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Dec 8, 2025 - World

Two of the men will face retrial while third has been acquitted after successfully arguing trial judge erred in directions to juryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo men jailed for gang raping three teenagers during a bucks party weekend will face a retrial and a third has been acquitted after winning appeals against their convictions.Maurice Hawell, 31, his younger brother Marius, 24, and Andrew David, 31, were all found guilty of sexually assaulting three women in 2024 after a joint trial lasting almost four weeks. Continue reading...

Dec 8, 2025 - World

Exclusive: Labor’s minister for communications and sport has stood by her use of family travel expenses as within the rulesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnika Wells claimed more than $8,500 in family travel expenses to Melbourne during AFL grand final weekends in 2022, 2023 and 2024, when she received free suite tickets to the matches.The minister for communications and sport has stood by her use of family travel expenses as within the rules, but the Coalition opposition is demanding reforms to expense rules and an inquiry into Wells’ spending by the independent parliamentary expenses authority (IPEA), which tracks and reports politicians’ spending on travel and office expenses. Continue reading...

Dec 8, 2025 - World

President hosts awards program, mixing politics with a celebration of stars from music and filmPresident Donald Trump solidified his takeover of Washington’s John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday by hosting its flagship awards program – a presidential first – mixing politics with a celebration of stars from music and film.This year’s Kennedy Center Honors, widely seen as the top US recognition for lifetime achievement in the performing arts, feted actor Sylvester Stallone, disco singer Gloria Gaynor, country musician George Strait, Phantom of the Opera star Michael Crawford and rock band Kiss. Continue reading...

Dec 8, 2025 - World

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he will meet President Donald Trump later this month, saying a second phase of the U.S. president's Gaza plan was close.

Dec 8, 2025 - World

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he would not retire from politics if he receives a pardon from the country's president in his years-long corruption trial.