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Australia news live: Ooshies drive sales boom as Woolworths profit soars; Victoria secretly increased transport fares to raise money for Suburban Rail Loop

Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAngela Jackson, the commissioner of the Productivity Commission, said the body stands by the interim report into the GST, which found the deal with Western Australia to be a costly mistake that should be reversed.Jackson spoke to RN this morning after WA premier Roger Cook said “east coast clowns” didn’t understand the s...

Australia news live: Ooshies drive sales boom as Woolworths profit soars; Sydney Harbour Tunnel still partially closed after car fire

Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAngela Jackson, the commissioner of the Productivity Commission, said the body stands by the interim report into the GST, which found the deal with Western Australia to be a costly mistake that should be reversed.Jackson spoke to RN this morning after WA premier Roger Cook said “east coast clowns” didn’t understand the s...

Tributes pour in after country music legend Dolly Parton, 80, dies after ‘brief battle with cancer’

Reba McEntire, Lily Tomlin, Dionne Warwick, Kacey Musgraves, Donald Trump and others mourn star’s deathDolly Parton dies aged 80 | Celebrity tributes | A life in picturesParton’s peerless career turned country music cliches inside outShare your tributes and memories of Dolly PartonOur picture editors have collated Dolly Parton’s life in pictures:In the UK, top radio presenter Jo Whiley introduced ...

What is really behind Japan’s planned cabinet shake-up?

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi remains in a strong position despite a poll showing falling support for her administration, ahead of an expected cabinet reshuffle to bolster her coalition government. A new cabinet could help the government win over voters, reward ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers and win the support of junior coalition partner Ishin no Kai, analysts have said....

Iran war live: Iran says Hormuz remains closed despite Oman route deal

Tehran says the agreement with Oman on routes through Hormuz does not indicate that the strait is open.

Australia news live: Ooshies trend sees profit boom for Woolworths; Sydney Harbour Tunnel still partially closed after car fire

Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAngela Jackson, the commissioner of the Productivity Commission, said the body stands by the interim report into the GST, which found the deal with Western Australia to be a costly mistake that should be reversed.Jackson spoke to RN this morning after WA premier Roger Cook said “east coast clowns” didn’t understand the s...

As Ukraine hits Russia's refineries, Russia targets Ukraine's petrol pumps

Fuel companies are urging customers not to linger at the pumps after a wave of deadly attacks.

Canada imposes tariffs of up to 50% on billions in U.S. imports

A deepening trade war between the U.S. and Canada is once again driving up the cost of goods crossing the northern border. After the Trump administration imposed a 50% tariff on many Canadian products, Canada hit back with import taxes on billions of American-made goods. Nancy Cordes reports.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe visits Russia, on what was a secret trip

A U.S. military plane landed at an airport in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe was among those on board. Charlie D'Agata reports.

California releases more than 3,000 endangered mountain frogs into the wild

Australia news live: Ooshies trend sees profit boom for Woolworths; productivity commissioner says ‘line was crossed’ by WA premier in GST scuffle

Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAngela Jackson, the commissioner of the Productivity Commission, said the body stands by the interim report into the GST, which found the deal with Western Australia to be a costly mistake that should be reversed.Jackson spoke to RN this morning after WA premier Roger Cook said “east coast clowns” didn’t understand the s...

Australia news live: profit boom for Woolworths; productivity commissioner says ‘line was crossed’ by WA premier in GST scuffle

Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastProductivity Commission commissioner says attacks on body’s integrity ‘bridge too far’Angela Jackson, the commissioner of the Productivity Commission, said the body stands by the interim report into the GST, which found the deal with Western Australia to be a costly mistake that should be reversed.We are aiming, of cours...

US starts returning staff to some Middle East missions after Iran war evacuations

US President Donald Trump’s administration is starting to send staff back to some diplomatic missions in the Middle East that were evacuated ‌or downsized amid tensions with Iran, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The posts in Lebanon, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Baghdad, Iraq, are among those where staff will return, the sources said. Family members will also be allowed to return to ...

US starts returning staff to Middle East missions after Iran war evacuations, sources say

US President Donald Trump’s administration is starting to send staff back to some diplomatic missions in the Middle East that were evacuated ‌or downsized amid tensions with Iran, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The posts in Lebanon, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Baghdad, Iraq, are among those where staff will return, the sources said. Family members will also be allowed to return to ...

