Australia politics live: Coalition rejects Labor’s ‘unacceptable’ plan to regulate harmful content on social media
Follow the day’s news live Labor introducing new laws to crack down on illegal tobacco Labor will introduce new laws to make it easier to prosecute criminals involved in the…
Trump implores voters to ‘pretend that I’m on the ballot’ as he tries to boost vulnerable Republicans ahead of midterms – live
Trump addresses crowd in first of two planned speeches during Republican midterm convention Republicans look to ‘midterm convention’ to overcome Trump unpopularity Sign up for US Breaking News email Stefany…
Jacqui Lambie says Pauline Hanson a ‘bloody coward’ after One Nation cartoon calling Andrew Hastie a traitor
Lambie, a veteran and Tasmanian senator, says One Nation leader is showing her ‘true colours’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free…
AFL finals: where the Brisbane v Adelaide semi-final will be won and lost | Martin Pegan
The Lions are now on the long road to a premiership three-peat as they host the Crows with a preliminary final clash with the Hawks on the line Sign up…
Grand Theft Auto VI: can playing a video game count as cheating on your partner?
Historically a new Grand Theft Auto game inspired controversy around violence – but this time people are getting exercised about its romance There was never any doubt that Grand Theft…
True to her own life, Blanche d’Alpuget leaves a rule to live by: ‘Love one another’
D’Alpuget was a successful author who brought her own star power to her relationship with her ‘great love’, Bob Hawke Blanche d’Alpuget, writer and wife of Bob Hawke, dies aged…
The first rule of Cookbook Club Naarm? Make friends
Tickets to the monthly Melbourne event sell like hot cakes. Then there’s the assigned homework – bring a completed dish from the featured book As someone who’s been blessed with…
Why the horror warnings about Australia’s ‘collapsing’ housing market are absurd – and very much in bad faith | Greg Jericho
If prices were to take a 10% fall from the March 2026 peak, as CBA has suggested, that would still only mean prices were back where they were at the…
Sabalenka shows fighting spirit to deny Noskova and reach US Open semis
Defending champion wins 7-6 (1), 3-6, 7-6 (7) Sabalenka: ‘I was pushing myself to the limit’ It seemed for some time that Aryna Sabalenka would be consumed by the rage…
Real Madrid somehow cling on to beat Inter on José Mourinho’s big night
Sometimes football is silly, sometimes it doesn’t make much sense, and sometimes it’s fun for it. On a night when there were 37 shots and the goalkeepers shared 13 occasionally…