Australia

The Albanese Government hasn’t ruled out stationing Australian troops in the Pacific in an effort to boost security ties with our closest neighbours. 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to announce $12 billion for a Defence precinct in Western Australia to bolster Australia’s naval shipbuilding and submarine capabilities.

The NSW government has picked up an extra seat after a by-election to replace a disgraced MP convicted of rape.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to announce $12 billion for a Defence precinct in Western Australia to bolster Australia's naval shipbuilding and submarine capabilities.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio privately reassured a top Australian official that a deal to provide nuclear-powered submarines would not be terminated.

EDITORIAL: The Albanese Government decision to approve Woodside’s bid to extend the life of its North West Shelf gas project in the Pilbara until 2070 was one close to seven years in the making. 

Police foiled what they are calling a ‘sophisticated criminal operation’ after making the sea container find in WA, with millions of cigarettes concealed in a bizarre way.

Anthony Albanese has rejected suggestions approving a major gas project off WA will jeopardise Pacific relations and declared he will ‘act in Australia’s interests’ despite criticism from Vanuatu.

It was a case of not so pretty in pink when Anthony Albanese was left red-faced after a major wardrobe mix-up at the Pacific Islands Forum.

Australian politicians have condemned political violence after the assassination of a conservative US commentator who was a key ally of US President Donald Trump.

A lawyer acting for Mark Latham’s former partner has told a court that the MP was ‘denigrating’ his ex in online posts.

Australia’s Navy will begin operating long-range lethal drone submarines early next year, with the Albanese government to spend almost $2 billion to locally build dozens of the large ‘Ghost Sharks’.

Vanuatu’s government is holding off on signing crucial $500m security and economic agreement with the Albanese Government over concerns for infrastructure funding from Beijing.

ANDREW CARSWELL: Through her own carelessness and self-focus, Senator Price has once again shown the risks of treating politics as merely a stage for stunts and sledges.

AARON PATRICK: The NT senator said Victoria’s Indigenous treaty would advance divisive policies and create a bureaucracy to push a radical activist agenda.