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Victorian politics still exposed to ‘dark money’ and foreign donations as MPs struggle to agree on urgent reforms

Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) The ruling has left the Victorian Electoral Commission [unable to distribute

Targeted promotions ‘influential’ in luring Melbourne man who gambled $895,000 back to betting apps, inquest hears

Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) Hudson’s financial exposure per bet increased over time, Gray

Kumanjayi Little Baby: Advocates say five-year-old’s death ‘should not be politicised’ as hundreds gather at vigils

Australia on Thursday to honour the five-year-old Warlpiri girl, whose body was found

Tony Abbott to become new Liberal Party president in former PM’s return to political frontlines

Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) Abbott remains a hugely influential figure among conservative Liberals – including

Water flows to parched NSW wetlands could be turned back on within weeks as drought fears loom

Australia the passage of the bill was “a win for the community too”. “The outcry

Social media executives deny platforms are inherently addictive to children

Australia’s footsteps](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/social-media-ban) by making it illegal for under-16s to have

Albanese’s department among those blocking 80% of FoI requests, scathing report finds

Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) Department disclosure logs for FoI applications were found to be incomplete

New gasfield approved near Twelve Apostles puts climate and ‘pristine’ ocean in jeopardy, environmentalists warn

Australia Pacific’s head of climate and energy, Joe Rafalowicz, said the Otway project “risks

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts again fails to rule out Bondi beach terror attack being ‘false flag’

Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) Roberts first responded “we haven’t had the royal commission

England sweep aside Wales to continue dominant run

Australia) **Assistant referees:** Jess Ling (Australia), and Beatrice Smussi (Italy) **Television Match Official (TMO):** Leo Colgan

Gas companies will be forced to set aside local supply under major Labor shakeup

Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) The 20% mandate sits in the middle of the 15%-25% range

Consumer watchdog zeroes in on Woolworths’ allegedly fake discounts as it meets supermarket giant in court

Australia’s largest supermarket chain, alleging [Woolworths](https://www.theguardian.com/business/woolworths-australia) deliberately misled shoppers with fake

Lax rules and rise in for-profit childcare allow predators to abuse children, NSW inquiry finds

Australia investigation](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/28/thousands-of-reports-of-abuse-have-been-made-in-australian-childcare-centres-most-alleged-perpetrators-were-allowed-to-keep-working) revealed that most childcare workers who are reported for allegations

Limit social media ban for under-16s to unsafe apps, Starmer urged

Australia-style ban. The NSPCC, Molly Rose Foundation and Smartphone Free Childhood said tech platforms

TUI ends sponsorship of Channel 4's Married at First Sight

Australia on Channel Four - the UK, Australia and US versions. Tui told BBC News: "Following

Anthony Albanese rules out gas export tax on existing contracts and criticises ‘populist’ campaign

Australia is relying on for supplies of diesel and petrol. In a speech to the Chamber

ABC to use own hate speech guidance rather than controversial antisemitism definition used by Bondi royal commission

Australia, defines antisemitism as “a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred

England cricket captain Stokes ‘lucky’ to be alive after facial injury

Australia. ## Stokes downplays rift with England coach McCullum Stokes, meanwhile, has played down reports of disagreements

Afghan women’s refugee team returns to world cricket post Taliban exclusion

Australia, where they continued playing in domestic competitions but without access to international cricket, despite

Wait to name England selector ridiculous - Vaughan

Australia. We knew didn't we? "It's a long time, four months, to find