Two parents and their teenage children have been found dead in the affluent Perth suburb of Mosman Park in a suspected murder-suicide, Western Australian police say. At 8.15am on Friday, emergency services received a distressed call from a person known to the family who had gone to the home on Mott Close, in the city’s […]
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Australia news live: PM hails landmark national cabinet agreement on hospital funding | Australia news
PM hails ‘landmark’ national cabinet deal on hospital funding The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says the federal government has reached an agreement in national cabinet for hospital funding. He says the “landmark” agreement will deliver an extra $25bn in funding over the next five years, for a record $219.6bn in funding over the next five […]
Australia news live: Nationals MP Colin Boyce to challenge David Littleproud for leadership; inflation climbs to 3.8% | Australia news
Colin Boyce to challenge Nationals leader David Littleproud Dan Jervis-Bardy The Nationals MP, Colin Boyce, will launch a challenge to overthrow David Littleproud in the fallout to the Coalition’s split. The Flynn MP said he would move a motion to spill the Nationals leadership at a meeting on Monday, claiming Littleproud was leading the party […]
Australia news live: Adelaide passes 40C as heatwave sweeps into Victoria; barred Jewish influencer says visa cancellation an act of ‘tyranny’ | Australia news
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Victorian energy company urges customers to prepare for high temperatures and fire conditions Powercor, which supplies energy to around 1.2m homes and businesses in Victoria, is urging customers to prepare for the extreme heat and fire conditions today. The company said […]
Severe heatwave envelops South Australia as Victoria braces for record-breaking weather and fire threats | Australia weather
South Australia faced another day of searing heat on Monday, as Victorians prepared for conditions forecast to be the hottest in history and more than 1100 residents told to get ready to evacuate ahead of extreme fire danger. Tuesday could see heat records broken throughout eastern South Australia and Victoria, with maximums expected to be […]
News live: honours council ‘concerned’ by its own list that saw three-quarters of Australia Day awards go to men | Australia news
Nearly three-quarters of Order of Australia awards go to men, reflecting imbalance in nominations Some 680 Australians were recognised with Order of Australia awards, made up of 496 men and 184 women. The differential didn’t go unnoticed by the Council of the Order of Australia. “The gender balance of this year’s honours list more broadly […]
Australia news live: PM to recommend defence department boss as next US ambassador; says Trump’s Afghanistan comments ‘completely unacceptable’ | Australia news
PM nominates Greg Moriarty to be next US ambassador The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has revealed that veteran public servant and former chief of staff to Malcolm Turnbull, Greg Moriarty, will be recommended to the governor general to be Australia’s ambassador to the US, replacing the outgoing ambassador, Kevin Rudd. Albanese told ABC’s Insiders: He […]
News live: Sussan Ley says her leadership can survive Coalition split; Australian actors among Oscar nominees | Australia news
Sussan Ley ‘absolutely confident’ in the leadership she has delivered Ley spoke to Channel Nine’s Today this morning, where she was asked about her future as leader of the Coalition. The opposition leader maintained that she was confident in her leadership so far, and the future of her role at the helm. She said: That’s […]
Australia news live: Labor’s hate speech laws pass the Senate; experts warn research gap on NDIS tool could lead to ‘tragedies’ | Anthony Albanese
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature NSW bids ‘final farewell’ to remaining lockout laws NSW will officially end the final major provisions of the state’s controversial lockout laws, 12 years after they were first established. The NSW government said it would remove remaining restrictions including the 3.30am […]
News live: IMF forecasts Australia to experience ‘drawn-out’ inflation; measles alert for western Sydney | Australia news
Australia will see ‘drawn-out’ and ‘above-target inflation’, IMF says Patrick Commins The International Monetary Fund says Australia is “projected to see some drawn-out persistence in above-target inflation”, as economists and investors bet the RBA will be forced to hike interest rates this year. Unemployment figures on Thursday followed by consumer price data the following Wednesday […]