Australia news live: activist groups to challenge NSW protest laws; Minns wanting to ban chant ‘might make it popular’, organiser says
NSW Liberals voted with Labor to pass anti-protest and gun reform legislation last night, while the Nationals opposed the bill. Follow live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShareholders have overwhelmingly thrown their support behind a deal to create an Australian media giant spanning television, radio, print and digital, Australian Associated Press reports.Shareholders in the company that owns Seven Network and the West Australian yesterday approved its merger with the group that owns Triple M and the Hit Network radio stations.The combination of these two great companies will bring together the best content creators in the country and deliver significant financial and strategic benefits.This is an opportunity to create a national, diversified media organisation with extensive scale and reach across free-to-air television, streaming, audio and digital publishing assets.There will be a public version of the report. I mean, there will be elements of it which necessarily deal with classified information and it’s, by definition, important that remains classified. But we’ve made clear there’ll be transparency in respect of this.Dennis Richardson is a person with enormous experience, first-hand experience, in terms of being secretaries of departments, but also these intelligence agencies. Continue reading...
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Former mineworkers celebrate ‘historic’ £100-a-week UK pensions boost
Scheme members will also receive lump sums averaging £5,500 after government hands over £2.3bn reserveSome former mineworkers who are receiving a £100-a-week boost to their pensions after a hard-fought battle say they will now no longer need to worry about money.The Guardian had reported that people were “dying in abject poverty” and unable to “afford to bury themselves” after the government raided billions from their pensions. Continue reading...
Trump says US 'has to have' Greenland after naming special envoy
Denmark warns Washington to respect its sovereignty, while Greenland says it will decide its own future.
ABC defends Laura Tingle and Sarah Ferguson amid ‘unfounded’ criticism of Bondi shooting coverage
Hugh Marks calls questions about media’s role in wake of mass tragedy ‘understandable’ but says reviews must be ‘factual and accurate’Ten minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded in real time – videoFollow the latest live updatesThe ABC’s managing director has defended two of the network’s best-known journalists, Laura Tingle and Sarah Ferguson, after criticism of their coverage of the Bondi terror attack.Hugh Marks released a statement on Monday night in which he described the shooting that killed 15 people and injured dozens more on the first night of Hanukah as “a shocking and traumatic event for Australia and especially for the Jewish community” and extended to the Jewish community “our deepest sympathy”. Continue reading...
Two New Banksy Murals Appear in London
Two new London murals, widely attributed to the mysterious street artist, combine seasonal themes with what appears to be social commentary on rising child homelessness in Britain.
Sussan Ley makes ‘no apology for my passion’ as Labor denounces ‘disgusting’ ‘partisan pile-on’ over Bondi attack
Chris Bowen criticises Liberal leader’s attack on Penny Wong, saying, ‘Sussan Ley is not the arbiter of grief or mourning’Ten minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded in real time – videoFollow the latest live updatesChris Bowen has accused Sussan Ley of “disgusting” conduct and politicising the Bondi antisemitic shooting, claiming the Coalition was putting partisan point-scoring over national unity in the wake of Australia’s worst terror attack.Ley, whose Coalition has launched increasingly extraordinary political criticism blaming the government for the terror attack, defended her personal sledge on the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, for not having “shed a single tear” about the shooting. Continue reading...
Epstein survivors call out Trump’s justice department for ‘extreme redactions’ in latest file release – as it happened
The statement says the release was ‘a fraction of the files, and what we received was riddled with abnormal and extreme redactions with no explanation’Schumer to ask Senate to back legal action over partial Epstein files releaseCNN reports that some CBS staffers are “threatening to quit” over the controversial cancellation of a 60 Minutes investigation into the brutal CECOT prison in El Salvador where the Trump administration has deported hundreds of migrants.Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss’s decision to pull the story – taken last night three hours before broadcast - has been blasted by members of Congress and the veteran correspondent involved, Sharyn Alfonsi, who had interviewed people deported by the Trump administration to the notorious mega-prison about the “brutal and torturous conditions” they faced. Continue reading...
Pink platypus spotted in Gippsland is cute – but don’t get too excited
Biologist says monotreme a Victorian fisher has nicknamed Pinky is ‘unusual but not exceptional’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCody Stylianou thought he saw a huge trout. But, skimming just below the surface, it was moving differently than a fish would.The creature surfaced and, amazed, the Victorian fisher reached for his phone. Swimming in front of him was a pink platypus. Continue reading...
Trump Administration Oil Tanker Seizures Are Meant to Force Maduro Out, Officials Say
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the ship seizures were meant to force Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro from power.
Stars urge UK government not to scrap Sport England brake on playing field selloff
Mo Farah and Matthew Pinsent among those to speak outPlaying fields and facilities at risk of being built overSports playing fields and facilities in England are at risk of being built over en masse with devastating consequences for local communities, sports stars and governing bodies have warned.The former England footballer Jill Scott along with Olympic gold medallists Mo Farah, Alex Yee and Matthew Pinsent, are among 88 signatories to an open letter saying they are “deeply concerned” about proposed government planning reforms, and say they would hit poorest communities hardest. Continue reading...