Australia

Jewish-Australian leaders have cautiously welcomed Jacinta Allan’s announcement following a spate of anti-Semitic incidents in Melbourne.

As the nation reels from allegations of infant abuse in childcare, a leading expert warns the threat to children is far more widespread.

EDITORIAL: Looking back over the 2025 financial year show’s there is plenty for the glass half-full types to celebrate. 

DVIR ABRAMOVICH: Declaring Kanye West isn’t welcome in Australia sends a powerful message that celebrity doesn’t diminish bigotry.

NICOLA SMITH: Will Australia’s foreign policies hold water?

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen has announced a $432 million boost for a green hydrogen project, despite acknowledging the energy source is facing ‘investment headwinds’. 

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.