Labor urges ‘unity’ from Ley after hate speech backdown Tom McIlroy Labor has urged the opposition leader, Sussan Ley, to follow through on her commitments after the Bondi terror attack and support legislation dealing with guns and hate groups in parliament this week. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, agreed to split his controversial bill in […]
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Australia news live: Allegra Spender urges Coalition to ‘follow through’ on calls for urgent action after Bondi terror attack | Australia news
Member for Wentworth calls for all parties to work together to pass hate speech laws Allegra Spender has urged the Coalition to follow through on their calls for “urgent action” in the wake of the Bondi terror attack after leader Sussan Ley flagged the opposition would oppose new hate speech laws. The independent member for […]
Australia news live: Tom Silvagni files appeal against rape conviction; ex-RBA board member says Trump’s attacks on US Fed chair a ‘dangerous game’ | Australia news
Tom Silvagni files appeal against conviction Benita Kolovos Tom Silvagni, the son of AFL great Stephen Silvagni, has filed an appeal against his rape conviction. The 23-year-old was sentenced on 17 December to six years and two months in prison, with a non-parole period of three years and three months, after he was convicted of […]
Australia captain, women’s cricket great Alyssa Healy to retire | Cricket
Record-breaking wicketkeeper-batter to quit the game after the ODI and Test series against India in March. Alyssa Healy, a mainstay of Australia’s dominant women’s cricket team for 15 years and its current captain, has announced that she will retire from the game after the upcoming multi-format series against India. “It’s with mixed emotions that the […]
Australia news live: Queensland stock losses from floods and cyclone top 50,000 amid fears ‘that is only the beginning’, premier says | Australia news
More than 50,000 farm stock animals lost in Queensland: Crisafulli The Queensland premier has said that the state has lost more than 50,000 farm stock animals in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji, and he fears that number “is only the beginning”. Crisafulli said: We’ve now gone past 50,000 stock losses from this event. I […]
Australia news live: NSW announces new powers to shut down illegal hate preaching venues; 300 buildings lost in Victoria fires | Australia news
NSW government announces new powers to crack down on illegal hate preaching venues The Minns government said this morning it will give councils new powers to crack down on illegal hate preaching venues, including allowing utilities to be cut off if operators ignore planning laws and cease-use notices. The government said in a statement the […]
Australia heatwave live updates: Victorian fire threat ‘very dangerous and difficult’, premier says; temperatures to reach 43C in Sydney | Bushfires
Fire threat continues to be ‘very dangerous and difficult’, Victoria’s premier says Caitlin Cassidy Victoria’s premier, Jacinta Allan, is appearing on the Today show after declaring a state of disaster in more than a dozen areas earlier this morning resulting from the ongoing bushfires. Allan confirms there are 36 active fire fronts across Victoria today, […]
Three luxury yachts sink in Sydney as fire rips through exclusive Mosman marina | Australia news
Three vessels have sunk after a fire ripped through luxury yachts moored at a Sydney marina overnight. Emergency services were called to The Spit marina in Mosman at 3.30am on Friday after reports of a fire, New South Wales police said in a statement. On arrival, emergency services found a yacht “well alight”, police said. […]
Australia news live: ‘countless homes’ lost in fires in Victorian town of Ruffy as state braces for volatile day | Australia news
‘Countless homes’ lost in fires in Victorian town of Ruffy George Noye, the captain of the Country Fire Authority in Ruffy, Victoria, spoke to ABC News this morning after the town was hit by the Longwood bushfire. Noye said the fire had been “absolutely devastating”, saying the area had lost “countless homes”. He said: The […]
Australia news live: Victoria to close public land and campgrounds as state prepares for worst fire risk in six years | Australia news
‘It is not safe to be in bushland areas’: campers told to leave many popular areas in Victoria Chris Hardman, the chief fire officer of Fire Forest Management Victoria, said it is unsafe to be in bushland areas anywhere in Victoria over the coming days, saying public lands in many popular areas are now closed […]