Doug Chalmers said it was ‘inappropriate for the government of the day to seek to guide the work of the independent electoral commission’.

US special envoy Steve Witkoff is holding talks with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, days before the White House’s deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or potentially face severe ...

Thousands of customers have spent a second night without power after Storm Floris swept in on Monday. Tens of thousands of people were left without power after high winds earlier in the week, which ...