Climate groups call backflip a ‘disaster’ while moderate Liberals worry about impact on winning back urban electorates

The decision by neo-Nazis to identify themselves publically may reflect an internal sentiment that far-right radicalism is becoming normalised.

Details have emerged about the controversial scheme to take Palestinians out of Gaza, run by Al-Majd Europe.

The commercial rock lobster fishery south of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel is now closed effective 15 November 2025

<article data-history-node-id="431562" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-accused-282-ceasefire-breaches-gaza-over-one-month" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-accused-282-ceasefire-breaches-gaza-over-one-month" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel accused of 282 ceasefire breaches in Gaza over one month</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="635" data-start="433">Gaza officials say Israel has torn through the so-called ceasefire with relentless attacks, killing hundreds of Palestinians in the month since the agreement was announced.</p> <p data-end="856" data-start="637">According to the Government Media Office, Israeli forces breached the ceasefire at least 282 times between 10 October and 10 November, carrying out air strikes, artillery fire, and direct shootings across the Strip.</p> <p data-end="1163" data-start="858">The office reported that Israeli forces opened fire on civilians 88 times, stormed neighbourhoods beyond the “yellow line” 12 times, bombed Gaza 124 times, and levelled residential property on 52 occasions. It also said Israel detained 23 Palestinians from Gaza during the same period.</p> <p data-end="1394" data-start="1165">Despite the declared pause in the genocide, Israel has continued to block essential humanitarian aid, while destroying homes and infrastructure across the besieged territory, deepening an already catastrophic situation for civilians.</p> </div> </div> </article>

This is an edited extract from Rise of the Right by Greg Barns, published by Hardie Grant Books. As One Nation and Pauline Hanson make the front pages yet again, this time over the quest for funding f...

In this post-truth environment, the interests of coal and gas are somehow able to win the hearts and minds of voters * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast During the last parliament I negotiated an amendment to the Climate Change Act to lock in Australia’s carbon emissions target as a floor – not a ceiling. I did it to promote government ambition to exceed the target and, having covered the first Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Paris agreement, to provide a legislative buffer against backsliding by a future Australian government. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Growth has been steady even since Trump’s re-election, building on increase from $20bn to $157bn, says thinktank * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Surging Australian demand for pro-environment investments has overcome a US-led backlash, with potential global ramifications, against green finance brought on by Donald Trump’s re-election, even if backers are less vocal about their projects. Green, sustainable and social investments have risen from $20bn to $157bn in the past five years, with $137bn backing projects with environmental benefits, according to new research from Impact Investing Australia (IIA) and the Centre for Social Impact. Continue reading...

Offsets were meant to be a last resort for mitigating environmental damage from development projects, but rapidly became the default * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The federal government risks repeating grievous mistakes made in NSW with its proposals to change the way developers compensate for damage to the environment, scientists and legal experts have warned. As the Coalition tears itself apart again over climate, Labor’s plan to overhaul biodiversity offsets – and nature laws more broadly – has coasted under the radar with comparatively little scrutiny. Continue reading...

As Liberals join Nationals in abandoning a 2050 emissions target, we unpick some of the opposition’s talking points * Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Are you trying to make sense of some of the big claims made by Liberal and National party MPs for abandoning their support for Australia reaching net zero emissions by 2050? We’re here to help. Continue reading...

The Department of Justice has launched a probe targeting prominent Democrats.

Exclusive: Growth has been steady even since Trump’s re-election, building on increase from $20bn to $157bn, says thinktank

Labor is trying to present itself as the adult in the room, by pointing to the opposition's tantrums. That’s not governing, it’s babysitting.

For two years, we’ve been told Australia is drowning in antisemitism. Every protest for Palestinian human rights, every mural, every chant criticising Israel has been hauled up as “evidence.”

The death toll in Gaza remains unknown, and statistics have become a contested tool to understand the scale of the genocide. But even if we had an accurate number of deaths, we still wouldn’t…