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Palestine Action Group say powers so broad anyone in Sydney CBD or eastern suburbs can be searched – even when Israeli president in Canberra or Melbourne The New South Wales government handed police sweeping powers for the duration of Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit for the improper purpose of suppressing protests, Palestine Action Group Lawyers have argued in court. Monday’s urgent hearin…

Study find nitazenes, which are up to 500 times stronger than heroin, can degrade significantly in portmortem blood samples Deaths caused by a synthetic opioid that is hundreds of times stronger than heroin may have been underestimated by up to a third across the UK, according to research. Nitazenes are a class of synthetic opioids that are extremely potent, and up to 500 times stronger than hero…

Thinktank analysis says proposed ‘earned settlement’ changes could trap families in prolonged insecurity More than 300,000 children already living in the UK could be forced to wait 10 years for settled status under proposed changes to the Home Office’s “earned settlement” policy, according to an analysis by a centre left thinktank. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) found that nearly…

Environmental groups said dicamba drift has damaged vegetable farms, trees and other critical plants The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday reapproved the weedkiller dicamba for use on genetically modified soybeans and cotton, a pesticide that has raised widespread concern over its tendency to drift and destroy nearby crops. The agency said dicamba was critical for farmers who would otherw…

Leadership challenge by conservative MP is a matter of when, not if, they say Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Angus Taylor is expected to challenge Sussan Ley for the Liberal leadership within days, according to supporters who argue “something has to change” after a horror opinion poll and the chaos of the Coaliti…

Intelligence agency takes unusual step of publicly releasing statement and says it will ‘reserve our right to take further action’ if the ABC makes false claims Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A Four Corners investigation into the secret lives of the alleged Bondi shooters in the lead-up to the nation’s worst terr…

British papers explore what’s next for prime minister Keir Starmer after the loss of his longtime adviser over the Mandelson-Epstein files scandal The fate of prime minister Keir Starmer dominates the UK front pages on Monday after his embattled chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, resigned over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington. In standing down, McSweeney admitted the …

Award-winning Tasmanian artist’s work was published by the Australian, the Saturday Paper and the Hobart Mercury Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Jon Kudelka, the Australian political cartoonist, has died at the age of 53. His wife, Margaret Kudelka, announced the news in a statement on Monday: “We are sad to tell …

Observers fear that conviction under national security law could attract the most severe penalty band of 10 years to life imprisonment. Follow the latest developments, live Jimmy Lai faces sentencing over national security charges Here are some images of Jimmy Lai at pro-democracy protests across Hong Kong over the years: Progressing from child labourer to billionaire, Jimmy Lai used his power an…

NZ court to consider an appeal from Australian white supremacist who pleaded guilty in March 2020 to murdering 51 people in mosque attack The Australian white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch in 2019, in the worst mass shooting in the New Zealand’s history, is asking one of the country’s highest courts to vacate his guilty pleas and hold a new trial. B…

The media tycoon, who was first arrested in 2020, could face life in prison in blow for press freedom following conviction in December Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy figure, is set to be sentenced on Monday in the financial hub’s most high-profile national security case, amid growing calls to free the longstanding critic of the Chinese Communist party whose health is frai…

Exclusive: Labour peer, who came to UK as a refugee, says some ministers try to show they won’t ‘just do things because of their background’ Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, whose parents migrated to the UK from Pakistan, is facing the suggestion from a veteran Labour peer that she is “pulling up the drawbridge once inside” when considering the plight of refugee children trapped abroad. Alf D…

Health official’s endorsement comes as South Carolina faces hundreds of cases and US risks losing elimination status A senior US public health official called on Americans to get vaccinated against measles as outbreaks continue in multiple states and concerns grow that the country could lose its measles elimination designation. Dr Mehmet Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon, spoke in support on Sunday of…

Carla Georgescu, 19, was found dead at her accommodation in Preston and police say her death is being treated as suspicious A man has been arrested over the death of a student in her accommodation at the University of Lancashire. Carla Georgescu, 19, was found dead at her accommodation in Victoria Street, Preston, on Thursday afternoon, Lancashire constabulary said. Continue reading...

The Coalition has reunited but the Liberals face dire polling numbers. Follow today’s news live Good morning. Krishani Dhanji here with you for another sitting week, and there is so. much. going. on. The Coalition have reunited after a near three week split this time, and will sit together on the opposition benches again. This also means they’ll get back all their extra questions that were given …