Politics

A Rolex clock on President Donald Trump’s desk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Nov. 10, 2025.

Everything you need to know about the White House gold rush

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump is receiving gifts by the dozen. Here’s why calling him the most corrupt man to ever sit in the Oval Office is no understatement.

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Leader of the opposition Sussan Ley pictured on a visit to Emu Plains engineering business Marley Flow Control.

The changes needed for Ley to back environmental overhaul

Sussan Ley has declared the Coalition will back Labor’s environmental law overhaul next week as long as the Government makes seven key changes.

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Why claims of a Brittany Higgins ‘cover-up’ still haunt Anthony Albanese.

Why claims of Higgins ‘cover-up’ still haunt Albo

CAMERON MILNER: The Albanese Government paid out $2.4 million to Brittany Higgins. If our PM has nothing to hide, he should not fear an independent inquiry.

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NSW Liberals eye ex-TV reporter Kellie Sloane as new leader.

NSW Liberals eye ex-TV reporter Kellie Sloane as new leader

Leader Mark Speakman resigned on Thursday afternoon when he realised he did not have enough support to keep the job.

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Don’t call COP31 a loss, we actually dodged a bullet.

Don’t call COP31 a loss, we actually dodged a bullet

MARK RILEY: Hosting the conference in Adelaide was going to cost us billions. Maybe it is best that we just cop this one up the bracket.

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President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi at the White House in October.

Trump approves release of Epstein files, but there’s a catch

US President Donald Trump announced that he had approved the release of the Epstein files, but his approval is not as clear cut as he appeared to insinuate.

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Larry Summers has resigned from OpenAI after emails between him and Jeffrey Epstein were released. (AP PHOTO)

Summers resigns from OpenAI board over Epstein emails

Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers is retreating from his most prominent public roles.

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Australia has conceded to Turkey for rights to host the 2026 UN climate summit, undermining Labor’s facile claim that they were ‘back’ on the world stage.

Climate of change: Why PM went cool on COP hosting rights

LATIKA M BOURKE: Australia has conceded to Turkey for rights to host the 2026 UN climate summit, undermining Labor’s facile claim that they were ‘back’ on the world stage.

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Anthony Albanese is off to the G20 where he's due to meet with India's Narendra Modi. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Albanese, Modi to hold talks at G20 summit

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to sit down with a number of world leaders on the sidelines of the global summit, including his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.

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US President Donald Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump bows to pressure, signs bill to release Epstein files

President Donald Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Anthony Albanese, Jim Chalmers The Nightly

IMF calls on Australia to raise GST, bring back mining tax

The IMF says Australia needs to raise the GST, bring back the mining tax and cut back on expensive costs like the NDIS.

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Jess Wilson is aiming to lead the Liberals to victory at the next Victorian election.

Discipline urged as Liberal leader ponders front bench

First-term MP Jess Wilson’s hopes of leading the languishing Victorian Liberal branch back to power rest on party discipline not sighted in a decade, a former premier says.

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A member of the Ukrainian artillery unit fires a howitzer at Russian targets in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine in October.

Ukraine to lose land, cut army under US-Russian peace plan

The 28-point proposal, drafted without Ukrainian involvement, reflects the maximalist demands the Kremlin has made throughout the war.

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Climate Minister Chris Bowen will be the COP President at next year’s climate summit - set to be held in Turkey.

Turkey to host COP31 after compromise reached with Australia

Turkey will host COP31 after coming to a compromise with rival bidder Australia after more than two years of disputing who gets hosting rights.

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Rumours have long circled Mr Speakman could face challenge from Wahroonga MP Alister Henskens and Vaucluse MP Kellie Sloane. Photo: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

‘Battle on’ as NSW Liberals face leadership turmoil

Only days after the Victorian Liberal leadership spill, NSW faces its own showdown as speculation mounts over a partyroom challenge.

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