Virginia Giuffre’s “Tragic” Final Note Made Public After She Took Her Own Life "There's more to this story." Bored Panda · Apr 30, 2025
Shock poll predicts historic coalition election wipeout The coalition's seat count will hit a near-80-year low, one analysis shows, as the opposition backtracks on mooted changes to school lessons. AAP · Apr 30, 2025
Who is H Fong, the man authorising the flurry of annoying Trumpet of Patriots text messages? Unsolicited texts authorised by Harry Fong, a Senate candidate for Queensland and ‘highly respected barrister’ who befriended Clive Palmer in the 1970s The Guardian - AU · Apr 30, 2025
One Nation candidate whose preferences may help Coalition has railed against climate science and Covid ‘little Hitlers’ Exclusive: Stuart Bonds could hand the Nationals the seat of Hunter thanks to a preference deal and ‘last minute’ change to how-to-vote cards The Guardian - AU · Apr 30, 2025
Virginia Giuffre’s family share her final letter before Epstein victim’s death Sexual abuse survivor and campaigner calls on world to ‘stand together to fight for the future of victims’ The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025
Self-defence floated at Indigenous teen's murder trial A lawyer for one of the people accused of murdering an Indigenous teen has told a jury it could find that his client acted in self-defence when he hit the boy. AAP · Apr 30, 2025
Afternoon Update Election 2025: PM says stability is vital; Dutton dines on yum cha; and Tiger King’s shock election message Anthony Albanese made one of his final pitches for re-election as Peter Dutton swept through a handful of Melbourne electorates The Guardian - AU · Apr 30, 2025
'Good to see': Albo laughs off Tiger King's endorsement Colourful and controversial Netflix star Joe Exotic has weighed in on the federal election, producing a surprise endorsement of Anthony Albanese. AAP · Apr 30, 2025
'Lost opportunity' to treat ill man before fatal attack A coroner has delivered findings over a woman bashed to death in a random attack by a mentally ill man, released from prison 41 days earlier. AAP · Apr 30, 2025
Dutton dines out on voters' mortgage belt malcontent Peter Dutton has visited a crisis support charity and a yum-cha restaurant in a push to drum up election support for the coalition in the outer suburbs. AAP · Apr 30, 2025
Spruiking, fake tradies and corflute stoushes: how to understand the Australian election Federal elections bring out a special vocabulary that has become all too familiar to Australian voters, but potentially baffling to outsiders The Guardian - AU · Apr 29, 2025
Helping or haunting, past PMs pop up on campaign trail Some former prime ministers are helping their parties on the campaign trail, others are keeping a lower profile and one is not holding back on criticism. AAP · Apr 29, 2025
'Needs to stop': fatal stabbing triggers hard bail laws Another bail crackdown has been triggered by a store owner's fatal stabbing in a crime-hit territory, but critics are calling for more to be done. AAP · Apr 29, 2025
Coalition coy on curriculum changes despite Dutton’s claims of student ‘indoctrination’ Coalition’s outline of changes to national curriculum based on ‘critical thinking’ and ‘common sense’ is yet to be revealed The Guardian - AU · Apr 29, 2025
The Guardian - AU · Apr 29, 2025 Conservative son of a ‘leftist firebrand’ takes on a former dolphin trainer in Labor’s most marginal WA seat The previously safe Liberal electorate of Tangney fell to Labor’s Sam Lim – a former dolphin trainer – in the red wave of 2022. Now Howard Ong is fighting to win it back
The Guardian - AU · Apr 29, 2025 Status quo or a salmon revolution? Anything could happen in Tasmania’s five crucial seats Labor and the Liberals each hold one seat by a tiny margin and one more comfortably. But none is a sure thing – and a long-shot independent is aiming for a huge upset
The Guardian - AU · Apr 29, 2025 Why Chinese Australian voters could be key in a close race between teals and Liberals In the seat of Bradfield, in Sydney’s north, one in three voters is of Chinese heritage. Former Liberal turned independent Andy Yin is campaigning hard to win them over
The Guardian - AU · Apr 29, 2025 Nine journalist Nick McKenzie allegedly told of Ben Roberts-Smith’s planned legal action Roberts-Smith argues his unsuccessful defamation case against McKenzie and Nine newspapers should be retried because of a ‘miscarriage of justice’
The Guardian - AU · Apr 29, 2025 Afternoon Update Election 2025: nuclear protesters force Dutton departure; teal T-shirt investigation; and PM wrangles another dog Trade union protesters dressed in hazmat suits and holding a fake Geiger counter interrupt presser
AAP · Apr 29, 2025 'They want honesty': Pauline Hanson pumped about polls With support for One Nation rising in the polls, Pauline Hanson is confident the controversial minor party will help decide the federal election outcome.
AAP · Apr 29, 2025 Ex-Lib premier tips Labor win after 'stalled' campaign A former longstanding Liberal premier has decried a lacklustre election campaign from the federal opposition, whom he expects will lose to Labor.
AAP · Apr 29, 2025 Pooches and pollsters point to popular prime minister The prime minister has basked in the attention of curious locals and friendly pooches in a safe Labor seat but not everyone was happy to see him.
AAP · Apr 29, 2025 Cosplayers and chaos for disrupted Dutton campaign The opposition leader's electorate office has been vandalised and protesters in hazmat suits interrupted his media event on a bumpy day on the campaign trail.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 29, 2025 What is the difference between a welcome to country and an acknowledgment of country? Peter Dutton says welcome to country ceremonies are ‘overdone’ but the resulting discourse often mixes up the ceremony performed by traditional owners with a practice designed for others to pay respect
The Guardian - AU · Apr 29, 2025 ‘Pure culture-war stuff’: Turnbull and Wyatt criticise Dutton’s welcome to country comments First Indigenous Australian to serve as federal minister says ‘to politicise it just adds to the division’