Swiss company considers making takeover offer, while BHP could move again after initial rejectionThe mining company Glencore is considering making a takeover offer for Anglo American that could trigger a multibillion-pound bidding war for the company, according to reports.It sparked a 3% jump in Anglo American’s share price on Friday, making it the...

Exclusive: Intense negotiations under way as Penny Wong backs two-state solution after meeting Germany’s Annalena BaerbockFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government faces a decision next week on whether to support admitting Palestine as a full...

NSW homelessness minister acknowledges program is direct response to housing crisis but says ‘it’s not acceptable this is what we have come to’ for those fleeing domestic violenceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWomen and children in New South Wales are being...

Group of Eight chief says campuses don’t want to see ‘escalation’ like what is occurring in the USGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVice-chancellors have rejected calls to shut down the pro-Palestine encampments at Australian universities, saying campuses don’t want to see an “escalation” of the kind that is happening...

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter.Good afternoon, and welcome to the Afternoon Update. The New South Wales government will announce a suite of reforms in the coming days to tackle the crisis of violence against women, following a dedicated cabinet...

Sentencing to depend heavily on whether the judge considers the murder to be ‘particularly heinous’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe husband of murdered Queensland woman Emma Lovell wants the young man who fatally stabbed his wife in the heart to be jailed...