One Nation’s Senate path could reshape Canberra’s balance of power Despite polling turbulence and renewed scrutiny of Pauline Hanson, One Nation is still positioned to pick up enough Senate seats to become a pivotal crossbench force. That would materially affect the Albanese government’s ability to pass legislation, pushing more deals through minor parties and independents. Covered by: Australian Financial Review, The Australian, The Age, The Australian. Anti-Semitism inquiry puts universities and protest politics under the spotlight Evidence to a royal commission paints a fraught picture of campus life, with Jewish students describing fear and intimidation while some activists defend confrontational rhetoric and debate the legitimacy of “resistance”. The testimony sharpens political pressure on universities and governments to draw clearer lines between protest, hate speech and student safety. Covered by: The Age, Herald Sun, The Australian, Daily Telegraph, Courier Mail.

A 29-year-old man from Delhi was arrested for allegedly stalking and harassing a journalist in Noida's Film City earlier this week. Police arrested the accused with the help of CCTV footage and other technical evidence. He was later produced before a court and remanded to judicial custody. According to The Times of India, the incident took place on Wednesday morning near Express Tower in Film City while the journalist was travelling to work in an autorickshaw. In her complaint, the journalist stated that the man rode alongside the auto, made obscene gestures, and passed lewd remarks. Realising that he was deliberately following her, she tried to record the incident on her phone. Although the biker sped away, she managed to capture a video before approaching the Sector 20 police station.

The Rajasthan unit of the Indian Federation of Working Journalists (IFWJ) has announced a new executive committee for its Jaisalmer district, alongside a landmark decision to provide insurance coverage for all members. The committee was constituted under the guidance of State President Upendra Singh Rathore, with District President Ganpat Daiya making the appointments. Daiya said the new team would prioritize protecting journalists’ interests, strengthening the organisation, and promoting impartial journalism. As part of the expansion, senior journalists Vimal Rai Bhatia and Chandrashekhar Bhatia have joined the advisory board, while Advocate Jahangir Malik has been appointed legal advisor. Key appointments include: Vice Presidents: Jagdish Goswami, Tanerav Singh, Puran Singh Sodha General Secretary: Dharmendra Prajapat Spokesperson: Rajat Vyas Treasurer: Seuram Meghwal Constituency in-charges: Jaisalmer Assembly: Manish Ramdev Pokaran Assembly:

The Banda Press Trust has urged the inclusion of journalists in the Rajya Sabha and State Legislative Councils, arguing that media professionals deserve elected representatives to raise issues concerning the fraternity in legislative forums. Speaking on the demand, Banda Press Trust President and senior journalist Anil Kumar Tiwari said journalists, often described as the fourth pillar of democracy, merit institutional representation similar to teachers, graduates and local bodies, which already have designated constituencies in Legislative Council elections. "When all other sections of society have their own representatives, why shouldn't journalists have representation in the House?" Tiwari asked. He noted that while teachers, graduates and local bodies elect members to Legislative Councils to represent their interests, journalists currently lack any constitutional or statutory mechanism to voice concerns related to their profession. Tiwari emphasized that journalists play a cr

If you wield influence behind the scenes in Canberra and have so far enjoyed staying in the background, Ryan Heath has news for you. And possibly, soon, news about you. The Australian launch editor of POLITICO, which is debuting its first local product, Canberra Playbook, on 17 August, rejects the view of Canberra as "a power ecosystem, which is just purely about Parliament House at the top of a pyramid". "There's circular flows of power and influence, as well as vertical flows, and I think there's a lot of people in Canberra who aren't used to seeing their names in print, who aren't used to getting the scrutiny that our politicians get," Heath told Influencing. "I think everyone who wields power and influence in Canberra deserves scrutiny, and they also deserve a community, and that's what we're going to try and build with Playbook." Lobbyists, departmental officials and agency heads, consider yourselves warned. The backstory Founded in Washington in 2007, POLITICO reshape

Monday, 13 July 2026 #1  ·  Business (Page 11)  ·  Breaking news After $24Bn Outflows In March-May, July Sees $2.6Bn Inflows — Foreign investors return to India, equities lead revival By Staff Reporter   ·   The Times of India  ·  Page 11 Foreign portfolio investors have turned net buyers of Indian equities and debt in the first ten days of July 2026, investing $2.59 billion after withdrawing over $24 billion between March and May. Equity inflows at $1.6 billion account for 61 percent of July's total, reversing four consecutive months of selling, with analysts attributing the turnaround to a stable rupee, fading semiconductor-trade momentum in North Asia, and improving domestic macroeconomic indicators. The piece compiles session-by-session CCIL clearing data into a coherent monthly narrative, isolates the equity-versus-debt composition shift from June to July, and sources named analyst commentary from

R. Rajagopal grew up in a house with no idols on the walls. Instead there was Nehru, Gandhi, Patel; his father a Gandhian, his grandfather imprisoned by the British for his role in the INA in Malaya. It was a household built on an inherited certainty: that the Republic, whatever its flaws, stood behind its citizens. That certainty broke this year. When Rajagopal, veteran journalist, former Editor of The Telegraph from 2016 to 2023, discovered his name had been deleted from West Bengal's electoral roll, his passport renewal stalled with it. No rejection. No explanation. Just silence, for nearly 100 days. "I was in shock," he says. "I can't use any clinical term for it, but I never expected my country to do this. I had absolute faith that the Republic would protect me. Not only did they not protect me, they abandoned me." It is a striking admission from someone who spent three decades on the other side of the notebook, asking public institutions to explain themselves. In this con