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Oct 13, 2025 - World

Greens MP Sue Higginson said Icac had confirmed to her it had not reviewed the bill, but had given general advice on some elements of itGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales planning minister, Paul Scully, is under pressure to release details of advice he has sought on corruption risks associated with a major overhaul of the planning system designed to speed up housing.Environmental groups and integrity experts have warned the new planning reforms go well beyond setting up a fast track for housing and would give the minister and his departmental secretary extraordinary powers to wave through development like mines without proper environmental assessment. Continue reading...

Oct 13, 2025 - World

The End of an Era will air across six episodes on Disney+, with Swift promising ‘all the stories woven throughout’ record-breaking tourTaylor Swift has announced a docuseries that will follow the creation of her history-making Eras tour.Disney+ will air the six-episode series The End of an Era from 12 December onwards, with the first two episodes launching on that date. Two episodes will air each week in the following two weeks. There will also be a separate film of the final concert of the Eras tour at Vancouver’s BC Place, entitled The Eras Tour | The Final Show, airing from 12 December. Continue reading...

Oct 13, 2025 - World

Turkish president threatens to pull out of Sharm el-Sheikh conference unless Israeli PM’s attendance ruled outGaza ceasefire – live updatesA last-minute plan by Donald Trump to invite Benjamin Netanyahu to a multinational Gaza summit in Egypt had to be aborted after the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said he would not land his plane in Sharm el-Sheikh if the invitation stood.The mid-air power power struggle started after it was announced that the Israeli prime minister had accepted a late invitation from Trump to the conference being jointly chaired by the US president and his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, in Egypt. Continue reading...

Oct 13, 2025 - World

Riders wore nothing – or close to it – in hastily called event against Trump’s attempts to mobilize the national guardProtesters rallying against the Trump administration in Portland put the city’s quirky and irreverent reputation on display on Sunday by pedaling through the streets wearing absolutely nothing – or close to it – in an “emergency” edition of the annual World Naked Bike Ride.Crowds that have gathered daily and nightly outside the immigration facility in Oregon’s largest city in recent days have embraced the absurd, donning inflatable frog, unicorn, axolotl and banana costumes as they face off with federal law enforcement who often deploy teargas and pepper balls. Continue reading...

Oct 13, 2025 - World

Major changes announced by Jim Chalmers include indexing superannuation balances to inflation and addition of a new threshold taxing balances between $3m and $10mGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government has dramatically rewritten its major tax policy, caving in to criticism on its controversial superannuation tax plan by raising thresholds and slashing the amount of money it will rake in.After a long period of sustained attack from politicians and lobby groups, the government has conceded defeat on all major criticisms, with the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, saying the policy rewrites would “better target superannuation concessions”. Continue reading...