Words matter, as Gladys Berejiklian showed in her assured handling of the Covid-19 crisis as premier of NSW. She said what she meant and meant what she said. But words seemed briefly to fail the ousted leader in an excruciating 22 second clip played at...
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Car ploughs into staff at Covid test site in Melbourne
A man allegedly under the influence of drugs and alcohol has driven into staff at a Covid testing site in Melbourne. A driver allegedly under the influence of drugs and alcohol has ploughed into a traffic controller at a coronavirus testing site in Melbourne. Leading...
Barnaby Joyce says Scott Morrison has a mandate on climate
In a stronger stance against the target, Resources Minister Keith Pitt said the Nationals had not moved on net zero emissions. Loading “It’s a ‘no’ as the Deputy Prime Minister has said, but those discussions are ongoing,” Mr Pitt said on ABC Radio National on...
How Covid lockdowns inspired Emma Watkins quit The Wiggles
When entertainment industry figures say they’re quitting their job to ‘spend more time at home’, this usually means they’ve been pushed out. But with Emma Watkins, who announced on Tuesday she was leaving The Wiggles after 11 years, this almost certainly wasn’t the case. Not...
Australia politics live: Scott Morrison in last-ditch talks with Nationals on net zero
Ready for more climate talk? Because you’ll be hearing a lot of it today. Again. Despite being one of the governing parties for the past eight years, and being heavily involved in the climate policy wars, the Nationals, led by Barnaby Joyce, have apparently never...
Lebanon Hezbollah chief says movement has 100,000 fighters
An image grab from Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV on October 18, 2021, shows Hassan Nasrallah, the head of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, delivering a televised speech from an undisclosed location The head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah said Monday that his Iran-backed movement has 100,000 “trained” and...
Fears of casualties as houses are destroyed in huge explosion in Ayrshire
Fears of casualties as houses are destroyed in huge explosion that could be heard for miles in Ayrshire Emergency services raced to Gorse Park at 7.10pm today following the blast Images uploaded online show debris scattered in residential Kincaidston area Social media users said the...
US Justice Dept asks Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law
US President Joe Biden’s administration, in the latest move in the battle over reproductive rights, asked the Supreme Court on Monday to block a Texas law that bans most abortions in the state. In its filing on Monday, the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court...
Yellow Wiggle Emma quits the group: ‘I was missing out’
Beloved Wiggles member Emma Watkins is quitting the group after almost a decade — and her replacement has been revealed. The Wiggles have today announced that Yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins will depart the popular children’s group at the end of this year, telling fans she...
UK PM vows democracy will triumph over evil after MP killing
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday led tributes to veteran Conservative MP David Amess, who was stabbed to death while meeting constituents, as police probed whether a suspect arrested was motivated by Islamist extremism. The attack was the second killing of a UK politician...
