Sussan Ley's shadow cabinet has agreed to work with Labor to pass its hate speech legislation in a special parliamentary sitting to respond to the Bondi beach massacre.
The shadow home affairs minister, Jonathon Duniam, said the Coalition was working with the Albanese government "in good faith" after Ley met with the prime minister to discuss a compromise. It comes after the parents of Matilda, the youngest victim of the terror attack, warned that rushed laws after a tragedy are "never good".
The first morning of the two-day sitting opened with a minute's silence before condolence motions for Bondi victims. The Labor MP Josh Burns recalled the fear that struck him the moment he learned of the terror attack. The former attorney general Mark Dreyfus became visibly emotional speaking about the "families and friends left behind".
Returning to Australian stages after nine years, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds delivered a fierce, generous set in Perth, writes Rosamund Brennan in her review.
"What we're seeing is tax systems that work for the wealthy and tax systems that are not working to actually fill the government coffers with money that could provide support for things like housing, or childcare support." - Jennifer Tierney
Oxfam Australia's chief executive discussed new analysis showing that Australian billionaires increased their wealth by almost $600,000 a day on average over the last year - as the global wealth of billionaires reached US$18.3tn.
Will Labor's contentious hate laws pass?
As parliament returns for a special sitting, political editor Tom McIlroy speaks to Reged Ahmad about whether the prime minister can get his reforms over the line and why the Coalition is being accused of hypocrisy.
"He's the clear frontrunner because he's utterly shameless and he's done and said everything that Trump wants him to do and say." US vice-president JD Vance - described here by former Republican congressman turned Democrat Joe Walsh - has emerged as a key defender of the Maga flame and is backed by big tech billions. Is he the heir apparent? David Smith and Nick Robins-Early investigate.
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