Dutton’s climate politics put our children’s future at risk
Letters

Dutton’s climate politics put our children’s future at risk

What appears forgotten in this latest version of Australia’s climate wars is the reason why our planet cannot be allowed to pass 1.5 degrees of warming. At 1.5 degrees we trigger a domino event where a warming planet reinforces further warming that is irreversible.

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Besides rain and bad polls,Sunak also must contend with ghosts
Analysis
UK election

Besides rain and bad polls,Sunak also must contend with ghosts

Two key figures,adored and detested by their respective tribes in equal measure,will make life harder for Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.

  • byRob Harris
Jeremy Corbyn blocked from running as a UK Labour candidate ahead of next election
UK politics

Jeremy Corbyn blocked from running as a UK Labour candidate ahead of next election

The move,put forward by Labour leader Keir Starmer,now risks plunging the opposition back into a round of vicious factional disputes.

  • byRob Harris
British Labour backs AUKUS alliance but would punish Australia for climate inaction
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China relations

British Labour backs AUKUS alliance but would punish Australia for climate inaction

And its spokesman for Asia and the Pacific,Stephen Kinnock,says the “betraying of France” will play into China’s hands.

  • byLatika Bourke
'Don't go into journalism if you just want to be liked':Cancelled Suzanne Moore speaks up on way out
Gender

'Don't go into journalism if you just want to be liked':Cancelled Suzanne Moore speaks up on way out

After a wild year,the Orwell prize-winning journalist could be forgiven for abandoning the keyboard for good. But she has no intention of staying silent.

  • byBevan Shields
Corbyn reinstated to UK Labour after anti-Semitism suspension
UK politics

Corbyn reinstated to UK Labour after anti-Semitism suspension

Labour has been grappling with allegations that anti-Semitism was allowed to fester under the leadership of Corbyn,a long-time supporter of Palestinians and a critic of Israel.

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Jeremy Corbyn suspended from Labour Party after anti-Semitism report
UK politics

Jeremy Corbyn suspended from Labour Party after anti-Semitism report

The Former leader said the scale of the problem had been overstated by the media and by his political opponents.

  • byAlistair Smout
In a first,Labour Party admits it defamed BBC journalist,former staffers
Antisemitism

In a first,Labour Party admits it defamed BBC journalist,former staffers

Keir Starmer and his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn are on course for an ugly public showdown over the party's handling of anti-Semitism claims.

  • byBevan Shields
Australian spies join in accusing Russia of'trying to steal'virus vaccine secrets
Putin's Russia

Australian spies join in accusing Russia of'trying to steal'virus vaccine secrets

Australia,US,UK and Canada have accused Russia of launching hacking attacks on western medical companies working on coronavirus vaccines and drugs.

  • byLatika Bourke
Britain has a credible opposition again. And just in time,too
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic

Britain has a credible opposition again. And just in time,too

Labour leader Keir Starmer demonstrated the kind of political instinct and emotional intelligence Jeremy Corbyn had zero capacity to achieve.

  • byBevan Shields
New Labour leader promises to're-imagine'Britain without austerity
World politics

New Labour leader promises to're-imagine'Britain without austerity

While promising to work"constructively"with the government,Keir Starmer made clear he was willing to take the fight to Boris Johnson.

  • byStuart Biggs