Harry Souttar knew what was about to happen before anyone else did. Kye Rowles — his centre-back partner who had been largely flawless up until this point — had made an error. It was only for a second, but in international football, a second can be all it takes. The small tug on a thread that sees an entire game unravel. It …

Victorian Labor Premier Daniel Andrews has secured a third term of majority government in an emphatic victory which delivered an electoral disaster to the Liberal Party. The ABC has projected Labor will win more than 45 seats, and could come close to the 55-seat majority it enjoyed during its second term in power. Addressing the Labor faithful on Saturday night, …

Australia’s visa backlog, which was once at almost one million applications, is now down to 755,000. Immigration Minister Andrew Giles told the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) migration conference in Sydney on Wednesday that more than three million visas had been finalised since 1 June. Mr Giles said the government was on track for a backlog of around …

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pushed trade and defence ties in a series of back-to-back meeting with world leaders, as the G20 summit wraps up in Bali. As some leaders made a dash to the airport after the final session of the talks wrapped up, including US President Joe Biden, Mr Albanese met with French President Emmanuel Macron, Indian Prime …

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Chinese President Xi Jinping will today hold the first formal meeting between the two countries’ leaders in six years. During that time, a range of issues have caused relations between Beijing and Canberra to sour, despite optimism after a “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” was signed in 2014. The scheduled meeting, on the sidelines of the G20 in Bali, marks a significant …

It’s taken more than six years to have this 32-minute meeting, 12 minutes longer than the original schedule indicates. Looking back over the past five decades, face-to-face meetings between China’s and Australia’s top leaders used to be seen as a staple in our diplomatic playbook. In contrast, yesterday’s one-on-one between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the G20 …

Medibank has warned more customer data stolen by hackers, including passport numbers, will be uploaded to the dark web after the first files were dropped overnight. The data trickle includes names, birthdates, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, health claims information, Medicare numbers for Medibank’s ahm customers and passport numbers for international student clients. The leak comes after Medibank clients spoke out …

Finance has taken centre stage at the COP27 climate talks, with UN experts publishing a list of projects worth $US120 billion ($185 billion) that investors can back to help poorer countries cut emissions and adapt to global warming. A $US3 billion water transfer project between Lesotho and Botswana and a $US10 million plan to improve the public water system in …

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged to the world to come together in solidarity — not a “Collective Suicide Pact” — in an alarming address to the COP27 summit. Setting an urgent tone for the climate talks in Egypt, Mr Guterres warned that humanity was on “a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator”. He told …

A judge has called for the media to fall silent and ensure a fair trial for the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins in Parliament House. Bruce Lehrmann will face a new trial in the ACT Supreme Court after juror misconduct caused a mistrial. A trial date has been set for February 2023. Mr Lehrmann has pleaded not guilty to the …