Uk Conservatives admit Labour headed for record win
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Tories are focusing on saving the furniture in the looming UK election as they concede Labour is headed for a historic landslide.
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Pro-Palestine activists scale Parliament House
Pro-Palestine activists have unfurled banners from the roof of Parliament House and accused Australia of complicity in the "genocide" in Gaza.
UK’s Conservatives say Labour heading for record win
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Tories are focusing on saving the furniture in the looming UK election as they concede Labour is headed for a historic landslide.
Biden vows to keep running despite eroding support
President Joe Biden is vowing to keep running for re-election as he rejects pressure from within his Democratic Party to withdraw after a disastrous debate.
Young people sadder, lonelier since social media onset
Young Australians report worsening mental health since some of the most popular social media platforms entered their lives.
Renter relief finally hits with more cooling in sight
After months of fast-rising rents, momentum is starting to tip in favour of tenants as more homes become available.
‘Deeply torn’ senator quits Labor over Palestine stance
A pro-Palestinian senator who was suspended from the Labor caucus for crossing the floor has sensationally quit the party over the issue.
‘Greatest injustice’: pro-Palestine senator quits Labor
A tearful Senator Fatima Payman says she is quitting the Labor Party with "a heavy heart but a clear conscience" over her support for a Palestinian state.
Security review launched into Parliament House protest
An investigation is underway as to how pro-Palestinian protesters were able to scale the roof of Parliament House and unfurl banners.
Labour hopeful and Conservatives morose as UK votes
The polls have opened in the UK for an election in which voters appear eager to hand power to Labour after 14 years of Conservative government.
‘Technicality’ bites controversial croc control laws
A bill that would have allowed crocodiles to be removed from popular waterways and encourage financial gain from hunting and egg harvesting has been shut down.
UK voters pick government as polls point to change
Voting is underway in the United Kingdom's general election that surveys suggest will bring Keir Starmer's Labour Party to power.
Labour to win massive majority in UK, exit poll shows
Exit polls suggest Labor has won a huge majority in the UK general election, with Keir Starmer to replace Rishi Sunak as the country's new prime minister.
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Payman damns pigeonholing on Palestine after Labor exit
Muslim senator Fatima Payman says people should not assume her religion was the reason she quit Labor over its stance on Palestine.
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Differences must be backed in modern Australia: Payman
Celebrating diversity should come with an understanding that it brings different experiences, says Fatima Payman after the WA senator quit the Labor ranks.
UK’s Labour set for huge majority, exit poll shows
Exit polls suggest Keir Starmer will be Britain's new leader, with his Labour party winning a huge majority in the UK general election.
Palestine protesters must face ‘full force’ of law: PM
The prime minister has accused protesters of undermining democracy after they breached parliamentary security to unfurl pro-Palestinian banners.
Payman laments ‘injustice’ as she slams door on Labor
Labor failing to act against the "greatest injustice of our times" pushed pro-Palestinian senator Fatima Payman to quit the party she felt she couldn't change.
UK votes in election expected to propel Labour to power
Britons are voting in an election that's expected to bring Keir Starmer's Labour to power, sweeping away Rishi Sunak's Conservatives after 14 years.
Fatal stolen car crash lights fuse on teen crime plague
The Victorian government has taken the children's court to task over its handling of repeat youth offenders following a deadly crash in Melbourne's east.
Labour landslide set to sweep Starmer to power in UK
Sir Keir Starmer has spoken of the country's desire for change, after officially winning his seat, amid a massive Labour wave in the UK election.
Winter-break headache as Labor hones re-election pitch
Labor and the coalition will use a month-long break from parliament to refine their respective pitches to voters as a possible year-end election looms.
Nuclear policy flicked ahead of LNP state convention
The hot topic of nuclear energy does not appear on the agenda of Queensland's Liberal National Party annual convention.
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‘Grubby politics’: Pocock calls out Payman ‘smear’
Fatima Payman has called on Labor to properly represent diverse communities after she quit the party over her stance on Palestine and what she saw as inaction.
Pressure grows on Biden as he tries to prove fitness
In the latest attempt to pressure Joe Biden to drop out of the US presidential race, an heiress says she'll stop donations to the Democrats, until he goes.
Probe of Dutton overseeing terror case document failure
A former judge has launched a preliminary inquiry into the Home Affairs Department not disclosing a key court document while Peter Dutton was minister.
UK’s Labour sweeps to power as Sunak concedes election
The UK's next Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer says the fight for trust ' will be the battle that defines our age', after Labour ousted the Conservatives.
UK Labour sweeps to power in historic election win
New prime minister Keir Starmer has vowed "change begins now" as UK voters handed Labour a landslide win after 14 years of often-tumultuous Conservative rule.
Labor ‘needs to learn’ from Payman quitting party: MP
A pro-Palestinian Labor MP says the party needs to reflect on how to move forward following the fallout from Fatima Payman quitting to sit as an independent.
Door closes on senator’s bid to save colourful career
The hopes of a controversial LNP senator saving his parliamentary career appear to have been dashed by a Liberal National state council.
Lammy new UK foreign minister as Starmer picks cabinet
David Lammy has been named as the United Kingdom's next foreign secretary while Rachel Reeves becomes the finance minister, Prime Minister Keir Starmer says.