Phillip Bigg, the president of the Shooters Union Tasmania, has called for more consultation on any potential gun reform following the Bondi Beach shooting WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p1x...

AUSTRALIA HAVE RETAINED THE ASHES 🏆 An epic final day in Adelaide saw an English resistance that ultimately fell short thanks to an incredible bowling effort by the Aussies The Ashes will continue onto Melbourne for the Boxing Day Test

🚨 6 NEWS PROJECTION (based on latest RedBridge poll): Labor holds its majority and One Nation makes gains in Queensland 🟥 ALP: 35% 🟦 L/NP: 26% 🟧 PHON: 17% 🟩 GRN: 13% ⬛️ OTH: 9% Two-party-preferred 🟥 ALP: 56% 🟦 L/NP: 44%

As several people remain in hospital in critical condition, 6 News' Roman Mackinnon reports on how the Bondi Beach terrorist attack unfolded on Sunday evening WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8L1...

#BREAKING 🚨 Film director and actor Rob Reiner has been found dead at his Los Angeles home alongside wife Michele Reiner, according to US media including Variety, LA Magazine and Rolling Stone The deaths are being treated as an "apparent homicide", with both reportedly stabbed

#BREAKING 🚨 Police have now confirmed at least 12 people are dead and 29 others injured after a mass shooting on Bondi Beach, which has been declared a terrorist attack NSW premier Chris Minns says the shooting targeted the Jewish community at a Hanukkah celebration

#BREAKING 🚨 NSW Police have confirmed that at least 10 people, including one gunman, are dead after a mass shooting at Bondi Beach A second shooter is in custody, while at least twelve people are also injured and have been taken to hospitals

🚨 6 NEWS PROJECTION (based on latest Resolve poll): Labor retains its majority as LNP suffers losses in Queensland 🟥 ALP: 35% 🟦 L/NP: 26% 🟧 PHON: 14% 🟩 GRN: 11% ⬛️ OTH: 14% Two-party-preferred 🟥 ALP: 55% 🟦 L/NP: 45%

🚨 NEW EPISODE OF 6TH PREFERENCE: Pauline Hanson's One Nation can win lower house seats based on current polling – but as the Coalition loses support, where is their ceiling? Watch the FULL episode on Patreon: patreon.com/6newsau Watch highlights: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uwh...

Legalise Cannabis lead candidate Jessica Nies has revealed the party's law and justice policies ahead of the March state election, with an aim of getting 4% statewide to win their first seat in South Australia WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-fr...

#BREAKING 🚨 Barnaby Joyce has officially joined One Nation after weeks of speculation, giving the party representation in the House of Representatives Joyce will not contest New England at the next election, instead leading One Nation’s NSW Senate ticket

#BREAKING 🚨 Vincent Tarzia has resigned as South Australian opposition leader, becoming the fourth state/territory Liberal leader gone in the span of a month 6 News understands attempts to spill Tarzia were in the works, with just 106 days to go until the state election

Former Queensland senator Gerard Rennick has spoken about the future of the People First Party amid merger talks and upcoming state elections, as One Nation continues to rise in the polls WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUCX...

The E-Safety Commissioner has been asked about 6 News during a Senate committee, just days before the social media ban goes into effect ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK1O...

🚨 NEW: One Nation is nearing striking distance of becoming the official opposition, according to a federal voting intention poll and MRP released today by DemosAU One Nation would win 12 seats and are within range of 18, while the Coalition risks falling to as low as 21

#BREAKING 🚨 6 News projects the LNP has gained Hinchinbrook from Katter's Australian Party in a state by-election, winning with a two-candidate-preferred swing of around 17% The KAP suffered a swing of more than 15% against them on primary votes, while One Nation has overtaken Labor to finish third

#BREAKING 🚨 A FOURTH Liberal Party leadership change is being flagged, with Ashton Hurn emerging as a possible replacement for South Australian opposition leader Vincent Tarzia Polls for next year's SA state election have shown the Liberals with a primary vote as low as 21%

