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News live: Australian flotilla activists released by Israel arrive in Istanbul and claim they were denied food and water

Australia. **Zack Schofield**, one of the Australians onboard, said the group was taken to prison

Labor to tighten child NDIS eligibility to curb spending as Queensland MP warns change is ‘failing kids’

Australia can reveal the Queensland disability minister, Amanda Camm, was blocked from attending a briefing

Anti-abortion activists are trying to limit access in NSW – and they are just getting started

Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) In NSW, it’s entirely a woman’s choice if she wants

ATO issues $1,650 fine to 97-year-old woman who had not ‘prioritised tax obligations’ after husband’s death

Australia by accountant Nathan Watt. Her circumstances were further complicated by the sale of the tax practice

Rebel Wilson labelled ‘nuts’ by PR team she allegedly hired to attack colleague, court hears

Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) Wilson is accused of ordering The Agency Group to publish

Labor urged to use anti-corruption commission appointment to restore public confidence in watchdog

Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) “Recruitment for a new deputy commissioner is a critical opportunity

Iran demands guarantees for World Cup participation

Australia in March when a number of Iranian players tried to claim asylum, sparking a tense

Prince Harry and Meghan meet with survivors of Bondi terror attack

Australia representatives, before attending a Super Rugby Pacific match. But they started their time in Sydney

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

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

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting to pay hundreds of millions’ worth of royalties to rival family in ‘half loss half win’

Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) The judgment in the case is anticipated to be more

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

Pressure mounts on Angus Taylor as Pauline Hanson declares One Nation ‘here for the long haul’

Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) The result validates the opinion polls that have shown surging

The Deb actor in feud with Rebel Wilson signed $150,000 record deal, court told

Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) Hannah Reilly, the co-writer of The Deb, hailed MacInnes

Stokes warns players could quit England over strict IPL stance

Australia. Former England captains Michael Atherton and Michael Vaughan are among those to question Archer

NT police will not lay charges against officers over Kumanjayi White’s death while being restrained at Coles

Australia and the territory.” ![A rally demanding action on deaths in police custody at Sydney

French national shows symptoms on return from hantavirus-hit ship

Australia and another 18 will be flown to the Netherlands. Both planes are also taking

Japan approves scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports

Australia and attracted interests from Southeast Asia and Europe. Opponents say the change violates Japan

Almost $4bn more for Victoria’s contentious Suburban Rail Loop to be included in federal budget

Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) State Labor has already committed [about $11.8bn for the first

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