1. Dutton blames Labor for poll decline Dutton’s campaign has been plagued by stumbles, policy backflips and mixed messaging, which have coincided with a dramatic collapse in the opinion polls. Asked to rate his campaign performance so far, Dutton offered a muted acknowledgment of the decline. But the opposition leader wasn’t fessing up to any…
With its chalk-white face and bright flame-coloured markings, the white-faced darter dragonfly is a distinctive sight as it flutters around England’s peat bogs. The rare dragonfly, which breeds in mossy pools, is at threat of local extinction, but now conservationists are trying to end its population crash by introducing it into a remote corner of…
Forty years ago the then Prince of Wales invited, at his own expense, the artist John Ward to join an official visit to Italy as an official tour artist, with the brief to draw or paint whatever inspired him. Since then, 42 artists to have undertaken this role, collectively visiting 95 countries during 69 tours,…
Gary Lineker has suggested the BBC wanted him to leave Match of the Day, ahead of his departure next month after more than a quarter of the century at the helm of the show. In an interview with Amol Rajan for the BBC, Lineker discussed his departure from the football highlights programme, which was announced…
A woman allegedly murdered her terminally ill partner soon after he delayed making a decision on legal assisted dying at a palliative care meeting, a judge has heard. Kylie Ellina Truswell-Mobbs, 50, was arrested on 3 April, more than a year after the death of David Ronald Mobbs, 56, at Alexandra Hills, in Brisbane’s south-east,…
Anthony Albanese has paid tribute to the “courage and true leadership” of Pope Francis in Melbourne, and suggested the governor general may represent Australia at the funeral of the man he calls “the people’s pope”. The prime minister was due to campaign in marginal seats in the Victorian capital as pre-polling began on Tuesday, but…
The number of British households stealing about £1.5bn of gas and electricity every year is expected to rise as energy bill bad debts continue to set new records, according to fuel poverty campaigners. The energy industry has warned that “desperate” households who are unable to pay their bills are increasingly resorting to tampering with their…
Noor Abdalla, the wife of detained Columbia university graduate and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, has announced the birth of their son. In a statement released on Monday evening, Abdalla wrote: “I welcomed our son into the world earlier today without Mahmoud by my side. Despite our request for ICE to allow Mahmoud to attend the…
Harvard University has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging it is trying to “gain control of academic decision-making at Harvard”. The university is fighting back against the administration’s threat to review about $9bn in federal funding after Harvard officials refused to comply with a list of demands that included appointing an outside overseer…
Ministers are privately ruling out scrapping the two-child benefit cap despite warnings from charities that a failure to do so could result in the highest levels of child poverty since records began. Government sources said charities and Labour MPs who were concerned that wider benefit cuts would push more families into poverty should “read the…
