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Of several people seen as likely prime ministers of Australia who didn’t make it, Bill Hayden probably came closest.

Former Labor Leader and Governor-General Bill Hayden has died aged 85. Hayden is remembered for his role in establishing Medibank (later Medicare) and for leading Labor’s recovery after 1975.

Moody and often difficult, Bill Hayden nevertheless played a major role in ushering in post-war reform, including the opening up of the economy, Medicare and Australia’s engagement with Asia.

Legal and political experts have rejected a false claim that Australia's upcoming Indigenous rights referendum is part of a "secretive push" to create a totalitarian republic endorsed by the United Nations. Social media posts attribute the plan to a fabricated statement purportedly by former Labor Party leader Kim Beazley in parliament decades ago, but there is no record he ever made the remarks.

Clay Center, Kan. – Thomas William Skinner, 90, died Friday, July 7, 2023, at Meadowlark Hills in Manhattan, Kan. where he has been residing since 2021.

Guardian readers talk us through their dozing habits, from a sharp 10 minutes after lunch to an hour with the cat at the weekend

It's all about the gravy train as former insiders will be trying to extract the highest possible price...

It's all about the gravy train as former insiders will be trying to extract the highest possible price...

John Kerin was Australia's longest-serving and widely respected primary industries minister. But politics are cruel and he'll probably...