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Prime minister will say it was his proudest day in politics. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcasAre the electoral reforms a ‘stitch up’ as the independents say?Cabinet minister Tanya Plibersek told ABC News Breakfast earlier the reforms passed last night with the support of the Coalition help get big money and big donors like Clive Palmer (who also yesterday lost his high court bid to re-register his party, the United Australia Party).The rules apply equally to any candidate, and they say that we don’t want billionaires running our electoral system. The reforms

Both sides accuse other of violating terms of truce, but Hamas says there are ‘positive signals’ hostage exchange will go ahead• Middle East crisis – live updatesArab mediators are scrambling to save the Gaza ceasefire as the Israeli military bolsters troop and tank deployments to the strip’s periphery in advance of the possibility the truce breaks down this weekend.A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo on Wednesday to “discuss ways to end the current crisis”, the Palestinian militant group said. Meanwhile, Egyptian and Qatari mediators were working “intensively” to compel Israel to address Hamas’s new demands before Saturday’s scheduled release of

Kristie Higgs was dismissed after sharing posts on plans to teach equalities programme at her son’s C of E schoolA Christian school worker who was sacked after she shared Facebook posts raising concerns about lessons in LGBTQ+ relationships for primary schoolchildren has won her battle in the court of appeal.Kristie Higgs was dismissed from her role as a pastoral administrator and work experience manager at Farmor’s, a secondary school in Fairford, Gloucestershire, in 2019 after an anonymous complaint from a parent at the school. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/feb/12/sacking-of-christian-school-worker-kristie-higgs-lgbtq-critical-posts-unlawful-court-of-appeal-rules Author : Sally Weale Education correspondent Publish date : 2025-02-12

Judge-led statutory inquiry announced into killings of three people by Valdo Calocane in June 2023Keir Starmer has told the families of the three people killed in the Nottingham attacks that a judge-led public inquiry will take place in “a matter of weeks”.During an emotionally charged meeting at No 10 on Wednesday, Starmer told the families of Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates that the inquiry would scrutinise a “number of different agencies”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/12/nottingham-attacks-statutory-public-inquiry-starmer Author : PA Media Publish date : 2025-02-12 16:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.