Australia news live: Labor urges ‘unity’ from Ley after hate speech backdown; NSW dog owners face jail for leaving pets in cars | Australia news

Australia news live: Labor urges ‘unity’ from Ley after hate speech backdown; NSW dog owners face jail for leaving pets in cars | Australia news

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 […]

Australia news live: Allegra Spender urges Coalition to ‘follow through’ on calls for urgent action after Bondi terror attack | Australia news

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 […]

Iran protests live updates: death toll passes 2,500 as Trump warns Tehran against executions | Iran

Iran protests live updates: death toll passes 2,500 as Trump warns Tehran against executions | Iran

Erfan Soltani reportedly facing imminent execution Erfan Soltani is reportedly facing execution in Iran on Wednesday after he was tried, convicted and sentenced, following his arrest on Thursday. The 26-year-old was arrested in Karaj, a city on the north-west outskirts of Tehran, at the peak of the protests before the internet black-out. Soltani is one […]

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

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 […]

Minneapolis ICE shooting live updates: Trump vows 'day of reckoning & retribution’ for Minnesota Democrats

Minneapolis ICE shooting live updates: Trump vows ‘day of reckoning & retribution’ for Minnesota Democrats

The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago have also sued the Trump administration, alleging in a lawsuit filed Monday that the Department of Homeland Security has been “causing turmoil and imposing a climate of fear.” The 103-page complaint alleges that Border Patrol agents were told to “push the envelope” on immigration enforcement and […]

Australia news live: Queensland stock losses from floods and cyclone top 50,000 amid fears ‘that is only the beginning’, premier says | Australia news

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

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

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, […]