The Latest Breaking News from Sophie McNeill

The Sky News host, who tried unsuccessfully to interview the ABC chair, had little luck with a more direct approach. Plus: union sausage sizzle flames out

Greens upper house member Sue Higginson says ‘even inconvenient’ protesting plays a vital role in democracy and police was extremeMP calls for inquiry into botched NSW police operation that led to Blockade Australia raid

Thawing diplomatic relations with China shouldn’t mean ‘taking a backwards step with Beijing’, Human Rights Watch says

Former foreign minister Gareth Evans says Albanese government’s decision to outline its own position sends ‘very clear message’

New data shows one in five aged care residents are being given antipsychotic medication, and elderly residents are more likely to be given the drugs if they live in rural areas.

In the dusty desert of northern Jordan a city has emerged out of the sand. Two years ago Syrian families began arriving here, fleeing war and persecution in their homeland. Almost overnight the United Nations was forced to set up a refugee camp and what started as a few tents…