Turkey has long accused Nordic countries, in particular Sweden which has a strong Turkish immigrant community, of harbouring outlawed Kurdish militants President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey would not look “positively” on Sweden and Finland’s NATO bids unless its terror-related concerns were addressed, despite broad support from other allies including the United States. … Read more
Uniting the country may be a more difficult task than Anthony Albanese can imagine, Nine Political Editor Chris Uhlmann has said. Speaking after a long election night, Uhlmann reflected on what the results said about the country. “We are a hugely balkanised country now between the regions, the suburbs and the inner cities,” he said. … Read more
Opposition Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese asked Australians to give his party ‘a crack’ at running the country on Saturday Australia’s conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded election defeat Saturday, hours after voters issued a stinging rebuke of his party’s inaction on climate change. Earlier Saturday, Albanese asked voters to give his centre-left party a … Read more
Spectators watching the results of Australia’s federal elections in a Sydney pub burst into cheers when they saw the Labor Party were winning on May 21. Katarina Stefanovic recorded patrons of Hawke’s Brewing Company, in Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese’s constituency of Grayndler, celebrating the results. Some people expressed emotions other than joy, one woman … Read more
Speaking at a function in Sydney, Morrison said as leader of the party he takes responsibility for its “wins and losses” and was proud of the policies he delivered while in government. He said he would hand over the leadership at the next party room meeting as that would be the “appropriate thing to do”. … Read more
Beauden Barrett has slotted a field goal after the full-time siren for the Blues to steal a famous Super Rugby Pacific victory from the Brumbies in Canberra. The Blues’ 21-19 win — a club record 12th straight — moved them further ahead on top of the ladder and likely relegated the Brumbies to third place with one … Read more
William Yang is the new Australian men’s 100 metres freestyle champion. Key points: Yang beat Zac Incerti and Flynn Southam home to win the national title Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown won the women’s 200m backstroke final Tokyo bronze medallist Brendon Smith took out the men’s 400m individual medley The 23-year-old won the title at the Australian … Read more
Sky News Australia projects the Labor Party has won the 2022 federal election. The projected result would be 76 Labor, 67 to Liberal. Chief Election Analyst Tom Connell says for the Liberals to try and cobble together a crossbench of nine seats to get to 76 is “not viable”. “So we’re saying we don’t know … Read more
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has all but conceded defeat in the seat of Kooyong declaring he may now get more time to a better dad. Flanked by his wife Amie, the Treasurer was moved to tears as he paid tribute to his family. “So while it’s mathematically possible that we win in Kooyong, it’s definitely difficult,” … Read more
Polling has officially closed along much of Australia’s east coast, but the race between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese over who will lead the country for the next three years is far from over. As an exhaustive campaign finally draws to an end, many will be looking forward to putting the last six weeks behind … Read more