#BREAKING 🚨 NSW independent MP Helen Dalton will NOT run in the Farrer by-election, saying her fight in the state parliament is "producing results" The move avoids a by-election in her state seat of Murray and leaves Michelle Milthorpe as the sole independent running

#BREAKING 🚨 Farrer will head to the polls in two months, with the by-election to replace Sussan Ley officially scheduled for 9 May The contest is set to be between the Liberals, Nationals, One Nation and independent Michelle Milthorpe, with Helen Dalton also considering running

NEW VIDEO: Melanie Selwood, the Greens' lead candidate for the South Australian Legislative Council, has told 6 News she's optimistic about the party's chances leading up to this month's state election WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpRT...

#BREAKING 🚨 Legendary sports commentator Dennis Cometti has died aged 76

Greens senator David Shoebridge has hit out at the Albanese Government for "providing political cover" for the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, describing it as a war "based on lies and deceit" WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrwo...

#BREAKING 🚨 Iranian state media has confirmed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead following US–Israeli airstrikes

#BREAKING 🚨 US president Donald Trump says Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is dead following US–Israeli airstrikes United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says he is not in a position to confirm if Khamenei has died

#BREAKING 🚨 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has backed the strikes from the US and Israel against Iran "We support the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent Iran continuing to threaten international peace and security"

#BREAKING 🚨 Donald Trump has confirmed the United States is striking Iran alongside Israel Trump says the US military is "undertaking a massive and ongoing operation" and are "going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground"

#BREAKING 🚨 Israel has launched strikes on Iran, with explosions reported in downtown Tehran Israeli defence minister Israel Katz says a "special and permanent state of emergency" has been declared across Israel, according to the BBC

#BREAKING 🚨 The Green Party has won the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election in a significant blow to UK PM Keir Starmer Labour finished third in a previously safe seat with their vote halving to to 25%, while Reform were second with 29%

#BREAKING 🚨 One Nation has announced three candidates – David Farley, Leigh Wolki and Guy Cooper – who will contest their preselection for the Farrer by-election Helen Dalton, who was approached by ONP, is not running for preselection amid rumours of an independent candidacy

#BREAKING 🚨 Former opposition leader Sussan Ley has officially resigned from parliament, setting up a by-election in Farrer where she says a Liberal win is “vital” The contest is set to be multi-cornered with the Nationals, One Nation and independents running

Anthony Albanese has become the first Commonwealth leader to confirm support for removing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of royal succession The PM told Keir Starmer that the allegations against Andrew are "grave" and "Australians take them seriously"

🚨 NEW: Anthony Albanese leads Angus Taylor by five points as preferred prime minister, in the first nationwide poll since the Liberal leadership spill

#BREAKING 🚨 The US Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 that Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs are illegal The ruling has upheld a lower court's previous finding that the US president exceeded his authority by imposing tariffs under a law that was meant for national emergencies

NEW 6TH PREFERENCE EPISODE: Sussan Ley's resignation will set up a likely five-cornered contest in Farrer – is there any way the Liberals can hold on? Watch the FULL episode on Patreon: patreon.com/6newsau Watch highlights: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFFk...

#BREAKING 🚨 Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested and is in custody on suspicion of misconduct in public office, according to the BBC and Sky News UK

NEW VIDEO: Suki Dorras-Walker has spoken to 6 News about her candidacy in Nightcliff, with the Greens campaigning to retain its Northern Territory Parliament seat WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=csgq...

#BREAKING 🚨 Liam Alexander Hall can now be named as the man accused of throwing a homemade bomb into an Invasion Day rally crowd in Perth, after a suppression order preventing his identity being published was lifted The attack is being treated as a terrorism event

#BREAKING 🚨 Tim Wilson will become shadow treasurer under Liberal leader Angus Taylor, while Jacinta Price and Andrew Hastie will return to the shadow ministry in the skills/training and industry/sovereign capability portfolios respectively

#BREAKING 🚨 Former Queensland Senate candidate Drew Pavlou claims he has been "deported" from the US, where he travelled after saying he would move into Billie Eilish's mansion "I spent 30 hours trying to explain my shitposts were a joke...I guess I am just a BAD GUY"

#BREAKING 🚨 The Nationals have confirmed they will contest the Farrer by-election, pushing to reclaim the seat they lost to Sussan Ley in 2001 With Labor unlikely to run, the move sets up a multi-cornered contest with the Liberals, One Nation and independents

NEW VIDEO: Sussan Ley says she has "no hard feelings" towards the 34 Liberal MPs who voted to replace her with Angus Taylor in this morning's leadership spill, adding that she'll be cheering on the party as they fight "this awful Labor government" WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkfm...

