Rishi Sunak's authority suffers blow as several Conservatives vote against
PM blames Labour peers for blocking bill but says parliament will sit ‘for as long as it takes’ to pass legislation this evening
Follow the day’s news liveElon Musk’s X v Australia’s online safety regulator: untangling the tweet takedown ordersGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnglicare says government spending eight times more on private investors than building housing itselfThe Anglicare Australia executive director, Kasy Chambers, says the government must step up and intervene, instead of leaving housing to the private sector:We found that the government spends eight times as much...
The cross bench senators are pushing the Labor government to implement changes to negative gearing and to reduce investment property tax concessions.
The North Lafayette Redevelopment authority (NLRA) seems to be on the chopping block. A senate bill in Baton Rouge to would repeal NLRA if passed.
The stage for “Vanya” opened as a small room dotted with three chairs, a plastic stool, a table with a lamp, and a bottle of liquor. A doorway at center stage served as the gateway between a wide variety of characters, portrayed brilliantly by actor Andrew Scott in the one-man adaptation of “Uncle Vanya.” I
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved the bill, advancing it to the Senate floor.
Scott Morrison says he sought medication while in office to prevent suffering "serious depression".
On their third attempt in three weeks, Arizona state House lawmakers voted Wednesday to pass a bill that would repeal the near-total ban on abortion from 1864 that was upheld by the battleground state’s Supreme Court earlier this month. After a dizzying course of votes throughout the afternoon, three state House Republicans joined Democrats in approving a repeal of the Civil War-era law that made abortion a felony punishable by two to five years in prison for anyone who performs one or helps a...
There’s something particularly special about that peaceful pocket of the North East where Northumberland meets County Durham. It’s an unspoilt county border, one where beauty spots are etched with centuries of Anglo-Saxon and Roman history and the ebb and flow of the River Derwent, making it an ideal part of the great British countryside to escape the hustle and bustle of city living. Just north of that border, a short drive from Blanchland, Corbridge and Shotley Bridge lies Newlands Lodges,...
The six members, called conferees, will attempt to forge an agreement over the different versions of the expansion plan that have passed the House and Senate.
Byelection in the south Sydney seat expected to be won by Liberal candidate Simon Kennedy as AEC warns voter turnout could be lowGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Liberal party will be hoping to the exorcise the ghost of Scott Morrison on Saturday as voters in Sydney’s south go to the polls to elect his replacement.The byelection in the seat of Cook, which comes after Morrison announced his resignation from politics in January, is almost certain to be...