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Former construction union officials have launched a high court challenge against the Albanese government’s law appointing administrators to run the union following accusations of criminal misconduct and bikie links. Jade Ingham, former national president of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union, announced the challenge, accusing state and federal Labor governments of “active treachery and … Read more

No Australian has won the Vuelta a España, the famed Spanish grand tour. Only two Australians have finished on its podium; Jack Haig three years ago, and Cadel Evans in 2009. But on Tuesday, West Australian Ben O’Connor will begin the final week of the race in the red leader’s jersey and with over a … Read more

Every activity has an associated level of risk. There is no bridge with zero risk of collapse, no playground with zero risk of injury and no food or air with zero risk of cancer-causing chemicals. If we take the word “safe” to mean “zero risk”, there is no safe bridge to cross, no safe playground, … Read more

Mongolia’s failure to arrest Vladimir Putin on an international criminal court (ICC) warrant dealt a “heavy blow” to the international criminal law system, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said on Monday as the Russian president arrived for talks likely to focus on a new gas pipeline connecting Russia and China. Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesperson Heorhiy Tykhyi said: … Read more

Events of the past few days in Germany are a chilling reflection of political atrophy and our collective amnesia. A little more than a week ago, a brutal mass stabbing at a local festival in the western city of Solingen left three people dead in what prosecutors believe to have been an act of Islamist … Read more

At the end of her first year at the Victorian College of the Arts, Michelle Brasier’s acting teachers told her she hadn’t made it to second year: that she was too young; that she lacked “life experience”; that she had “no well of pain from which to draw”. The following year, she suffered third-degree burns … Read more

After three games in charge of Liverpool, Arne Slot has enjoyed as close to a perfect start as possible. The Dutchman’s team head into the international break with nine points and zero goals conceded, further boosted by a jaunt of a victory over their arch-rivals, Manchester United. Slot is yet to use a player who … Read more

It was earlier this month, as protests swept Bangladesh and bodies lay on the streets, that prime minister Sheikh Hasina hastily boarded a helicopter. She was unaccompanied by any political aides and did not tell any of her senior ministers she was leaving. In a matter of hours, she touched down in neighbouring India, where … Read more

Members of Brazil’s supreme court have unanimously voted to uphold the ban on X, after Elon Musk’s refusal to comply with local laws led to the social network being blocked in one of its biggest markets. On Monday, five of the court’s justices were asked to consider Friday’s decision to temporarily banish X from Brazil, … Read more

Max Verstappen’s frustration and anger at the performance of his Red Bull car at the Italian Grand Prix was almost visceral. The world champion is unafraid to speak his mind and he did so to damning effect in Monza, condemning the car as an undriveable monster that might cost him a fourth title. This might … Read more