Mehreen Faruqi’s lawyer tells court it is ‘unlikely’ Pauline Hanson did not know Greens senator is MuslimGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPauline Hanson’s controversial tweet to fellow senator Mehreen Faruqi telling her to “piss off back to Pakistan” was “not nice” or “polite” but was not racist, her lawyer has...

Advocates fear the hard-won reform could be overturned if the LNP, which voted against the bill, wins government in OctoberGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQueensland parliament has passed historic legislation decriminalising sex work in the state, after decades of campaigning.But advocates are concerned the hard-won...

Opposition is growing as Australia’s universities encampment movement enters its second weekGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAt Australian National University (ANU) on Thursday, pro-Palestinian protesters plant an olive tree on the campus lawns. A short distance away, counter-protesters sing Israeli pop songs.For...

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletterWelcome, readers, to Afternoon Update.The former foreign minister and former New South Wales premier Bob Carr says he intends to sue New Zealand’s deputy prime minister, Winston Peters, for allegations made about Carr’s...

Man, 22, believed to have been stabbed at Park Beach Reserve moments after leaving the water with police launching a murder investigationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA surfer has died after being found with stab wounds near a beach in Coffs Harbour on the...

Brad Banducci says period was ‘challenging’ in first public comments since fiery Senate inquiry hearing as share prices slipFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastIn his first public comments since his hostile Senate inquiry appearance, the Woolworths chief executive,...