Yesterday
Albanese adds $585m to Australia-made drive
The prime minister is travelling to Queensland to announce two critical minerals projects as part of his Made in Australia push.
- Phillip Coorey
Attacks shake Sydney to the core
The NSW capital is reeling in the aftermath of the Bondi Junction massacre and a terror stabbing of a church minister in front of his congregation.
- Andrew Clark
A rape, a cover-up narrative and a political firestorm
“Tonight, claims of rape, roadblocks to a police investigation, and a young woman forced to choose between her career and the pursuit of justice”. That is how Ten introduced its interview with Brittany Higgins.
- Ronald Mizen
Higgins, Sharaz should settle with ‘vindicated’ Reynolds: Dutton
The opposition leader says Brittany Higgins and her fiancé David Sharaz should settle the senator’s defamation actions against them and issue a “full apology”.
- Ronald Mizen
Muslims fear rise in Islamophobia as tensions run high after attack
There are fears in the Muslim community that law enforcement’s labelling of the stabbing of a bishop a terrorist attack will inflame Islamophobia.
- Max Mason
- Analysis
- Supermarket wars
Business may well wonder what is going on in Canberra?
It took 15 minutes for The Greens’ Nick McKim to threaten outgoing Woolworths boss Brad Banducci with six months’ prison and $5 million in fines on Tuesday.
- Tom McIlroy
David Rowe cartoons for April 2024
David Rowe is a multiple Walkley award-winning cartoonist. He draws a daily political cartoon and one for the Chanticleer column. You can see all of his political cartoons for April 2024 here.
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- David Rowe
‘Risk of regulatory capture’: ASIC hits back at audit criticisms
The watchdog is facing calls to regulate financial reports, sustainability reporting and audit quality.
- Ronald Mizen
Lakemba Mosque heightens security after firebomb threats
The mosque’s Imam said he was worried last night’s stabbing was being treated “as a Muslim problem”; the 16-year-old arrested after a bishop was stabbed in Sydney church was known to police. How the day unfolded.
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- Hannah Wootton
Environment revamp on hold after WA alarm
The Albanese government has delayed indefinitely the overhaul of laws designed to protect the environment after lobbying from WA Premier Roger Cook.
- Phillip Coorey and Tom Rabe
15-year-old arrested after bishop stabbed in Sydney church
Police had to face down angry crowds who gathered at the scene of the alleged stabbing in western Sydney in the hours after the attack.
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- Andrea Hayward, Lewis Jackson and Stella Qiu
Stabbed Sydney bishop is a viral lockdown and COVID-19 vaccine sceptic
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel is the leader of an ultra-conservative branch of the Assyrian Orthodox faith who has a big presence on social media.
- Nick Squires
This Month
What judge in Lehrmann trial said about consent
The judgment sheds light on modern understandings of consent – or, as Justice Lee said, what “the ordinary person on the Belconnen omnibus” views as rape.
- Hannah Wootton
The omnishambles built on rape and ‘short-on-facts’ theory
Never before in Australia’s history has one allegation sparked such an extensive, expensive and, oftentimes, downright bizarre series of courtroom battles.
- Ronald Mizen
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- Crime
‘I’m loving a monster’: Cauchi’s dad speaks out
The parents of killer Joel Cauchi are “heartbroken” for victims of the Bondi attack, saying they believe their son was in a psychosis when he murdered six people.
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- David Marin-Guzman and Michael Smith
Israel pushes Australia on Iran, says ‘extreme measures’ required
Israel is insisting Australia designates the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp a terrorist organisation, and sanctions any party that supports its proxies.
- Phillip Coorey
‘Labor taking Shoppies’ line’ to reject supermarket break-up powers
The Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, which styles itself as a “grassroots” alternative to the “Catholic, right-wing” Shoppies union, supports divestiture.
- Tom McIlroy
‘Deliberate lies’: What Lee found on the rape and the ‘cover up’
Handing down in findings in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case, Justice Michael Lee has made detailed findings about the credibility of witnesses and about the alleged cover-up. Here’s a summary of what he found.
- Exclusive
- Federal election
No majority support for four-year federal terms: poll
More voters believe four-year terms will deliver better government, but they also like being able to change governments more often.
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- Phillip Coorey
Ten wins case as judge finds Lehrmann raped Higgins
Justice Michael Lee has found Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson were telling the truth in their report. How the day unfolded.
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- Hannah Wootton