Australia

Just days before Anthony Albanese is due to fly to Washington, the PM has declared President Trump ‘deserves congratulations’ but has stopped short of backing his bid to win a Nobel Peace Prize. 

Shadow immigration minister Paul Scarr has issued a public warning to his Liberal colleagues not to use the immigration debate to ‘inflame emotion’ after Andrew Hastie quit the front bench.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says President Donald Trump ‘deserves congratulations’ following the US-led Gaza peace deal.

Defence insists site boundaries for a new precinct at Henderson to support AUKUS will be determined ‘at the right time’ despite concerns about the arrival of US nuclear-powered submarines due in WA from 2027. 

A senior Treasury official has revealed her department had discussed Labor’s controversial super tax plan with Anthony Albanese’s personal staff in a sign of changes being mooted.

MARK RILEY: For a major communications company it is strange that Optus doesn’t communicate very well. 

Defence deputy secretary Hugh Jeffrey described the prospect of a major power conflict in the Indo-Pacific in the next five years as ‘less remote than it was’.

Australia has welcomed Donald Trump’s announcement that Israel and Hamas have struck the first phase of a peace deal that will lead to the release of all hostages and withdrawal of troops from Gaza.

Two lucky Aussies have had their lives turned upside down after scoring a life-changing windfall in Wednesday night’s Millionaire Medley.

For setting interest rates and help oversee the financial system, Ms Michele Bullock became one of the best-paid public servants in the country.

The Communications Department says it was not made aware of last month’s deadly Triple-0 outage for more than a day because Optus sent a crucial email to the wrong address. 

An Israeli minister condemned the offensive messages that celebrate the terrorist organisation responsible for killing more than 1200 Israelis in 2023 and urged Australian leaders to act.

Communications Minister Anika Wells has refused to answer a simple question about the Optus outage that is linked to the death of three Australians, instead announcing new laws to keep big telcos accountable.

AARON PATRICK: An anti-Israel gathering on the anniversary of the war’s start demonstrates why the Palestinian-Jewish conflict is so intractable.

The agency in charge of scrutinising the Federal Government has warned it’s underfunded despite Labor promising to make sure the watchdog had enough money to do its job properly.