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Thousands march carrying the national flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran and posters of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to commemorate the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran on Feb. 11, 2026.

If Trump greenlights Iran attack he commits region to war

Donald Trump is considering committing the US to another military campaign against Iran, a decision that carries the risk of igniting a conflict that could be far more dangerous than last year’s 12-day war.

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President Donald Trump said Friday he would impose a new across-the-board tariff after the Supreme Court ruled most of his levies illegal.

Trump seething as court strikes down his sweeping tariffs

The ruling deals a major blow to the US president’s signature economic policy and represents a stinging political setback.

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Donald Trump has ordered an enormous military build-up in the Middle East. Yet he has seemed unwilling to order a risky strike.

Americans don’t want war with Iran. Trump doesn’t care

Should Donald Trump pull the United States into a needless war with Iran, the fallout could be horrific.

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Anthony Albanese says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has suffered an 'extraordinary fall from grace'.

‘An extraordinary fall from grace’: Albo on Andrew’s arrest

In his first remarks on Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest, the Prime Minister said the former royal had suffered a ‘decline and fall’ from a position of ‘absolute privilege’.

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Jim Chalmers did a PhD on Paul Keating as prime minister. Now he’s rehearsing the same kind of attack lines his hero deployed against the Liberal Party’s John Hewson.

Chalmers copying Keating to distract from economic bad news

Jim Chalmers wrote a thesis on Paul Keating as prime minister and now he’s rehearsing the same kind of attack lines his hero deployed against the Liberal Party with his takedown of shadow treasurer Tim Wilson.

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The opposition says special powers should be used to keep a group of IS brides out of Australia. (Tessa Fox/AAP PHOTOS)

‘ISIS brides’ accused of 'child abuse'

A Labor minister has delivered some of the harshest criticism yet about an IS-linked group of Australian women who went to a war zone with children.

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Police have reportedly ‘received reports of a crime’ after Pauline Hanson’s controversial remarks about Muslims. NewsWire / John Gass

Bombshell update after Pauline Hanson’s ‘good Muslims’ interview

Police have ‘received reports of a crime’ after Pauline Hanson’s controversial remarks about Muslims.

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Former MP Rory Amon is on trial accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in 2017. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Former MP faces child sexual abuse trial

A former state MP has pleaded not guilty to sexually molesting a teenager in a car park bathroom, arguing he thought the boy was at least 16 at the time.

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Donald Trump says he will order US agencies to release files relating to aliens and UFOs.

Trump says Pentagon will release files on aliens and UFOs

The US president says ‌he ‌will ⁠direct the Pentagon and other agencies to ‌begin ​the ​process of identifying and releasing government ​files related to ​aliens.

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Capital gains tax discounts should be diluted retrospectively without any grandfathering arrangements for existing investment property owners, a Greens-led Senate committee into the concessions has been told.

Plea to dilute capital gains tax concessions retrospectively

Capital gains tax discounts should be diluted retrospectively without any grandfathering arrangements for existing investment property owners, a Greens-led Senate committee into the concessions has been told.

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The identities of 11 women believed to be ISIS-linked Australian women based in a Northern Syrian camp have been revealed.

‘ISIS brides’ identities revealed after list leaked

The identities of 11 suspected ISIS-linked women based in a Northern Syrian camp who are attempting to return to Australia have been revealed. 

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Canberra has reacted to former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest overnight and his ‘fall from grace’.

‘Just a man’: Brutal take on disgraced prince

Canberra has reacted to former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest overnight and his ‘fall from grace’.

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Millions of people in NSW will get an extra public holiday day this year and next.

Millions of Aussies to get two extra public holidays

It’s ‘official’, a new amendment from government is set to deliver an extra public holiday day this year and next.

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Michaelia Cash has taken the government to task over the ISIS brides fiasco.

‘Calling bulls**t’: Cash explodes over ISIS brides ‘lies’

Shadow Attorney General Michaelia Cash has accused the Albanese government of ‘lying’ over its level of assistance in the repatriation of so-called ‘ISIS brides’ in Syria.

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Environment Minister Murray Watt.

‘Faster, clearer’: New EPBC laws operating ahead of watchdog

Environment departments across governments will be allowed to share more information from Friday when the next phase of the new environmental laws come into effect.

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