Politics

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Mark Hammond will become Australia’s next Defence chief.

The prime minister has defended the government’s strategies to combat the fuel crisis.

America’s allies and adversaries alike were pinning their hopes on Vance to find a way out of a conflict that has upended the global economy. Instead, he left with nothing.

Donald Trump has shut down the world’s busiest oil waterway after failed peace talks with Iran. Here are three goals he may be trying to achieve.

Markets reacted quickly to US President Donald Trump’s blockade threat, with oil prices spiking and the ASX falling amid fears of global supply disruption.

When Peter Magyar was a child, he taped a photo of Viktor Orban to his bedroom wall; decades later, he has booted him from power.

The prime minister will visit more Asian nations to lock in energy supplies as the Australian government responds to the fuel crisis.

The federal budget will be billions of dollars better off, even with added spending, because of higher commodity prices and inflation, a top economist says.

President Donald Trump says the US Navy will immediately start a blockade to stop ships from entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will turn to one of the world’s wealthiest people as his government works to shore up critical supplies of fuel and fertiliser during the deepening oil crisis.

Australia could soon have its first female military service chief as the Albanese government prepares to unveil the next senior defence leaders.

US Vice President J.D. Vance says Iran has ‘chosen not to accept our terms’ after a marathon 21-hour peace talk session ended without any agreement.

The Australian Federal Police is facing calls to ‘explain’ the rationale for the way it arrested the country’s most decorated war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith.

A series of government-funded ads will be rolled out on television, radio, online and on billboards, urging Australians to conserve fuel.