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New South Wales government caves to rail union demands to prevent workers striking Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA chaotic two-day shutdown

Thinktank’s report says Beijing has emerged from Covid-induced lull with a ‘more competitive, politically targeted model’ of engagement in the regionChina has renewed efforts to curry favour in Pacific island nations, a new report has

The club on Chapel Street was engulfed in flames early on ThursdayA Melbourne nightclub has been razed after a suspicious blaze broke out in the middle of the night.Lux Nightclub on Chapel Street in South

Moscow has rattled its nuclear sabres, but experts say an increase in hybrid, ‘grey zone’ warfare is more likelyMoscow has threatened to retaliate for the decision taken by the US and the UK to allow

Detainee, identified as Ana, mocked and leered at by male guards after they strapped her almost naked to a chairA female migrant in mental distress was kept in solitary confinement for a month at a