Wade Death was standing in his shed just minutes before it was ripped apart by a twister in Central West NSW.

A vast migrant labour force is helping India meet its ambitious renewable energy goals, drawn by promises of good wages and perks. But many say they are forced to ‘escape’ without pay A month into his new job at the world’s largest renewable energy park in Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch, Anawar Alam was planning his escape. Hired along with 17 others who had travelled with him to work on the construction of a solar project, Alam had hoped that the promised pay and perks would support his family back home on the farm in Bihar. But within two weeks he was having second thoughts. “Nothing really prepared us for where we would be working or the fact that it was so far from the nearest village. The work was strenuous, the shifts were 12 hours, and we were living in makeshift tents,” says Alam. Continue reading...

Optimists cling to a faith in the old alliance, but the best we can achieve is an amicable divorce Is the transatlantic rupture temporary or structural? Is Donald Trump the cause of the rift, or is the US president only a symptom of underlying trends? Optimists latch on to the hope that the stability we have lost can be restored post-Trump. Having spent the past few days in Washington, I doubt it. Even in recent history, things were not quite so bad for the transatlantic relationship. The current tensions make the first Trump administration look like a walk in the park for Europeans. It is one thing to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, which Trump did in his first term. It is quite another to bomb Iran and give Israel the green light for its war against the regime. Nathalie Tocci is a Guardian Europe columnist Continue reading...

Resignation follows tumultuous period marked by redundancies, proposed course closures and allegations of a toxic work culture Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The vice-chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU) has tendered her resignation after a tumultuous two years at the institution, marked by redundancies, proposed course closures, and allegations of a toxic work culture. Chancellor Julie Bishop confirmed Prof Genevieve Bell had resigned on Thursday morning. Multiple sources said Bell advised the council of her decision on Wednesday evening, with Provost Rebekah Brown to be interim vice chancellor until a replacement is found. Continue reading...

The switch in the ranking comes after a blockbuster earnings report from Oracle, powered by multi-billion-dollar orders from customers as the AI race heats up.

The traditional owners of Juukan Gorge have celebrated 10 years of native title determination and shared plans to safeguard heritage sites.

James Murdoch, Elisabeth Murdoch and Prudence MacLeod say they are "pleased" to have reached an agreement to settle litigation over the Murdoch family trust, saying the issue is "now behind them".

Shocking allegations of suspected embezzlement at the fertility industry's peak body have been revealed just days before Australia's health ministers meet to decide the future of how the organisation self-regulates the IVF sector.

The UK ambassador, fondly referred to as ‘Petie’ by the late financier and sex offender, stayed in contact with Epstein well after allegations about him came to light Mandelson: more ‘very embarrassing details of Epstein friendship to come Ever greater detail is emerging about Peter Mandelson’s closeness to Jeffrey Epstein, not least in a US court document listing a series of emails in which the late financier and sex offender refers to Lord Mandelson fondly as “Petie”. The contact spans 2009 to 2011, after Epstein was convicted of child sex offences. There is, however, other evidence that the pair’s closeness was well established by then. Continue reading...

Social media platform also accused of failing to filter out obvious key usernames like ‘coke’, ‘weed’ and ‘molly’ Snapchat has been accused of leaving an “overwhelming number” of drug dealers to openly operate on Snapchat, making it easy for children to buy substances including cocaine, opioids and MDMA, by a Danish research organisation. The social media platform has said it proactively uses technology to filter out profiles selling drugs. But research by Digitalt Ansvar (Digital Accountability), a Danish research organisation that promotes responsible digital development, has found evidence of a failure to moderate drug-related language in usernames. It also accused Snapchat of failing to respond adequately to reports of profiles openly selling drugs. Continue reading...

Ellison’s shares in the technology giant Oracle are currently valued at $389bn (£287bn), just ahead of Musk’s $384bn (£283bn) fortune US tech billionaire Larry Ellison has overtaken Elon Musk as the world’s richest person after shares in Oracle, the business he co-founded, rocketed in early trading on Wednesday. Ellison’s wealth has surged after the company, in which he owns a stake of 41%, reported better than expected financial results. Continue reading...

A few inexpensive upgrades can totally reinvigorate your old iPhone, and you can get even get the iPhone 17’s best feature completely free Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better things. On Tuesday, Apple announced the iPhone 17 series with the usual spate of new features, including a thinner design, improved displays, and a camera with 4x optical zoom. If you’ve been getting frustrated with your old phone, or just tired of it, the lithe new model may look exactly like the device you need to launch your budding photographic career, reconnect with long-lost friends, and maybe even save your life in an emergency. Don’t give in to the upgrade itch. The best iPhone 17 feature, iOS 26, is already coming to older phones for free. With that simple software upgrade, a few settings tweaks, and some inexpensive accessories, your older iPhone can look and perform like new. Here’s how. Continue reading...

Several raise concerns that disclosing their donors exposes them to political attack but others warn not doing so can prompt legitimate questions about influence Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s biggest thinktanks are deeply divided on whether disclosing their financial backers is in the public interest, with several raising concerns that efforts to keep them secret may be undermining trust in the sector. Three influential policy groups that together receive almost $20m in donations a year refuse to reveal their key donors, including those whose commercial interests may overlap with their public advocacy campaigns. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Unicef-commissioned report shows being unable to finish high school – and the associated wage loss – is the most significant impact of increasingly frequent disasters on young people Kangaroo Valley was hit by raging fires and floods three times in three years. In 2019, the black summer bushfires had forced Layla Wang’s family to flee their home. Then in 2022, after floods and landslides isolated the valley, she was trapped there, spending several “stressful” weeks isolated from school – in the middle of year 12, with no access to her classes and limited resources. Continue reading...

The Liberal MP bought the product, which profits when the ASX 200 falls, in early 2020, his register of interests shows, but an analysis and experts say it has been a poor investment Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Tim Wilson has a long-held bet against the national sharemarket. The Liberal MP’s register of interests, disclosed in August after his tight victory for the seat of Goldstein at the federal election, shows Wilson has a leveraged investment that profits when the benchmark ASX 200 falls. Continue reading...

Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation Carbon emissions from the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies have been directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for the first time, according to a new analysis. The research has been hailed as a “leap forward” in the legal battle to hold big oil accountable for the damages being caused by the climate crisis. The research found that the emissions from any one of the 14 biggest companies were by themselves enough to cause more than 50 heatwaves that would otherwise have been virtually impossible. The study shows, in effect, that those emissions caused the heatwaves. Continue reading...

