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This blog has now closedGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAs we reported, X has provided an update on its legal challenge against Australia’s eSafety commissioner, stating it had complied with a direction to remove content from the Wakeley church stabbing.However, underneath the post from the platform’s global government affairs team (which we quoted in our previous post),...

The opposition leader says Australia ‘can’t be the internet police of the world’ amid dispute between the eSafety commissioner and X over Wakeley stabbing content removalGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has labelled the eSafety commissioner’s demands for the global removal of footage of the alleged Wakeley stabbing as “silly”, a comment that...

This blog is now closedThousands gather for dawn services and marches to mark Anzac Day around AustraliaGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHundreds gather in Sydney for Anzac Day dawn serviceAAP has the details on Sydney’s dawn service where hundreds of people – including veterans – gathered under a full moon and clear skies for a solemn service...

This blog is now closed.Seven juveniles with alleged ‘violent extremist ideology’ arrested in Sydney counter-terror raidsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastInspired by similar protests in the United States, students from Sydney University established a protest on the quad in support of Palestine last night, stating they will remain until the uni cuts ties “with Israeli universities and...

Australian federal police have told court there was ‘a real risk’ the video could be used to encourage people to commit terrorist attacksGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe bishop who was allegedly stabbed in his Sydney church last week has written an affidavit for Elon Musk’s X arguing video of the attack should not be censored as...

This blog is now closed.Elon Musk’s X v Australia’s online safety regulator: untangling the tweet takedown ordersGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnglicare says government spending eight times more on private investors than building housing itselfThe Anglicare Australia executive director, Kasy Chambers, says the government must step up and intervene, instead of leaving housing to the private sector:We...

This blog is now closed.Anthony Albanese criticises X’s ‘extraordinary’ fight against removal of church stabbing postsQueensland police fatally shoot man at rest area south of GladstoneGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Matildas’ route to potential Asian Cup success is a step closer to being finalised, AAP reports, after Football Australia revealed the host states for matches at...

Reynolds says if ‘Higgins does not accept Justice Lee’s findings on the claims of coverup and mistreatment … it will have to be proved again in our trial’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLinda Reynolds has welcomed Brittany Higgins’ “olive branch” apology but insists she will take her former staffer to court in July unless she accepts a...

Coalition was previously fiercely critical of Labor’s misinformation legislation, having campaigned to ‘bin the bill’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has expressed support for a crackdown on the spread of dangerous lies on social media platforms, renewing focus on the government’s misinformation legislation which was...

Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock say they would split official duties and make joint decisions if elected to the seat of HigginsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMelbourne women Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock have announced a plan to run for federal parliament as independent “job-sharing candidates”.Bradlow, a political communications...

Despite having Australia’s highest rates of domestic violence, particularly against Indigenous women, the NT only receives about 1% of federal funding, senators hearFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastShe was a domestic and family violence advocate; a leader in her community and the country. But in 2021 Kumarn Rubuntja was...

Acting foreign minister Katy Gallagher says government is worried about potential for ‘further escalation of conflict in the region’The Australian government has urged all parties to “exercise restraint and step back” after the US confirmed Israel has launched retaliatory strikes on Iran, bringing the Middle East closer to a regional war.Officials in Washington said Israeli forces were carrying out military operations against Iran but...

This blog is now closed.Australia ‘extremely concerned’ after Israeli airstrikes on Iran confirmed by USNine-year-old among four killed in car crash in Western AustraliaGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe NSW police commissioner, Karen Webb, is speaking to the media after a 16-year-old was charged with a “terrorist act” for allegedly stabbing a bishop on Monday and is...

This blog is now closed.Seven CEO James Warburton departs networkAustralia needs a plan for war to ‘focus the national mind’, Michael Pezzullo saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMarles continues breakfast rounds to discuss defence spendingThe defence minister, Richard Marles, has been making the rounds this morning and has also spoken to ABC RN about yesterday’s defence announcement.The...

Former secretary of the home affairs department recommends preparation of a ‘war book’ to allocate roles in the event of conflictFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia needs a comprehensive national plan for war – a “war book” – to coordinate civil and military roles and “focus the national mind”...

The US talks of Aukus as ‘binding’ the allies for decades to come, but Richard Marles says Australia must become more ‘self-reliant’Australia’s defence overhaul has accelerated some projects and cut others and has already prompted a plea from China to abandon a “cold war mentality”.But as the dust settles on a plan to increase overall military spending, the Albanese government has also sent some...

This blog is now closed.Plans for new fighter jets on back burner despite Labor’s $50bn boost to defence spendingGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastUnemployment ‘might take up a little bit’ when new numbers released later this weekQ: Given the economic conditions we’re seeing, what should households with mortgages expect?[Inflation] won’t necessarily continue to come off in a...

Military funding to undergo major shake-up Albanese government says will ensure ADF can project power further from Australian shoresGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPlans for Australia to acquire new F-35 fighter jets have been put on the back burner as part of a major funding overhaul that the government says will deliver an overall increase in defence...

Senators hear the Miles government held two concurrent reviews into the 2032 Games preparationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSenators have taken aim at the Queensland government’s approach to Olympics infrastructure planning, as a federal committee hears the Miles government held two reviews into the 2032 Games at once.The Liberal...

This blog is now closedSydney church stabbing: police treating as terrorist attack the alleged stabbing of bishop during livestreamed massGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says he has been briefed by the Australian federal police following an alleged stabbing at a Wakeley church overnight.Albanese wrote on X:I have been briefed by the AFP...

Deputy ambassador says Israel may ask Albanese government to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organisationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Israeli government may push Australia to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organisation, with the country’s ambassador in Canberra calling for “extreme measures” in...

This blog is now closed.Bondi Junction stabbings: Killer Joel Cauchi may have targeted women and children, NSW police sayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese on Bondi attacker’s motive: ‘The gender breakdown is of course concerning’I just wanted to go back to the PM’s appearance on ABC radio earlier, where he was asked what he thought of the...

Treasurer offers more detail on forthcoming Future Made in Australia plan after concerns raised by productivity commissionerGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTax breaks and subsidies may be offered to industry as part of the government’s yet-to-be-detailed Future Made in Australia plan – but Jim Chalmers says there will be “strict tests” on public funding for the green...

The byelection in the south Sydney seat was triggered when the former prime minister announced his resignation from politics in JanuaryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLiberal candidate Simon Kennedy has been elected successor to former prime minister Scott Morrison in the seat of Cook in Sydney’s south.Saturday’s byelection was...