🚨 NEW: 'Unsure' has risen in the latest Essential poll as preferred Liberal leader amongst all Australians, while Sussan Ley has the support of 21% of Coalition voters

🚨 6 NEWS PROJECTION (based on latest Newspoll): Labor expands its majority while the Coalition is reduced to just 33 seats 🟥 ALP: 36% 🟦 L/NP: 24% 🟧 PHON: 15% 🟩 GRN: 13% ⬛️ OTH: 12% Two-party-preferred 🟥 ALP: 58% 🟦 L/NP: 42%

#BREAKING 🚨 The Senate has been suspended after One Nation leader Pauline Hanson wore a burka on the floor, repeating her 2017 stunt It happened shortly after Hanson tried introduce a bill which would ban burkas in Australia

🚨 The Formula 1 drivers' championship race is now wide open after a double disqualification

🚨 NEW: 'Don't know' is the preferred Liberal Party leader in the latest Newspoll, followed by Sussan Ley and Andrew Hastie

🚨 NEW: Jess Wilson leads Jacinta Allan as Victorian preferred premier in the first poll since Brad Battin lost Liberal leadership The Coalition leads 51-49 on a two-party-preferred basis – a swing of 6 points since the 2022 election, but not enough to guarantee forming government

There have now been eight leadership changes in different Liberal Party branches over the past 18 months – five of those not directly after an election – after Kellie Sloane replaced Mark Speakman in NSW Three of those changes have occurred in the last two weeks

🚨 6 NEWS PROJECTION (based on latest Roy Morgan poll): More losses for the Coalition as the crossbench makes nationwide gains 🟥 ALP: 33% 🟦 L/NP: 27% 🟧 PHON: 14% 🟩 GRN: 12.5% ⬛️ OTH: 13.5% Two-party-preferred 🟥 ALP: 56.5% 🟦 L/NP: 43.5%

Mark Speakman said this morning he would be going nowhere as NSW Liberal leader – moments ago, he announced he was stepping down "I have faced the brand damage that has emanated from Canberra, I have faced the loss of three members...I have done my best"

#BREAKING 🚨 Moves to spill NSW Liberal leader Mark Speakman are being made tonight, with The Daily Telegraph reporting a "delegation of moderate and centre right factional powerbrokers" have met with Speakman An unnamed MP from the conservative faction says "shit is going down"

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the opposition’s new energy policy is just like the 6-7 meme, describing it as meaningless “6-7, 6-7, it’s a big thing. 6-7, what does it mean? It means nothing, a bit like the pamphlet they’ve put out.”

Mark Speakman appears set to be the next Liberal Party leader spilled, with Nine reporting that a challenge against the NSW opposition leader is now expected It would be the second NSW Coalition leadership change in days, after Gurmesh Singh became the new Nationals leader today

#BREAKING 🚨 Former NSW senator Hollie Hughes, who left parliament earlier this year, has announced her resignation from the Liberal Party "I believe I can best support Sussan Ley and the good and effective members of the partyroom from outside of the party"

🚨 NEW: Sussan Ley has a favourability rating of minus 21% in the latest RedBridge polling, while Anthony Albanese is rated at minus 2% More than a third of Australians have not heard of either Andrew Hastie or Angus Taylor, even as both are named as contenders for Liberal leadership

#BREAKING 🚨 Jess Wilson has been elected Victorian Liberal Party leader after a spill motion against Brad Battin was successful Sam Groth remains deputy after defeating David Southwick, Bev McArthur becomes upper house leader, and Evan Mulholland remains upper house deputy

#BREAKING 🚨 Sussan Ley says she can ‘guarantee’ that she will lead the Liberal Party to the next federal election Ley told the ABC that she is “absolutely” going to remain opposition leader, despite ongoing rumours of a spill

#BREAKING 🚨 Victorian Liberal leader Brad Battin is set to face a leadership spill tomorrow, with Kew MP Jess Wilson set to challenge him The move is despite the Coalition leading in multiple recent state polls and Battin being ahead in preferred premier polling

