Australia news live: Mark Dreyfus calls for republic referendum; Albanese heads to G20 in South Africa pred 3 urami in 7 minutami Former attorney general says it is ‘past time’ for another vote. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhile constitutional change has been taken off the table by Albanese, the prime minister has said he would support four year terms, which was also recently endorsed by former PM John Howard.Dreyfus said Australia is an “outlier” on having an election every three year, when other countries, and Australia’s states and territories have longer terms.It’s time to renew the campaign to establish an Australian Republic. Australia – and Australians – have changed in many ways over the past quarter century.In my view it is time – past time – for Australia to break its residual constitutional ties with the United Kingdom and its monarchy. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ministers call on Farage to address alleged ‘repulsive’ teenage racism pred 3 urami in 16 minutami Liz Kendall and Jo Stevens react after about 20 people claim they either witnessed or were victims of Reform leader’s abusive behaviourCabinet ministers have described detailed and multiple allegations of teenage racism by Nigel Farage as “repulsive” and doubled down on the prime minister’s call for him to address the claims.Liz Kendall, the secretary for science and innovation and technology, said she was appalled by the descriptions reported by the Guardian. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Documents reveal Gerald Ford’s effort to block report on CIA assassination plots pred 3 urami in 20 minutami Release of report comes amid conjecture Trump may have authorized the agency to assassinate Venezuelan presidentThe White House under Gerald Ford tried to block a landmark Senate report that disclosed the CIA’s role in assassination attempts against foreign leaders and ultimately led to a radical overhaul in how the agency was held to account, documents released to mark the 50th anniversary of the report’s publication reveal.The documents, dating from 1975, were posted on Thursday by the National Security Archive, an independent research group, as it sought to highlight the report’s significance amid conjecture that Donald Trump may have authorized the agency to assassinate Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, amid a massive US military build-up against the country. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Brazilian president will take fossil fuel phase-out plan to G20 summit pred 3 urami in 24 minutami Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he is ready to fight for transition roadmap despite opposition from some statesCop30 climate conference – live updatesAll the coverage from Cop30The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has told Cop30 delegates that he will take his fossil fuel transition roadmap to the G20 in Johannesburg this week to campaign for it, despite reports that petrostates have said they will not accept the plan.Before leaving Cop30 in Belém, the figurehead of the global south told civil society representatives he was ready to fight for the proposal to phase out oil, coal and gas in whatever forum was necessary. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Spycops inquiry: Doreen Lawrence says she does not believe ex-home secretary pred 3 urami in 30 minutami Stephen Lawrence’s mother tells inquiry she did not believe Michael Howard when he told her he did not know police had spied on her familyThe mother of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has told a public inquiry that she does not believe claims by the former home secretary Michael Howard that he did not know undercover police officers had spied on her family.Doreen Lawrence told the spycops inquiry on Thursday that Lord Howard, a former leader of the Conservative party, invited her to a meeting shortly after the inquiry was set up in 2014. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Connie Chan, progressive San Francisco lawmaker, enters race to succeed Pelosi pred 3 urami in 32 minutami San Francisco supervisor, 47, highlighting work on affordability for working families in US House runConnie Chan, a progressive lawmaker who serves on the San Francisco board of supervisors, has entered the race to succeed the former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi next year.In a Thursday announcement, Chan, 47, said the race was about “local neighborhoods versus outside money” and highlighted her work trying to make San Francisco more affordable for working families. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Reeves urged to ‘grasp the nettle’ with wholesale reset of council tax pred 3 urami in 36 minutami Experts say chancellor should go further than rumoured plan to update value of homes in top three bands Rachel Reeves has been urged to “grasp the nettle” and kick off a wholesale revaluation of the nation’s homes for council tax in next week’s budget as she prepares to introduce a levy on the most expensive properties.Council tax is charged based on valuations carried out in 1991. The Treasury is understood to have drawn up plans to update the value of homes currently in the top three council tax bands – F to H. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Councils in north of England and Midlands to get more funding in shake-up pred 4 urami The changes could see funding boosts for Reform-led councils in the north with high levels of deprivation Deprived towns and cities in the Midlands and the north of England are the big winners in a shake-up of local authority funding that will redirect cash from affluent rural areas to urban councils hit hardest by austerity.Ministers said the changes put in place a fairer system that recognised the extra needs and weaker council tax-raising powers of councils in so-called “left behind” areas. It guarantees them real-terms funding increases for the next three years. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Donald Trump and JD Vance snubbed for Dick Cheney’s funeral pred 4 urami in 30 minutami Joe Biden and George W Bush attend Republican’s service, while Barack Obama and Bill Clinton are notable absenteesDonald Trump and JD Vance have been snubbed, by not being invited to former vice-president Dick Cheney’s funeral, taking place on Thursday, according to a White House official familiar with the matter.Cheney, the former US vice-president to George W Bush and a Republican defense hawk who became a fierce critic of the current US president, died earlier this month at the age of 84. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ottawa officials to cull ‘mindblowing’ influx of thousands of goldfish in pond pred 5 urami in 47 minutami Scourge of goldfish has become growing problem as fish are released by pet owners into increasingly warm watersCity officials in Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, plan to cull thousands of feral goldfish from a stormwater pond, a decision that reflects the pervasive spread of the species throughout the region.Earlier in the year, city staff removed 5,000 fish from the city’s Celebration Park. But as many as 1,000 more are believed to still be living in the water. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
