Australia

While the One Nation leader was never directly named by a stumbling Anthony Albanese, there was no doubt she loomed large over proceedings at the first day of the 50th annual ALP conference.

EXCLUSIVE: Senior Australian military officials have snubbed a major celebration held at the Chinese embassy as tensions between both nations simmer following Beijing’s missile test in the Pacific this month.

An international fracas involving Chinese diplomats has erupted on the sidelines of the Labor Party’s National Conference after The Nightly revealed a Taiwanese representative had been invited to the event.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is tipped to raise interest rates next month with unemployment holding steady.

EXCLUSIVE: Australia’s army has been forced to defend its distinctive paint job on ‘enemy’ tanks during a warfare exercise in Victoria.

The Labor Party has now moved so far to the left that a former ACTU leader is leading the charge against socialism with the Federal Government wanting to spend $400 million taking over a cash delivery business.

He went to a normal school, became a respected doctor and lived ‘a lifestyle not consistent with ... a practising Muslim’. Here’s the inside story into how Tareq Kamleh become an Islamic State terrorist.

A leading demographer is concerned new gender identity terms in the upcoming Census will be too hard for the average Australian to understand leading to issues with data collection.

Labor’s national conference will discuss playing ‘an active role’ if the transition to artificial intelligence displaces jobs on a ‘significant scale’.

’You were tricked and I kinda think this is just the beginning.’

Pauline Hanson has announced a listening tour of the nation to decide One Nation’s policies for the next election at The West Australian’s Leadership Matters breakfast.

EXCLUSIVE: A surprise guest has been invited to observe this week’s highly managed National Labor Party conference 

Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling has denied being caught up in a physical altercation with the Northern Territory’s Administrator over the weekend and described allegations of an assault as ‘ridiculous’. 

Read One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson’s full Leadership Matters speech, in which she discusses her upbringing, immigration and why she believes the skilled migration program is a farce.

A mother has been killed and a 12-year-old girl seriously injured in what police believe to be a family violence incident at a Perth home.

Russian athletes will take part in the Water Polo World Cup in Sydney despite serious concerns about members of the delegation.

During past ALP national conferences, the PM was a leading instigator of dissent over controversial policy areas including asylum seekers and climate change — now he’s doing his best to keep a lid on division.