Australia

Anthony Albanese and his New Zealand counterpart joined a meeting of global leaders overnight to discuss “a reassurance force” designed to prevent further Russian aggression.

Electric vehicle advocates say any future changes to incentives for drivers could dismantle Australia’s transition.

The embattled politician has been accused of ‘slut-shaming’ his ex-partner in a court hearing where she is fighting to stop him posting online about her.

New letters by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry to the Prime Minister and Benjamin Netanyahu have called for a ceasefire in their ‘spat’ saying Jewish Australians would cop the fallout. 

Corrupt former Labor MP Eddie Obeid has been released on parole after almost four years behind bars.

AARON PATRICK: The president’s unconventional style belies a man deeply affected by almost being killed in an assassination attempt last year, former ambassador Joe Hockey says.

A state parliament is set to sit for the first time since a snap poll delivered a hung parliament, with a returned premier seeking an end to ‘political games’.

A Nationals senator has made a brutal move against the Prime Minister, who is welcoming business leaders to a major economy summit.

Israel has cancelled the visas of Australian diplomats operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, saying the decision to block a far-right MP from speaking in Australia was ‘shameful’. 

AARON PATRICK: Government has never been this pervasive in the modern age, strangling innovation, enterprise and ambition. The problem may barely be mentioned this week in Canberra.

CAMERON MILNER: What promised to be a dress rehearsal for Jim Chalmers’ prime ministership has been assessed by the Albanistas as a threat and completely hobbled.

AARON PATRICK: By recognising a nation that does not exist, the government damaged Australia’s relationship with the only country capable of preventing China’s dominance of the region.

BEN HARVEY: Australia’s recognition of Palestine is not about national interest, it’s about Anthony Albanese and his attempt to secure Labor’s flimsy partyroom.

Major changes have been announced after Australia was rocked by a series of high-profile charges against alleged childcare predators.

Embedding policies that cannot be wound back could help stop a worrying trend in its tracks, Women's Minister Katy Gallagher says.