The Melbourne-based interior designer reflects on the past 10 years of Flack Studio and reveals the inspiration and stories behind the rooms that launched it to international fame Flack Studio: Interiors is out from 16 September (Rizzoli: A$180, US$75) Continue reading...

Tesla’s board is dangling a gargantuan payout in front of its chief. Is it a manipulative ploy or a desperate stunt? Bribery is generally unethical and often illegal, but also quite effective. When my four-year-old is acting up and ignoring my increasingly desperate pleas for her to get dressed, leave the playground or do something else very important, I have, on occasion, resorted to desperate promises of ice-cream. Obviously, I know it’s counterproductive to respond to suboptimal behaviour with sugar-based bribes. But sometimes you are exhausted and just need a short-term win. The ice-cream always delivers. It seems trying to motivate a four-year-old is not much different from trying to keep a petulant 54-year-old tech mogul in line. On Friday, Tesla’s board of directors rolled out a pay package proposal for CEO Elon Musk that could, if he plays his cars right, turn the billionaire into the world’s first trillionaire. In a section of Tesla’s latest stock market update that began: “Yes, you read that correctly”, the board outlines everything Musk has to do to get his hands on that performance-based trillion. Which, to be fair, is a lot. Tesla needs to reach a market cap of $8.5tn, eight times its current value, in 10 years to get Musk the payout. Many analysts believe Tesla is already overvalued, so this is no small task. Continue reading...

Trump officials continue to insist that suggestive note and drawing were not work of the president Trump calls release of suggestive note ‘a dead issue’ Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics amid the ongoing furore over links between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, as the White House said it would support a forensic analysis of the signature on a letter purportedly given by the president to the convicted sex offender. White House officials on Tuesday doubled down on their assertion that a sexually suggestive letter carrying what appeared to be Trump’s signature that was included in a birthday book for Epstein had not been signed by the president. President Trump said on Tuesday his administration is continuing negotiations to address trade barriers with India and that he would talk to prime minister Narendra Modi, in a sign of a reset after weeks of diplomatic friction. Trump, in a marked shift of tone, said he looked forward to speaking to Modi in the “upcoming weeks” and expressed optimism that they could finalize a trade deal. Trump, however, has urged EU officials to hit China and India with tariffs of up to 100% as part of a strategy to pressure Russian president Vladimir Putin, according to a U.S. official and an EU diplomat. A federal judge has ruled that Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook can stay in her post while suing Donald Trump over his unprecedented bid to fire her. Cook is legally challenging the US president after he sought to remove her, citing unconfirmed allegations of mortgage fraud, amid an extraordinary campaign by his administration to strengthen its control over the US central bank. Trump said on Tuesday Israel’s decision to strike Qatar was made by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and not by the Republican leader who added that a unilateral attack on Qatar does not serve American or Israeli interests. Israel attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas with an airstrike in Qatar on Tuesday, escalating its military action in the Middle East. Trump had dinner Tuesday night at a seafood restaurant near the White House, promoting his deployment of the National Guard and federalizing the police force in an effort to crack down on crime in the nation’s capital. His motorcade made the short distance to Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab on 15th Street in the northwestern quadrant of the city following weeks of the president boasting about mobilizing federal authorities and the military that he says have made Washington “a safe zone.” Poland shot down drones that entered its airspace on Wednesday, the first time a member of Nato is known to have fired shots during Russia’s war in Ukraine. South Carolina GOP representative Joe Wilson posted on X: “This is an act of war, and we are grateful to NATO allies for their swift response to war criminal Putin’s continued unprovoked aggression against free and productive nations.” The justice department on Tuesday charged a man accused of fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina commuter train last month with a federal crime that could carry the death penalty. The Trump administration says the killing shows how local leaders, judges and policies in Democratic-led cities are failing to protect their residents from violent crime. The US supreme court on Tuesday temporarily halted a lower court’s order that the Trump administration spend nearly $5bn in congressionally appropriated foreign aid money that it is seeking to cancel. The order from the conservative chief justice, John Roberts, comes amid legal wrangling over Donald Trump’s moves to aggressively downsize US support of global development and emergency response, which has resulted in the dismantling of USAID. Continue reading...

While the number of passports and licences declared lost in the post only represents a very small proportion of the millions sent each year, identity theft experts have described the figures as "concerning".

In the past we would just deodorise our armpits, but now a huge wave of products are aimed at our most intimate areas. Do these serve a need – or just encourage paranoia? Earlier this year, the deodorant brand Sure launched a product to be used on “ta-tas”, “trotters”, and “marbles” (AKA breasts, feet and testicles). “Whatever you call them, wherever you smell”, Sure Whole Body deodorant can help, a playful TV advert promised. It’s not a completely new concept: many of us will remember the intense whiff of a liberally applied “body spray” – the deodorant-cum-fragrances brought out by brands such as Lynx, Charlie and Impulse that were popular in the 00s. But specific deodorants for body parts other than the armpits weren’t really a thing until 2018, when an American obstetrics and gynaecology doctor founded Lume Whole Body Deodorant, after repeatedly seeing patients who were worried about odour “below the belt”. Sold as a roll-on, cream, spray or wipes, it can apparently be used on “pits, underboobs, belly buttons, butt cracks, vulvas, balls, feet and more!” On its website, it has more than 200,000 five-star reviews – and now the mainstream deodorant brands are following suit. Continue reading...

The owners of the Olive Downs mine in central Queensland have been ordered to pay cattle breeder James Gorman almost $53 million.

In effort to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, US president proposes tariffs of up to 100% targeting Putin allies and trade partners Donald Trump has asked the EU to impose tariffs of up to 100% on India and China as part of an effort to force the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, to end the war in Ukraine, according to reports. The US president made the demand during a meeting between US and EU officials discussing options to increase economic pressure on Russia on Tuesday, according to the Financial Times, BBC and Bloomberg, who cited multiple sources familiar with the discussions. Continue reading...

An exotic pest that kills pine trees and can be spread by humans has felled more than 900 trees in Adelaide.

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The price of gold has risen by a third so far this year and central banks are selling US dollars and replacing them with the precious metal. The threat of rising global inflation is at the core of the economic concerns.