#BREAKING 🚨 Independent candidate Michelle Milthorpe has confirmed she will recontest Farrer at the upcoming by-election, setting up a possible five-cornered contest following the resignation of Sussan Ley Milthorpe received 43.7% of the two-candidate-preferred vote in 2025

Independent MP Helen Dalton, who represents Murray in the NSW parliament, says she's weighing up a switch to federal politics and may run in the Farrer by-election The move would see a state by-election in Murray, which Dalton won with a 66% two-candidate-preferred vote in 2023

Momentum is building within the Nationals' membership for the party to contest the Farrer by-election against the Liberals, 6 News understands Sussan Ley won the seat from the Nats in 2001, but they are now able to contest with no incumbent member in the running

#BREAKING 🚨 Sussan Ley has confirmed she will resign from parliament in the coming months, triggering a by-election in the seat of Farrer The Liberals have held the seat since 2001, but recent 6 News projections show it could be competitive for One Nation or an independent

#BREAKING 🚨 Angus Taylor has been elected Liberal Party leader, defeating Sussan Ley 34 votes to 17 Victorian senator Jane Hume was elected deputy leader 30 to 20 in the final round of voting, replacing Ted O’Brien

NEW VIDEO: Angus Taylor right now appears near-certain to win tomorrow's Liberal leadership spill, as more MPs continue to resign from Sussan Ley's frontbench WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzN7...

#BREAKING 🚨 The Liberals will hold a party room meeting at 9am AEDT tomorrow, with Angus Taylor set to spill Sussan Ley for the party's leadership

The NT Greens have announced Suki Dorras-Walker, a former teacher who was 0.4% off winning Fannie Bay at the 2024 election, as their candidate for the Nightcliff by-election Nightcliff will head to the polls after the resignation of Greens MLA Kat McNamara for health reasons

#BREAKING 🚨 At least nine people are dead and 25 injured after a shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, Canada, according to local authorities Police also say two more victims were found dead at another residence, which is believed to be connected

Greens senator David Shoebridge has told 6 News that violent scenes at a Sydney protest against Israeli president Isaac Herzog – where police threw punches and dragged away Muslim worshippers – are "on Anthony Albanese and Chris Minns" WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N2F...

#BREAKING 🚨 Aftab Malik, Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, has released a statement condemning "unprovoked violence and aggression" from NSW Police against Muslims praying in Sydney's Town Hall Square "There cannot be any justification for this behaviour"

#BREAKING 🚨 Former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas says NSW premier Chris Minns "is responsible for every single injury" at the Sydney march against Isaac Herzog Protesters were pepper-sprayed and punches thrown, with Thomas saying it "felt like war being waged on us by police"

The United Australia Party – which is currently in the process of being reregistered – has confirmed it will contest every lower and upper house seat at the next federal election Clive Palmer's party won a single seat at the 2022 election, although Ralph Babet will not recontest

#BREAKING 🚨 The NSW Supreme Court has rejected a legal challenge from Palestine Action Group to the state government's declaration of Isaac Herzog's visit as a major event The declaration gives police extra powers to manage crowds and shut down parts of the "major events area"

Victorian Labor minister Lily D'Ambrosio has called on Liberal leader Jess Wilson to "come clean" and reveal which Coalition MPs are in discussion with Barnaby Joyce Joyce has told the Herald Sun that multiple Victorian Coalition MPs had approached One Nation about defecting

#BREAKING 🚨 Greens MLA Kat McNamara has resigned from the Northern Territory parliament, triggering a by-election in Nightcliff

NEW VIDEO: A leadership spill against Sussan Ley appears to be a question of when, not if, despite today's announcement of a return to the Liberal–National Coalition after just 17 days WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwSu...

#BREAKING 🚨 The Coalition will reunite after less than three weeks apart, with the Liberals and Nationals reaching an agreement to resume the alliance Sussan Ley says all shadow ministers will agree to shadow cabinet solidarity to “strengthen” internal processes

#BREAKING 🚨 WA premier Roger Cook says the attempted bombing of an Invasion Day rally in Perth has been formally declared an act of terrorism A 31-year-old man has now been charged with one count of engaging in a terrorist act

#BREAKING 🚨 Former Victorian Liberal Party deputy leader Sam Groth will resign from parliament immediately, triggering a by-election in his seat of Nepean The Liberals gained the seat from Labor in 2022 and currently hold it on a 6.4% two-party-preferred margin

#BREAKING 🚨 Wide Bay MP Llew O'Brien has told The Australian he may quit the Nationals if the Coalition is reformed without a plan to repeal the hate group laws O'Brien voted against the legislation and has been speculated as a possible One Nation defector

#BREAKING 🚨 The Reserve Bank has lifted interest rates by 0.25 percentage points to 3.85 percent in its first monetary policy meeting of 2026

#BREAKING 🚨 David Littleproud will remain Nationals leader after a spill motion introduced by Queensland MP Colin Boyce failed

#BREAKING 🚨 Victoria Police say they "strongly believe" Dezi Freeman, who has not been seen since the Porepunkah shootings that killed two police officers, is dead Authorities say there is no evidence to indicate Freeman is still alive, but the search will continue

🚨 NEW: Sussan Ley's support as preferred prime minister has dropped to 9% in the first RedBridge/Accent poll of 2026