The party that ‘got smashed’ in the May federal election attracted only about 18% of gen Z’s vote * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Three months after the Liberal party’s federal electoral drubbing, Sussan Ley met a group of New South Wales candidates at an intimate gathering in Penrith, in Sydney’s west, to thank them for running. At the dinner, attended by about 20 candidates, several told the new leader the party had lost the social media battle during the election campaign. Labor were quicker, savvier, and used more AI to generate content, they told Ley, recounting the event on condition of anonymity. Continue reading...

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Queensland government’s plan to build the 2032 Games’ main stadium at Victoria Park has united an unlikely group of protesters * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast At a public meeting in August, a former Liberal National party premier vowed to stand in the way of bulldozers that would be used to clear the way for the construction of Queensland’s main 2032 Olympics stadium. About 200 local residents packed the small hall at Kelvin Grove State College in Brisbane that night for a meeting organised by the protest group Save Victoria Park, which is campaigning against a state and federal government-funded plan to build a $3.8bn 63,000-seat Olympic stadium at the site. Continue reading...

On Monday, the Liberal Party turns 81. Of several possible birthday options, the Liberals observe October 13, 1944, the date on which a conference of anti-Labor parties called by founder Robert Menzie...

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On Monday, the Liberal Party turns 81. Of several possible birthday options, the Liberals observe October 13, 1944, the date on which a conference of anti-Labor parties called by founder Robert…

On Monday, the Liberal Party turns 81. Of several possible birthday options, the Liberals observe October 13, 1944, the date on which a conference of anti-Labor parties called by founder Robert…

On Monday, the Liberal Party turns 81. Of several possible birthday options, the Liberals observe October 13, 1944, the date on which a conference of anti-Labor parties called by founder Robert…

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Israeli forces have abducted over 500 peace activists over the past week who were sailing to Gaza in an effort to deliver humanitarian aid to the besieged territory. Organizers of the Global Sumud Flo...

Labor backbencher is calling for drastic intervention to secure supplies for the east coast * Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Labor backbencher Ed Husic is demanding an intervention to combat Japanese gas companies re-selling Australian exports to other markets, breaking ranks from the government and risking diplomatic blowback from Tokyo. The former industry minister said the government must send a “powerful signal” to overseas multinationals, in particular in Japan, to stop “playing us off as mugs” by profiting off the resale of Australian gas while households and industry on the east coast face high prices and potential supply shortages. Continue reading...

A French court increases by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.