Australia news live: PM rules out any referendums if he wins election; second man charged over attempted arson of Sydney synagogue | Australian politics

PM says there will be no referendum on any issues if he wins second term Our own Josh Butler asked the prime minister about the Indigenous voice referendum – which was unsuccessful, but the question of constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians remains unresolved. He asked: Peter Dutton obviously at some point spoke about symbolic recognition…

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White House’s defense for not recalling deportations ‘one heck of a stretch’, says judge | Trump administration

The Trump administration claimed to a federal judge on Monday that it did not recall deportation flights of hundreds of suspected Venezuelan gang members over the weekend despite his specific instructions because that was not expressly included in the formal written order issued afterwards. The administration also said that even if James Boasberg, the chief…

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