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John Pesutto owes Moira Deeming $2.3m, but he doesnโt have it. Can former premiers be forced to pick up the tab?
Pesutto is on the hook for legal costs after being found to have defamed Deeming. Now sheโs intending to sue Pesuttoโs backers, including key Liberal Party figures.
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:
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Nicolette Boele on climate, business and making a difference
Nicolette Boele was declared the winner in the Sydney seat of Bradfield this week, after a month of counting and recounting in her race against Liberal Gisele Kapterian. She is preparing to take her seat in parliament after a wafer-thin victory of just 26 votes. Boele speaks to chief political correspondent Tom McIlroy about why Labor needs to stop โwalking both sides of the fenceโ on climate and energy and where she...
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:Can a book help the left rebuild the good life? Ezra Kleinโs Abundance is the talk of Washington โ and Canberra
Jim Chalmers, Andrew Leigh and Gavin Newsom are among the high-ranking politicians reading and sharing Abundance โa book that urges the left to reset its priorities.
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:Defections are fairly common in Australian politics. But history shows they are rarely a good career move
Dorinda Cox has left the Greens to join Labor. She is the latest in a long line of politicians elected under one party banner but serving under another.
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:Premature babies are given sucrose for pain relief โ but new research shows it doesnโt stop long-term impacts on development
Preterm babies receive up to 16 painful procedures every day. Pain in early life has been linked to altered brain development and poorer cognitive outcomes.
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:Spit or swallow? Whatโs the best way to deal with phlegm?
It might feel like an odd or even slightly stomach-churning topic, but itโs a remarkably common question.
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:Australia is in the firing line of Trumpโs looming โrevenge taxโ. Itโs a fight weโre unlikely to win
Australian super funds, businesses and even the federal government could face higher costs, with the US on the brink of declaring a new tax war on much of the world.
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:E-bikes and e-scooters are popular โ but dangerous. A transport expert explains how to make them safer
In the wake of recent deaths involving e-bikes and e-scooters, an overhaul of safety regulations covering them is urgently needed.
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:โThere are too many unpleasant things in life without creating moreโ: why Impressionism is the worldโs favourite art movement
French Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, at the National Gallery of Victoria, features over a 100 of these pleasant, cheerful and pretty paintings.
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:Live: Erin Patterson returns to give evidence in her murder trial
The prosecution will continue their cross-examination of Erin Patterson, who has been accused of killing three relatives by serving them a meal that contained death cap mushrooms. Follow the trial live.
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:Live: Verdict in Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy criminal case
The verdict is being handed down in the criminal case related to the Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy that killed six Tasmanian schoolchildren in 2021.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Sale of small-town IGA sparks fears of duopoly and grocery price hikes
Corporate records show there are now connections between all three of Esperance's small supermarkets, and residents are worried the price of groceries will rise.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Police allege murdered Queensland teen's body was moved multiple times
James Wood, 34, and Tanika Bromley, 33, are both facing one count each of murder, and two counts each of interfering with a corpse.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Australia could bargain over partial US beef ban in Trump tariff talks
A government source says beef is being positioned as a bargaining chip to help reset trade ties after the US imposed harsh tariffs on Australian exports.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Five quick hits: Behich puts Australia closer to World Cup qualification
Tony Popovic chooses substance over sparkle, Socceroos lack imagination in attack, and Aziz Behich provides an improbable wonder goal. These are five quick hits from Australia's dramatic 1-0 defeat of Japan.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Busselton set for new social housing, despite backlash
The WA Planning Commission signs off on a proposed social housing development in Busselton, overruling local backlash.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Mฤori Party MPs receive record suspensions over haka protest
New Zealand's parliament hands record suspensions to three Indigenous Mฤori MPs after they performed a haka to protest a controversial bill last year.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Meet the historians making sure video games get their facts right
A new study has found that players who engage in historic games like Assassin's Creed or Age of Empires are driven to keep learning after they put down the controller. So historians are stepping up.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Japanese spacecraft goes down during attempted Moon landing
Japanese company ispace says it has not been able to contact its uncrewed Moon lander Resilience since its lunar touchdown attempt.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:After stripping forest, feral deer eat $100k worth of farm greens
In just three nights, deer destroy almost an entire crop at a fledgling vegetable-growing business north of Melbourne.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:More private guards flagged as NT's bulging prison network grows
The NT's corrections minister has flagged more private guards may be contracted to manage a under-pressure prison network, but has shut down union concerns the system will be privatised in its entirety.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Diary entries give insight into dementia and life after rugby league
Karen Johnson grew up loving rugby league, but since her husband Brian died from Alzheimer's disease after playing professionally she has had a complicated relationship with the sport.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Trauma surgeon describes 'enormous' daily e-scooter toll in hospital
Royal Perth Hospital's head of trauma services says preventable e-scooter injuries are having lifelong effects on a huge number of patients, as the friend of a man who died after being hit by an e-scooter says his death was avoidable.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Almost 7000 machetes seized in Victoria this year, police say
Police say they're confiscating 44 illegal knives from Victorians per day on average โ 31 per cent more than a decade ago.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Live: Albanese says he won't loosen biosecurity rules to secure US tariff exemption
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the federal government will not loosen or compromise biosecurity rules to secure an exemption from US tariffs. Follow live.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:JPs 'keep the world ticking' but are clocking off in larger numbers
Authorised to certify documents such as birth certificates, statutory declarations and wills, justices of the peace provide an important service free of charge. But Victoria does not have enough of them.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Gauff ends Boisson's dream run to reach French Open final
Coco Gauff ends Lois Boisson's dream run at the French Open, advancing to the final where she will play world number one Aryna Sabalenka.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Live: ASX set to slip after Trump-Musk feud triggers sell-off on Wall Street
The Australian share market is in for a lacklustre start after closing flat on Thursday. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Last Eungella dairy closing as milk becomes 'cheaper than water'
The owners of the last dairy farm in a Queensland region that once had about 60 say "big business rolls over the top of everything you do", as they prepare to shut down.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:'My body was for God': Being queer in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community
Sara Glass' life was controlled by her husband and her rabbi. She had to fight her way out before she could embrace her sexuality.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Mid North Coast farmers turn to grassroot support weeks after floods
In the weeks since floodwaters ran through the Mid North Coast, some farmers are still struggling to return to normalcy.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Brisbane to get free green bins, but 'FOGO a no-go'
Labor, LNP, and the Greens are all claiming credit for Brisbane City Council's decision to offer free green bins after satellite photos revealed hundreds of the bins in storage at council depots.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Concern housing proposal could see 'hodgepodge of unsatisfactory development'
The ACT government architect insists proposed changes to planning rules allowing denser development in Canberra's suburbs will help "mums and dads" as much as big property developers.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Morning Mail: Socceroos on brink of World Cup spot; Trumpโs feud with Musk escalates; Labor โgaslightingโ public over climate crisis
Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterGood morning. The Socceroos left it late as Aziz Behich struck a stunning last-gasp winner against Japan last night in Perth, in a result that all but seals a spot in the 2026 Football World Cup.The Albanese government has been accused of โtrashing its integrityโ over the climate...
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Weekly news quiz: A late election win, the Big Beautiful Bill and cunning cockatoos
From an election recount to rare beach finds, it was another big week in news. Test yourself on what you remember.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source: