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Caitlin Cassidy translates the prime minister’s use of gen Z phrases for Catie McLeodFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister is using phrases I don’t understand in parliament. On Wednesday, he said the Coalition were “delulu with no solulu”. What is going on?Catie, I am rapidly aging out of being cool and don’t understand the inner workings of the teenage mind. But I do know young people love TikTok, and politicians love rhymes. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/mar/26/anthony-albanese-coalition-delulu-no-solulu-budget-tax-cuts Author : Caitlin Cassidy explains to Catie

The rise in housing costs has been extraordinary. The growth in population has notGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageAny way you look at it, and whether you like it or not, migration is shaping up as a major issue for the 2025 election.As Jim Chalmers did the rounds of media outlets to sell his fourth budget, the treasurer was regularly challenged about the boom in net overseas migration since Labor came to power in 2022. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/27/peter-dutton-keeps-blaming-migration-for-the-housing-crisis-but-can-it-really-be-that-simple Author : Patrick Commins Economics editor Publish date

President made announcement days before he is expected to unveil reciprocal tariffs on other imported goodsDonald Trump announced plans to impose sweeping 25% tariffs on cars from overseas on Wednesday, days before the president is expected to announce wide-ranging levies on other goods from around the world.“What we’re going to be doing is a 25% tariff for all cars that are not made in the United States,” Trump said in the Oval Office. “We start off with a 2.5% base, which is what we’re at, and go to 25%.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/trump-new-car-tariffs Author : Dominic Rushe and

Opposition leader proposes alternative cost-of-living relief after voting against tax cuts. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEmily Wind here, signing on for blogging duties. I’ll be taking you through all the latest politics news from Canberra – and across the country – throughout the day.If you see something that needs attention, you can get in touch via email: emily.wind@theguardian.com. Let’s get started. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/mar/27/australia-politics-live-fuel-excise-cost-of-living-tax-cuts-salmon-election-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-ntwnfb Author : Martin Farrer Publish date : 2025-03-26 20:13:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Rescue mission off Lost Coast Trail required US Coast Guard, fire department, helicopter team and swimmersTwo hikers were rescued from California’s rugged and remote north coast over the weekend after one of them slid more than 100ft (30 metres) down a steep cliff and was clinging to a “near vertical” bluff with hiking poles, authorities said.The Shelter Cove fire department and a US Coast Guard team responded to a call on Saturday afternoon for a hiker stranded on a cliff near the Lost Coast Trail, which traces more than 50 miles (80km) of the wild and undeveloped coast in far

Treasury watchdog says Rachel Reeves will also face higher borrowing costs in report issued alongside spring statementReeves blames cuts on ‘global uncertainty’Key points at a glancePolitics live – updatesRachel Reeves must cope with lower growth and higher borrowing costs this year, as the Treasury’s independent forecaster said the global economic situation was more unpredictable and could worsen in 2025.In a report to coincide with the chancellor’s spring statement, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said the economic outlook was “more challenging” and “more uncertain” as it forecast that growth would halve this year to 1% from its 2% prediction at

Senator Mark Warner, who questioned national intelligence director and CIA director on Tuesday says messages clearly classified as Gabbard doubles down on claimsNewly released messages show Trump advisers discussed Yemen attackUnder pressure from his rightwing base to challenge judges who have ruled against Donald Trump, speaker of the House Mike Johnson suggested on Tuesday that Congress could consider eliminating certain federal courts.It forms part of a broader assault on the judiciary, spurred by court decisions that have blocked several Trump administration actions, NBC News reports. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/mar/26/donald-trump-signal-white-house-security-leak-jeffrey-goldberg-tulsi-gabbard-kash-patel-john-ratcliffe-us-politics-latest-news Author : Coral Murphy Marcos (now); Daniel Lavelle and

