23 September 2026
One Nation IP move hints at party push to snare Bjelke-Petersen scion The Age
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23 September 2026
One says she watched an Education Ministry manager telling staff to stop taking notes during criticism from teachers. Two more say senior managers often told staff not to write things down .
23 September 2026
Dads-to-be would be screened for perinatal distress alongside their partners under one proposal to be canvassed by a parliamentary inquiry.
23 September 2026
Inside the cartoon that’s fuelling One Nation’s subterranean rise AFR
23 September 2026
An emotional prime minister says that Kyiv’s cause is ‘an issue for the world’ as he also sets out the need for a new global order Anthony Albanese has announced Australia will provide $60m more in support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion during an emotional meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the UN meeting in New York. With the prime minister planning to use a key speech in New York to warn that the international world order was “no longer fit for purpose”, he hugged the Ukrainian president as the latyter thanked Australia for its support.
23 September 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said leaders of countries across Latin America and the Caribbean had begun making the designations. The actions could help provide a public rationale for military strikes.
23 September 2026
The Māori and Pacific Admissions Scheme, or MAPAS, has found itself at the centre of a political debate, but University of Auckland students say it is important initiative for improving equity.
23 September 2026
An iwi-led conservation project is undertaking one of the largest feral cat removal operations.
