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PETER VAN ONSELEN: Everyone is reading the new polls about Pauline Hanson wrong. It’s a reckoning for Albo – and disaster for Angus Taylor
An opinion piece by commentator Peter van Onselen argues that new opinion polling on Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party is being widely misinterpreted. He contends the figures actually represent a warning sign for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Labor government rather than simply reflecting a resurgence for Hanson, and suggests the numbers spell particular trouble for…
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Wales closing the gap to world’s best – Morgan
Wales flanker Jac Morgan says the national side are closing the gap on the world’s best teams despite heavy Nations Championship defeats to Argentina and South Africa. Wales opened the tournament with a 39-24 win over Fiji in Cardiff before losing comprehensively to the Pumas and then to a rotated Springboks side, who still ran…
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Aussie mum who allegedly groomed her toddlers to be Islamic State terrorists with graphic extremist propaganda videos wins her freedom
An Australian woman accused of grooming her toddlers to become Islamic State terrorists, allegedly exposing them to graphic extremist propaganda videos, has been granted bail. The case centres on serious terrorism-related allegations involving very young children, raising concerns about child radicalisation and the reach of extremist material within families. Limited further detail was available in…
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Eye-popping truth about what REALLY happens on your local allotments. There’s so many whispers among middle-aged gardeners about what the veg plots have become notorious for
A journalist writing under the name Martha Price describes joining a local allotment in south London, only to discover that a friendly community of gardeners was allegedly linked to swinger parties hosted by a couple, “Kirsty and Frank”, who lived next to the plots. After being welcomed into the allotment group by its organiser and…
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Wolves return to park two years after pack deaths
Two European grey wolves have moved into New Forest Wildlife Park in Hampshire, restoring the species to the site nearly two years after its previous pack died out. The new arrivals, a two-year-old female from Belgium and a one-year-old male from France, are settling into a purpose-built enclosure, with the park saying it had always…
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The underwater harvest hoping for a bumper crop
Volunteers and conservationists have been gathering seagrass seeds along the Solent coast near Southampton in an effort to restore Britain’s badly depleted seagrass meadows, which play a significant role in absorbing carbon dioxide and supporting marine life. The early-morning harvest, timed to an exceptionally low tide, forms part of a wider restoration effort, as seagrass…
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Sacked traffic controller exposed for using AI in legal battle to save his job after he was fired for allegedly urinating in public in front of workmate
A traffic controller who was dismissed after allegedly urinating in public in front of a colleague has been caught using artificial intelligence in his subsequent legal fight against the sacking. The case highlights the growing, and sometimes controversial, use of AI tools by individuals pursuing employment disputes, raising questions about transparency and the reliability of…
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Retired UK civil servants failed by pension outsourcing, government says
The UK government has admitted that retired civil servants have been failed by the outsourcing of their pension scheme to Capita, with maladministration leaving some claimants waiting up to a year for payments. The Cabinet Office is now looking to bring the scheme back in-house after “unacceptable” service levels left pensioners and bereaved relatives in…