The Hong Kong government has a $200,000 bounty on the head of Australian pro-democracy activist Kevin Yam.

I have a price on my head. I hope my neighbours won’t try to cash in

This week,letters arrived at homes in Melbourne offering a $200,000 bounty on my head. It would be claimable if I was taken to Hong Kong. In short,the letters call for me to be kidnapped.

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Exiled Hong Kong lawyer Kevin Yam.

$200k to betray a neighbour:The Hong Kong letters pursuing dissidents in Australia

The office of Foreign Minister Penny Wong has raised concerns with Chinese authorities after letters appeared on Australian doorsteps offering large sums of money for information about dissidents.

  • Cassandra Morgan andEryk Bagshaw
Our independents and minor parties are like Trump,allowing voters a way to genuinely challenge the status quo.

Trump and the teals have a lot in common

Donald Trump wants to destroy the system. In some fashion,so do the teals.

  • Sean Kelly
The execution of the WA election has come under fire.

Company rubbishes WA election ‘outsourcing’ claim as AEC distances itself from recruitment model

In a brief statement released yesterday evening,a PersolKelly spokesman said they recruited and deployed about 7000 personnel and were responsible for onboarding successful candidates.

  • Hamish Hastie
WA Opposition Leader Shane Love.

Opposition calls for inquiry into WA Electoral Commission ‘outsourcing’ election

Beyond reports of ballot papers running out,long lines and slow counts,the opposition says further irregularities with Saturday’s election are emerging.

  • Heather McNeill andHamish Hastie
At the vigil for condemned prisoner Pannir Selvam in Singapore.

Another execution eve on the lawn of Hong Lim Park

Peaceful protest is a fundamental right in democratic states. Singapore,though,has a bob each way.

  • Zach Hope
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Friedrich Merz,the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party,addresses supporters at the party headquarters in Berlin,Germany.

Germany’s conservatives win election but hard coalition talks loom

Opposition Leader Friedrich Merz is on track to be chancellor after claiming victory,while exit polls suggest the far-right AfD came in second.

  • Sarah Marsh andMatthias Williams
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Trump’s the great attention thief. It’s time to focus,people

Don’t let the re-elected US president hijack your senses or you’ll miss the real story.

  • Julia Baird
Simon Letch

Trump’s ‘golden age’ spirals into a pit of fool’s gold

When I covered Trump 1.0,I wrote “shocking but unsurprising” … This time it’s “SHOCKING AND SURPRISING”.

  • Nick Bryant
Elon Musk has transformed X into his political megaphone.

‘Don’t mess with DOGE’:Musk uses X as weapon in cost-cutting crusade

As Elon Musk slashes US government spending,he has a tool no aspiring cost-cutter has had before:his own social media platform to debate,shame and bludgeon anyone standing in his way.

  • Kate Conger