In the space of one dramatic week in Colleton County Courthouse, the murder trial testimony has been sidelined by a bomb threat, bad behaviour from the Murdaugh family, a controversial GoFundMe account and a Covid outbreak. Rachel Sharp reports
The Pakistan-India peace plan that might have been
One can only mourn what might have been had former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s political misstep not derailed peace prospects.
President Biden will speak in Poland on the anniversary of the Ukraine-Russia war
President Biden’s visit to Ukraine and Poland comes at a critical time as the war enters a new and disconcerting phase.
Junk ads turn the web into a bazaar of trinkets, rants and odd T-shirts
In a shaky advertising market in an uncertain economy, ads that few people want to see suddenly seem to be everywhere
‘Making climate crisis worse’: Greens blast Labor after Queensland coal seam gas expansion approved
Decision allows Santos to open 116 new wells with an operational life of about 30 years in Surat BasinGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Greens have accused Labor of “making the climate crisis worse” and being …
Environmentalists accuse Beetaloo Basin pro-fracking website of astroturfing
Mudburra elder Ray Dimakarri Dixon says he was shocked to discover site using his image to support fracking, which he is campaigning against Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA new website that says it represents …
Australia faces unprecedented grassfires next summer ‘supercharged’ by global heating
Fuel loads that increased after heavy rain are now drying out and creating ‘powder keg’ conditions for future fires, report findsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia should prepare for grassfires on a scale…
Queensland’s plan to override human rights law ‘deeply concerning’, says commissioner
Scott McDougall alarmed at Palaszczuk government plan to make breach of bail an offence for childrenGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland human rights commissioner says he is “deeply concerned” at the s…
‘I can’t forget’: frontline worker gives searing indictment of robodebt as architects of scheme due to give evidence
Former Centrelink employee told the commission she would never forget what staff were ‘forced’ to do to victims of the programGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastDepartment officials involved in the unlawful robodeb…