Month: February 2026

Documents released under FoI show Wells’ department worried about how gambling reforms would affect sporting codes and media companiesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere is growing “frustration” in the government caucus about the delay to gambling advertising reforms, according to a group of Labor MPs who say they want the communications and sports minister, Anika Wells, to take action.Documents recently released under freedom of information […]

Labor set to take advantage of shambles with blistering attacks in question time as Sussan Ley presides over barest opposition benches since 1943 Normally this column focuses on the agenda for the coming parliamentary week, unpacking a dense policy issue or two that will dominate the political discussion.This week is a little different. You would expect the government’s big agenda would be front and centre in the first regularly scheduled […]

Nearly 200 people, including 31 civilians, have been killed in latest escalation of the decades-old regional conflict.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Israel has killed more than 500 Palestinians since agreeing to end its genocidal war under a US-brokered ‘ceasefire'.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Susan and John Letby question use of arrest footage filmed at their house in programme about daughter’s crimesThe parents of Lucy Letby have criticised the use of footage due to be aired in a new Netflix documentary about their daughter’s crimes as a “complete invasion of privacy” and said watching it would “likely kill us”.Susan and John Letby questioned why police had released video of Letby’s arrest, which took place […]

Green party leader wants to legalise all drugs, regulate their use and not be ‘the fun police’UK politics live – latest updatesThe leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski, has said he has never taken drugs or “even drunk alcohol” in his life, but wants to legalise all drugs and regulate their use.Polanski made the admission on the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme, when he was asked if he […]

Alcaraz becomes the youngest man to complete the Career Grand Slam and win 7 Slams with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 triumph.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article