Australia

AARON PATRICK: An explosion in doctor-prescribed marijuana and cannabis oil, often on flimsy health grounds, worries health officials. One doctor reportedly issued 72,000 prescriptions in two years.

WA Liberal senator Michaelia Cash has declared leader Sussan Ley has her ‘full support’ despite publicly calling for Welcome to Country ceremonies and Aboriginal flags to be ditched from official ceremonies.

Attempts to reform an insurance scheme protecting more than 3.5 million workers has faced delays and warnings alternative proposals will be even worse.

AARON PATRICK: West Australian senator Michaelia Cash delivered a blistering attack on Foreign Minister Penny Wong in defence of colleague Jacinta Price, now, people want her to lead.

Australian and UK officials have downplayed concerns over US commitment to the AUKUS pact ahead of signing a 50-year agreement to cement the deal.

Nationals leader David Littleproud has accused Anthony Albanese of ‘trading away’ Australia’s US beef import ban to appease President Donald Trump amid his tariffs regime.

Australia has given America access to beef market on the eve of Donald Trump’s tariff deadline, sparking fears the $75 billion Aussie industry has been sacrificed for the US trade war.

Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged the United States to deepen its alliance with Australia to deter the rising military threat from China, asserting that the PRC ‘regime’ cannot be negotiated away.

AARON PATRICK: But the Coalition’s attacks on the Labor government fell flat or backfired.

Ahead of the fleet’s arrival Britain’s new High Commissioner talked up the UK-Australia partnership as an ‘anchor relationship in a dangerous world’.

Along with the pomp and ceremony, the stage is set for ALP’s agenda of bold election promises, but it’s a tough road ahead.

Ali France says her journey to unseat Peter Dutton and represent the people of Dickson wasn’t the result of any grand plan or lifelong dream, but rather hundreds of little steps.

The Australian Government has joined a global joint statement to end war in Gaza, a move Israel’s ambassador to Australia warns is ‘disconnected from reality’.

AARON PATRICK: Penny Wong’s decision to join 27 other foreign ministers to condemn the Jewish state’s provision of food to Palestinians ignores one obvious reality.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has signed a joint statement with more than 20 other countries to demand an immediate end to the war in Gaza.