Politics

Massive defence projects will no longer be subject to public scrutiny in a move described as the ‘final nail in the coffin of transparency and accountability’.

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has not ruled out relaxing Australia’s total ban on importing Russian oil and petrol following reports China may halt its exports to Australia.

North Korea has fired at least one projectile into its eastern sea amid tensions around allied drills between the US and South Korea.

Energy minister Chris Bowen has been accused of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ as Australians in some areas face ‘unacceptable’ fuel shortages.

Weird voice-overs. Fake images of politicians. Scenes that seem real until you look closely. The AI era of campaign advertising seems to be upon us — and it’s a pretty fast-moving and complex situation.

Defence personnel, military planes, and missiles are being deployed to the Middle East, as Australia’s involvement in the United States-Israeli war on Iran deepens.

About 2,500 Marines aboard as many as three warships are heading to the Middle East from the Indo-Pacific region as Iran increases its attacks on the Strait of Hormuz, two US officials said.

‘There is nothing they can do about it!’ the President said in a statement.

David Speirs is still getting high. But the disgraced former leader of the South Australian Liberal Party, who was convicted on drug supply charges, insists it has nothing to do with illicit substances.

Pete Hegseth has made contempt for what he calls ‘stupid rules of engagement’, and has boasted that he unleashed the military to use ‘maximum authorities on the battlefield’ in the Iran war.

As businesses face soaring fuel prices, transport companies are calling for petrol rationing in cities to prioritise food and other critical industries.

A newly released photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, former UK diplomat Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein is the first of the three to be uncovered.

Long term, officials and analysts suggest the war will weaken American influence, aid Chinese arguments about American decline and accelerate a middle-power arms race.

It seems unthinkable that we would refuse a US request as it takes on the burden of a war. So why won’t the Government tell us what the US wants and what we have done about it?

Australia is facing a ‘deep recession’ as Iran’s guerilla tactics in the Strait of Hormuz force the Federal Government to introduce fuel rationing, a superannuation strategist says.