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Underquoting and ‘dummy bidding’ will attract fines of $110,000 in bid to create a ‘fair property market’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The New South Wales government will introduce new laws this week to force property sellers to publish a price guide on all advertising, and impose a fivefold increase to fines f…

In comments to NBC News, US presidents also deflates hope of deal with Tehran, saying ‘terms aren’t good enough’ Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States may carry out more strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub “just for fun”, saying that while Tehran appears ready to make a deal to end the conflict, “the terms aren’t good enough yet”. He said the US strikes had “totally demol…

Death comes two months after Alford was jailed for eight-and-a-half years for sexually assaulting two teenage girls The actor John Alford has died in prison two months after being jailed for sexually assaulting two teenage girls. Alford, 54, was jailed for eight-and-a-half years in January after he was found guilty of the assaults which occurred during a party at a friend’s home. The actor, who a…

Six-day tour includes visits to Canberra, Melbourne and Hobart and aims to deepen trade ties Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Danish royals Frederik and Mary have kicked off their first trip to Australia since taking the throne in the nation’s red centre. The six-day state tour, which includes visits to Canberra, M…

US Central Command says crash followed unspecified incident, and second refueling tanker landed safely in Israel The names of two of the six US service members who died when the military refueling aircraft they were aboard crashed over Iraq last week were made public Saturday, revealing a father who had recently been promoted and a beloved son. The Ohio air national guard said that three of the s…

Bahrain circuit only 20 miles from targeted US base Races unlikely to be replaced because of logistics Formula One has cancelled the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia grands prix because of the war in the Middle East. The races were due to take place on 12 April in Bahrain and 19 April in Saudi Arabia but the sport was approaching the point at which a decision on cancellation needed to be made to prevent …

Minns government introducing legislation to significantly increase penalties. Follow the day’s updates live Welcome to Guardian Australia’s Sunday live news blog. My name is Ima Caldwell , I’ll be bringing you the latest news today. First up this morning, the home affairs minister, Tony Burke , confirmed three more members of the Iranian women’s football squad have left Australia . The decision m…

Brendan Carr posts that he may cancel spectrum permits of ‘mainstream news’ outlets for ‘misleading’ coverage The Trump administration ’s communications licensing tsar fired a warning shot over the US broadcasting industry Saturday, threatening to cancel the spectrum permits of broadcasters pushing what he termed “hoaxes and news distortions”. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Brendan…

Met police says woman, 43, was detained after newborn girl in Westminster taken to hospital and pronounced dead A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an 18-day-old baby girl fell from a property in central London. The Metropolitan police said officers attended Horseferry Road in Westminster after reports on Saturday morning that a baby had fallen from a residential property. Cont…

Exclusive: Queensland Performing Arts Centre board nominated Oodgeroo as their preferred name for the theatre in 2024, but it was not one of the four options put to public vote by the LNP Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A Queensland government minister intervened to ensure a new theatre would not be named after Aboriginal poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal, overriding the theatr…

As users turn to VPNs to access pornography, experts warn collection of information creates a ‘honeytrap’ for bad actors Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast When porn sites began blocking Australians from access , it also meant X began age-checking users before they could look at adult content on the social media site. But it asked some users to send a video selfie every …

SNP leader hails prospect of success for parties in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland that want to break up union The UK is facing an “absolutely seismic moment”, John Swinney has said, with the prospect of the election of first ministers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in May who are all committed to the break-up of the union. Speaking at the Scottish National party’s campaign confere…

Exclusive: Senior party figures conclude outsiders or existing senior staff deemed more suitable should take over from current permanent secretaries A Reform UK government would expect to dismiss the top civil servant in every government department and replace them with people seen as more likely to implement the party’s priorities, the Guardian has learned. Senior Reform figures have concluded t…

Royal couple criticise Tom Bower’s ‘fixation’ on them and describe released extracts as ‘conspiracy and melodrama’ The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have launched a scathing attack on a “deranged” author whose new book claims Queen Camilla once told a friend: “Meghan’s brainwashed ‌Harry.” The royal couple hit out at Tom Bower, the author of Betrayal: Power, Deceit and the Fight for the Future of th…

Joshua Nass, of alleged $600,000 extortion plot, played role in pardon of man convicted of failing to pay $40m in taxes A New York lobbyist and attorney connected to a presidential pardon issued by Donald Trump in November has been charged with attempting to extort a former client and the client’s son over an alleged $500,000 debt. Joshua Nass, 34, was arrested on Friday after being charged in fe…