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Kathy Klugman is taking over from Andrew Shearer as Office of National Intelligence chief. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Albo under fire after his adviser lands top intelligence job

The Opposition have called on the Albanese Government to explain why Kathy Klugman, one of the PM’s top advisers, was appointed as the head the Office of National Intelligence. 

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If the real concern is YouTube Shorts then the commissioner and Government should say so. 

The YouTube ban is a Gov stitch-up, here’s why

NICO LOUW: The restriction is a rash decision that risks undermining the worthy objective of protecting children from the genuine harms of actual social media.

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The trade war chaos is forcing countries to reconsider whether the US is really an economic ally.

The gold, the bad & the ugly: True cost of Trump’s tariffs

The trade war chaos is forcing countries to reconsider whether the US is really an economic ally as gold’s surge signals potential trouble ahead.

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Kathy Klugman is taking over from Andrew Shearer as Office of National Intelligence chief.

Key Albanese adviser takes on top intelligence role

Anthony Albanese’s chief foreign affairs adviser has been appointed to the nation’s top intelligence job, the first woman to fill the position.

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Minister Tony Burke says AUKUS will increase immigration pressure.

AUKUS jobs boom to force visa overhaul

An AUKUS-driven increase in demand for workers in Western Australia and South Australia has prompted Tony Burke to look at overhauling a visa system that State governments complain about every year.

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The Australian Defence Force has begun discussions with the US military about providing possible support to a future “international stabilisation force” in Gaza as part of President Donald Trump’s peace plan

ADF preparing to get Aussie boots on ground in Middle East

The Australian Defence Force has begun discussions with the US military about providing personnel to a future ‘international stabilisation force’ in the Middle East as part of Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan

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At his upcoming meet with Donald Trump, our PM must secure Australian interests.

Albo faces US attention span test ahead of Trump meet

MARK RILEY: Armed with critical minerals and a $1.5 billion cheque, Albanese must draw focus from global conflict to secure Australian interests.

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Donald Trump has acknowledged that he had authorised the covert action and said the United States was considering strikes on Venezuelan territory.

Trump escalates boat attacks with covert CIA operations

The Trump administration has secretly authorised the CIA to conduct covert action in Venezuela, according to U.S. officials, stepping up a campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the country’s authoritarian leader.

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Donald Trump says he is not happy with India's PM Narendra Modi buying oil from Russia.

India’s major promise to Trump over Russian oil

US President Donald Trump says Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured him that he will halt Russian oil imports to India.

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The decimation of a key US department will have widespread impacts on low-income women.

Trump decimates birth control office, locks workers out

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Almost everyone in the office was locked out of their government emails and computers on Friday. The workers spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retribution. 

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Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has issued a stern warning to Russia as Donald Trump weighs up providing Kyiv with greater weaponry.

Hegseth’s grim warning to Russia if peace efforts falter

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump’s secretary of defence offered unusually strong criticism of Russia, just as Ukraine seeks American Tomahawk missiles.

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US pushes Australia to join China critical minerals fight

‘China vs world’: US drags Aus into critical minerals fight

The Trump administration has warned that China is working to isolate itself from the world over a critical minerals ‘global supply chain power grab’.

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Smoke rises up from the site of explosions in Kabul on October 15, 2025, amid heavy border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Afghanistan and Pakistan reach truce after Kabul explosions

Both nations announced the ceasefire after a week of deadly clashes along their border and strikes on the Afghan capital threatened to spill into a broader conflict.

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Cracked windscreen forces US war secretary's plane to land in UK.

Pete Hegseth’s plane in frightening emergency landing

The aircraft carrying the US Secretary of War was diverted to the UK after a mid-air emergency saw the crew descend rapidly.

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Members of the Pentagon press corp walk out of the Pentagon as a group after turning in their press credentials in Washington.

Reporters pack up and exit Pentagon over new reporting rules

News outlets were almost unanimous in rejecting Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s restrictive new reporting rules.

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