Union boss Diana Asmar had a clear message for her branch: The traitors who'd betrayed her had no idea what was coming. But the leader herself took the fall.

But the last election campaign exposed the true decline in the quality and capacity of the parliamentary Coalition — as well as its underlying party machines — to do politics and to do policy in a way which means it can't be assumed this is just a temporary flesh wound.

Elon Musk has become a hero in some MAGA circles, but Democrats are moving to reverse the help they have given his electric car company in the past.

Weather conditions that have brought deadly flooding to New South Wales are beginning to ease but more than 30 emergency-level warnings remain in place. Follow live.

Mid North Coast residents rally together in "amazing" acts of community spirit, making rescues, setting up unofficial evacuation centres and delivering food to those in need.

Parts of NSW are experiencing some of their worst flooding on record. You'd be forgiven for thinking this is all about the rainfall. But it's not the only thing that matters.

Tucked away on a south-west Sydney riverbank is the site of a little-known story about a king at the centre of the Aboriginal civil rights movement.