The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for an urgent scale-up of evacuations from Gaza, warning that more than 15,600 patients remain in need of specialised care. In a post on X, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus thanked…

Former coalminers join fellow museum staff in strike over pay which is due to last until mid-September “Who’d have thought we’d be doing this again?” Arthur Scargill said earlier this week, raising a laugh from the ex-miners standing in the picket line outside the National Coal Mining Museum. Staff at the Wakefield museum, many of…

Union decries effort as illegal as department confirms it is ending its recognition of unions for some employees The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has moved to strip thousands of federal health agency employees of their collective bargaining rights, according to a union that called the effort illegal. HHS officials confirmed Friday…

President says ‘I’m not a fan of John Bolton,’ who served as his national security adviser during his first term, and expects briefing later from justice department FBI raids home of John Bolton, Trump’s ex-national security adviser As we bring you more information about the reported FBI raid on John Bolton’s Maryland home, it’s worth…