Economics expert criticises last-minute cancellation of report that would shed light on cost-of-living and housing crises Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast An attempt by the Australian Bureau of Statistics to cut costs and corners led to the “shocking” and last-minute cancellation of a key survey that would have cast light on how households have navigated the cost of living crisis. Newly released ABS briefing documents to Andrew Leigh, the assistant minister for Treasury, reveal how the Canberra-based agency scrambled but ultimately failed to salvage its long-awaited survey on income and housing for 2023-4, which had been due for release in July. Continue reading...

Aspiring journalism students with autism are back to grill some of Australia's most prominent figures, and this time they've got seasoned peers behind the camera cheering them on.

Heavy rain has raised hopes in far western NSW, where graziers had started destocking due to prolonged dry conditions.

Abducted children and those from occupied territories are turning up in Russia’s military-style training camps, with fears that some are already on the frontline Last summer, Sonya*, aged 17 at the time, had endured more than two years of a difficult life under Russian occupation in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine. Her foster mother agreed that she needed a break. Growing up under forced assimilation had been scary, Sonya says, and her Russian-controlled school had offered to take her to a holiday camp in Crimea, a balmy peninsula once famed for being the spa of the Soviet Union. Continue reading...

Tunnel workers on the country's largest renewable energy project have accepted a 8.5 per cent pay increase and improvements to working conditions.

The incident involving Navya Nair highlights a common concern facing many visitors to Australia — what can be brought in without the risk of breaching strict biosecurity laws?

NAB is hiring more workers in Asia while hundreds of Australian jobs are set to be cut. The union representing affected workers has vowed to push back on the job losses, a day after ANZ flagged thousands of redundancies.

Study claims Swiss firm provided Nazi concentration camp with anti-frostbite product used in deadly tests in early 1940s The natural cosmetics company Weleda supplied a skin cream to the Dachau concentration camp that went on to be used for human testing, resulting in the agonising deaths of prisoners, a historian specialising in Nazi Germany has claimed. Weleda, founded 104 years ago and known worldwide for its holistic remedies, sourced large quantities of medicinal herbs during the Nazi era from an agricultural plantation overseen by the SS in Dachau, southern Germany, according to a major report by Anne Sudrow commissioned by the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site. Continue reading...

The tiny lamb that captured the hearts of Australians during COVID has died, leaving a heartbroken family behind.

Less than a year after its announcement, the Department of Defence quietly scraps a procurement promising to scale up production at Thales Australia's north-east Victorian facility.

A Supreme Court that has been reluctant to check Donald Trump's flex of executive authority will decide in November whether to uphold lower-court rulings against his trade tariffs.

The Minns Government will push ahead with what it describes as "landmark" legislation to make the childcare sector safer.

Cheap ultra-processed food behind rise in overweight children, with one in 10 now obese globally, says Unicef More children around the world are obese than underweight for the first time, according to a UN report that warns ultra-processed junk food is overwhelming childhood diets. There are 188 million teenagers and school-age children with obesity – one in 10 – Unicef said, affecting health and development and bringing a risk of life-threatening diseases. Continue reading...

Indigenous mental health worker Bill Ring says Kalgoorlie's housing shortage and a lack of support from the WA Country Health Service have left him struggling to find a permanent home.

The Australian share market is likely to fall in morning trade ahead of the latest ABS inflation data, while the Nasdaq rises above 17,000 points for the first time ever. Follow live.

Nationals leader joins chorus calling for senator to apologise for comments about Indian immigrants. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Two days after the eSafety commissioner issued a notice to a UK company behind a “nudify” deepfake AI app, Meta announced it has issued cease and desist notices to 46 companies attempting to advertise similar products on its platforms. Meta, which is already suing one such company to try to prevent it advertising on Facebook and Instagram, announced on Wednesday cease and desist notices have been sent to 46 companies attempting to advertise nudify apps on their platforms. Meta said it has removed over 5,000 ads and 96 ad accounts linked to those companies, and blocked links to more than a dozen apps and websites offering nudify services. I know what they are capable of, and not a single one of them is doing everything they can to stop the most heinous of abuse to children, being tortured and raped, and this imagery being perpetuated online. Continue reading...

It's barely the size of a sesame seed, but the shot hole borer has quickly devastated Western Australia's tree canopy. Experts are warning other states and territories to take action now to avoid a similar fate.

A lower court earlier ruled president exceeded his authority when enacting tariffs under law meant for emergencies The US supreme court agreed on Tuesday to decide the legality of Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, setting up a major test of one of the Republican president’s boldest assertions of executive power that has been central to his economic and trade agenda. The justices took up the justice department’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling that Trump overstepped his authority in imposing most of his tariffs under a federal law meant for emergencies. The court swiftly acted after the administration last week asked it to review the case, which involves trillions of dollars in customs duties over the next decade. Continue reading...

The federal government will expand its Home Guarantee Scheme in October, lifting income and property caps to give first-time buyers greater access, but it will also fast-track price rises, a new analysis has found.

Friends Gem and Renata have saved money buying a home together with their respective families in Wollongong, and say the pay-off goes much further.

While most Australians with a mortgage have been benefiting from the Reserve Bank cutting rates this year, not everyone is celebrating.

Construction workers are nearly twice as likely to take their own lives as other employed Australian men of the same age. Understanding the risks, and being able to identify when someone is struggling, can help us better support the construction workers in our lives.

A comparison group examined the cost of 20 staple items at two major supermarkets. Here's what it found.

Rupert Murdoch's family has always been close. But if you really want to trace the extent of filial and sibling affection, you need to follow the money.

Raids by rival hives aren’t rare after a dry, hot summer, but Christine McDonald was surprised to find her store besieged A Canadian beekeeper has described fending off thousands of “robber bees” as they raided her shop in a brazen attempt to steal honey. Christine McDonald, who owns Rushing River Apiaries in the British Columbia city of Terrace, said she entered her shop to find it overrun by the swarm. Continue reading...

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield say it is ‘not the Ben & Jerry’s’ they founded after being ‘silenced’ by Unilever over matters of social justice The co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s have called for the ice-cream brand to be made independent and excluded from current owner Unilever’s plans to list its ice-cream business on the stock market. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield say The Magnum Ice Cream Company (TMICC), a new division of Unilever that is set to be separately listed in November and includes the brand founded by the pair in 1978 alongside Magnum, Cornetto and Wall’s, “must free Ben & Jerry’s” in an open letter to prospective investors and the group’s board. Continue reading...

