Australia

Defence deputy secretary Hugh Jeffrey described the prospect of a major power conflict in the Indo-Pacific in the next five years as ‘less remote than it was’.

Australia has welcomed Donald Trump’s announcement that Israel and Hamas have struck the first phase of a peace deal that will lead to the release of all hostages and withdrawal of troops from Gaza.

Two lucky Aussies have had their lives turned upside down after scoring a life-changing windfall in Wednesday night’s Millionaire Medley.

For setting interest rates and help oversee the financial system, Ms Michele Bullock became one of the best-paid public servants in the country.

The Communications Department says it was not made aware of last month’s deadly Triple-0 outage for more than a day because Optus sent a crucial email to the wrong address. 

An Israeli minister condemned the offensive messages that celebrate the terrorist organisation responsible for killing more than 1200 Israelis in 2023 and urged Australian leaders to act.

Communications Minister Anika Wells has refused to answer a simple question about the Optus outage that is linked to the death of three Australians, instead announcing new laws to keep big telcos accountable.

AARON PATRICK: An anti-Israel gathering on the anniversary of the war’s start demonstrates why the Palestinian-Jewish conflict is so intractable.

The agency in charge of scrutinising the Federal Government has warned it’s underfunded despite Labor promising to make sure the watchdog had enough money to do its job properly.

Supporters of Palestine have been warned they will damage their political cause if they take to the streets to hold rallies on the two-year anniversary of the bloody Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel. 

Communications Minister Anika Wells will put new laws to Parliament on Tuesday aimed at cementing the powers of a triple-0 Custodian to drive improvements to the emergency hotline.

On Monday morning in Perth, preparing to board a flight to Canberra to face Ms Ley for the first time since quitting her front bench, Hastie was non-committal about a possible tilt for the top job.

More than one-in-five aspiring homebuyers in one State expect to make their purchase during the next 12 months as incentives spark a national property scramble.

Up to 3000 home owners taking part in a government buyback scheme have had their personal information put into ChatGPT in a major data breach.

Sussan Ley’s deputy has made a bold declaration about tensions in the Coalition in the wake of Andrew Hastie quitting the shadow front bench.