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Sep 29, 2026 - World

More than half of Australians want to see the country’s migrant intake lowered while One Nation’s primary vote climbs to 25%Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition has failed to capitalise on growing criticism of Labor, with the opposition stuck at its lowest-ever primary vote in the Guardian Essential poll.The poll also shows more than half of all Australians want immigration cut and have voiced support for hardline enforcement, such as forced deportation. Continue reading...

Sep 29, 2026 - World

You could be forgiven for thinking the inquiry has been a bit of a damp squib. But high-profile resignations are not the only measure of Icac’s successGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMany people watching the Independent Commission Against Corruption hearings in Sydney over the past two months have come to admire the forensic questioning of the counsel assisting the inquiry, Peggy Dwyer SC.As she set out the complicated allegations in detail on the opening day in July, Dwyer emphasised the central role of electoral donations laws, observing: “Money in politics, as in other spheres of life, has the potential to corrupt.” Continue reading...

Sep 29, 2026 - World

No excuses for next leader of party, Adam Bandt says, while Bob Brown warns they must also be able to take on Pauline Hanson and One NationGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastThe former Greens leader Adam Bandt says the party’s new leadership team, which could be chosen as early as today, will face mounting pressure from grassroots members to block the Labor government from approving any new coal and gas projects “by whatever means”.He told Guardian Australia there would be no excuses for the new leader, likely to be elected at a two-day retreat in Sydney which begins today, to allow the Albanese government to approve any new fossil fuel development. Continue reading...

Sep 29, 2026 - World

The latest sparring began over the summer when Trump reached back to a Great Depression law to impose 50% tariffs on about $20 billion worth of Canadian imports

Sep 29, 2026 - World

Measures, which need to be approved in Congress, include extending ban on evictions of vulnerable peopleSpain’s Socialist Workers’ party-led coalition government has approved a range of measures aimed at easing the country’s housing crisis, including extending a ban on evictions of vulnerable tenants until 2030, after a public outcry over the eviction of an 87-year-old disabled woman from her Madrid apartment last week.Two decrees have been approved by cabinet but will need to be approved in Congress, where the coalition lacks a majority. The government has requested a special parliamentary session on Friday in the hope of getting the decrees passed as soon as possible. Continue reading...