Russia has attempted to shrug off Donald Trump’s threat to impose new and “very severe” tariffs if Vladimir Putin fails to agree to peace with Ukraine.  The Kremlin reacted icily to the... Read more »

Authorities are hunting a Qantas-flying “patient zero” and staff at a mine site in Western Australia’s north have been isolated after two people with measles visited the Pilbara region this month. Qantas... Read more »

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature What we learned; Tuesday 15 July With that, we will wrap the blog for the evening. Thanks for... Read more »

Bridget Archer didn’t expect to be returning to politics so soon. In fact, perhaps she didn’t think she’d be returning in 2025 at all — despite Bass being a marginal seat federally,... Read more »

The Reserve Bank of Australia recommends banning surcharges on credit and debit card payments, calling to end a practice worth $1.2 billion to the merchants who pass card acceptance costs onto customers.... Read more »

Sharks halfback Nicho Hynes has leapt to the defence of Nathan Cleary, who he says is a victim of tall poppy syndrome following last week’s shock State of Origin defeat. The former... Read more »

This article contains reference to child abuse.Four additional Melbourne childcare centres have been identified as locations where alleged sex offender Joshua Dale Brown was employed.Authorities are working to contact the families whose... Read more »

Flames have roared through an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, killing nine people and trapping residents inside, including some who leaned out of windows and screamed for help, US authorities say. At least... Read more »

Doco fallout Earlier this year, UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy questioned why no one at the BBC had lost their job over the program’s airing. The broadcaster’s director-general, Tim Davie, had told... Read more »