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Apr 1, 2026 - World

Exclusive: Justice Jim Henry published data from his own court revealing recent cases took more than a year to reach committalGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Queensland supreme court judge says serious criminal cases are taking “excruciatingly longer” to finalise due to “glacial” delays in the state’s magistrates court, where some matters are spending several years in procedural limbo.Justice Jim Henry, who is based at the supreme court in Cairns, published data from his own court revealing that of 31 recent criminal cases he finalised between November and February, on average each case took more than a year (370 days) in the lower courts before a committal. Continue reading...

Apr 1, 2026 - World

PM’s deadline to establish the biggest gun buyback in 30 years passes with half of the nation’s governments refusing to joinGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government has accused state and territory leaders who refuse to sign up to its proposed national gun buy back scheme, of “standing in the way” of efforts to get dangerous weapons off Australian streets.Anthony Albanese’s end of March deadline to establish the biggest gun buyback in 30 years has now passed with half of the nation’s governments refusing to join. There is no timeline for the buyback, announced in the weeks after the Bondi terror attack, and it remains unclear how costs will be split. Continue reading...

Apr 1, 2026 - World

An anti-Donald Trump protest has taken place outside the US Embassy in London, England today (April 1).Protestors from the campaign group Fossil Free London gathered outside the embassy to host a demonstration against the president and his administration. Campaigners on the ground say the protest has been carried out over the Trump admin's actions in Iran and the subsequent impact on crude oil prices. A gathering outside of the US Embassy started around 8:15am British Summer Time (3:15am EST), where attendees painted their faces and posed next to a mock-up of a gas station pump. Fake oil was also poured on the heads of some protestors. Two protestors speaking with The Mirror explained the aims of the protest. One, who gave their name as Rainbow, said, "We're here because we're protesting that we're locked into a really damaging and dangerous fossil fuels industry. We need to break away from these.""We need to have a just position to renewables. Oil is essentially killing us - it's killing the planet. We're just really trying to make a symbolic protest at how damaging it is. We're hurtling towards energy catastrophe and we're locked into systems that are damaging for people and energy bills."Fellow activist Rosie added, "We're outside the US Embassy because Trump's illegal war on Iran has led to massive spikes in the cost of our energy here in the UK. "As oil bosses profit massively, BP and Shell alone are set to make five billion dollars from the war in Iran and worse still Trump and Nigel Farage are using this crisis that they fueled and started as an excuse to drill for more fossil fuels.""It means that we should harness the power of the wind all around us on this island, the waves and the sun, because we don't fight imperial violent wars to get energy from the sun. It's all around us.""You look at what has happened since the war in Iran started - a massive spike in our energy prices and with more to come if this war doesn't stop soon."Campaigners from Fossil Free London held up signs saying “Stop Trump tying us into fossil fuels,” “Break free from climate crisis” and “Break free from big oil."

Apr 1, 2026 - World

American freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson often worked without formal assignments from editors and on a shoestring budget

Apr 1, 2026 - World

The Italian coast guard has found 19 people dead and rescued 58 from a dinghy filled with migrants near Lampedusa