Sarah Hanson-Young says Senate question time has become ‘an absolute farce’ Josh Butler Things may have wrapped up in the house, but Senate question time is still going. The drama from last week, about extending question time and who gets (or doesn’t get) to ask questions, is also still going. Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says […]
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Widespread uncertainty as US food aid set to lapse amid government shutdown | Politics News
New York declares a ‘state of emergency’ as state and local officials scramble to assist residents set to lose benefits. Millions of people in the United States who rely on nutrition assistance programmes are facing uncertainty, as food aid is set to lapse on Saturday amid the ongoing government shutdown. New York Governor Kathy Hochul […]
Australia politics live: ‘not our job to make a bad bill better’, opposition says of nature laws face-off; Victoria passes changes to assisted dying bill | Australia news
‘Not our job to make a bad bill better,’ says shadow environment minister The shadow environment minister, Angie Bell, is doing the media rounds this morning, and sits in the “hot seat” – as she calls it – on RN Breakfast after Murray Watt. The Coalition says its chief concerns lie in the “wide-ranging powers” […]
Australia politics live: Labor votes against Pocock’s climate duty of care bill; Chalmers blames inflation rise on end of state energy subsidies | Australia news
Labor votes against Pocock’s climate duty of care bill and Liberal senator crosses the floor Labor have been put into a slightly uncomfortable position in the Senate, on David Pocock’s bill that would insert a duty of care to young people and future children into the Climate Change Act. The legislation would force decision-makers to […]
Suspect pleads guilty to murdering former Japanese PM Abe | Politics News
As trial opens, Tetsuya Yamagami admits murdering Japan’s longest serving leader three years ago. Published On 28 Oct 202528 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The man accused of killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 has pleaded guilty to murder. Forty-five-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami admitted all charges read […]
Sussan Ley goes after Anthony Albanese’s Joy Division T-shirt as the Coalition tears itself apart, again | Australian politics
Sussan Ley, faced with internal turmoil over climate and environment issues while trying to extinguish simmering challenges from a disgruntled backbench who want to philosophically reshape the very party she leads, has elevated a critical new political issue to the top of the national agenda. The prime minister’s decision to wear a Joy Division T-shirt. […]
Australia politics live: Burke confirms first NZYQ member arrived in Nauru; court overturns Queensland’s puberty blocker ban | Australia news
First deported NZYQ member has arrived on Nauru, Burke confirms Sarah Basford Canales The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, has confirmed Australia has deported the first member of the NZYQ cohort to Nauru, triggering the start of its $2.5bn deal. The federal government has said it is working methodically through the 350 or so within […]
Minister insists government will get asylum seekers out of hotels and expects progress ‘within weeks’ – UK politics live | Politics
Minister says government committed to getting all asylum seekers out of hotels after report says system ‘chaotic’ Good morning. When Jimmy Carter was US president, he gave a famous address in 1979 saying the country was suffering a crisis of confidence. It became known as the malaise speech, and now it is widely regarded as […]
Australia politics live: Microsoft ‘deliberately omitted’ AI-free option in 365 price rises, ACCC alleges; scientists beg for action on deforestation | Australian politics
Littleproud says Nationals can’t scrap net zero without alternative climate plan Josh Butler David Littleproud says the Nationals won’t come to a final position on net zero today, and says his party must come up with an alternative climate plan if they are to drop the 2050 target. He also said he’s open to Barnaby […]
A Pakistan foreign policy renaissance? Not quite | Politics
Pakistan seems to have caught the geopolitical winds just right. Last month, Pakistan signed a defence agreement with Saudi Arabia. Under this bold pact, an attack on one will be regarded as an attack on both, a dramatic escalation of security guarantees in a region already crowded with rivalries. At the same time, Islamabad has […]