Gallery secures huge investment at a time when many arts institutions are struggling to raise funds The National Gallery has lifted its ban on collecting modern paintings made after 1900 as part of a revamp that will include a new wing, made possible after it secured a landmark investment of £375m. A new part of the gallery will be built behind the Sainsbury building as part of Project Domani– “tomorrow” in Italian – after two donations of £150m each from Michael Moritz’s Crankstart foundation and the Hans and Julia Rausing Trust. Continue reading...

A couple in the US convinced nearly 300 people – some of whom they’d never met – to pay to come to their nuptials Name: Wedding tickets. Age: Marley Jaxx is 34, Steve J Larsen is 37. Continue reading...

Economic modelling reveals the effects of eliminating migration for a decade on growth, the workforce and the budget Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Think closing our borders would fix the housing crisis? Think again. Eliminating migration for the coming decade would actually leave property prices 2.3% higher by the mid-2030s, according to economic modelling by KPMG; and there are other negative economic consequences too. Continue reading...

Independent senator claims there was ‘no faith’ in leadership of Genevieve Bell or Julie Bishop among university staff Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast David Pocock has called on the federal government to urgently intervene into the leadership crisis at the Australian National University as pressure mounts on the chancellor and vice-chancellor to resign. It comes after the independent senator told ABC earlier on Tuesday he hoped to see “some change in leadership at the top” of ANU, following a tumultuous year including redundancies, proposed course closures and allegations of a toxic work culture. Continue reading...

Tobacco law would also prohibit minors from using vapes and stop sale of single-use electronic cigarettes The Spanish government has approved a draft tobacco law that would ban smoking and vaping on bar and restaurant terraces, prohibit minors from using vapes and related products, and end the sale of single-use electronic cigarettes. The legislation, which was signed off by the cabinet on Tuesday morning, is intended to “reinforce protections on people’s health and to adapt the law to consumption patterns and to the tobacco-product market”, according to the health ministry. Continue reading...

Cow | Deer gets ‘between the ears’ of animals, creating mouse noises with polystyrene balls and comparing wild creatures with industrialised ones. So if there’s no dialogue, what did its writer do? Director Katie Mitchell reveals all ‘I’m really into cow farming,” says Katie Mitchell. It seems an unexpected interest for one of Europe’s most rigorous, eco-conscious theatre directors. But she was “brought up in the 1970s self-sufficiency movement, in the Brecon Beacons”, and now has “a little place in Wales, opposite a cow farm”. Mitchell is talking dairy farming in a dressing room in London’s Royal Court theatre. We’re sitting with sound artist Melanie Wilson and playwright Nina Segal, her collaborators on a radical wordless project, Cow | Deer, which goes “between the ears” of its title characters. Tucking into Ottolenghi takeout during a rehearsal break, they describe how they are putting animals at the play’s centre and making sound its medium. Continue reading...

Two of world’s largest copper producers to combine, retaining London listing but raising prospect of job cuts Business live – latest updates The London-listed miner Anglo American has agreed to merge with its Canadian rival Teck Resources, in a deal that will create a $53bn (£39bn) global copper group after both companies saw off takeover attempts. The merger to form one of the biggest copper producers in the world is expected to bring hundreds of job losses at Anglo’s London office as the company prepares to move its headquarters to Vancouver, Canada. Continue reading...

The faded resorts and coastal towns of Tendring in Essex offer few job opportunities but many of its 20-somethings are set on finding their way in an area with one of England’s oldest populations Share your experiences of living in a coastal town Photographs by Polly Braden The village where 22-year-old Millicent has lived all her whole life is often her most closely guarded secret – at least until first impressions have been established. “It’s almost like a superpower,” she says. “I wait until people are comfortable with me, and then I’ll do the big reveal.” It doesn’t matter where she goes, the story is always the same. “I’ll go to meet new friends and at some point I’ll tell them I’m from Jaywick,” says Millicent. “And it’s as if they go through the five stages of grief. They’ll say: ‘Oh, you’re not … oh, I’m so sorry’.” Kyle, Matt and Finn at Jaywick’s Martello Tower, now an arts site Continue reading...

The boss of a supermarket chain is considering closing down stores, warning retail workers are facing unprecedented levels of violence and aggressive behaviour on an almost daily basis.

Company also planning to reveal Apple Watch series 11 and update to AirPods earbuds Expect Apple’s latest iPhone to look slimmer when it debuts on Tuesday. The company is slated to unveil its thinnest iPhone yet at its annual product showcase, promoted with the title “awe-dropping”. The event will take place at its Cupertino headquarters in the Steve Jobs Theater at 10am PT. Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup is expected to include standard, Pro, and Pro Max editions, along with a newcomer to the family, the iPhone Air. This newest edition of the iPhone is christened to be Apple’s lightest flagship phone to date in the lineage of its line of slim MacBook laptops, observers have predicted. Apple has not denied the reports of what’s to come. Continue reading...

A developer has responded to a recommendation that his company's bid to build a festival site on the Sunshine Coast be knocked back amid bushfire concerns.

The deal secures Rupert Murdoch's legacy as the founder of the world's most powerful conservative media empire.

After protests in Indonesia turned deadly, Indonesian diaspora communities across the world have held peaceful demonstrations to make the same demands as friends and family back home.

An apparent test drive of Tesla's automated self-driving technology in Melbourne's CBD earlier this year was not approved by the Victorian government.

Despite being something most of us tackle every year, lodging a tax return can easily end up at the bottom of your to-do list.

Europeans put their faith in centuries-old, all-natural production to maintain US custom Giuseppe Alai wanders through the cellar of his dairy in Emilia-Romagna, the air filled with the smell of ageing wheels of parmesan lined up in endless rows. Pointing towards the thick rinds wrapped around them, each bearing the distinct dotted engraving of their Parmigiano Reggiano mark of origin, he recalls an anecdote from his grandfather at the end of the second world war. A wheel of parmigiano reggiano. Continue reading...

A growing number of Kenyans, Ugandans and Ethiopians are being trafficked to Myanmar, where missing online scam targets leads to beatings and torture • Revealed: the huge growth of Myanmar scam centres that may hold 100,000 trafficked people Within hours of landing in Bangkok from Nairobi last December to start a job as a customer service agent, Duncan Okindo knew something was wrong. The 26-year-old had sold his cattle, borrowed money from friends and used his savings to pay a recruitment agency 200,000 Kenyan shillings (£1,150). “I felt it would be good to go outside [the country] and look for money to take care of my family,” says Okindo. “I’d tried hard to get a job in Kenya, but life here had pushed me to the wall.” Continue reading...

