Australia

‘It’s amazing to me we are still platforming these grotesque, vile looking little rat men, who very clearly cannot tell a joke to save their lives.’

‘What I made clear is that this is a conversation that we are very willing to have.’

In a non-descript warehouse on the outskirts of Brisbane, millions of fungi are brewing up a potential solution for an existential problem facing the red meat industry.

Australia’s foreign ministry is closely following a US government move to ban foreign nationals it deems to be censoring Americans – a new policy that could target officials regulating US tech companies. 

The security think tank’s head hit back after Anthony Albanese dismissed an alarming report warning Australia’s conflict-readiness would be at risk without a hike in defence spending. 

The US Court of International Trade’s move to block Donald Trump’s tariffs will spark all-out lawfare. To use an American expression, Australians should be rooting for the judiciary.

Don Farrell has given a cautious response to a US court decision to block sweeping US tariffs that upended the global trade system, pledging to continue to resist a 10 per cent duty on Australian exports. 

AARON PATRICK: The Prime Minister had an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the debate over Australia’s readiness for war. Instead he reverted to personal criticism.

But Australia’s Government has stopped short of joining NATO, the EU and US in blaming Beijing amid a wave of support for the tiny nation.

There are urgent calls for the Albanese Government to reform its defence funding after a new report warns the nation’s security environment is ‘deteriorating rapidly’.

In this show, Ben Harvey explains how the Nationals appear to have the upper hand in the rekindled relationship, which resembles a married couple that hate each other but can’t divorce because of the kids.

AARON PATRICK: Sussan Ley has assembled a shadow cabinet built to usher in a new era of the Liberal Party. Here are the MPs that will make or break her.

This year all eyes will be on a Saturday morning speech by Trump’s main man on defence Pete Hegseth, which will set the tone for US engagement with the Indo-Pacific.

Education Minister Jason Clare has called the uncertainty over foreign students’ access to America’s most renowned university ‘really worrying,’ pledging to assist affected Australian students.