Australia

Labor teams up with The Greens to pass gun control measures before clinching support for a watered-down suite of hate speech laws with the Liberals, despite internal Coalition tensions.

AARON PATRICK: Origin Energy’s decision to extend the life of the biggest coal power plant demonstrates the success of the mineral bringing electricity to millions.

Anthony Albanese looks to have finally struck a deal with the Liberal party that will see his contentious hate speech laws passed through parliament within days.

AARON PATRICK: Victoria Teplitsky believes the primary threat to Jewish Australians’ safety are extremist Muslim activists, who she wants banned.

One Nation’s climb is no surprise after the Bondi terror attack, but it represents new frontlines in Australian politics that will put Anthony Albanese to the ultimate test.

Greens Deputy Leader Mehreen Faruqi used her Bondi massacre condolence speech to accuse Labor of wanting to silence critics of Israel. The Greens accused the major parties of politicising a tragedy.

Australia is facing its most severe pet adoption downturn on record, placing unprecedented strain on rescue centres and forcing many happy, healthy animals to be euthanised. 

A Greens MP has defended the phrase ‘globalise the intifada’ and is urging anti-Israel protesters to question police directions in light of new laws enacted after Bondi attack

AARON PATRICK: The Labor politicians were unfairly attacked for playing a risqué game about their Liberal counterparts which they thought was private.

Religious leaders have urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to delay his contentious hate speech laws out of concerns the draft legislation could have unintended consequences for people of faith.

Communications Minister Anita Wells admitted there was “more work to do” but said it was still “early” after millions of accounts were removed in the first two days after the ban.

US president Donald Trump announced he would “seek to negotiate” foreign agreements instead of slapping tariffs on Australia’s critical minerals.

Big pay rises for brazen public sector unions are intensifying a debt crisis in Australia’s states.

A WA man has been charged with threatening to kill Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Chris Minns through an online video.

Britain’s independent reviewer of terror legislation found the correlation ‘so plausible’ that it was not worth the risk of allowing future marches in the name of free speech.