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Liberal frontbencher says he has ‘no interest’ in forming a coalition with Pauline Hanson’s party – a day after suggesting he might be open to it Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson, has said he would “never, ever, ever” support a coalition government with One Nation, walking back prev…

Ex-Parramatta council chief executive Gail Connolly and ‘close network’ allegedly promoted friends while targeting others for reprisals Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A New South Wales anti-corruption inquiry is investigating whether three friends in powerful positions at a western Sydney council, who called them…

Minister defends preparedness against novel threat after officials detonate device suspected to be from Ukraine Authorities in Greece have intensified investigations into how an explosive-packed drone ended up in waters off the west of the country. An inquiry, involving specialised military teams, broadened at the weekend after bomb disposal experts detonated the unmanned device at sea. Continue …

Catalano’s lawyer says press attention ‘potentially detrimental’ to Australian Community Media co-owner’s mental health Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A media mogul charged with assaulting his wife has avoided facing court in person over concerns that growing media attention could be detrimental to his mental health. Antony Catalano, 59, was charged with assault, fal…

The 17 passengers to be transferred to a quarantine center in Nebraska to ‘assess them for risk’, as one tests positive and another shows symptoms The 17 Americans onboard the hantavirus -stricken cruise ship M/V Hondius, including one person who has tested positive, have disembarked the vessel after it docked in Tenerife on Sunday and are being repatriated to the US. Upon their arrival in Spain,…

Zbigniew Ziobro has been accused in Poland of leading an organised criminal enterprise and abuse of power, which he denies Poland’s former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, wanted on several criminal charges in his home country, has fled Hungary to the United States, he confirmed on Sunday, after being granted asylum from former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán’s government last year. “I am …

Actor and comedian speaks for the first time since his 42-year-old daughter died by suicide in February Martin Short has spoken for the first time about the death of his daughter, Katherine Short, saying her death has been “a nightmare for the family”. Katherine died in February aged 42, at her home in the Hollywood Hills. The County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s office confirmed she died by …

Four Australian citizens and one permanent resident from the MV Hondius to fly home via Perth on Tuesday Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia will repatriate four citizens and one permanent resident from the MV Hondius, the ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak , on a charter flight due to land in Per…

Countries such as US and Mexico that have longer hours also have higher obesity rates, research finds Those who work longer hours are more likely to be obese and cutting how much time you spend working could help you keep the weight off, research suggests. International research presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul compared working patterns and obesity prevalence for 33 OECD …

Tuesday’s federal budget to include $500m to fund faster approvals for housing, energy and mining projects. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Chalmers talks up faster approvals processes as productivity boost Ahead of delivering his fifth budget tomorrow night, Jim Chalmers says the government’s moves to fast track approvals for priority project…

1st Lt Kendrick Lamont Key Jr was participating in largest military exercise among US, Nato allies and African nations A search team recovered the body of a US soldier who went missing near a cliff during a training exercise in Cap Draa, Morocco, the US Army said on Sunday. Moroccan searchers found the remains on Saturday in the water within a mile (1.6km) of where the soldier went missing on 2 M…

Ukraine president says Russian army is ‘not complying’ with the US-mediated truce and is ‘not even really trying to’ Russia has been conducting assault operations on the Ukrainian frontline in breach of a three-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday. “The Russians are continuing assault activity in sectors key for them,” Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian p…

Chances of Starmer remaining in No 10 appear to be diminishing as about 40 Labour MPs call on him to quit UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer faces a fight for his political life in the next 24 hours as potential Labour leadership rivals from Wes Streeting to Angela Rayner began to position themselves for a contest. Starmer was hoping to save his job with a speech promising to set out …

Party leader has been vocal about its gains in London and there is a feeling that its losses could have been worse By any sane person’s reckoning, the Conservative party had a night to forget in Thursday’s local, mayoral and devolved elections. It lost about 500 councillors in England and ceded control of three local authorities to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK – losing to the rightwing upstarts in En…

Soldiers dropped oxygen supplies and medical aid to Britain’s most remote overseas territory • What is hantavirus? Paratroopers landed on a “golf course covered in rocks” to supply medical personnel and oxygen to Britain’s most remote overseas territory as it deals with a suspected hantavirus case, an army commander has said. The UK Health Security Agency confirmed on Friday that a British nation…