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MELBOURNE, VIC. — One Nation Melbourne electorate candidate Matthew Collins has resigned in disgrace from Hanson's One Nation after concerns were raised about offensive social media posts — including “I’ve never asked for consent” — which were posted and deleted from a private account linked to the MP hopeful.

MIAMI, FLORIDA, USA. — A federal judge on Thursday (Friday Australian time) ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by December 11 (December 12 Australian time).

WASHINGTON DC, USA. — Over the past couple of weeks, a cybersecurity researcher watched as a Chinese-speaking hacker broke into websites belonging to more than 100 companies, including farm equipment maker Deere, home appliance ​company SharkNinja and engine manufacturer Cummins, yet the hacker did almost none of the work.

VICTORIA. — The Fire Danger Period (FDP) commences at 1am on Monday, November 23, 2026, for the  Colac-Otway Shire Council and Corangamite Shire Council areas.

VICTORIA. — The Fire Danger Period (FDP) commences at 1am on Monday, November 23, 2026, for several municipalities, including Greater Bendigo.

SPRING ST, MELBOURNE. — The Leader of the Victorian opposition, Jess Wilson has been guided her entire life by her MAGA-aligned father and former Victorian Liberal MP, Ronald 'Ron' Wilson. Mr Wilson attended Jess' wedding fully decked out in his MAGA hat. Whilst Wilson claims "no alliance to One Nation", her father attended her wedding in a MAGA hat, and Wilson has preferenced One Nation over other political parties.

AUSTRALIA. — Following Tuesday's thumping of Trump and his style of politics in America, Pauline Hanson rapidly removed many references to and media releases from the One Nation website on Wednesday (Australian time), including this one, which we have republished below. Whilst Hanson may have deleted it from the One Nation website, the Wayback Machine has receipts. 

MELBOURNE, VIC. — A 32-year-old first constable from the Southern Metro (police) region has been charged with one count each of possessing child abuse material and accessing child abuse material following a Professional Standards internal investigation.

MELBOURNE, VIC. — A 40-year-old male Senior Constable from Victoria Police's North West Metro region has been charged following an internal investigation with stalking, installing a tracking device to locate a person, attempting to pervert the course of justice and two counts of unauthorised access to police information.

MELBOURNE, VIC. — Known as the ‘Accurate One’, Bill Collins is one of the legends of Australian sports broadcasting. His voice graced the airwaves for over three decades, informing and entertaining his audience, promoting all three codes of the racing industry, and helping to raise Australian race calling to such a high standard that it could be regarded as an internationally renowned art form unique to Australia.

FLEMINGTON, VIC. — POINT OF LAW is the most inexperienced horse in the race, which produced the best lead-up performance when jumping, running and kept running to win the Geelong Cup.

MELBOURNE, VIC. — Champagne. Scandal. Spectacular excess. The Jazz Age is coming to Melbourne in a lavish theatrical event set to make summer 2027 unforgettable.

MELBOURNE, VIC. — Canadian-born Samuel Walker McGowan is credited with bringing the telegraph technology to Australia. Lured by the opportunities created by the discovery of gold in Victoria, McGowan arrived in Melbourne in 1853.

MELBOURNE, VIC. — Known as the ‘Accurate One’, Bill Collins is one of the legends of Australian sports broadcasting. His voice graced the airwaves for over three decades, informing and entertaining his audience, promoting all three codes of the racing industry, and helping to raise Australian race calling to such a high standard that it could be regarded as an internationally renowned art form unique to Australia.

MELBOURNE, VIC. — Imagine a company that sells you equipment, invests money in your business, and then rents back what you build with it. It’s your supplier, your investor and your customer all at once.

CANBERRA, ACT. — The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board, in a unanimous decision, lifted the cash rate to 4.6 per cent, raising interest rates by 25 basis points to the highest level since 2011, as it wrapped up its two-day meeting this afternoon.

MELBOURNE, VIC. — On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, journalist and editor of VicNews, Ashley Geelan, purchased a ticket to Monica Smit’s ‘Reignite Democracy Australia’s ‘Bye Bye GVT’ event. Now Smit faces serious problems for her ongoing grifting operations.

AUSTRALIA. — Following Tuesday's thumping of Trump and his style of politics in America, Pauline Hanson rapidly removed many references to and media releases from the One Nation website on Wednesday (Australian time), including this one, which we have republished below. Whilst Hanson may have deleted it from the One Nation website, the Wayback Machine has receipts.