Australia

SUSSAN LEY: It has been a month of disappointment from Anthony Albanese as he has bungled diplomacy and squandered chances to advance the national interest.

The federal government has been urged to deploy independent experts to embattled telco Optus after a further emergency call outage on its network.

Updated Budget forecasts have revealed why the Albanese Government is particularly reliant on high immigration, and yes, it is about tax.

Ukraine’s battlefields have proven to be a real-life laboratory for the rapid advancement of drone technology, and now the Australian Defence Force appears to be grasping the urgent need to catch up.

A man has been charged with murder and intent to commit rape after a body was found in a shopping centre car park.

The famous rapper has been spotted enjoying a piano recital at a live classical music venue ahead of his headline act at the AFL grand final.

The planned deployment of US nuclear submarines is scheduled to begin in 2027, but alarm bells are already ringing across the defence industry and with AUKUS partners about Australia’s readiness.

A rule that requires businesses supplying essential services to accept cash comes into effect soon. But there is a big loophole that could make it much harder to pay the old-fashioned way.

AARON PATRICK: Campaigns for a seat at the apex of international diplomacy often descend to little more than state-sponsored bribery.

Australia’s housing crisis could get even worse, with a glaring shortfall in new homes the Government had promised to build.

Sir Keir Starmer will take to the stage with the Prime Minister at a left-wing global summit in London on Friday and champion Anthony Albanese as living proof that progressives can defeat right-wing populists.

Laws are not enforced, same-sex relationships are illegal and the death penalty is imposed for working with Israel, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

MARK RILEY: The PM found himself wide awake in his Manhattan hotel room at 3am on Wednesday, scrolling through his camera roll and posting photos to Instagram. 

Australian mum Emma Mason has led a ceremony in New York attended by high-level European leaders, urging them to ban children from social media.

China has declared it will continue supporting the Pacific nation which is resisting signing off on a security agreement with Canberra.