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Australia news live: Albanese heads to Trump reception in New York; number of regular gamblers rising | Australia news
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Mal Lanyon named as NSW new police commissioner Anne Davies Controversial deputy commissioner, Mal Lanyon has been named New South Wales’s new police commissioner, replacing Karen Webb. The 38-year-old veteran of the NSW Police is due to be announced by the […]
Teacher takes legal action against Melbourne Catholic school group over refusal of pronouns | Australian education
The Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (Macs) has refused to let a non-binary teacher use their preferred pronouns and title, in a case that has put state and federal anti-discrimination laws on a legal collision course. Two years ago, non-binary teacher Myka Sanders – who uses they/them pronouns and Mx for their title – asked Sacred […]
Sky News Australia staffer helped arrange bacon on guest’s shirt before offensive anti-Islam interview | Sky News Australia
The highly offensive guest that Sky News Australia put to air on Sunday was invited into the channel’s Perth studio where he declared he had “enough balls to fight Islam” while a studio staffer rearranged the bacon on his shirt before the interview. The UK-based social media influencer Ryan Williams has posted a video of […]
Wire that fell on Sydney train causing chaos identified in 2020 as risky but then inspected with binoculars | Transport
A high-voltage wire which fell onto a train in Sydney earlier this year, trapping 300 passengers and causing massive commuter disruption, was identified as a risk as early as 2020, a rail safety review has found. The Minns government on Tuesday released the findings of the “sobering” report, which was commissioned following the Homebush incident […]
Australian health experts warn Trump’s unfounded autism claims about paracetamol may harm pregnant women | Health
Australia’s peak body for obstetricians and gynaecologists fears pregnant women will not take paracetamol when they need it and suffer harm from unmanaged fever after the Trump administration made unfounded claims linking it to autism. They encouraged women to talk to their doctor rather than rely on the White House announcement on Tuesday, which they […]
Police officer charged with assault after Hannah Thomas injured at pro-Palestine protest in Sydney | New South Wales
A New South Wales police officer has been charged with assaulting Hannah Thomas, who sustained a serious eye injury after she was arrested at a protest in June. Thomas was arrested and charged alongside four others at a pro-Palestine protest in Sydney on 27 June that was attended by about 60 people at SEC Plating. […]
Albanese warns Netanyahu expansion of settlements in West Bank risks putting two-state solution ‘out of reach’ | Australian foreign policy
Anthony Albanese is warning Benjamin Netanyahu any move to expand Israeli settlements in the West Bank or annex parts of Palestine risks putting a two-state solution permanently “beyond reach”. As far-right members of Netanyahu’s governing coalition demand Israel annexe some of the territory that would be part of a future Palestinian state, Albanese told major […]
Australia news live: AMA president says ‘no studies’ support Trump claim about paracetamol; PM remembers Zomi Frankcom in UN speech | Australia news
AMA president says no studies show paracetamol use in pregnancy causes autism Danielle McMullen, the president of the Australian Medical Association (AMA), said this morning there are no studies showing paracetamol use in pregnancy causes autism. McMullen spoke to RN Breakfast following US president Donald Trump’s assertion that the popular painkiller was linked to autism […]
Anthony Albanese misses out on one-to-one meeting with Donald Trump | Anthony Albanese
Anthony Albanese has been left off Donald Trump’s official meeting schedule this week at the UN general assembly in New York. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday, Australian time, that the US president would hold bilateral meetings with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Union boss Ursula von der Leyen. But no […]
Sky News Australia admits editorial failure after guest insults Islam while wearing bacon-covered shirt | Sky News Australia
Sky News Australia has admitted a failure of editorial process allowed a guest to deliver a highly offensive diatribe against Islam while wearing a shirt festooned with raw bacon rashers. Introducing the UK-based man as a “social media sensation”, Sky News host Freya Leach sat mute while Ryan Williams called Muslims terrorists and explained he […]