Australia news LIVE: Bowen leads UN climate talks in Turkey; Trump casts doubt on midterm results; Russell Brand sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison for rape, sexual assaults

Emily KaineUpdated November 10, 2026 — 6:59am,first published 6:45amKey PostsWhat’s making news today By Emily KaineHello and welcome back to our live coverage of Australian and world news this Tuesday, November 10. Here’s what is making headlines today.Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen is leading UN climate talks in Turkey as president of negotiations. In his opening remarks, Bowen warned every delay in taking action on climate change adds to its human and economic toll.One Nation’s former campaign director, convicted rapist Sean Black, quit the party voluntarily rather than being sacked as Pauline Hanson claimed, a leaked text message seen by this masthead suggests. Hanson told The Australian Financial Review yesterday she had “sacked him” – but the party’s general manager Kelvin Morton sent a text message to staff in April saying Black made the decision himself.During a Senate hearing on Labor’s Digital Duty of Care bill yesterday, Google warned that the federal government’s online safety overhaul could force it to block under-18s from Gmail and private file storage.Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in a British prison for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others. Justice Joel Bennathan denounced Brand’s “casual and arrogant disregard” for any woman who said no to him, and castigated him for the series of lies he told in testimony denying assaults that dated back to 2004.Latest Posts6.59amChalmers ‘safe’ in role as treasurer: MulinoBy Emily KaineAssistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino says Jim Chalmers is safe in his role as treasurer after Environment Minister Murray Watt told reporters in Canberra yesterday he wanted to see an end to “undermining and leaking” targeting Chalmers from within the party.Mulino said there were “all sorts of people making all sorts of comments” about Chalmers, and that the treasurer of the day would always be subject to scrutiny.Daniel Mulino during question time in the House of Representatives. Alex Ellinghausen“He’s absolutely safe … The treasurer is leading a very ambitious program. The tax reforms are going to be very important for productivity growth, but also for fairness,” he told Nine’s Today show this morning.“We’ve seen really, really significant savings each and every budget. The total debt position, the gross debt position of the government, is just under $200 billion better than the trajectory we inherited. That’s a reflection of hard work over four years on the budget.”6.40amTrump reverts to type, casting doubt on midterm election resultsBy Paul DyerUS President Donald Trump has questioned the integrity of the midterm elections, in which his Republicans suffered generational defeats across the US.He took to social media overnight to cast doubt on the vote – just days after he said on election night that he was “absolutely willing” to accept the results.“Does anybody really believe that this “Election” was honest. How could the Polls be so wrong??? Some early voting “dumps” were so large that it was impossible to win, no matter how many people went to vote,” he wrote.“It’s all about the machines, which are far more important than the voter!”6.26amRussell Brand jailed for 10 years and six months for rape, sexual assaultsBy Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in a British prison for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others.Justice Joel Bennathan denounced Brand’s “casual and arrogant disregard” for any woman who said no to him, and castigated him for the series of lies he told in testimony denying assaults that dated back to 2004.“About 20 years ago, Russell Brand, you were becoming famous,” Bennathan said. “You were clever – and in many people’s eyes, funny and charismatic. You had also become a sexual predator.“Whatever women wear, wherever they go, indeed whatever they drink, they retain the right to say no and to demand justice from the criminal courts when sexual predators like you, Russell Brand, act without their consent.”Brand, 51, will serve two-thirds of the sentence in custody before being released “on licence” to serve the remainder of his sentence under supervision in the community.AP, ReutersWhat’s making news today By Emily KaineHello and welcome back to our live coverage of Australian and world news this Tuesday, November 10. Here’s what is making headlines today.Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen is leading UN climate talks in Turkey as president of negotiations. In his opening remarks, Bowen warned every delay in taking action on climate change adds to its human and economic toll.One Nation’s former campaign director, convicted rapist Sean Black, quit the party voluntarily rather than being sacked as Pauline Hanson claimed, a leaked text message seen by this masthead suggests. Hanson told The Australian Financial Review yesterday she had “sacked him” – but the party’s general manager Kelvin Morton sent a text message to staff in April saying Black made the decision himself.During a Senate hearing on Labor’s Digital Duty of Care bill yesterday, Google warned that the federal government’s online safety overhaul could force it to block under-18s from Gmail and private file storage.Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in a British prison for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others. Justice Joel Bennathan denounced Brand’s “casual and arrogant disregard” for any woman who said no to him, and castigated him for the series of lies he told in testimony denying assaults that dated back to 2004.1 of 1