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Opposition leader has reportedly written to her frontbench team laying out minimum standards of behaviour. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastClare O’Neil notes Treasury has advised the government scheme will push up home prices by 0.5% over six years.Guardian Australia’s Luca Ittimani wrote an explainer on the new plan, and experts’ concerns with that estimate, below:They’ve spent the last three years trying to slow our government down and stop us from providing supports to Australians who are struggling. Now, I say out of touch because if you think, firstly, that billionaires’ children

Release comes after a Guardian investigation revealed US pullback on anti-trafficking efforts, which Trump officials deniedUS politics – latest updatesThe US Department of State has released a long-delayed, legally required report on human trafficking after an investigation by the Guardian and bipartisan pressure from Congress.The 2025 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, which details conditions in the United States and more than 185 countries, was initially scheduled for release at an event in June featuring the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, the Guardian has reported, but the event was scrapped and staff at the state department office charged with leading

Firm, founded by green energy entrepreneur Stephen Fitzpatrick, says there is “uncertainty” around plan to improve capital positionOvo Energy has cast doubt on its future as one of Great Britain’s largest domestic gas and electricity suppliers after failing to meet the regulator’s financial standards.The company, founded by the green energy entrepreneur Stephen Fitzpatrick, said in its latest financial accounts, seen by the Guardian, that there was “uncertainty” around the plan it had agreed with the regulator to improve its capital position. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/30/future-of-ovo-energy-in-doubt-after-failing-financial-stress-tests Author : Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent Publish date : 2025-09-30 18:09:00 Copyright for

Keith Kellogg tells Warsaw Security Forum that war in Ukraine is ‘unwinnable’ for PutinIf you are keen to understand the dynamics between the US and Belarus a bit better (10:08), here’s a brilliant story from our own Pjotr Sauer, who recently visited Minsk.Since Trump took office, Lukashenko, an authoritarian strongman who has ruled Belarus since 1994, has been edging out of the diplomatic freeze, cautiously probing for space beyond Moscow, which sees Belarus as both its closest ally and a vital buffer.Sensing a political opening with the new Trump administration, Lukashenko has regularly met US officials and even held a