Australia

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is hosting talks with Pacific leaders as he continues to cement Australia's footprint in the region.

A Chinese nuclear-powered submarine has test-fired a missile in the Pacific, sparking concern from regional powers.

The Perth politician says he has been targeted for his ‘very small’ involvement in the accusations against the Victoria Cross awardee by a funded online campaign.

Deputy prime minister Richard Marles and Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek defended the Prime Minister.

Australia's attempts to limit Chinese influence in the Pacific will ramp up with a diplomatic blitz, including the signing of a treaty with Fiji.

EXCLUSIVE: Perth is at the centre of an international diplomatic stoush as Beijing urges the Albanese Government to block Taiwan from setting up an unofficial consular presence in WA.

Anthony Albanese has stepped up his attacks on One Nation, questioning leader Pauline Hanson’s ability to form vital relationships with other countries.

As Federal politics enters its winter lull, Anthony Albanese shows all signs of feeling as on top of the world as Taylor Swift heading into her wedding fiesta.

In a heated exchange the Government was interrogated over its procedure around changing a light bulb on an army base. 

Energy giant Chevron added its voice to growing warnings that the Federal Government’s domestic gas reservation scheme risks decimating WA’s industry.

The Liberal leader is set to head around the country on a winter break blitz in a bid to drum up support.

ANDREW GREENE: The Opposition Leader’s ‘memorably bad’ Midwinter Ball speech has sparked more Liberal Party soul searching as rival Andrew Hastie issues a defiant poll pledge.

Pat Conroy has labelled conservative war-time prime minister Robert Menzies a ‘nazi appeaser’ while struggling to say whether he would fire underperforming officials in his department under a new shake-up. 

STEPHEN JOHNSON: Why Pauline Hanson’s political revival a decade ago was only possible because of a former Liberal PM living in a Sydney Harbour mansion.

A bombshell probe into political donations and branch-stacking allegations tied to a fugitive developer has left a state Liberal leader scrambling.