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Labor and Coalition cut deal which unions argue will deny income support to people who can’t workFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWorkers suffering psychological injuries in New South Wales will have their compensation entitlements slashed under a controversial deal between Labor and the Coalition.The major parties announced on Thursday that they would pass legislation early in 2026 that would freeze premiums for 18 months, saving businesses and charities from a projected 36% increase over the next three years. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/11/nsw-workers-compensation-psychological-injury-claims Author : Anne

The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) carries $8bn more than the funding Trump requested in MayThe US House has approved a sweeping defence bill that bolsters Europe’s security, in what appears to be sharp rebuke to Donald Trump’s mounting threats to downgrade Washington’s ties to traditional allies and Nato.The bipartisan vote came just days after the publication of a White House national security strategy that said Europe faced “civilisational erasure” and made explicit Washington’s support for Europe’s nationalist far-right parties – rattling EU leaders and opening up a seismic shift in transatlantic relations. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/11/us-house-passes-bill-to-bolster-europes-defence-in-apparent-rebuke-to-trumps-foreign-policy-strategy

More than £10bn was committed to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schoolsConservative governments spent £325m creating 67 free schools that subsequently failed or disappeared, many through lack of demand, according to data revealed by a freedom of information request.The figures from the Department for Education (DfE) show that the government committed more than £10bn to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schools, which critics say left England with a backlog of crumbling and decaying buildings. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/10/conservative-governments-free-schools-failed Author : Richard Adams

Deputy PM meets with the US secretary of defence, Pete Hesgeth, as series of Aukus meetings begin. Follow the latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRecord number of Victorian students to get Atar results todayFrom 7am on Thursday, a record 49,310 Victorian students will receive their tertiary admission scores, an increase of 1,849 on the previous year, AAP reports.A preliminary excavation of the area uncovered the yet to be formally identified human remains around 1.30pm.The coroner has been advised and a postmortem will occur in due course. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/dec/11/vce-atar-results-victoria-social-media-ban-reactions-abs-employment-figures-queensland-parliament-aukus-meeting-washington-dc-anthony-albanese-labor-sussan-ley-coalition-ntwnfb Author :