A Port Adelaide cafe owner who says a young staff member was recently knocked over by an aggressive customer has condemned the behaviour, saying he is "sick of seeing it" in the sector.

The Commonwealth Bank officially replaced 45 staff with a chatbot, but across the sector there have been thousands of jobs cut as AI use soars Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Two months ago, the Commonwealth Bank replaced 45 customer service workers with an artificial intelligence chatbot, creating the first cohort of Australian workers to officially be made redundant by AI. Another CBA worker, Dhanushi Jayatileka, who was also recently made redundant, says she is one of many workers to unofficially lose her job to AI, in a trend that is reshaping the nation’s labour market behind closed doors. Continue reading...

Renowned for some of the best beaches in the country, Esperance also holds the unenviable position as the second-tightest rental market in regional Australia.

Australia Post is resuming all US shipping within weeks, after the national delivery service found a way to meet new US tariff rules.

The Federal Court orders The Good Guys to pay penalties for 116 promotions that ran between July 2019 and August 2023.

The most crucial rule of South Gippsland's annual Gumboot Gift running race is "authentic" gumboots only, no fancy slimline or ankle-height boots are allowed.

Bank says changes will ‘simplify the bank, strengthen its focus on its priorities and deliver for its customers’. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Inman Grant said big tech is not stopping online sharing of child abuse images Inman Grant said last night none of the big technology companies are doing enough to stop images of “the most heinous abuse to children” from being shared online. They use anthropomorphism to mimic real human conversation, and they also use a bit of sycophancy to reinforce all your beliefs and to keep you chatting. And the problem with children who don’t have the cognitive ability to really ascertain what is real and what is not, in terms of a relationship with a human versus a computer program, this has led to some tragic outcomes. We need guardrails and we don’t need a body count or ruined or lost lives like we’ve seen in the US here in Australia. Continue reading...

Format to be tested in last quarter of year after chain’s value cut by a third amid ‘intense strains’ on hospitality industry Pret a Manger is finally caving in to competition from supermarkets by launching meal deals, after the value of the chain was slashed by a third amid “intense strains” on the hospitality industry. The sandwich and coffee chain said it intends to test the meal deal format in the last quarter of this year, as a medium-term strategy to grow the Pret brand and return to sustainable profits. It did not say how much the meal deals will cost. Continue reading...

Family announces Rupert Murdoch’s eldest son, Lachlan Murdoch, will secure control of business The succession battle at Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has ended. The family announced on Monday that Lachlan Murdoch, Murdoch’s eldest son, will secure control of the Murdochs’ sprawling media empire that includes Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and The Times in the UK, with his three oldest siblings receiving an estimated $1.1bn each for their shares in the business. Continue reading...

Union says ‘Amazon is breaking the law’ after drivers working for contractor Cornucopia were terminated Amazon has fired more than 150 unionized drivers working for a third-party contractor in Queens, New York, according to the Teamsters union. Workers rallied at the company’s DBK4 facility in Queens on Monday after the company fired the drivers, who worked for Cornucopia, a delivery service provider (DSP) that Amazon contracted with to make deliveries. Amazon works with more than 3,000 DSPs around the world who deliver the company’s packages. Continue reading...

A problematic oyster species that can grow up to 24 centimetres long is spreading through Queensland, with the potential to invade much of the nation's coastline.

ANZ announces a restructure that will see thousands of roles go and fewer contracts with consultants and third parties.

Nearly 2,000 people visit the Riverland town of Berri for the region's first Punjabi sport and culture festival, which organisers hope to make a major event.

We'll get more insight into the Australian economy as business turnover data is revealed. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.

From retired teachers to builders and ringers, these seniors are fixing fences and homes, and restoring hope, in the outback.

The Murdoch family's bitter battle over the future of its media empire is settled out of court.

Fifteen years after it was first earmarked for "pedestrian infrastructure", a 1 kilometre-long road in Darwin's north remains dangerously underdeveloped, according to residents and local politicians.

The New South Wales government put Tayla in the residential care system, where the girl with high needs and multiple diagnoses was pulled into a cycle of sexual abuse.

The timber industry says, despite years of consultation, it has been ignored after 176,000 hectares of NSW state forest was ruled off-limits to loggers.

Pacific Islanders supporting PALM workers say they have had to go to great lengths — including flying to their home countries — to chase money owed to them.

South Australia's Limestone Coast is home to lush terrain in Australia's driest state, but its groundwater supplies are slowly in decline.

BHP has dumped plans for major renewable energy projects in the Pilbara, prompting concern the miner is backing away from emissions reduction goals.

While the world's two largest economies are in a battle, there's a possible silver lining for Australia.

The move will heap further pressure on French President Emmanuel Macron, who is now tasked with appointing a successor.

An estimated 129bn were being used every month around the world at height of pandemic, with no recycling stream The surge in the use of disposable face masks during the Covid pandemic has left a chemical timebomb that could harm humans, animals and the environment, research suggests. Billions of tonnes of plastic face masks created to protect people from the spread of the virus are now breaking down, releasing microplastics and chemical additives including endocrine disruptors, the research found. Continue reading...

Australian businesses do not have to offer a cost-free way of paying, policy professional Kat George writes. But it’s a good time to make your voice heard on this issue Read more Australian customer service questions I rented a car and paid with a Visa debit card and was advised there would be a card fee of one point something per cent. I asked if they accepted cash, only to be told no. Is it legal to charge card fees without offering a fee-free way of payment? – Adam, New South Wales Letter has been edited for length and clarity Continue reading...

Value of gold has almost doubled since early 2023, catching the attention of investors, prospectors and tourists Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Veteran Australian prospector Brent Shannon says others are finally catching up to him when it comes to excitement about gold. Shannon made headlines in 2020 when he found two nuggets worth a combined $350,000 in Victoria. Today that find would be worth between $650,000 and $700,000, he says. Continue reading...

