
Burke says Taylor chasing votes lost to One Nation while cricket great urges opposition to admit policy would discriminate against Muslims Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Angus Taylor’s plans to favour immigration from liberal democracies would fundamentally change the character of the nation, Labor has warned, challenging the Coalition to explain where existing deportation powers are insufficient. Home affairs minister Tony Burke lashed Taylor’s new hardline policy

"How do I check that it's not a hoax?" said Ari Hodara. The Parisian art enthusiast could not believe his luck when he found out he'd won a Pablo Picasso painting worth $1 million. (Image credit: Michel Euler)
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Promotion of ‘bitcoin treasury’ firm with Kwasi Kwarteng draws new attention to Reform leader’s relations with industry A thumping electronic beat provides the soundtrack to the video as Nigel Farage appears in front of a bank of screens. At first glance, it could be yet another of the Reform UK leader’s “second jobs” – whether promoting gold as a pension fallback or recording Cameo videos . And in a sense, it is: Farage is promoting a £2m cryptocurrency purchase by a company in which he has £21

Pyongyang making ‘very serious’ progress on producing weapons, with rapid rise in activity at main nuclear complex North Korea has made “very serious” progress in its ability to produce more nuclear weapons, the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog has warned, in another sign that the regime is seeking to use its nuclear arsenal to ensure its survival . North Korea is thought to have assembled about 50 nuclear warheads, although some experts are sceptical of its claims that it is able to miniaturis

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A super typhoon steadily battered a pair of remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean with ferocious winds and relentless rains, shredding tin roofs and forcing residents to take cover. (Image credit: AP)

Guardian - World · Oct 8
John Hancock welcomes findings on ownership of mines and companies although judge says dispute should be determined in private arbitration Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Gina Rinehart’s son has said he wants to reunite his family after a landmark court case left a long-running feud over ownership of mines and companies unresolved. The Western Australian supreme court on Wednesday found Rinehart’s children were at one point set to inherit 49% of her company and said

Guardian - World · Oct 8
After Singapore last week, the PM visits supplier of 9% of Australia’s diesel as treasurer travels to Washington for G20 finance ministers’ meeting Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese has arrived in Brunei Darussalam, the first Australian prime minister to fly to the oil-rich country for a meeting with the sultan, where he’ll discuss fuel supplies with the world’s longest serving monarch, Andrew Greene has reported from the travelling media pool. Arrivin