The LNP is projected to form government in Queensland, wresting power from Labor for the first time in almost a decade. David Crisafulli will become the 41st premier of the state after defeating the Steven Miles-led Labor Party. ABC election analyst Antony Green said the LNP would likely form a majority government. “It’s certainly not the landslide everyone thought a …

Two soldiers were killed in Israeli air strikes on military installations in Iran on Saturday, according to the Iranian army. “The army of the Islamic Republic of Iran lost two of its fighters during the night when they faced projectiles from the criminal Zionist regime in defence of its territory,”  the army said in a statement carried by state television. …

Israel’s military says a Hezbollah drone killed four soldiers at one of its northern bases, as it expanded its bombardments of Lebanon and troops battled militants across the border. The attack on a military training camp in Binyamina, near Haifa, is the deadliest such assault on an Israeli base since September 23, when Israel increased its attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon. …

Peter Dutton has plenty to smile about. It’s not that long ago that reports of his premature death as opposition leader were being greatly exaggerated. But with an election now just months away, the Queensland cop turned career politician has suddenly found himself leading a party that has surpassed a psychological milestone. The latest Newspoll shows his party ahead of …

An Israeli air strike on a hospital courtyard in the Gaza Strip early on Monday killed at least four people and triggered a fire that swept through a tent camp for people displaced by the war, leaving more than two dozen with severe burns, according to Palestinian medics. The Israeli military said it targeted militants hiding out among civilians, without …

Australia is warning it could stop repatriation flights out of Lebanon due to the low take-up of seats as worries flare over an all-out war. The global community, including Australia, has warned Israel not to aggressively attack Lebanon as it has Gaz a with calls to de-escalate the conflict and reach a ceasefire. Senior minister Jason Clare is striking a …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticised Emmanuel Macron on Saturday after the French President called for a halt to arms sales to Israel if the weaponry is used in Gaza. Speaking at a summit on , Macron said a ceasefire is “necessary in Gaza, as in Lebanon”. “We can’t demand a ceasefire while also sending weapons,” he said. “That’s just consistency.” Separately, …

Lebanon’s civil defence department says five of its emergency workers have been killed by an Israeli air strike in the country’s south. The deaths follow a number of incidents in which Lebanese firefighters and paramedics claim they have been fired upon, or warned by the Israeli military not to rescue people or put out fires caused by bombing. Israeli and …

A ministerial power to set international student limits down to the course level at universities and TAFEs should be scrapped from the government’s proposed legislation, a Labor-led Senate committee has recommended. Labor says it plans to bring temporary migration numbers back to pre-pandemic levels and crack down on dodgy education providers by limiting the number of international students able to …

“Millions” of people could fall victim to scams using artificial intelligence to clone their voices, a UK bank has warned. Starling Bank, an online-only lender, said fraudsters are capable of using AI to replicate a person’s voice from just three seconds of audio found in, for example, a video the person has posted online. Scammers can then identify the person’s …