#BREAKING 🚨 ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury has announced he will retire from territory politics after 17 years in the Legislative Assembly
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#BREAKING 🚨 One Nation’s victory in the South Australian seat of Narungga has been re-confirmed, with Chantelle Thomas’ winning margin increasing from 58 to 74 votes
The recount was held following the discovery of ballots missed on election day
#BREAKING 🚨 The Electoral Commission of Queensland has announced that the Stafford by-election will be held on 16 May, following the death of MP Jimmy Sullivan last week
#BREAKING 🚨 The High Court has ruled that Victoria’s political donations laws are unconstitutional
The case was brought by The West Party’s Paul Hopper and Hawthorn independent candidate Melissa Lowe, who had argued the laws disadvantaged candidates not from the major parties
Tasmanian Greens members have voted for environmental lawyer Vanessa Bleyer to replace Peter Whish-Wilson in the Senate
Whish-Wilson, who is retiring, says he “couldn’t be more thrilled that the membership has chosen her”
"They’re fed up with us, but will never vote Liberal,” a former Labor strategist tells @leopuglisi6.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/14/p...
#BREAKING 🚨 Queensland MP Jimmy Sullivan, who represents Stafford in the state parliament, has reportedly been found dead
The Courier Mail reports police were called to a unit in Brisbane overnight and his death is being treated as non-suspicious
NEW VIDEO: Victorian One Nation candidate Darren Hercus says he's committed to the party – which he joined less than three months ago – as he campaigns for an upset win in the Nepean by-election
WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHjR...
We may look back on the looming Farrer by-election as the moment the Labor–Liberal duopoly properly began to crumble, @leopuglisi6.bsky.social writes. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/09/f...
#BREAKING 🚨 Ben Roberts-Smith has been arrested over war crimes allegations
The arrest relates to ‘multiple counts of murdering unarmed Afghan civilians and prisoners’, Nine reports
#BREAKING 🚨 Donald Trump has hit out at Iran in a Truth Social post: "Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH!"
"Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP"
Look I such at maths but 34 plus 5 plus 4 plus 4 definitely equals 47
#BREAKING 🚨 The final results from the South Australian House of Assembly can now be confirmed, with One Nation winning Narungga and independent Matt Schultz winning Kavel
NEW VIDEO: Freelance sports journalist Lachlan Sherriff wraps up round 2 of the VFL and takes a look at the continuing Dockerty Cup action
WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J03Z...
NEW VIDEO: Following the introduction of free public transport this month, the Victorian Greens have renewed their push for a rent freeze amid the Iran war and cost-of-living pressures
WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7sq...
#BREAKING 🚨 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will address the nation at 7pm AEDT tonight regarding the federal government's response to the Iran war
One Nation has won MacKillop to claim a third South Australian lower house seat, defeating the Liberals and independent MP Nick McBride, who was campaigning while under home detention
Two seats remain uncalled by 6 News: Kavel (IND ahead) and Narungga (ONP ahead)
#BREAKING 🚨 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the fuel excise will be halved a three-month period, reducing the cost of petrol and diesel by 26.3 cents per litre
NEW VIDEO: As polling here at home produces historic firsts, UK politics continues to undergo a major shakeup with Reform and the Greens surging in support since the last election
WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CLX...
Totally lost – she did not run for the Liberal Party ticket’s second position
#BREAKING 🚨 Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming has lost preselection for the Western Metropolitan Region, with moderate-backed Dinesh Gourisetty defeating her for the upper house seat's top spot at the upcoming state election
Yeah I know how our voting system works – that doesn’t mean 2-4 seats is insignificant and in an election where Labor did slightly worse they probably would have lost seats to ONP
22% of the vote and outpolling the Liberal Party is a really significant result – not sure why we’d ignore it?
The Liberal Party appears set to retain opposition status in South Australia after retaining Heysen to claim a fifth seat, while One Nation only remains a chance in two more seats (having already won two)
Morphett has been won by Labor, while three seats are still uncalled
#BREAKING 🚨 More results from the South Australian lower house can now be called, with One Nation winning Hammond from the Liberals
6 News has not yet projected results in Kavel (IND ahead), Heysen (LIB ahead), Morphett (ALP ahead), Narungga and MacKillop (ONP ahead)
#BREAKING 🚨 Leigh Ryswyk has become the first male AFL player to come out as gay, following Mitch Brown's decision to come out as bisexual, during an interview on JOY 94.9
Ryswyk played one match for Brisbane in 2005 before playing 226 matches for North Adelaide in the SANFL
NEW VIDEO: SA Socialists candidate Ahmed Azhar says his party is looking towards the future after receiving 6.5% of the vote in Peter Malinauskas's seat of Croydon – rivalling the Liberals during early stages of the vote count
WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHq6...
Rebecca Hewett will join Cory Bernardi and Carlos Quaremba as One Nation members in the SA Legislative Council – while Labor, the Greens, Legalise Cannabis and Family First try to claim the final seat
In the lower house, ONP very likely wins Hammond and likely wins Narungga
NEW VIDEO: A new era for VFL broadcasting has begun with a multi-network deal over the weekend, in a round that saw Tasmania make its debut and Hawthorn's new facility on display
WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTlK...
Two more seats from the South Australian state election can now be projected by 6 News:
Labor will retain Light against One Nation despite a 20% swing away from them on primary votes, while independent Lou Nicholson will defeat the Liberals in Finniss