Politics

Two former defence ministers turned weapons lobbyists will join an official Australian trade delegation to the Middle East this weekend for meeting in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

The crowd of 750 people who gathered to farewell political strategist Tim Picton included a Prime Minister, Premiers and billionaires but it felt like a family affair.

EXCLUSIVE: The $2.5 billion project to create a world-leading asset for detecting and countering foreign threats finally bears fruit at RAAF’s South Australia base.

EXCLUSIVE: The Government has begun talks on removing a Nationals Senator from a powerful parliamentary intelligence committee after she crossed the floor to vote against Labor’s hate speech laws.

With Sussan Ley’s leadership in rocky territory, Anthony Albanese has claimed the Liberals undermined her leadership from the moment she took on the post.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Billions of dollars are trading hands on sites like Polymarket and Kalshi, where people bet on everything from Taylor Swift’s wedding date to election outcomes.

Labor's review of its thumping 2025 federal election victory has found the biggest threat to its future success might lie beyond the floundering opposition.

The plan would require investment of at least $US25 billion in the devastated Palestinian enclave, according to the proposal.

US President suing JPMorgan Chase and CEO Jamie Dimon for closing accounts belonging to Mr Trump and related entities in early 2021, in what the lawsuit calls political actions.

Tim Ayres has remained tight-lipped on the possibility of a new trade clash with China after steel manufacturers called for tariffs and quotas.

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and several guided-missile destroyers will arrive in the Middle East in the coming days.

The new peace board was initially envisioned as a small group of world leaders overseeing the Gaza ceasefire, but it has morphed into something far more ambitious.

Despite a tactical retreat, great risks remain.

The US says it plans to work directly with other countries - rather than the World Health Organisation - on disease surveillance and other health priorities.

US President Donald Trump says he has had ‘good’ talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.