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Exclusive: MPs backing bill to use ‘nuclear option’ of 1911 Parliament Act if it continues to be blocked by LordsSupporters of assisted dying will seek to force through the bill using an archaic parliamentary procedure if it continues to be blocked by the Lords.The high stakes move – described by some backers as the “nuclear option” – would be the first time the 1911 Parliament Act has been invoked for […]

Superpower Institute report fleshes out 2024 call from Labor heavyweight Ross Garnaut to re-embrace carbon pricing 12 years after Tony Abbott axed itFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government could make deep emissions cuts and restructure an ailing federal budget by taxing polluting companies more than $35bn a year for the damage they cause to the […]

Plane vanished in jungle near eastern border with Venezuela; search hindered by dense terrain and adverse weather.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Foreign minister announces apparent reversal of France's stance, saying Iran protest crackdown 'cannot go unanswered'.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Demonstrations will be held across the US, with flagship event in Twin Cities, where ICE fatally shot two peopleA third No Kings protest will be held on 28 March, organizers announced today. Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, one of the groups coordinating No Kings, said that he expects it to be “the biggest protest in American history”.Protests will be held nationwide, with a flagship event in Minnesota’s Twin Cities – […]

Assailant, 80, said to have entered victim’s property in Little Hulton on Tuesday and asked for cash and her purseAn 80-year-old man has been arrested after a 95-year-old woman was tied up and threatened during an attempted robbery in Salford after being asked about bin collection day, police said.It is understood an assailant entered the woman’s property in Little Hulton in Salford on Tuesday, tied her hands together, and asked […]

Exclusive: MPs backing bill to use ‘nuclear option’ of 1911 Parliament Act if it continues to be blocked by LordsSupporters of assisted dying will seek to force through the bill using an archaic parliamentary procedure if it continues to be blocked by the Lords.The high stakes move – described by some backers as the “nuclear option” – would be the first time the 1911 Parliament Act has been invoked for […]

Exclusive: The $2bn Thriving Kids scheme, due to start on 1 July, would instead start in October, after states said they were not ready yetFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government has offered to delay the start of a new program for early intervention autism services and provide budget top-ups for smaller states, part of efforts […]