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US Navy Secretary John Phelan has been sensationally fired.

US Navy boss latest Trump appointee booted from his job

A top Pentagon official has been fired by the Trump administration, but Australia’s Defence Minister insists the $368 billion bid to acquire nuclear-powered submarines remains ‘on track’.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the fuel outlook remained secure in the near-term.

Australia’s fuel reserves bumped up to 46 days

Australia’s fuel reserves have been boosted by nearly a third compared to before the Iran war, and petrol and diesel supplies are secured into June, Anthony Albanese announced after national cabinet met.

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China is making profound military advances in space that could soon be used against allies like Australia, a US General has warned.

US issues blunt warning to Aus over Chinese space weapons

China is making profound military advances in space that could soon be used against allies like Australia, a US General has warned.

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Mark Butler has guaranteed people won’t be dumped from the NDIS without support from the state governments.

No one will shift off NDIS without State support: Butler

Mark Butler has guaranteed he won’t cut people off the NDIS until alternative supports are in place, setting a deadline ticking for the states to get on board.

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A deputy chief executive of the NDIS says ‘the scale maliciousness’ is bad but admits it doesn’t know how to measure the overall number of fraud cases, despite $5 billion being stolen from Australian taxpayers.

NDIS struggles to measure fraud despite $5b theft

A deputy chief executive of the NDIS says ‘the scale maliciousness’ is bad but admits it doesn’t know how to measure the overall number of fraud cases, despite $5 billion being stolen from Australian taxpayers.

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The NDIS is costing too much, growing too fast and heading towards failure. That can’t be allowed to happen.

Mark Butler now has the delicate task of saving the NDIS

The NDIS is costing too much, growing too fast and heading towards failure. That can’t be allowed to happen.

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A Treasury official has admitted that Labor’s contruction policy has failed to boost home completions.

Treasury official admits new homes lagging Labor target

A Treasury official has admitted Labor’s plan to tackle the housing affordability crisis has failed to see a necessary lift in the completion of new homes.

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An air force pilot climbs aboard a jet in the Middle East.

A 60-day deadline could pressure Trump to end the Iran war

The clock is ticking on the US’s war powers statute, which sets a 60-day limit on any president using military force without congressional authorisation.

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Officials aren't ruling out extending the three-month halving of the excise on petrol and diesel.

Albanese calls urgent fuel crisis talks as prices surge

Tougher fuel restrictions are not on the agenda as national political leaders meet to discuss the petrol and diesel crisis.

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The Druzhba oil pipeline had been a sticking point in EU plans to lend 90 billion euros to Ukraine.

Russian oil back as billions for Kyiv unlocked

The EU officials approved the massive loan to Ukraine shortly after a pipeline bringing Russian oil to Hungary was reopened.

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Health Minister Mark Butler revealed the Federal Budget decision at a Press Club address in Canberra on Wednesday, saying over 65s enjoyed subsidised private health cover at a higher rate than other Australians.

Federal Budget ‘kick in the teeth’ for older Australians

The Albanese Government is removing the private health insurance rebate for older Australians as it grapples with rocketing NDIS costs, a move that has been slammed as ‘a kick in the teeth’ for seniors.

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Australia has secured an additional four shiploads of diesel using a new government financing scheme, as several Iran-linked oil tankers bound for Malaysia have reportedly changed course to avoid the US Navy.

PM welcomes extra 200 million litres of fuel

Australia has secured an additional four shiploads of diesel using a new government financing scheme, as several Iran-linked oil tankers bound for Malaysia have reportedly changed course to avoid the US Navy.

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Government spending has surged because we’ve stopped directing support where it’s most needed.

There’s a simple way we can get out of the Budget black hole

Government spending has surged because we’ve stopped directing support where it’s most needed.

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CANBERRA, Australia,April 22, 2026: The Hon. Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health and Ageing, and Minister for Disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Barton. Minister Butler used the address to discuss the future of the NDIS and broader health policy reforms. NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Huge NDIS ‘reset’ will cut off 160,000 people from support

About 160,000 people receiving support from the National Disability Insurance Scheme will lose it by 2030, under a major reset of the runaway taxpayer-funded program.

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