This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Middle East coverage hereHere are some of the latest images coming in via the newswires:The Gaza health ministry said on Wednesday that at least 830 people had been killed in the Palestinian territory since Israel resumed large-scale strikes on 18 March, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/26/anti-hamas-protests-gaza-israel-hamdan-ballal-middle-east-crisis-live Author : Amy Sedghi (now) and Daniel Lavelle (earlier) Publish date : 2025-03-26 14:58:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Judge rules that law banning school libraries and classrooms from carrying books depicting sex acts had been applied unconstitutionallyA lawsuit brought by publishers and authors including John Green and Jodi Picoult has led to a portion of a law banning Iowa school libraries and classrooms from carrying books depicting sex acts being halted.On Tuesday, a federal judge temporarily blocked the measure, writing that it had been applied unconstitutionally in many schools and that books of “undeniable political, artistic, literary, and/or scientific value” had been caught up in it, including Ulysses by James Joyce, Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, Beloved by

Contrary to claims by the US president, we have found that diversity initiatives result in better scientists and greater progressChristina Pagel is a member of Independent SageDonald Trump’s attacks on diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) initiatives since his January inauguration have been intense, indiscriminate and escalating. A tragic plane crash was baselessly blamed on DEI. All DEI programmes within public bodies have been ended and private contractors face cancellation if they also don’t comply. Webpages that defend religious diversity in the context of Holocaust remembrance have been taken down.Science and academia have been particularly targeted. Universities are threatened with losing

Keir Starmer will face Kemi Badenoch at PMQs before the chancellor delivers her spring statement Rachel Reeves will not be raising taxes in the spring statement today, even though there are many people on the left who would prefer taxes to rise as an alternative to public spending being cut. Reeves came into office promising only one budget-type event a year, and that is one reason why she is not hiking taxes today. But mainly it’s because she thinks Britons are relatively highly taxed already, because Labour was elected on a manifesto ruling out most of the obvious possible tax

US vice-president says he wants to ‘check out’ security as Denmark welcomes move to rule out some sites after protests from Greenlandic leadersUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has responded to the Russian attacks on Ukraine overnight, saying they revealed that Moscow was not moving towards “real peace.”In a post on Telegram, he called out attacks just hours after ceasefire negotiations as “a clear signal to the whole world that Moscow is not going to pursue real peace,” and called for more pressure to be put on Russia, including further US sanctions. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/26/jd-vance-greenland-denmark-ukraine-russia-black-sea-europe-news-live Author : Jakub Krupa

Former NSW Liberal MP appears at Downing Centre district court after pleading not guilty to allegationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA former Liberal MP shaved 10 years off his age when he used a gay hook-up app to meet a 13-year-old boy who he then sexually abused, prosecutors have alleged.Roderick “Rory” Amon, 35, is accused of sexually assaulting the 13-year-old boy he knew on Sydney’s northern beaches in 2017.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/26/ex-mp-rory-amon-child-sexual-abuse-claims-lease-sydney-potts-point-ntwnfb Author : Australian Associated Press

In today’s newsletter: After a blunder exposes top officials sharing war plans on a private group chat, questions are being asked about secrecy, protocol … and sheer incompetenceGood morning. Look, it could happen to anyone: I well remember, for example, the time I added my mum to a thread with my siblings discussing what to get her for Christmas. On the other hand, I don’t have a secure communications facility in my house for when I need to get something out on the family group chat. Also, we rarely digress from pictures of cute kids to setting out war plans

News of protests has been preserve of a few newspapers and channels outside well funded pro-government networksAt the same time as the sound of clanging pots and pans rang out through the streets of opposition strongholds in Istanbul on a recent evening, marking another mass anti-government demonstration, a different reality was being broadcast to viewers of Turkish pro-government channels.Public television showed the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, speaking to a gilded conference room after an iftar dinner. He boasted of his government’s achievements, of hiring new teachers and attracting youth to an aerospace and technology conference. Continue reading... Source link :

CPI figures have economists predicting one to three RBA cash rate cuts in 2025 – the question is whether one will occur before federal electionFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s inflation rate has eased again, in data that will buoy Labor heading into an election and raise hopes for mortgage holders another interest rate cut is not far off.The headline inflation rate was 2.4% in the 12 months to February, a slight decrease on the previous month’s figure, according to consumer

Slow-moving trough drags tropical moisture inland, dumping widespread heavy rain onto an already saturated landscape, Bureau of Meteorology saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHeavy rainfall has closed nearly 200 roads and cut off multiple towns in Queensland as already saturated rivers risk more flooding.The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning for heavy rainfall across normally dry inland areas of central west Queensland, including parts of the Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders, North West, Channel Country, and Maranoa and Warrego districts.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking

Kremlin stipulates maritime ceasefire will start only if it gets sanctions relief on agricultural exportsRussia and Ukraine have agreed to “eliminate the use of force” in the Black Sea after parallel talks with US negotiators in Saudi Arabia, though the Kremlin said a maritime ceasefire would start only if it received sanctions relief on agricultural exports.Donald Trump said that the US was reviewing the Russian conditions after the Kremlin insisted it had negotiated concessions with the White House that would mark the first major recision of sanctions since the full-scale invasion of 2022. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/25/russia-and-ukraine-agree-ceasefire-in-black-sea Author

Government changes parliamentary schedule on Wednesday morning in surprise move to bring debate on federal budget tax cuts immediatelyLabor bets big with $17.1bn in tax cuts to win over middle AustraliaExplore all of our 2025 Australia federal budget coverageLabor is seeking to quickly pass its budget night tax cuts through the parliament this week in an apparent bid to wedge the Coalition, who have said they do not support he changes.If the tax changes pass this week, before the election is called, it would require the Coalition to pledge to repeal the $5 per week cuts if they came to

Officials look into death of Stephanie Brinson, who’s second person in a year to die during family visit at Ione facilityPrison officials are investigating the death of a woman who was strangled during an overnight visit with her husband at a California prison last year.Stephanie Diane Dowells, 62, also known as Stephanie Brinson, was killed in November, becoming the second person in a year to die during a family visit at Mule Creek state prison in Ione, the Los Angeles Times reported. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/woman-strangled-california-prison Author : Coral Murphy Marcos Publish date : 2025-03-25 22:35:00 Copyright for

The opposition leader won’t give away whether the Coalition will offer an alternative tax package. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPM says budget strengthens Australia in face of global turbulenceAsked whether there’s enough reserve in the budget to weather another global economic storm – for example, if the US tariffs wreak havoc in global markets – Albanese reiterates the point that Labor has set up the budget to reduce deficits and improve the bottom line.What we’ll always do is stand up for Australia’s national interest. That is what we will do. That’s

Pledge comes after Labour MPs were whipped to remove legal protections from Great British Energy billMinisters have vowed to tackle forced labour in supply chains to mollify MPs after asking them to remove legal protections from the Great British Energy bill.Labour MPs were whipped on Tuesday night to strip out an amendment intended to ensure that companies using forced labour do not drive the UK’s green energy transition. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/mar/25/uk-ministers-vow-to-tackle-forced-labour-in-supply-chains-to-mollify-mps Author : Eleni Courea Political correspondent Publish date : 2025-03-25 20:02:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Spider-Man’s Amy Pascal and Harry Potter’s David Heyman will helm the tech company’s first official 007 adventureAfter rumours circulated online, Amazon has now confirmed that Amy Pascal and David Heyman will steer the next James Bond adventure.The news comes after longtime producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson gave creative control to the tech company in a deal that is reported to have cost around $1bn. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/25/amazon-james-bond-producers Author : Benjamin Lee Publish date : 2025-03-25 17:55:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Annual report says Beijing making ‘steady but uneven’ progress on capabilities to capture TaiwanChina remains the United States’ top military and cyber threat, according to a new report by US intelligence agencies that said Beijing was making “steady but uneven” progress on capabilities it could use to capture Taiwan.China has the ability to hit the United States with conventional weapons, compromise US infrastructure through cyber-attacks, and target its assets in space, as well as seeking to displace the US as the top AI power by 2030, the Annual Threat Assessment by the intelligence community said. Continue reading... Source link :

Amid protests, White House officials close ranks around Elon Musk, the Tesla owner leading efforts to slash federal jobsEscalating reports of vandalism at Tesla dealerships and charging stations across the US have prompted the FBI to create a taskforce to target the perpetrators.The development, announced by Kash Patel, the bureau’s director, comes as Donald Trump White House officials close ranks around Elon Musk, the Tesla owner and world’s richest person who has been leading efforts to slash federal jobs and budgets as head of the “department of government efficiency” (Doge). Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/fbi-tesla-taskforce-vandalism Author : Richard Luscombe