Concerns over such sentiment outside US rise after Levi’s says UK sales could be hit by president’s decisions An effortlessly cool Nick Kamen strolls into a launderette, strips to his boxer shorts and washes his jeans in front of a stunned clientele, soundtracked by Marvin Gaye’s I Heard It Through the Grapevine. The 1985 Levi’s 501 advert made a star of its model, and presented an image in keeping with the clothing brand’s all-American style. But could that deep-seated association with the US prove an achilles heel? Last week, in its UK accounts, Levi’s issued a warning that “rising anti-Americanism as a consequence of the Trump tariffs and governmental policies” could affect its sales in Britain. The idea is not unique – attitudes towards Tesla in the UK and Europe deteriorated when Elon Musk was closely associated with Trump. However, the Levi’s warning raises the question – could fashion become the latest sector affected by anti-American sentiment outside the US? Continue reading...

Concerns abandoned coal boreholes in Queensland and NSW could be emitting ‘equivalent of 65m cars’ worth of methane Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Conservationists have called for an audit of potentially thousands of methane-leaking coal boreholes in Queensland, as one expert says New South Wales also has an unknown number of potentially leaking holes. Research revealed last week that two abandoned exploratory coal boreholeswere leaking methane at a rate comparable to 10,000 vehicles. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

Europe and US consider further actions to weaken Russia after largest-ever air attack on Ukraine over the weekend The EU’s most senior sanctions envoy is holding talks in Washington with US officials after Donald Trump said he was ready to take further action against Russia over the war in Ukraine. David O’Sullivan, the EU sanctions envoy, is meeting US counterparts on Monday, as Europe and the US look for tougher measures to weaken Vladimir Putin’s war machine after Russia launched its largest-ever air attack on Ukraine over the weekend. Continue reading...

Carmaker’s CEO says Porsche is being squeezed by ‘sandwich’ of tariffs and weak Chinese market Business live – latest updates Volkswagen is closing in on a tariff deal with the US, the boss of the German carmaker has said, as it eyes up the market for affordable electric cars in Europe. Europe’s biggest car manufacturer, which also owns the Audi, Seat and Porsche brands, has been hit hard by Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, announced in April. The levies, combined with a turbulent market, have already cost “several billions”, the chief executive, Oliver Blume, said. Continue reading...

The president has claimed any decision against him would ‘destroy’ the ‘financial fabric of our country’ Donald Trump has upended the global economy, imposing steep tariffs on US allies and rivals, dismissing fears of higher prices, and promising his strategy will yield a new “golden age”. All the president needs to do now is prove he’s allowed to do it. Legal experts say he may face an uphill battle. Continue reading...

The 24 Carrots kitchen garden program founded by Tasmanian artist Kirsha Kaechele aims to integrate ‘art and lifestyle into every aspect of the project’ Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter Undaunted by the chilly midwinter’s morning, groups of year six kids at Tasmania’s Moonah primary school are digging out last season’s sweetcorn plants, sieving compost, planting seedlings and harvesting vegetables for a shared lunch. Meanwhile in the warmth of the kitchen, aprons on, young minds are focused on preparing broccoli balls with zesty lemon dip, pea and leek tart and vegetarian dumplings. Guided by their kitchen and garden specialists, the students are engaged and confident, quietly chatting as they work on allotted tasks. The group are among the 2,000 students in 24 primary and high schools across Tasmania who are part of 24 Carrot Gardens, a kitchen garden program for low socioeconomic schools founded in 2014 by Mona artist and philanthropist Kirsha Kaechele. Continue reading...

Operated by crime syndicates and fostered by the country’s military junta, the number of vast complexes such as KK Park on the Thai-Myanmar border has doubled since 2021 Five years ago, the land now home to KK Park – a vast, heavily guarded complex stretching for 210 hectares (520 acres) along the churning Moei River that forms Myanmar’s border with Thailand – was little more than empty fields. Set against rugged mountains south of the town of Myawaddy, KK Park, with its on-site hospital, restaurants, bank and neat lines of villas with manicured lawns, looks more like the campus of a Silicon Valley tech company than what is really is: the frontline of a multibillion-dollar criminal fraud industry fuelled by human trafficking and brutal violence. Continue reading...

Former minister Louise Haigh pitches in with call for ‘economic reset’ as reports suggest candidates will have only four days to secure MP nominations Good morning. The Labour party has had 18 deputy leaders in its history, but only two of them have also served as deputy PM and one of those, Angela Rayner, resigned last week. In the reshuffle that started on Friday, Keir Starmer in effect decoupled those posts, appointing David Lammy as deputy PM (as well as justice secretary). Labour said there would be an election for a new deputy leader to replace Rayner and today the timetable for that election will be set. There is no guarantee that the winner will even have a job in government. Elections are, by definition, divisive, and the easiest option for Keir Starmer would be for Labour MPs to coalesce behind one consensus candidate. Under the rules, an MP needs the support of 20% of the PLP (80 MPs) to be nominated and so it is possible that this could happen. Anyone perceived as a “rebel” candidate might struggle to reach this threshold. Ministers, and cabinet ministers, are free to stand. If Lammy were to stand, and win, he could re-unite the deputy PM and deputy leader jobs, but there is a strong sense in the party that the deputy leader should be a woman, and should represent a seat outside London, and Lammy does not seem interested. At this point there is no obvious favourite, but Annabelle Dickson and Bethany Dawson have a good guide to potential candidates in their London Playbook for Politico. Deputy leadership candidates will only have four days to collect the 80 MP nominations they need, it is being reported. Labour’s national executive committee will reportedly set 5pm on Thursday as the deadline for nominations, with the ballot taking place between 8 and 23 October – with the election over well before the budget, which is taking place on 26 November. Richard Burgon, one of the leading figures in the leftwing Socialist Campaign group in parliament, and a candidate for deputy leader in 2020, has accused the party of a stitch-up. In a post on social media last night, he said: I’ve been warning about attempts to fix the deputy leadership election – and what I’ve heard is now being proposed is the mother of all stitch-ups. Just a couple of days to secure MPs’ nominations! This is a desperate move to keep Labour members’ voices out of this race and to dodge serious discussion on what’s gone wrong over the last year – from the positions on disability benefits cuts, on winter fuel payments, on Gaza and more. This outrageous timetable shows a leadership that’s unwilling to listen and to learn the lessons needed if we’re to rebuild support and stop Nigel Farage. Louise Haigh, the former transport secretary and a potential candidate for the deputy leadership, has published on the New Statesman’s website what amounts to a pitch for the job, demanding “an economic reset” and “a decisive break with the fiscal rules and institutional constraints that hold back renewal”. It is a serious intervention, and, by implication, a damning critique of Rachel Reeves, the chancellor. Here is an extract. There is a democratic argument at the heart of this as well. A Labour government with a landslide majority in parliament cannot – and should not – be stopped from delivering the change we clearly set out in our manifesto simply because of assumptions made by the OBR [Office for Budget Responsibility]. If we let unelected institutions dictate the limits of change, we betray the people and communities who put their trust in us. And if mainstream politics can’t deliver proper renewal, populists like Nigel Farage will fill the void. Britain’s economy is broken not just in outcomes but in architecture. Unless we rewrite the rules, we risk managed decline dressed up as moderation. Continue reading...

