If I were attorney-general of the Commonwealth after Saturday’s election there is one person I would seek to emulate, the Whitlam era’s Lionel Murphy.
New record temperature of 29.3C in London, Met Office confirms
A temperature of 29.3C has been recorded at Kew Gardens in London, just over 1C higher than the record-beating temperature recorded there earlier today, the Met Office confirms.
The highest temperature recorded in Wales was 27.4C at Cardiff Bute Park.
US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has been fired, Fox News reported on Thursday, citing its sources. The White House has not made any public comments on the issue.
The total value of Australia’s housing stock was $11.3 trillion as of March 31, 2025, according to CoreLogic, with the average home worth exactly $1 million. The surge in average home values to $1 million has notionally made Australians some of the wealthiest people on earth. For example, the UBS Global Wealth Report ranked Australian
Canada’s April 28 federal election was dominated by Trump’s global trade war and his vow to use “economic force” to transform Canada into America’s 51st state.
After a campaign in which all the parties trumpeted bellicose Canadian nationalism, the Liberals, under their recently-minted leader, the former central banker and blue-chip corporate executive Mark Carney, were able to retain power.
Risk markets are still running on hopium as US officials admit there’s no talking going on whatsoever with China (who are having a week long holiday anyway – call back later Donny!) while the Bank of Japan held fire in today’s meeting which sent Yen selling off and stocks lifting higher. The latest trade data
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A Liberal Party campaign truck has crashed into an early voting centre in western Sydney, causing significant damage and forcing voting at the centre to be delayed for several days.
The UK has begun to support the US in attacking Yemen’s Houthi militia. The British Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday its forces had conducted joint airstrikes against what it claimed was a Houthi-controlled military facility.
I cannot compete with chosen mediocrity
Mutters my friend who has not entered the prizes
Where for the first time in human history
The director and the curator being shemales
More women than men have been represented
Proudly chosen as the website emphasises
(The commentary may be conjuring lesbian trails)
For the best and worst portraits in the gallery
