92 m. ago There is risk and reward for Coalition as Joyce wrestles with irrelevance

Barnaby Joyce looks likely to join Pauline Hanson and One Nation, following many others who have abandoned major parties. But who really wins out of it?

Events

1 hour ago Alanna Smith had the best year of her WNBA career. The league is falling apart

Last month, Alanna Smith was named the WNBA co-defensive player of the year. Next month, she might get shut out of playing in the league.

Politics

3 h. ago Kaiser supercharges Tassie gold plant past nameplate capacity

Kaiser Reef has supercharged its Tassie gold processing capacity to a 400,000 tpa annual run rate, blasting the name plate capacity of the plant out of the water.

Politics

3 h. ago Government accuses China of ‘unsafe’ encounter with military aircraft

The Albanese government has accused the Chinese military of unsafe behaviour after releasing a flare near an Australian plane.

Politics

4 h. ago Moderate Liberals hail Joyce’s departure from Coalition after MP reveals call with Hanson

The Nationals MP said nothing had been locked in with One Nation, but some in the Coalition will be happy to see the former deputy prime minister leave the opposition.

Politics

7 h. ago $27m war chest: The independents who raised the most money at the election

Candidates with the biggest financial war chests failed to get elected at the May election, as Climate 200 and individual donors poured a record $27 million into community independent campaigns.

Politics

11 h. ago Sussan Ley turns focus back to tax, industrial relations amid Coalition ructions

The opposition leader has vowed to return to core Liberal policies after the Coalition went to the last election opposing Labor tax cuts.

Economics

13 h. ago Barnaby Joyce reveals call with Pauline Hanson, dodges defection questions

The Nationals MP faced repeated questions about the potential shift in an interview on Monday morning and said nothing had been locked in.

Politics

15 h. ago Shore prepares for a special farewell as principal set to depart

Staff and students were urged to send in their messages of support, to be added to a photo book which will be presented to John Collier at the end of his term.

Politics

15 h. ago Premier’s private staff ‘totally unaccountable’, former ombudsman warns

Deborah Glass says Victoria’s parliamentary integrity reforms failed to address the most critical problem identified by her and IBAC’s investigations.

Events

16 h. ago What most Australians expect from Albanese when he meets Trump

The PM will meet the US president in the Oval Office on Tuesday morning, and exclusive polling has revealed how most voters hope the conversation will go.

Politics

21 h. ago Labor will force developers to protect wildlife – but it needs the Coalition’s help

Environment Minister Murray Watt is promising strict new requirements on project developers to prevent harm to nature.

Politics

24 h. ago Inside the allegedly toxic rescue service, masked by a ‘god amongst men’ reputation

Staff at Westpac Rescue have allegedly been left broken amid claims of sexual harassment, bullying and victimisation within the iconic organisation.

Politics

25 h. ago His colleagues met at a retreat to plot the future. Barnaby couldn’t wait to leave

You could see Barnaby Joyce’s break-up with the Nationals coming. What he does next – and if he can pull it off – is much less clear.

Politics

28 h. ago Hanson targets Canavan, Price in hopes Joyce will lead defection to One Nation

Pauline Hanson is targeting several high-profile Coalition MPs to join Barnaby Joyce in what she hopes will be a significant defection to One Nation over net zero and migration.

Events

33 h. ago Two more hostage bodies released as US warns Hamas planning attack on Palestinians

It comes as Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu increases pressure on the militant group to speed up the retrieval of remains under their ceasefire.

Events

33 h. ago Littleproud hasn’t given up on Barnaby Joyce, urges him to stay and ‘help us rebuild’

After this masthead revealed he was in advanced talks with Pauline Hanson about a switch to One Nation, Barnaby Joyce said his relationship with the Nationals was irreparable.

Politics

34 h. ago Littleproud pleads with Joyce as colleagues urge him not to betray Nats

After this masthead revealed on Friday that he was in advanced talks with Hanson, Joyce said his relationship with the Nationals was irreparable.

Politics

35 h. ago ‘I want him in the ground’: Why family will name ‘Cheryl’s killer’

Five decades after a toddler vanished from a beach south of Sydney, her family vows to unmask the man who once allegedly confessed to her murder.

Events

40 h. ago The Liberal Party’s on life support. Time for a deathbed conversion

What the Liberal Party needs to move forward isn’t more factional sniping, but the birth of a movement supported by people who believe in backing aspiration.

Events