US vice-presidential debate as it happened: J.D. Vance, Tim Walz face off for first time in New York
Vice president Democratic nominee Tim Walz and Republican nominee J.D. Vance will face off in the vice-presidential debate.
- by Olivia Ireland and Farrah Tomazin
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Can the AFP charge protesters for displaying the Hezbollah flag? It’s complicated
Parliament outlawed the display of terrorist symbols just this year. The rallies could pose the first major test of the fresh rules.
- by Olivia Ireland
Hezbollah flag-waving protesters risk jail, AFP warns
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has demanded authorities check the visa status of demonstrators who waved Hezbollah flags and glorified the militant group’s slain chief Hassan Nasrallah.
- by Paul Sakkal, James Massola, Olivia Ireland and Marta Pascual Juanola
Every visa sent to ASIO: Home Affairs advice challenges Dutton claim
Confidential documents reveal that Palestinians leaving Gaza went through eight stages of identity verification, challenging Coalition attacks against the government.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Olivia Ireland
Albanese, Karvelas clash over her ‘not terribly clever’ questions
The prime minister’s tetchiness on Thursday is the latest in a series of moments where Albanese has become curt when pressed on hard topics.
- by Olivia Ireland
Albanese warns corporate chiefs of ‘extreme anti-business’ opposition
The PM has gone on the offensive in a growing row with big business, saying his government has “stood up for some of Australia’s biggest employers”.
- by David Crowe and Olivia Ireland
After Lehrmann saga, Reynolds doubts watchdog will stop ‘weaponisation’
Independent MPs slammed parliament’s new standards agency, saying it was a toothless major party “stitch-up”, while Linda Reynolds called its creators “hypocritical”.
- by Olivia Ireland
‘Furious tirade’: Shorten slams robo-debt public servant’s claims she was a ‘scapegoat’
Former top public servant Kathryn Campbell says she was set up to take the blame for the robo-debt crisis.
- by Olivia Ireland
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Victorian CFMEU overseer quits after claims of inappropriate comments
Appointed to help the administrator restore order to the union’s Victorian branch, Grahame McCulloch has instead resigned.
- by Nick McKenzie, Olivia Ireland and James Massola
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Sparkies union plans Greens donation as ACTU legend issues unity plea
“I think unity is one of the most important things … you’ve got to sit down and talk with them to take them back,” former ACTU secretary Bill Kelty said.
- by Olivia Ireland and Nick Bonyhady
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Union movement splinters as Setka faces police probe over site visits
A large union has vowed to quit the ACTU as the CFMEU crisis exposes rifts over the treatment of the embattled union.
- by Kieran Rooney, Olivia Ireland and Rachel Eddie
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