19 September 2026
Pauline Hanson set to return to WA after by-election victory thewest. com. au
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19 September 2026
Premier Ben Carroll vows to legislate new form of manslaughter and increase maximum penalty for rape to life imprisonment Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast A re-elected Victorian Labor government will create two new Australian-first offences aimed at closing “loopholes” it says have allowed perpetrators of family violence to escape punishment. On Sunday, the premier, Ben Carroll, will announce an election commitment to legislate a new form of manslaughter covering cases in which a person takes their own life as a result of family violence, as well as a new offence covering perpetrators abandoning a victim in need of medical care. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here
19 September 2026
It can be tempting to blame grievance politics or the rise of One Nation for the tenor of current debate, but these are symptoms of a deeper malaise When the immigration minister, Tony Burke, approached the National Press Club podium on Thursday, the eyes of every migrant in the country would have been fixed on him. But, in fact, Burke’s address was a message for all working people across the country – and a signal of the times ahead for all of us. The past 12 months have seen all sides of politics cohere around the consensus articulated in the introduction to Burke’s address by the press club’s president, Tom Connell: “there is furious agreement over a need for a cut to immigration.” The only difference across the political spectrum is in the detail: who deserves to be cut, and who is valuable or otherwise deserving enough to remain.
19 September 2026
‘Orange-haired demon’: Masterchef star lashes Pauline Hanson The Daily Telegraph
19 September 2026
The U. N. expanded the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon's mandate 20 years ago to include monitoring adherence to a ceasefire in fighting between Israel and Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah — the militant group created in 1982 to counter a second Israeli invasion. (Image credit: Diego Ibarra Sánchez for NPR)
19 September 2026
Check out Puka Nacua’s hip injury concern as a doctor weighs a possible link to his previous psoas issue before the Giants game.
19 September 2026
Germany has announced that the Working Holiday scheme is open to citizens of only 12 countries. More information about the visa was also provided.
19 September 2026
Aaron Donald is expecting to play for the Los Angeles Rams on Monday Night Football, and if things go bad, there will be plenty to talk about. But if Donald can find a way to help ...