🚨 6 NEWS PROJECTION (based on latest RedBridge poll): One Nation wins six lower house seats, but Labor's majority holds firm 🟥 ALP: 38% 🟦 L/NP: 24% 🟧 PHON: 18% 🟩 GRN: 9% ⬛️ OTH: 11% Two-party-preferred 🟥 ALP: 56% 🟦 L/NP: 44%

The Greens are pushing for a rent freeze on the Gold Coast as an "emergency measure" amid the housing crisis, saying that "unsustainable rent increases" are forcing the working class out of the city WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-JM...

#BREAKING 🚨 Dugald Saunders has announced his resignation as NSW Nationals leader after two years Saunders says it is "the right time to allow a new leader to take up the fight" ahead of the 2027 state election, but will remain in parliament

🚨 NEW: One Nation has climbed to a record 18% in the latest RedBridge poll, while the Coalition has fallen to 24% Sussan Ley is losing to "neither" as preferred prime minister, with just 10% supporting her

Former Katter's Australian MP Nick Dametto – who is no longer a member of the party – has easily won a by-election to become Townsville mayor, 6 News projects Dametto leads with 62% of primary votes, while previous mayor Troy Thompson is fifth out of nine candidates with 5%

🚨 NEW: Anthony Albanese's net favourability is minus 7, according to the latest Freshwater poll Sussan Ley's net favourability is minus 5, while Andrew Hastie is at plus 4 (although he has a higher "never heard of" rating at 29% to Ley's 18%)

Sussan Ley says reaching net zero "would be welcome" if Australia can "get there with technology", but has stressed the Liberals aren't actively pursuing the target "We remain committed to Paris and we made it very clear – it isn't our policy to set long-term targets"

#BREAKING 🚨 The Liberal shadow ministry has agreed to dump the 2050 net zero target, but will remain in the Paris Agreement The move could see some moderate Liberal MPs resign from the shadow ministry, with 17 members (including backbenchers) in favour of retaining net zero

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has called on the federal government to impose penalties on Victoria, after Jacinta Allan announced laws that could see children face life sentences for serious offences "If we continue to see inaction and abuse, I'll be taking this to the UN"

Tim Wilson says "today is going to be a great day" ahead of federal Liberal MPs meeting in Canberra to develop their position on net zero "We can be Nationals-lite & outsource our emissions policy to globalists...or we can choose hope" "Welcome to Liberal country"

🚨 6 NEWS PROJECTION (based on latest Resolve poll): Labor retains a large majority despite some seat losses, while the Coalition only manages a net gain of three 🟥 ALP: 33% 🟦 L/NP: 29% 🟩 GRN: 12% 🟧 PHON: 12% ⬜️ IND: 7% ⬛️ OTH: 6% Two-party-preferred 🟥 ALP: 53% 🟦 L/NP: 47%

#BREAKING 🚨 Mark Parton has emerged from a partyroom meeting as the new leader of the Canberra Liberals, with first-term MLA Deborah Morris named as deputy leader It follows the resignations of Leanne Castley and Jeremy Hanson hours ago, only one year on from the ACT election

#BREAKING 🚨 Canberra Liberals leader Leanne Castley and deputy leader Jeremy Hanson have announced they have both resigned "to give the party the best possible chance of success in 2028" "We will not be commenting publicly on the circumstances that have led to this decision"

🚨 FIRST ON 6 NEWS: New polling from DemosAU shows the Coalition holding its lead in Victoria, while Brad Battin has increased his standing as preferred premier The Greens are just 7% behind Labor in statewide upper house polling, while One Nation has risen from 2% to 11% since the last election

#BREAKING 🚨 Democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani has been elected New York City mayor, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ Mamdani defeats Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa with around 51% of the vote, with 36% counted so far

#BREAKING 🚨 Former US vice-president Dick Cheney has died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, aged 84 In a statement, Cheney's family said he was surrounded by his wife Lynne, daughters Liz and Mary, and other family members