1+ hour, 2+ min ago   (721+ words) September 13, 2026 — 10:03am Andrew Hastie has warned Barnaby Joyce that his assault on One Nation was just beginning, adding that he pitied the former deputy prime minister for having to clean up after party leader Pauline Hanson. The Liberal frontbencher launched a…...

6+ hour, 4+ min ago   (1032+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:01am As psephologists gradually realise that a clairvoyant has more chance of predicting the Victorian election, there’s one direct benefit to the political uncertainty: the much mocked, disliked, analysed and confusing beast that is One Nation has improved the contest…...

6+ hour, 5+ min ago   (1208+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am Bill Kelty, a mastermind of reforms that set up Australia’s modern economy, says Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers are fuelling One Nation and “insulting” voters by welcoming lower house prices as they preside over a fall in real wages…...

15+ hour, 5+ min ago   (212+ words) September 12, 2026 — 8:00pm Burbling alongYour correspondent (Letters, 10/9) is right re postcode snobbery. More examples include parts of Moorabbin changing to Hampton East or Bentleigh East (which used to be East Bentleigh), Cheltenham to Pennydale, Gardenvale to Brighton and East Brighton to Brighton…...

16+ hour, 11+ min ago   (55+ words) The Federal Government is alone in its new $5000 limit on allied health services for veterans, with politicians across other parties overwhelmingly against the move. September 12, 2026 — 6:53pm...

17+ hour, 5+ min ago   (390+ words) September 12, 2026 — 6:00pm Police were called in after a woman was knocked to the ground in a scuffle outside a ticketed One Nation event for ex-AFL footballer turned election candidate John Barnes on Saturday. Nine News captured footage of the woman and…...

17+ hour, 22+ min ago   (928+ words) September 12, 2026 — 5:42pm Workers have walked off the job at Victoria’s largest disability housing provider, despite other operators brokering new workplace deals to reign in costs while trying to secure the homes for hundreds of vulnerable residents. Staff at 35 Scope homes walked…...

21+ hour, 20+ min ago   (1360+ words) September 12, 2026 — 1:45pm This might have been a Republican Party event, but there’s no doubt who it was for. “I’m not on the ticket,” Trump said during his closing appearance on night two. “You’ve got to pretend. You’ve got to do me…...

21+ hour, 35+ min ago   (557+ words) September 12, 2026 — 1:30pm No spreadsheet could capture how it felt to be one of the 150 Hazara men, women and children stepping down onto the deck of the Norwegian cargo boat MV Tampa in 2001, after their rapidly sinking refugee boat was rescued in…...

22+ hour, 7+ min ago   (372+ words) September 12, 2026 — 12:57pm The Queensland government’s wage bill is set to jump a further $93 million this financial year, after the industrial umpire ordered a 4.75 per cent lift to award rates and allowances. The Queensland Industrial Relations Commission decision on the 2026 State Wage…...