Politics

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been forced into an embarrassing backdown on hate speech reforms, having to remove proposed racial vilification laws.

Australia is facing its most severe pet adoption downturn on record, placing unprecedented strain on rescue centres and forcing many happy, healthy animals to be euthanised. 

As protests over a woman shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minnesota continue, the US Justice Department is probing the state governor and others.

Labor’s contentious hate speech reforms have suffered a major political defeat, with the Greens withdrawing support and joining the Coalition in opposing key parts of the Government’s omnibus bill.

A US congressional delegation is set to meet Denmark's Prime Minister as US President Donald Trump's envoy says he thinks a deal on Greenland is likely.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faces calls to bolster transparency as Labor starts the new year ramming through complex legislation with reduced oversight.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Moments before Renee Good was shot to death on a Minneapolis street last week, a federal agent ordered her to get out of her Honda Pilot. Was she legally obligated to comply?

THE WASHINGTON POST: A medical examiner has told Lunas Campos’ daughter that his death would likely be classified as a homicide.

Australia’s internet regulator has launched a second investigation into Elon Musk’s X and AI chatbot Grok after a surge of non-consensual generated sexualised images flooding the social media site. 

A Greens MP has defended the phrase ‘globalise the intifada’ and is urging anti-Israel protesters to question police directions in light of new laws enacted after Bondi attack

AARON PATRICK: The Labor politicians were unfairly attacked for playing a risqué game about their Liberal counterparts which they thought was private.

A fine has been issued over an unlawful prayer hall linked to a notorious Islamic preacher for allegedly breaching a shutdown order.

The US President took to social media to thank the Venezuelan opposition leader for presenting her prize to him during a meeting in the White House.

America’s envoy renewed threats against the Islamic Republic at the emergency session of the UN Security Council, despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to lower the temperature between the two adversaries.

British opposition leader Kemi Badenoch’s growing stature as she spectacularly sacks her leadership rival Robert Jenrick.