14+ hour, 36+ min ago  (1464+ words) Washington: When Cheyenne Hunt first arrived on Capitol Hill as a staffer in 2020, several other young women working there warned her privately: Stay away from Representative Eric Swalwell. The California Democrat could be "creepy," Hunt said other women told her,…...

15+ hour, 23+ min ago  (797+ words) April 16, 2026 " 3: 11pm The state's top court has struck down laws rushed through parliament by the Minns government to restrict protests in Sydney after the Bondi terrorist attack. The decision prompted immediate calls for police to drop criminal charges laid against protesters…...

15+ hour, 16+ min ago  (619+ words) April 16, 2026 " 3: 18pm WA Premier Roger Cook has "no confidence" the country will avoid moving to level three on the national fuel security plan as the Strait of Hormuz closure continues to drive an oil shock that has rattled the Australian economy....

16+ hour ago  (38+ words) Europe correspondent David Crowe shows Hungary's voters welcoming the defeat of Viktor Orban. Updated April 16, 2026 " 2: 33pm, first published 2: 30pm...

18+ hour, 36+ min ago  (1188+ words) April 16, 2026 " 11: 58am Donald Trump's attempts to bring the US Federal Reserve Board under his control continue to undermine his ability to do just that. On Wednesday, Trump said that if the Fed chair, Jerome Powell, didn't leave the central bank when…...

18+ hour, 45+ min ago  (1383+ words) April 16, 2026 " 11: 49am The US Navy's sea blockade against Iran appears to be doing its job. Iran-linked or sanctioned vessels that have left the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz have stopped or turned around, shipping data firms say. They appear…...

19+ hour, 4+ min ago  (1487+ words) Will a glamping resort in the Gardens of Stone near Lithgow be a great new ecotourism drawcard or destroy the very thing the conservation reserve is meant to protect? The idea of building glamping resorts for private profit on public…...

18+ hour, 58+ min ago  (80+ words) Former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has been called out for hypocrisy, after calling for national unity on the fuel crisis despite being considered to have led Queensland to go it alone during the COVID pandemic. Updated April 16, 2026 " 11: 36am, first published 10: 36am...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (788+ words) April 16, 2026 " 5: 00am One of the most audacious undertakings in Victorian politics is Jacinta Allan's attempt to repackage her 12-year-old Labor administration as a government of new solutions. "New solutions, a buzz phrase Allan used seven times in her first speech to…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (754+ words) April 16, 2026 " 5: 00am Is Mark Latham plotting yet another change of party allegiance? That was one question raised by the former One Nation firebrand's headline status alongside John Ruddick at a Libertarian Party branch meeting that was set to go ahead in…...