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May 26, 2026 - World

Police commissioner acknowledges outcome causes ‘significant distress’ for 24-year-old Warlpiri man’s family and wider communityWarning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have diedNorthern Territory police will not lay any charges against officers after an Indigenous man died while being restrained in an Alice Springs supermarket in 2025.Kumanjayi White, a 24‑year‑old Warlpiri man who lived with cognitive disabilities, died on 27 May last year during a confrontation with police in a Coles supermarket. Continue reading...

May 26, 2026 - World

This blog is now closed.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘This is very good value for money for Australia’: Bowen defends COP roleChris Bowen, who has also taken on the role of president of negotiations at the Cop climate summit, says that Australia’s involvement is “very good value for money”.Mr T [is] out there saying it’s $200m. He’s lying. Secondly, these things do cost money. It cost money when John Howard chaired Apec. It cost money when Tony Abbott chaired G20. They were good for the country and the Labor party supported them because we’re a patriotic party. So this is an opportunity for Australia to play an outsized role in the climate negotiations.This is a 12-month presidency. Most of the money has not yet been spent to answer your question, Mel. This is very good value for money for Australia.More renewable energy in the grid;Renewable batteries absorbing some of the coal and gas being used at peak times during the night;Reforming the default market offer to ensure “that only the absolutely necessary prices or costs are included.”What we’re seeing is batteries working to what we call flatten the peak. So the biggest pressure on prices is in the night-time when coal and gas are called upon more. When we’re calling on batteries more, which saves the renewables from the middle of the day for the night, that is really putting very significant downward pressure on prices.There have been impacts on gas production but we’re really mainly seeing the impact on oil at the moment. But we’re not complacent. Continue reading...

May 26, 2026 - World

Ellen Roome, whose son, Jools Sweeney, was 14 when he died, wants a ban put in place for under-16sThe mother of a teenager who believes he died in a TikTok challenge gone wrong has said Downing Street has been too slow to move towards a social media ban for under-16s, and accused the government of “kicking it down the road”.Ellen Roome, the mother of Jools Sweeney, 14, is among the families who will meet Keir Starmer on Tuesday as a consultation on a possible social media ban closes this week. Continue reading...

May 26, 2026 - World

Bureau of Meteorology says thunderstorms could bring widespread rainfalls and flash flooding while there are ‘signs of El Niño development’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSevere thunderstorms could bring heavy rainfall and flash flooding to eastern and south-eastern Australia in coming days, according to the weather bureau.On Tuesday afternoon, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said a low-pressure system over South Australia combined with moisture being pushed down the eastern seaboard from the tropics, would bring widespread rainfalls. Continue reading...

May 26, 2026 - World

Three people have been killed and three others injured when an old overpass undergoing demolition partially collapsed in the South Korean capital, Seoul, fire officials said