Peter Malinauskas says South Australia’s renewable energy credentials make it a logical host for UN’s annual climate summitFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSouth Australia has launched a bid to host a major UN climate conference in 2026 in Adelaide, with the premier, Peter...

Multinational claims upcoming ABC report into it will likely be ‘inaccurate and unbalanced’ as experts say without intervention smaller venues will struggle to surviveFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCalls are mounting for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission...

Rivas, who is accused by Chile of being a torturer and kidnapper, launches challenge in the federal courtFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA former Bondi nanny and cleaner accused by Chile of being a torturer and kidnapper for Pinochet’s military dictatorship in the 1970s...

Independent Alex Greenwich says ‘heartbreaking’ to lose his proposed laws governing treatment of gay students and teachers but ‘it’s not over’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTransgender people in New South Wales could soon be able to change their sex on their birth certificates...

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter.Good afternoon. Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer said her client is too “scared” to attend court since becoming “arguably Australia’s most hated man”, and that “being called a rapist” meant he would only be able to make money...

Controversial devices were barred by former Labor government but will return to watch houses after tough-on-crime CLP’s election winFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSpit hoods will again be used to restrain children in the Northern Territory, the police commissioner has...