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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanFive seats that could change the course of the election
In the upcoming federal election, there are five seats in regional Australia that could influence the overall result. Here's why they matter.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:
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Macnamara seems like a 'very safe' Labor seat. It's not
Labor has held Macnamara, which takes in Melbourne's inner south, for more than a century, but it's now an unpredictable three-way contest between Labor, the Greens and the Liberals.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:'Buyer beware' on Mt Everest as guides question new rules
As Nepal moves to reform safety on Mt Everest, some of the peak's most respected guides question whether the new rules will save lives.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:What happens if Trump officials defy the Supreme Court?
We spoke to two experts to answer questions about what recourse the judiciary has when its authority is tested by the executive branch.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:The comedy contest that pushed Australia's biggest acts to stardom
RAW comedy has been running for almost 30 years, kickstarting the careers of Australia's up-and-coming stand-ups, including Ronny Chieng, Josh Thomas, Celia Pacquola and Hannah Gadsby.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Australiaโs mini and micro-parties: how to avoid a vote you might regret in the Senate
Behind unassuming names lurk parties with some hair-raising and eccentric views. And others that are pretty much what they say they areElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free...
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Tim Flannery: โWhat weโre seeing is the last gasp of the patriarchyโ
The celebrated scientist and conservationist on the federal election, the world at 3C hotter, and why he is โvery hopefulโ humankind will survive the climate crisisGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastWeโve just left the sandy beach and begun clambering along a slippery rocky shore, shoes in hand, when something small catches Tim Flanneryโs eye. He briefly abandons his train of thought and...
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Amid a reckoning on domestic violence, does Australiaโs piecemeal approach need a national police strategy?
Guardian Australia has asked every police jurisdiction how it assesses risk in family violence offenders to get a better understanding of how the system should workElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastPaul McDonough was released from custody and went straight home to beat his partner to death. Henry Shepherdson killed his child...
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:A minority Labor government could be truly progressive โ and the conservatives know it | Lenore Taylor
Advance and Better Australia are running twin scare campaigns against the Greens and teals, and the very idea of minority governmentElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app...
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Hecklers and booers at Anzac Day welcome to country โmust face the full force of the lawโ, PM says
Anthony Albanese says disruption of ceremonies in Melbourne and Perth was โact of low cowardice on a day when we honour courage and sacrificeโPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has condemned...
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Election Diary: Dutton tops list of most distrusted, amid deepening voter cynicism about political leaders
And while Anzac Day brought a temporary truce in campaigning, the political leaders united to condemn neo-Nazi disruption at a dawn service in Melbourne.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Sharri Marksonโs โexclusive inside informationโ puts Coalition in poll position | Weekly Beast
Sky News host assures viewers polls favouring Labor are โinaccurateโ. Plus: Kyle Sandilands the face of a new anti-hate campaignSign up to get Guardian Australiaโs weekly media diary as a free newsletterAs the polls continue to indicate Labor is ahead of the Coalition, Sharri Markson had the โexclusive inside informationโ certain to cheer up her viewers on Sky News Australia.โNow tonight Iโm going to tell you how the...
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Punishment in search of a crime โ Franz Kafkaโs The Trial at 100
โIf the book we are reading doesnโt wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for?โ
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Labor takes large leads in YouGov and Morgan polls as surge continues
With the final week of the campaign about to begin, Laborโs advantage in the polls continues.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Watching the election from afar, I canโt help but wonder โ is this really the best Australia can do? | Hugh Riminton
With neither leader offering any serious structural reform, Australia is on a path that leads ultimately to the malaise that has befallen the USElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election...
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:What the film Conclave gets right (and wrong) about electing a new pope
As Conclave movie streaming tops Australia's watch list, we go behind the scenes with its cast and a historian, while real life cardinals rush to The Vatican.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Hegseth had 'dirty' internet line in his office to use Signal, sources say
The unsecured internet connection is the latest revelation about Mr Hegseth's use of the app and raises the possibility that sensitive defence information could have been hacked.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Former Tasmanian GP extradited to Hobart to face rape charges
Tasmania police has extradited from New South Wales a former medical doctor over historical sexual abuse charges that allegedly occurred in the 1990s.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Rift between India and Pakistan deepens after mass tourist shooting
Relations between India and Pakistan deteriorate after an attack left 26 people dead, with New Delhi blaming Islamabad for the violence.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Early voting becomes new normal in Australia
More than a million people have already cast their ballots for the federal election early. Some experts say the polling day has just become the last day to vote.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:'I wouldn't put any of my sons in there': Hanson on daughter's Senate tilt
Pauline Hanson, the leader of One Nation, has worked in politics for nearly three decades. Now, her daughter Lee is hoping to join her โ running as a Senate candidate in southern Tasmania.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Intelligence is being gathered in this town 80 years on from WWII
Geraldton and surrounds played a critical role in Australia's defence in World War II and that is still the case today.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Lawsuit claims Don Dale teens forced to fight for guards' 'entertainment'
A former inmate at Darwin's notorious Don Dale Youth Detention Centre claims he was forced to "fight other children" and spend hours cutting grass with scissors in a lawsuit against the NT government.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Lightning strikes, flash floods cancel Sunshine Coast dawn services
Roads are closed, drivers have been rescued from vehicles, and two women have been hospitalised by lightning strikes amid the chaos of heavy rain on the Sunshine Coast overnight.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Darwin community grieves for supermarket stabbing victim
Linford Feick is remembered as a "true legend" with a "heart of gold", as the Darwin community gathers to remember the local grocer who was stabbed to death at his store.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Heckling during Welcome to Country at Anzac service condemned as 'completely disrespectful'
Gunditjmara manUncle Mark Brown was booed and heckled by members of the crowd at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance on Friday morning.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Pork industry waits for vaccine three years after viral outbreak
Australia's $6 billion pork industry is still waiting for a vaccine three years after a deadly outbreak of Japanese encephalitis virus.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:David Speirs has gone from alternative SA premier to convicted drug supplier
Less than nine months ago, David Speirs held one of South Australia's most prominent and important jobs: the state's alternative premier and leader of the Liberal Party. Now, those titles have been replaced by "convicted drug supplier".
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:The long and winding road to bring an NRL team to Perth
Reports suggest a Perth-based NRL team is close to reality, but is this the one that sticks? Or is it just another false dawn for long-suffering NRL fans in the west?
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:The burgeoning rivalry that lit up the Australian swimming titles
Ella Ramsay and Tara Kinder could barely be separated all week, lining up in four finals across the Australian Open Swimming Championships in Brisbane, sharing four golds and four silvers between them.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Rural voters want zonal tax offset updates this election
Tax rebates for rural Australians were last updated more than 30 years ago. Voters say it is time for them to be on the election agenda.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Morning Mail: Candidates in uniform, election battle of the burbs, Trumpโs plea to Putin
Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterMorning everyone. As the Anzac Day commemorations get under way, the defence department has issued a plea for veterans running in the federal election not to use pictures of themselves in uniform in campaign material.Weโre also reporting on the tussle for votes in outer suburban...
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Gallagher seeks fourth Senate win but concedes Pocock's popularity
Katy Gallagher says her seniority as finance minister helps her advocate for Canberra. She admits independent Senator David Pocock is popular, but says her party has more muscle.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Live: Albanese and Dutton make Anzac Day statements as campaign continues
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will spend Anzac Day morning in Canberra, while Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is campaigning in his home city of Brisbane. Follow live.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:How women's running changes once the sun sets
An increasing number of women are signing up to local run clubs, even tackling their first marathon. But safety fears once the sun sets are hampering their training efforts.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source: