Anthony Albanese reveals new cabinet with Tanya Plibersek named as minister for social services

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PM has named his new frontbench, including Michelle Rowland as the new attorney-general, after a factional brawl over positions

Tanya Plibersek has been named the minister for social services as the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, revealed his new frontbench after Labor’s emphatic election victory.

The biggest changes in the new cabinet include Michelle Rowland, as the new attorney-general; health minister Mark Butler getting the NDIS added to his portfolio; Amanda Rishworth being named the new employment and workplace relations minister; Anika Wells being promoted to the communications portfolio; and Murray Watt taking on the environment portfolio.

Richard Marles – deputy prime minister, minister for defence

Penny Wong – minister for foreign affairs

Jim Chalmers – treasurer

Katy Gallagher – minister for finance, minister for the public service, minister for women, minister for government services

Don Farrell – minister for trade and tourism, special minister of state

Tony Burke – minister for home affairs, minister for immigration and citizenship, minister for cybersecurity, minister for the arts

Mark Butler – minister for health and ageing, minister for disability and the national disability insurance scheme

Chris Bowen – minister for climate change and energy

Catherine King – minister for infrastructure, transport, regional development and local government

Amanda Rishworth – minister for employment and workplace relations.

Jason Clare – minister for education

Michelle Rowland - attorney general.

Tanya Plibersek – minister for social services.

Julie Collins – minister for agriculture, fisheries and forestry

Clare O’Neil – minister for housing, minister for homelessness and minister for cities

Madeleine King – minister for resources, minister for northern Australia

Murray Watt – minister for the environment and water

Malarndirri McCarthy – minister for Indigenous Australians

Anika Wells – minister for communications, minister for sport

Pat Conroy – minister for defence industry, minister for Pacific Island affairs

Anne Aly – minister for small business, minister for international development, minister for multicultural affairs

Tim Ayres – minister for industry and innovation, minister for science

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Nurse who treated Joel Cauchi for schizophrenia threw up when told about Bondi Junction stabbings, inquest hears

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Health worker describes 40-year-old as ‘compliant’ and ‘diligent’ patient but recalls 2020 phone call and a possible ‘warning sign’ of mental health relapse

A nurse at the Queensland medical practice where Joel Cauchi was treated for schizophrenia remembers him as a “compliant” and “diligent” patient, telling an inquest she vomited when she learned he had fatally stabbed six people at a Sydney shopping centre.

Cauchi, 40, killed Ashlee Good, 38, Jade Young, 47, Yixuan Cheng, 27, Pikria Darchia, 55, Dawn Singleton, 25, and Faraz Tahir, 30, and injured 10 others at Westfield Bondi Junction on 13 April last year before he was shot and killed by police inspector Amy Scott.

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Taiwan ex-president Tsai Ing-wen to visit UK as China ratchets up threats against Taipei

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Former leader had been due to visit in October but trip was cancelled when it coincided with David Lammy’s trip to Beijing

Former Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will visit Britain this week at the invitation of British politicians, a trip that comes as London is trying to improve ties with Beijing and China ramps up efforts to diplomatically isolate the island.

Britain, like most countries, has no official diplomatic ties with Taiwan, but the economic and political exchanges between the two sides have increased as Beijing ratchets up military threats to force Taipei to accept its sovereignty claim over the democratic island.

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Federal election results: Monique Ryan wins Kooyong while Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian takes Bradfield

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Amelia Hamer could only secure small primary vote swing towards Liberals in Kooyong, while Greens MP Elizabeth Watson-Brown holds inner-Brisbane seat of Ryan

The independent MP Monique Ryan has won Kooyong in Melbourne, holding off her Liberal challenger, but Nicolette Boele, another Climate 200-backed candidate, is expected to fall short on Sydney’s north shore.

The ABC’s election analyst, Antony Green, on Monday projected that Ryan would maintain her slim lead in the Melbourne seat, where she led by about 700 votes with a few thousand left to count.

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Rodrigo Duterte Is Expected to Again Become Mayor of Davao City – The New York Times

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  1. Rodrigo Duterte Is Expected to Again Become Mayor of Davao City  The New York Times
  2. Philippines election 2025: The Marcos-Duterte battle for power, survival and revenge  BBC
  3. Philippines elections 2025: polls open in midterms as Marcos and Duterte family dynasties vie for power  The Guardian
  4. Detained ex-President Duterte is among the candidates in Philippines midterms  NPR
  5. Philippines votes in high-stakes midterms amid Marcos-Duterte showdown  Reuters
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Norway hands over Arctic Council intact after ‘difficult’ term as chair

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Ukraine conflict and Trump’s threat to seize Greenland have caused internal tensions within intergovernmental body

Norway is to hand over the leadership of an intergovernmental body comprising countries with territory in the Arctic after what its foreign minister called a “difficult two years”, during which there have been unprecedented tensions within the group’s membership related to Russia’s war in Ukraine and Donald Trump’s threat to seize Greenland.

The Arctic Council requires consensus from all eight Arctic states – the US, Russia, Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway, the kingdom of Denmark, which includes Greenland, and Sweden – for all decisions and statements.

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Potential role for Chinese firm in key UK windfarm attracts government scrutiny

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Exclusive: Decision on whether to work with turbine maker being overseen by ministers after British Steel rescue

Ministers are weighing up proposals for a Chinese company to supply wind turbines for a major offshore windfarm in the North Sea.

The government is in discussions with Green Volt North Sea over whether Mingyang, China’s biggest offshore wind company, should supply the wind turbines. Mingyang has emerged as the preferred manufacturer, but the company has sought advice from ministers on whether to proceed.

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UK food shops report ‘massive’ rise in pensioner shoplifting

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Kingdom Services boss says retailers seeing ‘different sort of shoplifter’ with more theft by people ‘who just can’t afford food’

Food retailers have seen a “massive” increase in pensioner shoplifters over the last year, according to a leading store security firm, amid the rising cost of living.

John Nussbaum, director of service for retail at Kingdom Services Group, has said his staff were seeing a “different sort of shoplifter now” as the cost of living “pushes people to something they’ve never done before”.

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Gerry Adams fights for peacemaker reputation in trial over BBC murdered spy claim

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Former Sinn Féin leader denies claim made in 2016 documentary he sanctioned 2006 killing of MI5 informant Denis Donaldson

It is a small, compact courtroom with a digital clock that glows beneath the judge’s bench, but the evidence unfurled in the case of Gerry Adams versus the BBC is expansive and spans decades of Irish and British history.

The former Sinn Féin leader’s childhood and political awakening, the evolution of the Troubles, the IRA’s deadly campaign, the peace process, the murder of a British spy, all have been outlined – and contested – in the libel hearing at Dublin’s high court.

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Before and after: Satellite images reveal Operation Sindoor’s impact on Pakistan air bases, terror camps – Times of India

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  1. Before and after: Satellite images reveal Operation Sindoor’s impact on Pakistan air bases, terror camps  Times of India
  2. Operation Sindoor Live Updates: IAF reveals it hit terror, military targets in Karachi, Islamabad  Times of India
  3. Indian air force says losses are part of combat but all pilots back home  Reuters
  4. India claims its strikes inside Pakistan territory last week killed over 100 militants  AP News
  5. Indian Air Force Struck Karachi's Malir Cantt: Big Revelation On Op Sindoor  NDTV
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Albanian election result unclear after broadcasters withhold exit polls – politico.eu

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  1. Albanian election result unclear after broadcasters withhold exit polls  politico.eu
  2. Albania's Socialist Party leads in parliamentary vote, results show  Reuters
  3. Polls close in Albanians election dominated by uphill efforts to join the EU  PBS
  4. Albania votes in general elections as PM Edi Rama seeks a fourth term  Al Jazeera
  5. Trump’s Ally PM Seeks to Anchor Albania in Europe: What to Watch  Bloomberg
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Poland PM Donald Tusk accuses Russia of Warsaw shopping centre fire – BBC

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  1. Poland PM Donald Tusk accuses Russia of Warsaw shopping centre fire  BBC
  2. Poland shuts Russian consulate in Krakow over shopping mall arson  politico.eu
  3. Poland blames Russian intelligence for arson attack on Warsaw shopping center last year  CNN
  4. Poland to Close Another Russian Consulate Over Sabotage Claims  Bloomberg
  5. Poland to close Russian consulate in Krakow, citing arson attack  Reuters
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Everything You Need to Know About the India-Pakistan Clash – The Free Press

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  1. Everything You Need to Know About the India-Pakistan Clash  The Free Press
  2. From missiles to ceasefire: how India and Pakistan pulled back from the brink  The Guardian
  3. India-Pakistan truce appears to hold despite accusations of violations  CNN
  4. Updates: India launches attacks on three airbases, Pakistani army says  Al Jazeera
  5. A Night in Kashmir, Caught Between India and Pakistan’s Fight  The New York Times
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Philippines elections 2025: polls open in midterms as Marcos and Duterte family dynasties vie for power

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Senate race will be key to future of Sara Duterte as she faces impeachment trial, while her could become mayor despite being detained in The Hague

Millions of Filipinos began voting on Monday in a midterm election widely seen as a referendum on the explosive feud between President Ferdinand Marcos and impeached vice-president Sara Duterte.

Workers in the capital, Manila, were busily setting up polling stations on Sunday for a race that will decide more than 18,000 posts, from seats in the House of Representatives to hotly contested municipal offices.

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