Armed forces were protecting New Caledonia’s two airports and port and hundreds of French police were on their way to the Pacific territory after a third night of violent riots that have killed four people. In three municipalities of the French collectivity, gendarmes faced about 5,000 rioters, including between 3,000 and 4,000 in the capital,…
Putin praises China’s support during Ukraine war Prior to his arrival in Beijing, Chinese state media outlet Xinhua published a long interview with Vladimir Putin in which he described meeting with Xi Jinping as a “dialogue between old friends”. He also praises China in its initiatives to “resolving the crisis in Ukraine”. Unfortunately, neither Ukraine…
The Walkley Foundation will not renew its major sponsorship deal with fossil fuel company Ampol after changing its donation policy to sever ties with companies whose dealings “offer no tangible benefit to humanity”. Ampol’s two-year platinum sponsorship is understood to be worth several hundred thousand dollars and was the top sponsorship tier funding the national…
One of Australia’s most notorious alleged terrorists no longer holds his extremist views, according to the investigator leading the federal police probe into him. Neil Christopher Prakash is facing Melbourne magistrates court accused of six terrorism-related offences, including engaging in hostile activity in a foreign state, being a member of a terrorist organisation and advocating…
The Labour leader has managed to stem a potential showdown with trade union leaders this week over wording on a workers’ rights deal. If this is a dress rehearsal for Labour in government, how has Keir Starmer and his party fared? The Guardian’s John Harris is joined by the columnist Polly Toynbee and Marc Stears,…
A 12-year-old girl accused of killing a woman in Melbourne’s inner west will no longer face a charge of murder. Prosecutors on Thursday applied to withdraw the charge against the girl but did not give a reason why. The magistrate withdrew and struck out the charge of murder. She was not facing any other offences.…
Classes have been cancelled for thousands of University of Melbourne students while protesters at Deakin University defied orders to disband their pro-Palestine encampments as they vowed they would “not be moved” until their demands were met. On Wednesday, hundreds of protesters flooded the University of Melbourne’s Arts West building and unofficially renamed it “Mahmoud’s Hall”…
Anthony Albanese has defended his decision to evict the tenant in a house he owns in Sydney who is refusing to move out, saying he has been “more than fair” as a landlord but his impending marriage means he wants to sell. Tenant Jim Flanagan was given three months’ notice to vacate the premises when…
Labor senator’s use of ‘from the river to the sea’ was ‘not appropriate’, Albanese says On Labor senator Fatima Payman saying that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, and calling on the prime minister to sanction Israel, Anthony Albanese says he speaks for government policy. Daniel Hurst has covered off Payman’s statement to SBS here:…
When it comes to sex education in schools in England, teachers and experts agree on one thing: using age alone to determine what topics to cover and what to avoid risks leaving some children more vulnerable. Headlines announcing the new guidance, to be published under consultation this week, focused on its bar on teaching sex…
