Australia

Officials are scrambling to finalise the PNG defence treaty signing after independence celebrations cause another setback for Anthony Albanese.

AARON PATRICK: The former US vice-president predicted melting ice caps would cause devastation across the world, a false but powerful message that the climate change minister has learned from.

Australia’s eSafety commission will meet with social media giants and AI firms in America’s Silicon Valley next week as the world-first under-16s ban fast approaches.

Chris Bowen is trying not to scare the pants off voters completely, while also scaring them enough to understand why Australia needs to significantly shift the scale and speed of its actions to cut emissions.

Anthony Albanese says golfing great Greg Norman has been playing the role of an ‘unofficial envoy’ to brief him face-to-face with Donald Trump on his upcoming US trip. 

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has capped off a miserable week — which included dumping Jacinta Price from the frontbench — by recording the Coalition’s worst primary vote in Newspoll history.

The Albanese Government hasn’t ruled out stationing Australian troops in the Pacific in an effort to boost security ties with our closest neighbours. 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to announce $12 billion for a Defence precinct in Western Australia to bolster Australia’s naval shipbuilding and submarine capabilities.

The NSW government has picked up an extra seat after a by-election to replace a disgraced MP convicted of rape.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to announce $12 billion for a Defence precinct in Western Australia to bolster Australia's naval shipbuilding and submarine capabilities.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio privately reassured a top Australian official that a deal to provide nuclear-powered submarines would not be terminated.

EDITORIAL: The Albanese Government decision to approve Woodside’s bid to extend the life of its North West Shelf gas project in the Pilbara until 2070 was one close to seven years in the making. 

Police foiled what they are calling a ‘sophisticated criminal operation’ after making the sea container find in WA, with millions of cigarettes concealed in a bizarre way.

Anthony Albanese has rejected suggestions approving a major gas project off WA will jeopardise Pacific relations and declared he will ‘act in Australia’s interests’ despite criticism from Vanuatu.

It was a case of not so pretty in pink when Anthony Albanese was left red-faced after a major wardrobe mix-up at the Pacific Islands Forum.