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Troy Thompson refuses to resign as Townsville mayor over false military service claims

Townsville’s 10 councillors join Queensland premier in calling for mayor to stand down after revelations he exaggerated his military history

The Guardian - AU

Mark Latham’s homophobic tweet whipped up ‘frenzy’ of abuse towards Alex Greenwich, defamation trial told

Independent MP received voicemails telling him to kill himself and emails labelling him an ‘abomination of nature’, NSW court hears

The Guardian - AU

Death threats, slurs: MP's Latham tweet-fuelled abuse

A vulgar post by Mark Latham turned a gay MP into a caricature, causing people to send offensive and threatening messages to his office, a judge has heard.

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Mark Latham’s comments ‘offensive and vulgar’ but did not harm Alex Greenwich’s reputation, defamation trial hears

Former NSW One Nation leader’s barrister argues homophobic tweet may have hurt Alex Greenwich but ‘it didn’t wound his reputation’

The Guardian - AU

Labor takes a hit in Resolve polls in Queensland and Victoria

The Queensland state election will be held in October. A Resolve poll for The Brisbane Times, conducted over four months from February to May from a sample of 947, gave the Liberal National Party 43% of the primary vote (up six since September to December), Labor 26% (down seven), the…

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Labor and Albanese gain in post-budget Newspoll, but other polls don’t look as rosy

A national Newspoll, conducted after the May 14 budget from a sample of over 1,200 people, gave Labor a 52–48% lead over the Coalition, a one-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll four weeks ago.

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Federal government urged to fast track migration plan

The Queensland government has urged the commonwealth to fast track plans to halve overseas migration in a bid to help ease the state's housing pressures.

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Hanson racism lawsuit reopened to attack Muslim denial

A Greens senator can file new evidence aiming to prove Pauline Hanson knew she was a Muslim when she sent an allegedly racist tweet on the day the Queen died.

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Centrist Tories urge Andy Street to stand for parliament – and maybe one day for leader

One Nation moderates call on defeated West Midlands mayor to take ‘brand Andy’ to Westminster

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Faruqi v Hanson: Greens senator seeks to reopen racial discrimination case citing new evidence

Sky News podcast casts doubt on One Nation leader’s claim she did not know Faruqi was a Muslim when she sent ‘piss off back to Pakistan’ tweet, court told

The Guardian - AU

Late twist in Pauline Hanson 'racism' lawsuit

A bitter court battle between federal senators Pauline Hanson and Mehreen Faruqi could be recalled at the 11th hour to hear fresh evidence.

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Gina Rinehart, One Nation and the Greens all oppose Glencore’s plan to store CO2 in the Great Artesian Basin – why?

The mining company insists the storage hub is safe but many are unconvinced about injecting carbon dioxide into a major Australian water resource

The Guardian - AU

High-profile MPs to be witnesses in Latham defamation

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young and the speaker of the NSW parliament will be witnesses in a defamation lawsuit against ex-NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham.

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News Corp quotes anti-immigration TikToker but fails to reveal ex-One Nation MP adviser role

Daily Telegraph featured Jordan Knight as a spokesperson for his self-founded Migration Watch

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Faruqi v Hanson: how the racial discrimination case started – and what will determine how it ends

When the Australian Greens senator was told by the One Nation leader in a tweet to ‘piss off back to Pakistan’, was it racist?

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Judge retires to consider if Pauline Hanson is a racist

After days of arguments and evidence, a judge will consider whether Pauline Hanson made a racial slur in telling a Greens senator to go back to Pakistan.

The Guardian - AU

Faruqi v Hanson: Pauline Hanson told ‘white’ Derryn Hinch to go back to where he came from, court told

Hansons’s legal team played video of her telling then senator to ‘go back to New Zealand’ as defence in racial discrimination case

The Guardian - AU

Faruqi v Hanson: One Nation leader tells court she did not know Greens senator was Muslim when she told her to ‘piss off back to Pakistan’

Pauline Hanson denies lying to federal court over her claim she did not know Mehreen Faruqui’s religion when she sent tweet

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Pauline Hanson hate-speech trial set to open

A judge is all set to hear evidence of an alleged tendency by One Nation leader Pauline Hanson to make racist remarks as a five-day hate speech trial begins.

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Sen. Jon Tester Targeted In Multi-Million Dollar Ad Blitz

Senator Jon Tester faces scrutiny over immigration stance in Montana Senate race and potential impeachment of Secretary of Homeland Security.

The Guardian - AU

Backed by 5G truthers, exiled from One Nation, banned from parliament – now Troy Thompson looks set to be Townsville’s mayor

Controversy surrounds political hopeful leading north Queensland city’s mayoral race with support from conspiracy theory group

Evening Standard

OPINION - Rishi Sunak is safe – so long as Tory plotters cannot agree on a unity candidate

Should Australia drop Mitchell Starc? It doesn't matter whether you hold strong views on the fast bowler's inability to take wickets with the old ball, or whether you've never heard of the bloke. The real question is this: would his replacement be better or worse?

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'Bewildering': Hanson loses attack on racial lawsuit

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has mostly failed to scrap swathes of evidence by Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi in a racial hate speech case over a tweet.

The Guardian - AU

Mehreen Faruqi has legal win in ongoing Pauline Hanson racial vilification case

Judge rules Greens senator can use X posts, One Nation leader’s historical statements and racism experts’ evidence in the federal court case

The Guardian - AU

PM says Dutton’s team ‘dominated by blokes’ – as it happened

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