New legislation aimed at fast-tracking priority energy and defence projects in Western Australia could put the environment at risk and lead to less transparent government, experts say.

Billionaire Scott Bessent dismisses concerns about president’s levies and predicts ‘acceleration’ in US economy US treasury secretary Scott Bessent has refused to acknowledge that the sweeping trade tariffs imposed by Donald Trump around the world are taxes on Americans. In a new interview on Sunday with NBC host Kristen Welker, Bessent, a former billionaire hedge fund manager, dismissed concerns from major American companies including John Deere, Nike and Black and Decker who have all said that Trump’s tariffs policy will cost them billions of dollars annually. Continue reading...

The federal government aims to implement a new consumer protection scheme for travellers, which could lead to refunds and the establishment of a new complaints-handling body to address flight disruptions.

Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths expect to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more to repay staff the companies underpaid, following a legal judgement experts say could have wide-reaching implications.

Government to use tax breaks and other financial incentives to encourage people to have more children Greece has announced drastic measures, including tax breaks and other financial incentives, to address a population decline that is on course to make it the oldest nation in Europe. The prime minister said the €1.6bn (£1.4bn) relief package had been dictated by one of the biggest challenges facing the Mediterranean nation : a demographic crisis of unprecedented scale. Continue reading...

Vice-chancellor tells Senate inquiry he recognises it is a ‘stressful time’ for staff and meetings will be arranged to consult on the changes Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The University of Technology Sydney will release its restructure proposal after SafeWork NSW lifted its order that the institution must pause job cuts over the risk of “serious and imminent risk of psychological harm” to staff. Vice-chancellor Prof Andrew Parfitt, told a Senate inquiry into university governance the prohibition notice was removed on Friday afternoon after work with health and safety representatives. Continue reading...

A good fig brings gorgeous late-summer notes to your dinner table There are a handful of moments on the culinary calendar that feel like striking gold: rhubarb in January, peas and broad beans in spring, summer cherries and tomatoes, and, for just a few short weeks in late-summer, figs. Typically, they might be torn over yoghurt and granola for breakfast or baked into a tart with frangipane, but they belong in the savoury kitchen, too. Combined with salt, savoury ingredients and a little vinegar, a good fig will bring a gorgeous sweet-sour note to your dinner table. Continue reading...

A long-time winemaker says he opened his door to explosions and a black ball of smoke as a fire caused by a cordless screwdriver destroyed a lifetime collection of tools and machinery.

Centre-left has rallied but uproar over cost of living and oil fund investment in Israel means outcome is hard to predict Norway goes to the polls on Monday after an unusually close-fought and polarised election dominated by the cost of living, wealth taxes, oil fund investment in Israel and relations with Donald Trump. There has been a surge in support for the populist rightwing Progress party led by Sylvi Listhaug, in what has been described by some as “the Maga-fication” of Norwegian politics. In the event of a rightwing victory, Listhaug could become prime minister. Continue reading...

As ageing technology in Australia’s capital cities is upgraded, big changes are coming down the tracks Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Tap on and, mostly, tap off. It seems simple enough but transport authorities in Australia have struggled to get it right. There are eight public transport cards across Australia’s capital cities, including Brisbane’s Go Card, Perth’s SmartRider and Canberra’s MyWay. Continue reading...

In the combat zone of the supermarket duopoly, Tennilles_deals is our protector, guiding us through each aisle with her weekly videos of sale products Read more in the Internet wormhole series Maya Angelou once said “a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people” and when she said that, I can only assume she had Australian TikToker and micro-influencer Tennilles_deals in mind. Who exactly is Tennilles_deals? Firstly, she’s the Mother Teresa of Aussie supermarkets. Secondly, I don’t know anything about her personally because this savvy queen doesn’t market herself like your average influencer. She lets her work speak for itself. Continue reading...

The nation's drought supports will come under scrutiny at a major national forum today as southern farmers continue to battle dry times.

The ASX slips after Wall Street's retreat on Friday. The major supermarket chains expect to pay hundreds of millions more to remediate underpaid staff. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.

President alters demands on a whim, and although investors are averting eyes for now, risks rise with each chaotic week Donald Trump observed blithely last week that if his cherished tariff regime is struck down by the US supreme court, he may need to “unwind” some of the trade deals struck since he declared “liberation day” in April. It was a reminder, as if it were needed, that nothing about Trump’s economic policy is set in stone. Not only does the ageing president alter his demands on a whim, but it is unclear to what extent he has the power to make them stick. Continue reading...

Samuel McLennan spent two years salvaging for his ocean-going vessel and has slowly made his way to Victoria. Otis Filley jumps aboard for part of the journey Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter Word spread through French Island’s WhatsApp group before we’d even docked – there was a boat made of rubbish heading their way. By the time Samuel McLennan secured his vessel built from marine debris at Tankerton Jetty, a small crowd had formed. Alan Pentland, editor of Off-the-Grid, the island’s newsletter, was already waiting to get a photo and eager for a story. A constant stream of people came down over the next two hours – to have a chat, come onboard, ask questions and share their excitement. French Island residents gather to inspect the unusual vessel after word spread through the island’s WhatsApp group about the arrival of a boat made of rubbish. Continue reading...

As retrofitted sections of the Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail begin to open, cyclists are flocking to what one day promises to be Australia’s longest rail trail – and a 271km opportunity for dwindling townships Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The ghost station of Many Peaks is enclosed in a jumble of rocky and timbered hills. There is not much else to Littlemore now than a farmhouse and a sign. These sleepy and forgotten places in the Boyne Valley of central Queensland were once linked by hundreds of kilometres of train lines that swept an inland arc between the ports of Maryborough and Gladstone. Now, sections of those tracks are being gradually retrofitted for slower forms of transport: the foot, the horse and the bicycle. Continue reading...

