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There’s plenty happening in the final sprint towards election day – Peter Dutton’s electorate office has been trashed by vandals, both leaders have been ambushed by protesters and former PM Tony Abbott has criticised the overuse of Welcome to Country acknowledgments as “grating” and a “badge of political correctness”. And for everyone annoyed by those relentless Trumpet of Patriot text messages, the man who authorised them is facing some internet karma. FOLLOW THE LATEST CAMPAIGN UPDATES BELOW Originally published as Election campaign live: Albanese and Dutton face hecklers as Abbott slams ‘grating’ acknowledgments of country Read related topics:Anthony Albanese Source ... Read more

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party won Canada’s federal election, capping a stunning turnaround in fortunes fueled by US President Donald Trump’s annexation threats and trade war. The Liberals are projected to win more of Parliament’s 343 seats than the Conservatives, though it wasn’t clear yet if they would win an outright majority, which would allow them to pass legislation without needing help. The Liberals looked headed for a crushing defeat until the American president started attacking Canada’s economy and threatening its sovereignty, suggesting it should become the 51st state. Canada’s new prime minister and Liberal leader Mark Carney casts ... Read more

The NRL has told bunker officials to only go back in play and order sin-bins in the most serious cases, after conceding match referees went too far on the weekend. League officials spent Monday combing through the record 18 sin-bins from round eight, while pinning the blame firmly on players for a rise in high tackles. NRL CEO Andrew Abdo also insisted there was no crackdown in place, but only a “slight over-reaction” from referees after several missed sin-bins earlier this year. It means the NRL will make no apology for continuing to sin-bin players where required at Magic Round, ... Read more

Ten years have passed since Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran faced a firing squad in Indonesia, capping one of the most controversial drug-smuggling cases in Australian and Indonesian history. The Bali Nine, made up of nine young Australians, were arrested in April 2005 after attempting to smuggle more than eight kilograms of heroin, worth around $4m, into Australia from Indonesia. A decade later, in the early hours of April 29, 2015, Chan and Sukumaran were executed by firing squad on Nusakambangan Island, Indonesia. The executions took place after midnight local time, around 3am AEST, and were confirmed by the Indonesian ... Read more

The compromised banking details of more than 30,000 Aussies have been found online, security experts say. Research from Aussie tech security firm, Dvuln said the compromised data, found from the last four years, relates to “multiple major banks”. But rather than the credentials being stolen from the banks, they were swiped from customer’s devices by criminals using “infostealer malware infections”. Details from 10,000 customers of one bank found on “infostealer logs” where criminals can share and sell the data, it says, and another had 7000. (iStock/Getty) Dvuln warned the data shows only a “fraction” of what’s going on. Details from ... Read more

Perched outside a fish and chip shop, across from a hair salon and overlooking the remnants of a long-since-relocated tyre service centre, a public phone looks like any other you’d find in the inner-city. There’s the angular shape of the box, a bright orange glowing top emblazoned with the instantly recognisable Telstra logo, and a few tags etched into the walls courtesy of a bored local youth. But this one on Melville Road in Melbourne’s Brunswick West has a secret that’s been untold until now. Every single day, on average, someone in the depths of despair and battling a whole ... Read more

Four people are dead, including children, and several others are injured after a car crashed through an after-school camp in Chatham, Illinois. At about 3.20pm on Monday (Tuesday AEDT), police responded after a vehicle drove through the east side of the YNOT After School Camp, Illinois State Police said in a news release. Chatham is south of Springfield. This image taken from video provided by WCIA shows first responders working the scene after a car smashed through a building during an after-school program, killing multiple people Monday, April 28, 2025, in Chatham, Ill. (AP) The vehicle struck several people outside ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size The date when Matildas captain Sam Kerr can return to action remains unclear, her club coach says. The West Australian has been out of action since suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury during warm weather training in early January 2024. Kerr had been included on Chelsea’s Champions League roster in the hope she would be able to play a part in their campaign, but she was never fit enough to even be named in a matchday squad prior to the English club’s exit at ... Read more

Red paint was thrown onto Dutton’s office on Dawson Parade in Arana Hills, Moreton Bay, sometime overnight. Images of Dutton with his family, pictured on the front of the building, are covered in red paint.  Red paint was thrown onto Dutton’s office on Dawson Parade in Arana Hills, Moreton Bay, sometime overnight. (9News) Queensland Police say they were called to nearby Wye Street in Mitchelton after reports of four people acting suspicious in a red sedan at 2.30am. Police dogs then tracked a woman to Leslie Patrick Park, where officers found the allegedly vandalised office. An 18-year-old woman was ... Read more

Anti-nuclear protesters have derailed Peter Dutton’s announcement of funding to upgrade a sport field in Sanctuary Point, in the seat Gilmore. The Opposition Leaders was joined at Francis Ryan Sports Field, home of local football club the St George Basin Dragons, with a group of young players to announce the upgrade. He had been presented a jersey, and had just chatted to a friendly member of the public who approached him during the event, when the nuclear protesters arrived. The trio pretended to be scouting for the location of “Australia’s first nuclear reactor”, as the sounds of a geiger counter ... Read more