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Independent MP Zali Steggall says it’s not always clear who is behind disorderly behaviour – and sometimes it can be a whole section of a political party Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Sweeping behavioural standards have now been in place in Australia’s parliament for years but crossbench MPs have warned question…

Two new books analyse what makes the ‘perfect pub’ and both come to a sobering conclusion: Irish pubs are in trouble Like triple-distilled whiskey, Irish pubs appear to have timeless appeal. They are staple setting in films, books and plays, draw tourists to Ireland, replicate themselves around the world and induce social media quests for the perfect snug and the perfect pint. Scholars have now b…

Australian campaigners demand Albanese government cancel planned fossil fuel projects and tax existing operations at 78% Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Activists have blocked another two coal ships from entering the Port of Newcastle on the fourth day of the Rising Tide protests, bringing the total number of ship…

Police on Saturday detained one person who was part of a group that launched a petition demanding accountability Anger over a deadly blaze at a Hong Kong high-rise apartment complex simmered on Sunday as Beijing warned against attempts to use the disaster to disrupt the city, while people across the financial hub continued to mourn for the more than 128 victims . Police on Saturday detained one p…

Woman, 36, and her husband, 44, arrested at Barangaroo and charged with dishonestly obtaining financial advantage A married couple from Kazakhstan has allegedly won more than $1m from Sydney’s Crown casino using a tiny camera hidden in a Mickey Mouse T-shirt and “deep-seated earpieces” that allowed them to communicate. New South Wales police said on Sunday the couple was charged with dishonestly …

Kyiv tries to pile pressure on Russia with attack on empty vessels on way to load up with oil for foreign markets Ukrainian naval drones hit two tankers operating under sanctions in the Black Sea as they headed to a Russian port to load up with oil destined for foreign markets, an official said on Saturday, as Kyiv tries to pile pressure on Russia’s vast oil industry. The two oil tankers, identif…

Authorities have undertaken one of the largest and most intensive searches for a missing person in South Australia When a four-year-old child disappeared in the vast, brutal Australian outback, the response was swift and broad ranging. It’s now been two months since Gus Lamont, a blond, curly haired child described as both shy and adventurous, went missing from his family’s homestead in a remote …

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 LNP candidate Wayde Chiesa has triumphed at a state byelection in the north Queensland electorate of Hinchinbrook. With 74% of the vote counted Chiesa has more than 41% of the primary vote, a swin…

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-Gaza 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 latest ceasefire took effect …

Differences between Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn and over letting in Socialist Workers members mean rows and feuding look likely to continue When the idea of a new leftwing party spearheaded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana was first mooted in the summer, it was so popular that hundreds of thousands of people expressed an interest in joining. Although it was quickly beset by arguments – its …

Trump administration lists reporting it objects to in latest escalation of attacks on US journalism The White House rolled out a new section of its official website on Friday that publicly criticizes and catalogs media organizations and journalists it claims have distorted coverage. At the top of the page , the text reads: “Misleading. Biased. Exposed.” The feature names the Boston Globe, CBS New…

Defense secretary called reports about his role in strike as ‘fake news’ intended to discredit US military The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has declared recent reporting that he may have illegally ordered all people to be killed in a military strike in the Caribbean as “fake news” on Friday evening, adding that the series of strikes of people on boats have been “lawful under both US and in…

A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter The playwright Tom Stoppard, whose playful erudition dazzled the theatregoing world for decades, has died aged 88. One of a select band of writers from any discipline to earn his own adjective – “Stoppardian” – in the Oxford English Dictionary, h…

Rightwing activist claimed Commons deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani should be barred because she was born in Pakistan GB News is facing calls to cut ties with a regular contributor who has been accused of racism after claiming that the House of Commons deputy speaker, Nusrat Ghani, should not be allowed in the house because she was born in Pakistan. The comments by Lucy White, a rightwing activist, ha…

Lead FDA vaccine regulator announced new approval process after claiming Covid vaccine had killed 10 children The leading vaccine regulator at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a far stricter course for federal vaccine approvals, following claims from his team that Covid vaccines were linked to the deaths of at least 10 children. Experts suggest the announcement will make the v…