Month: November 2025

Former PM calls incident a ‘coup’ but recalls both he and Whitlam were concerned about potential for standoff between military and policeThe dismissal: the day the governor general sacked the Whitlam government – in picturesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe former prime minister Paul Keating says he advised Gough Whitlam to arrest the then governor general Sir John Kerr at the height of the dismissal […]

New prime minister says an attack on Taiwan could trigger the deployment of her country’s self-defence forces if the conflict poses threat to JapanJapan and China are embroiled in a row about Tokyo’s potential military involvement in the event of a conflict over Taiwan.Beijing reacted angrily this month after Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said an attack on Taiwan could trigger the deployment of her country’s self-defence forces if […]

Cameroon, Congo, Gabon and Nigeria clash for entry into the FIFA intercontinental playoff tournament for the World Cup.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

The failure by state governments to do anything about pollution means it has often been met with apathy. But at a rare protest anger and frustration were rifeAs a familiar smoky evening haze gathered over Delhi, the crowd began to assemble in their hundreds. Mothers and children, students, retirees and environmentalists were all united by a basic but desperate demand: the right to breathe safely in India’s capital.“Delhi is not […]

Australian safety investigation finds serious accidents involving two planes in September 2023 were only avoided ‘by luck’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo passenger planes only narrowly avoided colliding with construction vehicles and workers during takeoff at Melbourne airport in 2023, in one case by less than five metres, because the flight crews were unaware the runway […]