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As the country gears up to celebrate dads and father figures, here’s what the weather has in store.

The weather forecast for your Father’s Day celebrations

As the country gears up to celebrate dads and father figures, here’s what the weather has in store.

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Cara Severino made contact with her parents, Debbie and Frank Severino, on Friday morning.

Aussie family’s elation amid the agony of Nepal disaster

Parents of an Australian tourist found alive in Nepal on Friday have ‘praised God’ after hearing from her for the first time since the devastating floods.

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Vuvale means family and that's the bond between Australia and Fiji. Today we agreed to negotiate a new security treaty as part of our shared vision of a secure and prosperous Pacific. Thank you, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, for the productive discussions. I look forward to finding new ways to elevate our Vuvale Partnership. Pictured: Anthony Albanese with Sitiveni Rabuka. Anthony Albanese/X

Australia’s Pacific alliance plan blocks China’s advance

Rather than choose between America and China, Pacific leaders are choosing to deepen ties with Australia by signing the Asia-Pacific’s first new alliances since the early days of the cold war. 

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Anthony Albanese publicly rebuked Tony Burke’s push to reduce Australia’s refugee intake

War cabinet: PM’s spat deepens Labor’s migration divide

A public spat inside federal cabinet over immigration policy is deepening after the Prime Minister publicly rebuked the Home Affairs Minister’s push to reduce Australia’s refugee intake.

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A 27-year-old man bound for Brisbane has been arrested over an alleged outdoor sex act in Bali.

Aussie tourist arrested in Bali over alleged lewd sex act

CCTV shows a local homeowner rounding the corner and finding the pair on the ground.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with State Premiers and Chief Ministers during National Cabinet in Sydney.

GST dominates data for centre of attention at Nat Cab meet

Hostility from a number of states over the tax carve up has overshadowed the initial focus on data centres and power supply.

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We need to encourage business to innovate, invest, grow. To increase the size of the economic pie.

Australia must allow business to flourish to drive economy

We need to encourage business to innovate, invest, grow. To increase the size of the economic pie.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to crush any state attempting to go rogue on the AI data centre boom.

PM’s power play pulls plug on rogue states in data boom

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to crush any state attempting to go rogue on the AI data centre boom, locking leaders into a single national framework at the upcoming National Cabinet on Wednesday. 

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The immigration debate continues to dog One Nation and the two major parties amid mixed messages on numbers.

All over the shop: Migration mess extends beyond One Nation

Debate over migration, housing, welfare, and national values is intensifying across Labor, the Coalition, and One Nation as parties collectively refine their platforms following recent missteps on all sides.

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Is Angus Taylor really a dead man walking? Or is he just getting a new lease of life.

At last, the Coalition has found its mongrel

ANDREW GREENE: For an apparent dead man walking, Angus Taylor has some pep in his step

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Pressure is growing on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to prove his commitment to the 2018 deal which guarantees a return of 75¢ for every dollar raised by WA.

Albanese’s GST fight ramps up after ‘costly’ report slammed

The Productivity Commission’s shock report delivered just over a week ago labelled the GST deal a ‘costly mistake’ with ‘perverse’ outcomes.

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Anthony Albanese has finally broken his silence on his controversial appearance on the Bush Deep podcast.

‘That was an error’: Albo comes clean on Melongate podcast

The Prime Minister has finally broken his silence on his appearance on a controversial podcast that led to weeks of criticism.

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Israel’s Ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman holds outside Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday.

‘Outrageous’: Minister signals further action against Israel

The government has signalled further legal and diplomatic action after Israel decided not to pursue criminal charges against soldiers who killed an Australian aid worker.

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Vladimir Putin has taken fresh aim at AUKUS and warned that the Indo-Pacific is “becoming increasingly prone to conflict”.

‘It shows how much it irks them’: AUKUS is in Putin’s sights

Russian President Vladimir Putin singles out AUKUS submarine plan as he warns the Indo-Pacific is ‘becoming increasingly prone to conflict’. 

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Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Matt Keogh during Question Time in the House of Representatives on Thursday, August 20, 2026.

After winning a Budget battle, Keogh is losing the vets war

ANALYSIS: After a series of major missteps, the Labor Minister for Veterans’ affairs is discovering just how difficult his crucial but notoriously challenging portfolio is.

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More than 5.3 million Australians will see a boost to their payment of the back of indexation.