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Foreign affairs minister Penny Wong confirms increase to number of Australians missingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA new energy scheme gives Australians three hours of free power a day – but there could be an expensive catchA government energy deal that promised three free hours of power to houses without solar panels carries higher charges that make it an expensive option for many households, observers say. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/aug/28/nepal-floods-australians-missing-penny-wong-anthony-albanese-angus-taylor-liberal-party-pauline-hanson-one-nation-ntwnfb Author : Nick Visser Publish date : 2026-08-27 22:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Grand jury declined to indict anyone but said there was a ‘sophisticated scheme’ to use funds for political activityUS politics live – latest updatesA Florida grand jury has found that the administration of the governor, Ron DeSantis, “misappropriated” $10m in taxpayer money from a Medicaid settlement into the Hope Florida Foundation, a charity with ties to DeSantis’s wife, before the money was reportedly “funneled” into “two political action committees”.In the grand jury report, which remains sealed but was obtained and published by CBS News Miami on Wednesday, the grand jurors wrote that “we conclude that these funds were misappropriated as

Sally-Anne Bowen, now 65, convicted of assaulting boys at Christ’s College, Finchley, where she was chemistry teacherA chemistry teacher has been found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage pupils at an all-boys school in the late 1980s.Sally-Anne Bowen, who taught at Christ’s College in Finchley, north London, assaulted the teenage boys when they were aged around 14 to 15 and she was in her mid-20s. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/27/woman-found-guilty-indecent-assault-two-pupils-london-boys-school-1980s Author : Caroline Davies and agency Publish date : 2026-08-27 17:23:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

It’s been a month since Andy Burnham became prime minister. And while polls have shown a ‘Burnham bounce’, the coming months will force the new PM into making some tough – and potentially unpopular – decisions that will reveal how serious he is about delivering the changes he believes the country needs. Kiran Stacey and Peter Walker look at the choices facing BurnhamPlease keep sending your comments and questions to Pippa and Kiran at [email protected] back to Kiran’s interview with Bridget Phillipson hereAnd, read Kiran’s article about possible changes to Insolvency Law here Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2026/aug/27/andy-burnhams-autumn-of-pain-podcast Author