2 h. ago Australia news LIVE: More parliamentarians embroiled in expenses scandal; Teens face day two of social media ban

Follow along as we bring you the latest live news updates from Australia and around the world.

Politics

4 h. ago ‘Let me make love to you’: $1000 sex offer revealed in security firm chief’s harassing messages

MA Services boss Micky Ahuja is accused of harassing vulnerable women who worked for him.

Events

13 h. ago Miss Universe contestant suffered serious head injury in stage fall, update reveals

Miss Jamaica Gabrielle Henry requires constant medical supervision weeks after falling off the stage in Bangkok.

Events

14 h. ago Soil tests lift Whitebark SA gas, hydrogen and helium gas play

Whitebark Energy’s soil gas survey demonstrated elevated micro-seepage of methane, helium and natural hydrogen at its Rickerscote prospect in South Australia.

Events

14 h. ago Accused Cobblebank murderer motivated by revenge, court told

Details of the killing of two children are revealed for the first time as police say left hands are being severed in youth gang violence.

Events

15 h. ago Albanese digs in on MPs entitlements saga as more Wells spending comes to light

The prime minister is backing his minister Anika Wells’ use of parliamentary entitlements, even as fresh information reveals more examples of her using taxpayer funds to attend party fundraisers.

Economics

21 h. ago ‘Backdoor way to control access’: World reacts to social media ban

As Australia brings in the world’s first social media ban for teenagers, other countries are watching closely and many want to introduce similar measures.

Politics

21 h. ago Stakeknife: British agent inside IRA committed murders with MI5’s knowledge

UK security services protected the spy – despite his links to more than a dozen killings, abductions and torture during the Troubles – and suppressed the truth about for him decades, a new report reveals.

Events

24 h. ago ‘A bit funky’: What it’s like to swim through the world’s largest sex act

A spectacular storm of fertility has erupted in Australia during one of the world’s most crucial and beautiful natural events.

Politics

27 h. ago Major breakthrough in Prince Harry's legal battle with UK government

Royal Editor of The Daily Mirror, Russell Myers on the major breakthrough in Prince Harry's bitter legal battle with the UK government, now a step closer to having his security detail reinstated.

Politics

27 h. ago Cameron Crowe’s memoir is filled with delicious anecdotes from rock’s golden age

A quarter of a century after Almost Famous presented a fictionalised account of Crowe’s early career, The Uncool reveals true stories from his time on the road with some of the biggest bands of the time.

Politics

28 h. ago Bed block, wait times, bottlenecks: Sydney’s best and worst hospitals revealed

Patients spent longer in NSW emergency departments than at any point since 2010. See how your hospital stacks up.

Politics

37 h. ago The real reason Anika Wells is bound to survive this scandal

Ministerial survival depends on a single, unwavering principle: the prime minister refuses to give ground to his enemies. He’d sooner sandpaper his own shins.

Events

41 h. ago Hail to the king: Trump will steer battle for the future of Hollywood

Donald Trump is almost certainly going to have the final say on who wins and who gets fired in the $160 billion contest over Warner Bros.

Politics

41 h. ago How did we do? Absolutely fine, till you sent me a stupid email

Give me a good table, clean toilets and actors I can actually hear. Just don’t ask me for feedback.

Politics

41 h. ago How did we do? Absolutely fine, until you sent me a stupid email

Give me a good table, clean toilets and actors I can actually hear. Just don’t ask me for feedback.

Politics

44 h. ago ‘I saw my patient fly to the ceiling’: GP caught up in Niddrie fatal crash vows to rebuild

A doctor whose patient was seriously injured when an out-of-control car ploughed into his surgery says he has been overwhelmed by the support from his local community.

Events

45 h. ago ‘People want me to fail’: The woman in charge of enforcing Australia’s social media ban feels the heat

Julie Inman Grant is battling tech giants and High Court challenges while navigating her 13-year-old daughter’s conviction that the ban will “ruin her life”.

Politics

45 h. ago ‘What a great and holy thing’: Roxburgh on what the world needs right now

Captivating and convivial, Richard Roxburgh talks over lunch about why he wants his new play to bring rowdy roars of laughter from the audience.

Politics

46 h. ago TPG reveals another death might be linked to Triple Zero call problem

The telco’s chief executive, Inaki Berroeta, has told a Senate committee hearing that incompatible Samsung software is to blame for its September emergency call problem.

Events