President Donald Trump has set a record for activity on his favourite social media platform, tweeting and retweeting more than 130 times about his US Senate impeachment trial, the Democrats who want to replace him and much, much more. By 4.25pm on Wednesday (Washington time), Mr Trump had barrelled through his previous record of 123 Twitter postings in a day, …

A Melbourne mother who left her 14-month-old boy alone in a car in 38-degree heat last week has been allowed to see the child in hospital. The boy was rescued from a parked car outside The Brook Point Cook Hotel in Melbourne’s west about 3:15pm on Wednesday. He remains in a critical but stable condition at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital …

Three US crew members were killed when their Large Air Tanker crashed while fighting a bushfire in southern NSW this afternoon. Earlier this afternoon, the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) said it had “lost contact” with a Lockheed C-130 Hercules being used in water bombing operations in the Snowy Monaro area. Firefighters, emergency services and military personnel launched a search …

Deputy Nationals leader Bridget McKenzie is facing calls to resign amid revelations a Federal Government pre-election cash splash was biased towards seats the Coalition wanted to win. A scathing audit report found a disproportionate number of grants were funnelled towards seats then-sports minister Senator McKenzie’s office had earmarked as “marginal” and “targeted” before last year’s federal election. The Coledale Waves …

Firefighters say they are becoming more traumatised on the frontline of the bushfire crisis knowing they could have saved more lives and homes had they been properly resourced. In a letter to the Morrison government, emergency chiefs claim some fire preparation works were being performed by crews two-thirds of the size than usual. The six emergency union chiefs who signed …

Russia’s entire government has unexpectedly stepped down, in a move that clears the way for President Vladimir Putin to maintain his grip on power well past the end of his term. After eight years as prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev has tendered his resignation to Mr Putin. The president then named Tax Service chief Mikhail Mishustin as the replacement. Mr Putin’s entire cabinet, which …

The resource giants who built the mining boom since 2000 earned $53.8 billion in revenues in the 2017-18 year without paying any tax, according to the Australian Taxation Office’s latest figures. Overall, one-third of companies with revenues over $100 million, or 710 firms, didn’t pay any tax at all. The 1504 companies that did pay tax sent $52.3 billion to the …

The Queen has moved quickly to take control of the crisis surrounding the decision by Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, to distance themselves from the royal family, ordering royal courtiers to sort out a future role for the pair within days. British media reported Friday that the monarch, who is at her Sandringham estate in eastern England, …

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has reportedly pleaded in a letter for President Donald Trump to revise US travel warnings for Australia. The US State Department last week put out a new warning of Americans to consider postponing their travel to Australia with disastrous bushfires ravaging the country. But the Courier-Mail reports that the premier has passionately pleaded with the US leader to …

President Donald Trump’s initial response to Iran’s ballistic missile strikes targeted at American troops was to tweet a reminder the US has “the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world, by far”. The attacks – which were in response to the US state-sanctioned killing of a top Iranian military leader – followed days of threats and promises that the …