Australia news live: PM shares Dolly Parton memory in tribute; Finocchiaro says NT can power datacentres with Beetaloo gas

Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastProductivity Commission commissioner says attacks on body’s integrity ‘bridge too far’Angela Jackson, the commissioner of the Productivity Commission, said the body stands by the interim report into the GST, which found the deal with Western Australia to be a costly mistake that should be reversed.We are aiming, of cours...

Hong Kong’s property, financial markets face test under cross-border anti-corruption law

China’s deliberation on its sweeping cross-border anti-corruption law may ripple through Hong Kong’s financial and property markets, as Beijing seeks harsher punishments for corrupt officials and broadens its scrutiny of the massive pool of wealth transferred overseas. Hong Kong remains in focus after the draft law was submitted on Tuesday to the standing committee of the national legislature for ...

Gavin Newsom puts Spanish-style California mansion up for sale for $7.5m

The 12-bath, seven-bed home near the state capital boasts a 5,000-bottle wine cellar, a pool and a tennis courtCalifornia governor Gavin Newsom has put his Sacramento-area mansion up for sale, before his term will end in January.The 12-bath, seven-bed Spanish-style home in Fair Oaks, a suburb of the California capital, hit the market on Monday with an asking price of $7.5m. The estate, which sits ...

Australia news live: Greens urge national cabinet to refocus on gendered violence; Finocchiaro says NT can power datacentres with Beetaloo gas

Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese posts tribute to Dolly Parton, remembering time when he intervened to get her tour bus on Australian roadsPrime minister Anthony Albanese shared a tribute to the late Dolly Parton this morning, saying the singer had “made our world a better place in so many ways”.And the big, radiant heart of the Dolly universe ...

ICE arrests mother and daughter at Florida hospital after car crash

Agents arrest women who ‘almost died’ after they were hit by vehicle and their car flipped over four times, family sayAn Ecuadorian mother and daughter were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at a hospital after a car crash in central Florida.On 20 August, Grace Stephanie Calero Cabanilla, 39, and her daughter, Giulianna Mía Carriel Calero, 19, were involved in a car cras...

CIA director makes an unannounced trip to Moscow for talks, source says

The CIA director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced flight to Moscow for talks, according to a source. This is Ratcliffe's first trip to Moscow since he began his tenure as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency. 

US man kills 8 relatives, including 4 children, at family dinner

A man killed eight of his relatives, including four children, as they gathered for Sunday dinner at a home outside Billings, Montana, weeks after his parents asked him to move out, a family member told Associated Press. Brad Ireland, whose former wife and two children were among the dead, identified the shooter as 44-year-old Alan Smith. Smith’s parents, who were also killed, had asked him to move...

US man kills 8 relatives, including 4 children, at Sunday dinner, says family spokeswoman

A man killed eight of his relatives, including four children, at a Sunday dinner at a home in Billings, Montana, before taking his own life, a spokesperson for the family told Associated Press. Jennifer Mercer, who set up an online fundraiser to help cover funeral costs and other expenses and was authorised to release details, identified the victims as representing four generations of the blended ...

Record-breaking heat dome expected to bring dangerous temperatures to US south-west

As wildfires rage and intense heat builds across the region, daytime highs of 110-11F (43-46C) are forecastSurging temperatures are expected to broil more than 45 million people as a heat dome settles in across the south-western US through the end of August and into early September, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).As wildfires rage in some parts and intense heat builds across the r...

Man kills eight relatives, including children, in shooting at Montana home, officials say

Home in Billings was also set on fire, with victims representing four generations of a blended familyA man killed eight of his relatives, including four children, on Sunday evening in a shooting at a home in Billings, Montana, that was also set on fire, according to authorities and local media reports.Police have characterized the case as a family disturbance, according to Montana news outlet KULR...

Australia news live: Greens urges national cabinet to refocus on gendered violence; Finocchiaro says NT ‘has the answers’ on datacentre resources

Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFinocchiaro makes ‘no apologies’ for controversial changes to child protection lawsLia Finocchiaro, the NT’s chief minister, said controversial changes to child protection laws in the territory were meant to “strengthen care and protection so that the safety of a child comes first”.I challenge any Australian sitting at h...