Australia

EDITORIAL: Even the most anxious of parents would struggle to come up with a scenario this wicked. 

There’s no end in sight to the worry Australians have been feeling since the federal election.

MARK RILEY: Just societies should be measured on their ability to care for their most vulnerable members. On that, we have failed.

ELLEN RANSLEY: It’s clear that when it comes to keeping children safe, tinkering around the edges of a system which is designed to help families but is instead failing them, will not cut it

Australia’s chief diplomat says Labor will not budge on a key issue affecting US tech giants despite concerns of backlash from the White House.

The Fijian prime minister told Australia’s National Press Club he was concerned about tensions in the region.

Child safety advocates are demanding a complete rethink of Australia’s early education system and workforce arrangements as a second Melbourne childcare worker has been charged with dozens of serious offences. 

The Australian Government is assisting the airline in figuring out how the information of six million customers was hacked as a Labor Minister laid down the law over outsourcing cybersecurity.

EDITORIAL: It's a fact of life that some world leaders are people you’d prefer not to invite round for a cuppa. But it’s time for Anthony Albanese to get over that and meet with Donald Trump.

ANDREW CARSWELL: Anthony Albanese has found himself on the wrong side of a telling political position, facing a Liberal leader who has struck a tone of contrast with an increasingly agitated PM.

The government could now secure fair gas costs for householders, an expert says.

Albo says he’s not “embarrassed” about not yet meeting Donald Trump, and thinks he could score multiple meetings with the US President in the second half of the year on the sidelines of multilateral summits. 

ELLEN RANSLEY: Anthony Albanese is insistent Australia should be exempt from Donald Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs, but his Government is quickly running out of time to prosecute their argument. 

EDITORIAL: Australia’s relationship with its No.1 security ally is at its lowest ebb in memory. And into this fray we are sending . . . Penny Wong.

CAMERON MILNER: With friends like the Chinese Ambassador, Anthony Albanese hardly needs enemies. Our very own handsome boy was told by China to keep Australia, weak or else.