Politics

Australia’s ambassador to Washington told the Trump Administration it can count on Australia for access to the rare minerals that have become essential to modern life.

Several State leaders have publicly claimed they were blindsided when Health Minister Mark Butler announced a new ‘Thriving Kids’ program in a National Press Club address on August 20. 

Dan Tehan, the Coalition’s energy frontbencher in charge of EV policy, has warned security risks of Chinese cars need to be addressed in Australia.

Just days before Anthony Albanese is due to fly to Washington, the PM has declared President Trump ‘deserves congratulations’ but has stopped short of backing his bid to win a Nobel Peace Prize. 

Brittany Higgins’ husband David Sharaz has accepted a bankruptcy notice from Linda Reynolds, with the former senator demanding that he pay up after the couple’s bruising defamation case loss.

Shadow immigration minister Paul Scarr has issued a public warning to his Liberal colleagues not to use the immigration debate to ‘inflame emotion’ after Andrew Hastie quit the front bench.

US forces plan a ‘civil military co-ordination centre’ in Israel to provide humanitarian, logistical and security assistance, an official said, but will not deploy to Gaza.

Ukraine is deploying a new strategy to get Donald Trump to pressure Moscow to stop the war: holding the carrot of a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says President Donald Trump ‘deserves congratulations’ following the US-led Gaza peace deal.

Around 200 US troops will help oversee the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, setting up a coordination centre to manage aid and security without entering Gaza.

Israel believes 20 hostages are still alive in Gaza, their families clinging to the hope of release.

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has reasserted the unproven link between the pain reliever Tylenol and autism and introduced a shocking new claim about its association with circumcision.

Four Australians are back home after being part of an international mission to deliver aid to Gaza, and they won't be intimidated by Israel's ‘fear tactics’.

The Justice Department won an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing her of committing mortgage fraud in 2023.

TIMELINE: Now that the Israeli Government has officially approved Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, a series of historic events are set to play out. Here is what we know.