Australia

Sir Keir Starmer will take to the stage with the Prime Minister at a left-wing global summit in London on Friday and champion Anthony Albanese as living proof that progressives can defeat right-wing populists.

Laws are not enforced, same-sex relationships are illegal and the death penalty is imposed for working with Israel, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

MARK RILEY: The PM found himself wide awake in his Manhattan hotel room at 3am on Wednesday, scrolling through his camera roll and posting photos to Instagram. 

Australian mum Emma Mason has led a ceremony in New York attended by high-level European leaders, urging them to ban children from social media.

China has declared it will continue supporting the Pacific nation which is resisting signing off on a security agreement with Canberra.

Australia’s push to lock in security deals with neighbouring Pacific nations has hit further trouble after Vanuatu signalled it’s ready to increase policing cooperation with Beijing. 

AARON PATRICK: Celebrating its 80th birthday this week, the global body created to prevent wars and other man-made catastrophes is weak and compromised, according to critics.

CHRIS REASON: The business of war reporting has always been a dangerous one. But never as dangerous as it is now.

I’ve spent my whole career in law enforcement knowing that Triple-0 is the thing that gets help for people, and on this occasion, it just didn’t.’

AARON PATRICK: Chief executive Stephen Rue boasted of investing in the phone network to make it safe, secure and reliable. Its failure raises questions about whether he and the board should resign.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The Albanese Government has been forced to defend the Australia-Israel intelligence-sharing relationship after recognising a Palestinian statehood, further angering Benjamin Netanyahu.

James Marape’s proud assertion of PNG’s long held non-aligned foreign policy should have been a clear signal that securing a military alliance with the Pacific neighbour won’t be easy. 

AARON PATRICK: The government is expected to replace the ASIC chair with a lawyer who will continue his high-profile approach of suing companies, investment managers and superannuation funds.

A former MP who sexually assaulted and abused a staffer and an 18-year-old will plead his case for leniency as his sentence is considered.

Many pundits will be watching to see if the Prime Minister finally secures his long-delayed meeting with Donald Trump on the UN sidelines in New York.