Australia

WA politician Hannah Beazley has spoken out after a man allegedly stormed her electorate office while armed with nunchucks before threatening staff and ‘demanding access’ to her. 

ANDREW GREENE: As the horrific details of the attack on Helen Haines filtered through group chats and messages to members of Parliament on Monday, shock and despair soon turned to the question of ‘why?’

The man accused of mowing down Federal MP Helen Haines in an attack outside her Wangaratta electorate office has been charged by police.

Former Liberal senator Mathias Cormann warns Australia is drifting in the wrong direction, saying the only cure for the cost of living squeeze is an ‘economy that produces more for every hour worked’.

Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock told a closed conference more aggressive interest rate rises may be needed to bring down inflation and stop it becoming entrenched.

The Labor Government is sounding like hip hoppers Salt-N-Pepa’s best known hit, Let’s Talk About Sex, about polite society being too coy because ‘people might misunderstand what we’re tryin’ to say, you know?’.

The Labor Government from Anthony Albanese’s home State of NSW has announced a tax exemption policy in a bid to disassociate itself from the Prime Minister.

It’s the correctional facility home to some of the country’s most feared rapists and murderers. It’s now also the residence of fitness guru Sam Wood.

Australia’s 200,000 Federal public servants are being offered a 9 per cent pay rise over three years but their union wants a 15 per cent increase.

A UN report alleged that the Australian engineer was subject to extreme cold, humiliation, threats of death and forms of psychological abuse, including being shown a torture room.

Bruce Lehrmann has snagged a win after the federal corruption body dropped an investigation into whether he misused classified information on submarines.

Australia’s most decorated soldier and accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith appeared among dozens of veterans to mark the 25th Afghanistan war anniversary at a solemn service in Canberra.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has declared antisemitism must be stamped out of Australian politics, claiming that hatred of Jewish people is ‘rampant’ in the Greens and is a ‘cancer’ within the Labor party.

AARON PATRICK: A judgment expanding coal mines’ climate responsibilities could drive voters who care more about rising fuel bills than Pacific sea levels to One Nation or the Coalition.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Progressive leaders around the world have blasted the new Greens leader for opposing military support for Ukraine, saying it is akin to opposing the defeat of Nazism.

A Jewish-Australian who was in Israel on October 7, 2023 has recalled the moment she learned of Hamas's deadly attack on that date.

A Chinese military representative will attend this week’s massive Army conference in Perth as security is stepped up around the city’s event featuring hundreds of weapons companies.