Meanwhile, federal opposition calls for Australia to actively vote against admitting Palestine as a full UN member. Follow the day’s news liveBruce Lehrmann ordered to pay almost all of Channel Ten’s defamation case costsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPenny Wong is speaking on RN Breakfast now. Right off the...

Trust aims to boost small pearl-bordered fritillary colonies in Shropshire Hills by planting 20,000 violets this year for their caterpillars A mass planting of marsh violets across England’s Shropshire Hills is to take place to try to prevent further decline of the small pearl-bordered fritillary or Boloria selene, a rare UK butterfly.The small pearl-bordered...

Waste and cost among drawbacks, as researchers say renewables could power UK entirelyIn the battle to prevent the climate overheating, wind and solar are making impressive inroads into the once dominant market share of coal. Even investors in gas plants are increasingly seen as taking a gamble.With researchers at Oxford and elsewhere agreeing that the...

Ten’s legal team had argued Lehrmann should pay all its costs because suing The Project for defamation was ‘deliberately wicked and calculated’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe federal court has ordered Bruce Lehrmann to pay most of Ten’s legal costs from...

Meanwhile, federal opposition calls for Australia to actively vote against admitting Palestine as a full UN member. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPenny Wong is speaking on RN Breakfast now. Right off the bat she was asked by Patricia Karvelas if the Australian government will support...

The singer and entertainer says he had loaned the woman money for a business after the pair met for dinnerFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe well-known entertainer Kamahl will face a Sydney court next month after being charged with stalking and intimidating...