Australia

An Israeli hospital has been damaged and an Iranian heavy water reactor hit as the escalating Middle East crisis enters the seventh day with Donald Trump still weighing up US involvement.

JACKSON HEWETT: The head of Australia’s largest bank says he welcomes tax reform but doesn’t believe a cut to the corporate tax rate is necessary to kick start lagging business investment. 

Another group of Australians are set to be evacuated from Israel in the coming hours, as the Government acknowledges it will be ‘complicated’ and ‘risky to get people out of Iran. 

NICOLA SMITH: The Prime Minister should not miss chance to be heard by peers, regardless of whether Donald Trump attends.

JACKSON HEWETT: On the brink of a Middle East conflagration about to impact the world’s energy supply, Donald Trump appears to have taken his eye off his attempt to completely remake the global trading system. 

The Prime Minister could soon have another chance to meet the US President, but first he will return to Australia without a clear solution to tariffs.

The post sparked heated debate online, with some saying they found the photo too confronting to be shared to the internet. 

National and economic security are “more closely intertwined than ever” as Australia grapples with a world of permanent “churn and change,” Treasurer Jim Chalmers warned on Wednesday. 

Rushing to overthrow Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could lead to chaos instead of peace.

ELLEN RANSLEY Anthony Albanese staking a crucial first face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump on the sidelines of a major summit like G7 was always going to be risky.

Anthony Albanese has flagged a trip to NATO summit in the Netherlands next week after his meeting with US President Donald Trump on the sideline of the G7 in Canada was canned.

The harrowing ordeal began after a 16-year-old boy approached the girl at a shopping centre, following her to her car. 

Anthony Albanese has held meetings with Donald Trump’s top economic team focused on tariffs, trade and critical minerals after his much-anticipated one-on-one with the US President was abandoned. 

Anthony Albanese has met with senior members of the Trump Administration after a crucial meeting with the US President fell through.

Anthony Albanese has been called on to help ‘speed up’ negotiations on a potential free trade deal that was first touted in 2018.