Stephanie Convery

3 days ago | acfid.asn.au | Caitlin Cassidy |Stephanie Convery

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureWhat we learned: Monday, 12 MayWith that, we will wrap the blog for the evening. We’ll be back first thing tomorrow, with all eyes on the Liberals who are due to pick a new leadership team. Until then, these were today’s biggest developments: David Littleproud from conservative senator Matt Canavan to be re-elected leader of the National party, and Kevin Hogan has been elected as deputy leader.

4 days ago | theguardian.com | Stephanie Convery

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureWelcomeGood morning. It’s a new week in news and politics, with a new cabinet for the Albanese government and a new leader for the Nationals both on the cards for today. The Nationals are gathering in Canberra today for a party room leadership vote as leader David Littleproud faces a challenge from Matt Canavan.

6 days ago | theguardian.com | Stephanie Convery

Michael Mayne does not know precisely when he acquired a brain injury. It may have been in one of two serious motorcycle accidents, or – as he suspects – the consequence of decades of drug use, or a combination of all three. But he knows when it was diagnosed: he was 47 and he had just come out of prison – and not for the first time. An estimated 2% of Australians have an acquired brain injury (ABI). The most common causes are accidents, trauma, stroke, and foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Stephanie Convery

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureWelcomeGood morning. It’s day two of the post-election wash-up, with counting set to resume and the Labor party looking to extend its majority. There are still some seats in the lower house to be determined, including the Melbourne electorate of Goldstein, where Zoe Daniel is facing off against a resurgent Tim Wilson. We’ll have more on that soon.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Stephanie Convery

A helicopter has crashed off the coast of the Bellarine Peninsula, south-west of Melbourne, with three people onboard. Incident advice from Emergency Victoria showed 12 emergency services vehicles in attendance, near the town of Ocean Grove. Ambulance Victoria responded to reports of an aircraft incident in Point Lonsdale at about 10:10am, a spokesperson said.