Guardian AustraliaAustralian News Threat from extreme rightwing terrorism in Australia has increased, Asio says Australia News - Paul KarpThe threat from extreme rightwing terrorism in Australia has increased in recent years and will remain an “enduring threat”, according to Australia’s spy agency. The Australian Security and Intelligence
Guardian AustraliaAustralian News Coalition risks awful miscalculation on economy – and attacking Labor is no solution Australia News - Katharine Murphy Political editorLabor is fond of declaring right at the moment that the Morrison government has no plan to kickstart the ailing economy. This isn’t quite right. The government does have a plan. The plan is this: 1. Hope
Guardian AustraliaFish Thousands of invasive carp found dead in mass fish kill near Menindee Australia News - Graham ReadfearnThousands of invasive European carp and a small number of native Murray cod have perished in a fish kill at Lake Pamamaroo in far western New South Wales, near Menindee, according to visiting filmmakers.
Guardian AustraliaPeter Dutton Dutton uses medevac law to refuse transfer despite claiming it could not be done Australia News - Helen DavidsonPeter Dutton has used his powers under the medevac laws to block the transfer of a refugee on security grounds, revealing as false his long-running claims that the laws rendered the government powerless
Guardian AustraliaClimate It wasn't any one thing that cost Labor the election – it was everything Australia News - Peter LewisLike survivors of a disaster that may or may not have been caused by climate change, Labor is slowly emerging from their bunker to survey the wreckage wrought upon them. Five months on from their night
Guardian AustraliaInvesting Bankers miss out on $35m payday as Latitude Financial’s $3.2bn IPO collapses Australia News - Ben ButlerOne of the year’s most-hyped share market floats, the $3.2bn Latitude Financial IPO, has failed after superannuation funds led by the nation’s biggest, Australian Super, decided not to purchase shares
Guardian AustraliaPolicing NSW premier dismisses coroner's call for pill testing before report is publicly released Australia News - Michael McGowanThe New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, has dismissed out-of-hand a coroner’s recommendation to introduce pill testing at music festivals in the state, before the official release of the findings.
Guardian AustraliaQuentin Tarantino Man accused of Quanne Diec murder tells jury he had no involvement in her death Australia News - Australian Associated PressA former nightclub bouncer accused of murdering a Sydney schoolgirl has told a court he had no involvement “whatsoever” in her death and an ex-partner’s suggestion he raped her is “farcical”. Vinzent has
Guardian AustraliaFreedom of Information Environment department illegally withholds thousands of FOI pages Australia News - Christopher KnausAustralia’s environment department is unlawfully withholding more than 10,000 pages of freedom of information documents from the public, including internal records on Adani and the Angus Taylor grasslands
Guardian AustraliaAnarchism Accused rightwing terrorist researched recipe for mace and bombs, court hears Australia News - Australian Associated PressThe Victorian supreme court has heard that an accused rightwing terrorist allegedly labelled members of a socialist organisation “traitors” and looked up a recipe for mace and how to make bombs when writing
Guardian AustraliaCommonwealth Bank Commonwealth Bank denies CEO misled parliament over whistleblower's sacking Australia News - Ben ButlerCommonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn told parliament a whistleblower was made redundant “a significant period of time before any allegations were raised” when the employee was in fact sacked a
Guardian AustraliaDiscrimination The prime minister's office accidentally sent out its talking points. We fact checked them Australia News - Paul Karp and Luke Henriques-GomesWhen parliament resumes in Canberra, the prime minister’s office sends MPs and senators a set of talking points so they can’t be caught out by curly questions on any topic. On Monday the parliamentary
Guardian AustraliaAustralian News Morning mail: Irish border Brexit fix, doomsdayer rescue, jobseeker pain Australia News - Helen SullivanGood morning, this is Helen Sullivan bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Wednesday 16 October. Boris Johnson appears to be on the brink of reaching a Brexit deal after making major concessions
Guardian AustraliaAustralian News Australian politicians urge donations and spending caps – while putting boot into media Australia News - Paul KarpThree-quarters of federal parliamentarians want caps placed on both donations and election spending to help restore Australians’ trust in the democratic process. On Wednesday, Democracy2025 will release
