NDIS provider pleads guilty over bathtub burns death LiveBetter has pleaded guilty to breaching workplace safety laws after the death of one of its clients, and a year after it was fined over a separate case. AAP · Apr 28, 2025
PM takes aim at Max Chandler-Mather while campaigning in Brisbane – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Apr 28, 2025
Dutton hopeful suburbs can deliver special victory The "quiet Australians" who delivered a Liberal predecessor an unlikely election victory could hand the party another unexpected poll win, Peter Dutton insists. AAP · Apr 28, 2025
Virginia Giuffre: everything we know as devastating new memoir unveils fresh details of abuse and scandal Virginia Giuffre's upcoming memoir details her experiences with Jeffrey Epstein and alleged interactions with Prince Andrew Evening Standard · Apr 28, 2025
Family violence and Koori court jobs among scores identified for cuts at Victorian magistrates court Exclusive: State’s Aboriginal legal service condemns proposed changes as 48 further roles slated for removal The Guardian - AU · Apr 28, 2025
Long drives, chaotic queues: why millions of Australians are casting their votes early The growth in pre-polling is part of a broader change in social patterns among Australians, experts say The Guardian - AU · Apr 28, 2025
Afternoon Update Election 2025: Labor’s policy costings; marginal seat blitz; and another Coalition auto bungle Jim Chalmers labelled Peter Dutton the ‘biggest risk’ to Australia’s AAA credit rating and household budgets The Guardian - AU · Apr 28, 2025
Dutton claims majority of veterans don’t want welcome to country at Anzac Day ceremonies Opposition leader says opening of parliament is an appropriate time for ceremonies but that acknowledgment on planes is ‘over the top’ The Guardian - AU · Apr 28, 2025
Dutton’s comments show we are back to punching down on Indigenous Australians for attention – and votes It is disingenuous for politicians to be shocked when people decide to turn words into action, even in the predawn hush of Anzac Day The Guardian - AU · Apr 28, 2025
Indigenous used as political football in Welcome debate Aboriginal people are being used as a political football in an "outdated and tired match" and critics miss the point of Welcome to Country, an advocate says. AAP · Apr 28, 2025
Little reaction to nuclear policy on MPs' social media Liberals and Nationals candidates running in seats where nuclear plants could be set up under a coalition government so far haven't been playing up the plan. AAP · Apr 28, 2025
'Complicit in genocide': PM heckled by senate candidate Anthony Albanese has been confronted on the campaign trail by an independent candidate over his government's response to Israel's violence in Gaza. AAP · Apr 28, 2025
Dutton on the attack after election blitz hits a bump After a bike lane barrier stalled Peter Dutton's campaign bus, the opposition leader lashed Labor for preferencing the "Jew-hating" Greens. AAP · Apr 27, 2025
Morning Mail: Dutton switches to culture wars in last debate; Canada ‘heartbroken’ after car ramming; Liverpool win league Election campaign enters final week; ramming motives investigated in Canada; warnings of severe starvation in Gaza The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2025
The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2025 Does Gina Rinehart have Aboriginal half-sisters? New documents shed light Correspondence uncovered by Guardian Australia shows that Lang Hancock pleaded with state authorities to return two children, though he later denied claims that one of them was his daughter
The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2025 The big issues Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton aren’t talking about this election From bad airline service to the once election-deciding future of the NBN, Labor and the Coalition have been notably silent on some key policy areas
The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2025 Who won the final leaders’ debate? Seven takeaways from Albanese v Dutton Anthony Albanese was convincingly voted the winner by the 7News panel after Peter Dutton pressed culture war issues and came up well short on the price of eggs
The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2025 Peter Dutton criticised as ‘illiberal’ for calling ABC and the Guardian ‘hate media’ Critics compare Coalition leader to Donald Trump while Labor communications minister suggests Dutton is ‘afraid of scrutiny’
AAP · Apr 27, 2025 Don't listen to 'hate media' on election result: Dutton Peter Dutton has urged party backers to ignore certain media outlets - which he branded "hate media" - in the final push to election day.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2025 Coalition rules out cuts to another visa class despite vowing to slash immigration by 100,000 Peter Dutton plans to slash overall intake if elected on Saturday but which streams will be targeted remains unclear
The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2025 What does it take to start a community newspaper? Passionate, frustrated individuals and a gin distillery When the Glen Innes Examiner stopped circulating a print edition in the northern NSW town in September, a local volunteer newsroom formed to fill the gap
AAP · Apr 26, 2025 Poll points to two-horse race for newest electorate Community support for a well-regarded country candidate appears to be strong in Australia's newest electorate, but polling suggests she won't win the seat.
The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2025 Virginia Giuffre’s sister speaks out after her death: ‘The world lost a fierce warrior’ Giuffre was one of the most prominent survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse
The Guardian - AU · Apr 26, 2025 A holiday destination for some, but no one is coasting in Gilmore, Labor’s most marginal seat Once Eden-Monaro was the seat to watch on the NSW south coast, but now its neighbour has taken centre stage as one of the Coalition’s prime targets
AAP · Apr 26, 2025 Ex-MP's rare comeback bid in key marginal seat A marginal seat is the battleground for a former MP staging a comeback bid and a sitting member who is its first Labor MP since 1949.