Politics

Prominent Hizb ut-Tahrir member Wassim Doureihi.

Hizb ut-Tahrir preaches hate but seeks Australia’s tolerance

AARON PATRICK: Facing a legal ban, the extremist Islamist group inadvertently revealed why it is a threat to social cohesion.

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Defence Secretary Greg Moriarty is leading a delegation for high-level talks in Washington.

Aussie defence chiefs head to Pentagon as US flexes muscle

Defence Secretary Greg Moriarty is leading a delegation for talks in Washington expected to focus on the AUKUS partnership and growing security concerns in the Indo-Pacific. 

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem at a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing in Washington on December 11.

More fed agents Minnesota-bound amid ICE shooting blame game

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem remained adamant that Renee Good was responsible for her own death, as Democrats insisted that an investigation must be completed before drawing conclusions.

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Opposition Leader Sussan Ley said she was “deeply sceptical” of the Prime Minister’s decision to introduce a single bill that will attempt to cover multiple complex and unrelated policy areas.

PM recalls Parliament to debate new hate speech, gun laws

Anthony Albanese has recalled Parliament early from its summer break to debate new hate speech and gun laws drafted in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, but the Opposition is ‘deeply sceptical’.

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters while in flight on Air Force One on Sunday, Jan 11, 2026.

Trump says Iran wants to ‘negotiate’ after US threat

Donald Trump says Washington is closely monitoring the protests in Iran and will decide on military intervention ‘very soon’.

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US Fed chair Jerome Powell in a recorded message posted to X saying he is under investigation by Federal authorities.

US Fed Reserve chair says he’s under criminal investigation

Prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, he confirmed.

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Iran’s ageing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is once again facing pressure as a new wave of protests highlight Reza Pahlavi, the son of the shah deposed in 1979, right, as a possible figurehead going forward.
Vice President JD Vance on Oct. 7 in the Oval Office.

Anti-interventionist JD Vance’s foreign policy journey

THE WASHINGTON POST: With an eye to 2028, the US Vice President finds himself trying to balance his past calls for military restraint with a defence of Donald Trump’s raid in Venezuela.

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A top retired British Rear Admiral says the UK does not have the capacity to deliver Australia AUKUS submarines.

High probability UK element of AUKUS deal ‘will fail’

A top retired British Rear Admiral says the UK does not have the capacity to deliver Australia AUKUS submarines, and there is a high probability that the program will fail. 

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Meta wants the onus of blocking children put on app stores rather than social media platforms.

Meta slams social media ban as it blocks child accounts

Social media giant Meta has criticised the federal government's world-first social media ban as it releases data into how many accounts it wiped in one week.

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NSW has expanded the powers of local councils to help combat hate.

New laws empower councils to silence hate preachers

Councils will be empowered to shut down unauthorised prayer halls hosting hate preachers under new measures introduced by the NSW Government. 

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US President Donald Trump has urged Cuba to make a deal ‘before it is too late,’ just over a week after the US seizure of the authoritarian leader of Venezuela.

Trump tells Cuba to ‘make a deal’ as US cuts Venezuelan oil

US President Donald Trump has urged Cuba to make a deal ‘before it is too late,’ just over a week after the US seizure of the authoritarian leader of Venezuela.

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Donald Trump is weighing military options as Iran protests erupt globally.

Trump weighs military options as Iran protests spread

US President Donald Trump is scheduled to be briefed on options to respond to the ballooning protests in Iran, a senior US official familiar with the matter has confirmed.

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Donald Trump, Greenland The Nightly

Why Europe’s best bet is negotiation as US eyes Greenland

The US President’s renewed push to claim Greenland has left Europe’s leaders alarmed and divided, as they scramble to defuse tensions and craft a diplomatic path forward.

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Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King.

REVEALED: New details of $1.2 billion critical minerals bid

The first critical minerals to be on offer for Australia’s key allies under its $1.2 billion strategic reserve have been revealed.

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