3 h. ago Australia rejects Candace Owens’ visa challenge after failing ‘character test’

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke found there was a risk Owens would ‘incite discord in the community’

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4 h. ago Australia’s top court backs visa ban on US commentator Candace Owens

Judges rule conservative influencer poses risk of fuelling discord

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7 h. ago Sia’s estranged husband seeks $250,000 a month in spousal support

US court documents reveal Dan Bernad seeks to maintain ‘luxurious and upper-class lifestyle’ he had with Australian singer, who filed for divorce in MaySia’s estranged husband is seeking more than US$250,000 (A$386,000, £187,000) a month in spousal support, according to US court documents.The Australian pop singer, full name Sia Furler, split from Daniel Bernad – the father of their 18-month-old son, Somersault, in May and filed for divorce after three years of marriage. Now the former radiation oncologist has requested the sum, as well as $US300,000 for legal fees and another $US200,000 to cover the cost of forensic accounting. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Candace Owens: Australia’s high court backs government decision to deny visa to US rightwinger

Court supports home affairs minister’s 2024 decision to reject visa application for planned speaking tour on character groundsAustralia’s high court has unanimously backed the government’s 2024 decision to refuse rightwing provocateur Candace Owens a visa to enter the country.The full bench of the court ruled on Wednesday that the minister’s denial did not infringe an implied constitutional freedom of political communication. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murders inspire new book by Helen Garner

Co-written with Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein, The Mushroom Tapes is inspired by their experience attending the headline-grabbing trial earlier this yearHelen Garner, one of Australia’s most acclaimed authors, is set to publish a new book in November about the Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial.The book follows the story of Patterson, an Australian woman convicted in July of murdering three of her former in-laws and attempting to murder a fourth by serving them a beef wellington contaminated with death cap mushrooms in 2023. The case, which played out in an Australian court earlier this year, attracted global attention. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Australia’s mushroom murder case is back in court. Here’s why

In September, Erin Patterson was sentenced on three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder

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1 week ago Former Australian police officer pleads not guilty to killing his ex

A former police officer in Australia's New South Wales state has pleaded not guilty to murder in the killings of his ex-boyfriend and the man's partner

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1 week ago Australian accused of Afghanistan war crime pleads not guilty but trial held until at least 2027

A prosecutor has told a court an Australian soldier charged with a war crime in Afghanistan won't stand trial until at least 2027

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2 w. ago Nicole Kidman files for divorce from Keith Urban citing ‘marital difficulties and irreconcilable differences’

Divorce papers filed in Nashville court include detailed plan for shared childcare of their daughtersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNicole Kidman has filed for divorce from Keith Urban after 19 years of marriage, bringing a surprising end to a long and seemingly successful union that brought together two superstars from the worlds of movies and music.The 58-year-old Oscar-winning actor petitioned on Tuesday to end her marriage to the 57-year-old Grammy winning country singer in a Nashville court. The documents state the couple has undergone “marital difficulties and irreconcilable differences”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Japanese court rejects an appeal by Australian who says she was tricked into smuggling drugs

A Japanese court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by an Australian woman in a drug smuggling case, upholding a six-year prison sentence by a lower court

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3 w. ago Australia’s national broadcaster ordered to pay £73,000 to journalist unlawfully fired over Gaza post

Court says ABC let down Australian public when it ‘abjectly surrendered the rights of its employee to appease a lobby group’

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3 w. ago Optus fined $66 million for 'appalling' conduct in sales to vulnerable customers in Australia

An Australian judge has fined telecommunications giant Optus $66 million for unconscionable conduct under consumer law

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3 w. ago Candace Owens makes bizarre demand to Brigitte Macron after claiming she was born a man

Right-wing commentator Candace Owens made a bizarre demand to Emmanuel Macron's wife, Brigitte Macron, after making continuous claims the French first lady was born a man

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3 w. ago They managed to get accepted to US universities. But they’re still stuck in Gaza

Gaza students hoped to resume US studies after war, but Trump’s visa ban crushed their plansWithin days of 7 October 2023, much of Maryam’s world had been wiped out: her home in Gaza City, her children’s schools, and the Islamic University of Gaza, where she was a graduate student in physics, were all destroyed by airstrikes. In early December, Maryam’s mentor – Sufian Tayeh, a prominent Palestinian scientist and president of the Islamic University of Gaza – was killed along with his family in an Israeli strike.The professor has been a “father figure” to her, Maryam told the Guardian. When she learned of his death, she remembers closing the physics notebooks she had grabbed as she fled her home and thinking her studies would be over. “My entire world had collapsed,” she said. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Alan Jones pleads not guilty to 27 charges after number of alleged victims drops from 11 to nine

Former 2GB and Sky News Australia broadcaster was not in court on Thursday when it heard 17 of previous 44 charges had been droppedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlan Jones faces 25 charges of indecent assault and two of sexual touching relating to nine complainants after prosecutors revealed two alleged victims would no longer be part of the case against the veteran broadcaster.Jones was on Thursday expected to make his first appearance in court this year to be committed to stand trial on 44 charges of indecent assault against 11 victims aged 17 and older. Continue reading...

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