Group of protesters entered the Moonee Valley Racecourse building on Saturday morning ahead of speeches by Jacinta Allan and the PM. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFederal Labor MP Maria Vamvakinou has defended her Senate colleague, Fatima Payman, after last week’s criticism about comments...

Party says pooling resources across regions would deliver 40,000 extra appointments a week for patientsHospitals would have to share waiting lists and pool resources under Labour’s plans to reduce waiting times by delivering up to 40,000 extra NHS appointments a week.The party has announced that patients would be offered appointments at nearby hospitals,...

O’Reilly, who was also an international rugby player for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions, died in Dublin on SaturdayTony O’Reilly, one of Ireland’s leading business figures, has died at the age of 88.O’Reilly, who had a career in the media as well as being an international rugby player for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions, died in St...

Former chancellor, who was one of those who urged Johnson to go, says Tories should have realised ‘Twitter was not the country’Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has said he and his Conservative colleagues were wrong to force out Boris Johnson as prime minister in 2022.Johnson resigned after less than three years in No 10 after more than 50 resignations...

Benny Gantz’s threat to withdraw his opposition party from coalition calls into question future of governmentThe Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has threatened to resign if Benjamin Netanyahu fails to adopt an agreed plan for Gaza, calling into question the future of the Israeli government.During a press conference on Saturday, Gantz announced...

Benny Gantz’s threat to withdraw his opposition party from coalition calls into question future of governmentThe Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has threatened to resign if Benjamin Netanyahu fails to adopt an agreed plan for Gaza, calling into question the future of the Israeli government.During a press conference on Saturday, Gantz announced...