Guardian AustraliaAustralian News More than 60% of voters approve of major parties' performance – Essential poll Australia News - Katharine Murphy Political editorWhile national politics frets about its trust crisis, the bulk of Australian voters appear reasonably sanguine with both of the major parties five months on from the federal election, with more than 60%
Guardian AustraliaEmployment Anglicare finds five jobseekers applying for every entry-level position Australia News - Luke Henriques-GomesAt least five people are applying for every entry-level position advertised as Australia’s most disadvantaged jobseekers are forced to compete against growing numbers of underemployed people for a dwindling
Guardian AustraliaGeorge Pell George Pell's lawyers accuse prosecutors of 'mischaracterising' cardinal's appeal Australia News - Melissa DaveyCardinal George Pell’s legal team has accused Victoria’s crown prosecutors of “mischaracterising” Pell’s complaint against his conviction as being based on factual errors rather than legal ones. The 78-year-old
Guardian AustraliaWelfare Eric Whittaker begged corrective services officer for help before his death, calls reveal Australia News - Miles HerbertThe New South Wales coroners court has heard several of the 20 harrowing emergency phone calls made by Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay man Eric Whittaker from his cell in Parklea prison in the lead-up to his death
Guardian AustraliaCollege & University Academics condemn 'harassment' of whistleblower by Murdoch University Australia News - Christopher KnausAcademics from across the globe have condemned Murdoch University’s treatment of a whistleblower who spoke out about international student exploitation, saying they are “appalled” at what they see as “extraordinary”
Guardian AustraliaQueensland Queensland police delay decision on whether to sack officer who leaked abuse victim's details Australia News - Ben SmeeThe Queensland police service has delayed a decision on whether to sack or further discipline an officer convicted of computer hacking for accessing and leaking the address of a domestic abuse victim.
Guardian AustraliaCasinos Calls for Crown casino inquiry after leaked video of bricks of cash in junket room Australia News - Ben DohertyVideo footage showing dozens of “bricks” of $50 and $100 notes – hundreds of thousands of dollars worth – being casually handed over from a shopping bag in a high-rollers’ room at Melbourne’s Crown Casino
Guardian AustraliaDonald Trump Australian families trapped in Isis camp in Syria plead with government to rescue them Australia News - Ben DohertyAustralians trapped in a camp for families of Islamic State fighters in north-eastern Syria have pleaded with the Australian government to rescue them as warring Syrian and Turkish forces close in. And
Guardian AustraliaAnthony Albanese Anthony Albanese confirms Labor backflip to support 'big stick' energy laws Australia News - Katharine Murphy Political editorAnthony Albanese declined to criticise his resources spokesman, Joel Fitzgibbon, for arguing the ALP should lower its ambition on climate policy as the Labor leader confirmed a backflip on the Morrison
Guardian AustraliaMelbourne, VIC Accused far-right terror plotter allegedly spoke of 'cutting throats' in Melbourne Australia News - Australian Associated PressAn accused far-right terror plotter allegedly spoke about “cutting throats” in central Melbourne and leaving “a line of dead lefties around me”, a court has heard. Phillip Galea, 34, is charged with planning
Guardian AustraliaWater Snowy Hydro is a bad deal for taxpayers and must be put on hold Australia News - Bruce MountainThe federal government’s much-vaunted Snowy Hydro expansion is supposed to smooth out the bumps in electricity supply as Australia transitions to renewables. But not only is the project a bad deal for
Guardian AustraliaWelfare Cashless welfare card: loophole allows purchase of alcohol and pornography Australia News - Lorena AllamPeople on the cashless debit card (CDC) are still able to gamble and buy alcohol, drugs, cigarettes and pornography because a potential loophole in the system allows them to use credit cards without detection
Guardian AustraliaRichard Di Natale NSW coroner to recommend pill testing be introduced at music festivals Australia News - Naaman ZhouAdvocates for pill testing have welcomed news that the New South Wales coroner is poised to recommend the introduction of pill testing at music festivals. The deputy state coroner Harriet Grahame will
Guardian AustraliaChild Abuse Sydney stabbing accused Mert Ney charged with possessing child abuse material Australia News - Australian Associated PressA Sydney man accused of murdering a woman, stabbing another woman and then running through the city’s CBD brandishing a bloodied knife is now charged with possessing child abuse material. Mert Ney, who
Guardian AustraliaUrban Planning Australia's parks: tell us what you love and what makes you despair about urban green space Australia NewsOn Friday a team of architects and landscape architecture students was announced as the winners of Melbourne’s Future Park design ideas competition. The winning design, titled The Gap, is not a practical,
