A huge infrastructure agenda helped win Andrews three elections but the priority now for the state – and new premier – is the housing crisisGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastIn the seven months since Jacinta Allan took over as Victoria’s premier, she’s worked to shirk off the impression she’s Daniel Andrews’ apprentice...

Heaviest falls forecast for Illawarra, Hunter, Central Coast and greater Sydney from Saturday eveningGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn already saturated New South Wales is bracing for significant and widespread rain that could lead to flash flooding on the state’s east coast.The Bureau of Meteorology says the...

Siblings Callum and Jake Robinson and US citizen Carter Rhoad were travelling on a surfing holiday when they were reported missingThree bodies have reportedly been found in an area of northern Mexico where two Australian brothers and an American friend are missing.Reuters cited two sources with knowledge of the investigation as saying Mexican authorities...

Actor brings force of Hollywood to trumpet Biden’s legislative record in briefing that both delighted and bemused journalists“You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.” But enough about Washington. The Star Wars actor Mark Hamill, who once saw off gangsters at a fictional spaceport, came to the US capital on Friday for a meeting...

With almost all council elections declared, Conservatives are on course to lose up to 500 seatsAt the start of a long weekend of election results, the first outcomes have been every bit as dire for the Conservatives and Rishi Sunak as analysts had predicted. Here is the state of play. Continue reading...

Prime minister said there were ‘credible allegations’ that India was behind killing of Hardeep Singh NijjarCanadian police have charged three members of an alleged hit team for their role in the assassination of the Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the first arrests in a high-profile killing that officials believe was masterminded by India.The arrests...