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The Nationals MP says outer suburban seats are vulnerable to populist challenge. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning, and happy Tuesday. Another day closer to Christmas. Nick Visser here to take over the blog. Let’s get to it.BoM blames APS caps, Covid for website costsWe needed to make sure it is secure and stable and can draw in the huge amounts of data gathered from our observing network and weather models as we handle millions of visits each day. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/dec/02/australia-news-live-one-nation-liberal-coalition-barnaby-joyce-pauline-hanson-budget-estimates-labor-ai-plan-ntwnfb Author : Guardian Staff Publish date

Richard Hughes departs after investigation into how official forecaster accidentally published budget 40 minutes earlyRichard Hughes, the chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, has quit after the findings of an urgent inquiry by the watchdog into how it inadvertently published Rachel Reeves’s budget 40 minutes early.Hughes wrote to the chancellor and Meg Hillier, the Labour chair of the Treasury select committee, on Monday saying he took “full responsibility the shortcomings identified in this report”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/01/obr-chair-inquiry-early-release-rachel-reeves-budget-richard-hughes Author : Peter Walkerand Kiran Stacey Publish date : 2025-12-01 17:39:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Michael Bohacek, state senator whose child has Down syndrome, says US president’s ‘choices of words have consequences’A Republican Indiana lawmaker whose child has Down syndrome has promised to oppose efforts to redraw the state’s congressional map to favor his party after Donald Trump aimed a slur for people with intellectual disabilities at a political opponent.Michael Bohacek, a member of Indiana’s state senate, wrote Friday on Facebook that he has been “an unapologetic advocate for people with intellectual disabilities” since one of his daughters was born with Down. Referring to how the president – his fellow Republican – used an ableist

Ukrainian president embarks on busy week of diplomacy as US ups pressure to end warUK prime minister Keir Starmer is delivering a major economy speech this morning.You can follow all the key lines on our UK live blog with my colleague Andrew Sparrow, but there’s a particular line of argument that will no doubt reasonate in Europe, too.“Let me be crystal clear, there is no credible economic vision for Britain that does not position us as an open, trading economy.So we must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal we have significantly hurt our economy and so for