The Latest Breaking News from Cam Wilson

Simon Birmingham, Liberal leader in the Senate, says the party has to stop being nasty and start supporting women, migrants, urban and younger voters if it wants to regain power, and it’s finally happened: Donald Trump has been arrested and has faced court in New York.

Federal politicians have been given 150 free tickets to sporting events, shows and hospitality since the 2019 election, and smoke from the Black Summer bushfires destroyed 5% of the ozone layer in 2020.

It took him five hours and 45 minutes, but Scot Andy Murray came back from the brink of defeat to take Aussie Thanasi Kokkinakis out of the Australian Open, and three more people have been charged with the murder of Indigenous teenager Cassius Turvey.

Crikey readers on decades of US intervention around the world.

Australia is 1.47C hotter now than it was in 1910 with extreme weather only going to get worse, a new report has warned, and interest rates are likely to have reached 3.1% by December.

In the biggest indexation rise for 30 years, 4.7 million Australians on welfare payments will receive more money, plus the Coalition (and Liberal Leader Peter Dutton) are extremely unpopular.

Climate experts have warned that net zero emissions goals could do more harm than good if unchecked, and stalling Medicare rebates have pushed some GPs to stop bulk-billing.

Good morning, early birds. Olympic swimmer Cate Campbell has backed the world’s peak swimming body banning trans women competing in the women’s category in elite competition, and the lawyers representing the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins have asked to delay the case following Lisa Wilkinson’s Logie speech. It’s the…

Good morning, early birds. In a move to control electricity prices and shortages the Australian Energy Market Operator has switched off the market and taken control, and Victoria and NSW plan to introduce an extra year of schooling. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma Elsworthy.

Good morning, early birds. China’s President Xi Jinping has given his defence force the power to protect its interests abroad in what could be the legal basis for the Chinese military going into other countries, and the use of restraints in Victorian hospitals reportedly increased by 56% in 2020-2021. It’s…

Good morning, early birds. Australia’s east coast is facing an energy crisis, while NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is fighting for stamp duty to get the boot. It’s the news you need to know, with Amber Schultz.