But the lack of a well-reasoned migration plan from Labor is not helping at a time when extremist views are flourishing Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast In a little under two weeks we will get the latest official report on the number of overseas migrants entering and leaving Australia. Whatever the number is, some people will be outraged. But they shouldn’t be. Continue reading...

<p>Jail terms of up to five years for ‘promoting homosexuality’ in Burkina Faso is latest in push for ‘family values’ sweeping the continent</p><p>“For my own safety I’ve become much more distrustful, I’ve shut myself off and try not to talk to certain people,” says Paul*, a young Burkinabé. “How will we go to health centres? Will doctors and nurses protect us? Or will they report us?”</p><p>On 1 September, Burkina Faso’s minister of justice and human rights, Edasso Rodrigue Bayala, announced an amendment to the <a href="https://data.unicef.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/CODE-DES-PERSONNES-ET-DE-LA-FAMILLE.pdf">Code of Persons and Family</a> (CPF) which came into force in 1990, establishing for the first time a prison sentence of between two and five years and a fine for those who “promote homosexuality”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/06/anti-gay-law-african-jail-term-five-years-promoting-homosexuality-burkina-faso">Continue reading...</a>

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<p>Hollywood actor helps out at the Swan at Enford in Wiltshire as he and his neighbours fight to save their local</p><p>It was a pleasant surprise when a visitor to <a href="https://www.theswanenford.co.uk/">the Swan at Enford</a>, a thatched pub tucked away in the folds of the Wiltshire countryside, found themselves being served a pint by one of the UK’s most famous actors.</p><p>“They had come in off the main road and asked if it was my pub,” said <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/rupert-everett">Rupert Everett</a>, the star of films such as Another Country, My Best Friend’s Wedding and The Madness of King George.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/06/pint-pulling-rupert-everett-surprises-country-pub-punters-wiltshire">Continue reading...</a>

<p>New Delhi spent decades cosying up to the US. The truth is, Washington doesn’t have allies outside the west – it has clients</p><ul><li><p>Sign up for our new weekly newsletter <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/2025/jun/26/sign-up-to-matters-of-opinion-a-weekly-discussion-from-our-columnists-and-writers">Matters of Opinion</a>, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and more</p></li></ul><p>When Donald Trump won his second term, India’s ruling elite must have been quietly pleased. Prime minister Narendra Modi’s performative courting of King Donald, both in and out of office, suggested a special chemistry between these two titans of the hard right.</p><p>As Trump set about remaking global trade and geopolitics by weaponising tariffs, India got into trade negotiations with the US early. New Delhi accepted that negotiations would be difficult, given its red lines on agricultural and dairy products. Yet it was optimistic about getting a deal commensurate with India’s economic heft – and strategic value to the US as a counterweight to China.</p><p>Mukul Kesavan is an Indian historian, novelist and political and social essayist</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/06/modi-trump-india-new-world-order">Continue reading...</a>

Tesla's board has proposed a $US1 trillion ($1.52 trillion) compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk in what would be the largest corporate pay package in history.

<p>Deputy leadership race likely to coincide with turbulent autumn, as doubts intensify over Starmer’s job security</p><p>At 9.30am on Monday morning, as MPs made their way back to Westminster, Keir Starmer gathered the entire staff of No 10 in the Pillared Room of Downing Street to tell them they were about to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/01/keir-starmer-shakes-up-no-10-operation-with-mini-reshuffle">enter the next, delivery stage</a> of government.</p><p>“We go into phase two in good spirits, confident and with conviction,” he told them, as some of those gathered shuffled awkwardly. His remarks, after all, followed a difficult summer during which Labour vacated the pitch to Reform UK and ahead of what is likely to be an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/31/the-budget-immigration-trump-visit-the-tests-lying-in-wait-for-keir-starmer">even more turbulent autumn</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/05/damage-labour-angela-rayner-resignation-only-just-beginning">Continue reading...</a>

<p>Over a decade Koren Helbig has come up with some simple habits to reduce food waste at her place. Here are some ideas that may work at yours, too</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/change-by-degrees">Change by degrees</a> offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint</p></li><li><p>Got a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p></li></ul><p>We’ve all been there – reaching into the fridge to find a forgotten cucumber shrivelled beyond recognition, or a half-eaten bag of baby spinach quietly collapsing into sludge.</p><p>Australian households throw out almost 2.5m tonnes of food every year – or the equivalent of 7.7m meals a day.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/06/food-waste-tips-scale-daunting-solution-in-our-own-home">Continue reading...</a>

A budget deficit and proportionally high debt, along with rising health costs and major infrastructure projects, see ACT's credit rating downgraded to AA.

A mining contractor has been fined following the death of a driller killed by falling rocks at an underground mine in Western Australia's Goldfields nearly three years ago.

Coles says the cost of living and supply chain disruptions are behind its decision to continue selling caged eggs until 2030. A consumer expert says it is likely the supermarket's competitors will follow suit.

<p>Woman who was immediately sacked when she insulted her manager during a row wins unfair dismissal case</p><p>Managers and supervisors brace yourselves: calling the boss a dickhead is not necessarily a sackable offence, a tribunal has ruled.</p><p>The ruling came in the case of an office manager who was sacked on the spot when – during a row – she called her manager and another director dickheads.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/sep/04/calling-your-boss-a-dickhead-is-not-a-sackable-offence-tribunal-rules">Continue reading...</a>

Public holidays and the latest release of a video game console were all important elements in Australia's recent GDP growth, something that might mean there may not be many interest rate cuts left to come.

<p>Recently anti-immigration protesters (along with some politicians and mainstream media outlets) have made some big claims about Australia’s immigration numbers and the effect that migration is having on the economy. But are they correct? Well, no. Guardian Australia's Matilda Boseley goes through how wrong some of these claims about immigration are</p><p>► <a href="http://bit.ly/gdnaustraliasubs">Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube</a></p><p></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/01/anti-immigration-protesters-say-australias-migration-is-at-record-highs-but-the-figures-tell-a-different-story">Anti-immigration protesters say Australia’s migration is at record highs – but the figures tell a different story</a></p></li></ul> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2025/sep/04/factchecking-protesters-claims-of-mass-migration-into-australia-video">Continue reading...</a>