Politics

Former Kiama MP Gareth Ward has faced court to learn his punishment for raping two men.

Coalition backbenchers are holding a key meeting on energy policy, but one of net zero’s biggest detractors is not in attendance for a surprising reason.

Forced into exile after an election she was widely regarded to have won, Svitlana Tsikhanouskaya has a message for Australians ahead of her visit Down Under next week.

Cheers erupted in parliament as landmark legislation passed following a late-night debate, marking Australia's first-ever treaty.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will reveal a second tranche of reforms to the nation’s foreign investment review scheme in a bid to boost capital inflows into Australia.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Concerns have intensified about whether the world is entering a new era of nuclear weapon proliferation among global powers.

Donald Trump has struck a deal to reduce tariffs on China following face-to-face talks with his counterpart Xi Jinping, just hours after Albanese refused to back the US President’s recent trade comments.

EDITORIAL: News of Trump and Xi’s ‘12-out-10’ meeting will come as a relief to Australia, which feared being caught in the middle between its closest security partner and its No. 1 trading partner. 

US President Donald Trump said he has reached a one-year agreement with China on rare earths and critical minerals, and cut fentanyl tariffs on Beijing by half.

Anthony Albanese has declined to back Donald Trump‘s declaration that tariffs are good for alliances, hours after dining with the US President in South Korea who again heaped praise on the Australian leader.

Parliament is finally scrutinising the details of the overhaul of environment laws, but minister Murray Watt has already indicated he’s willing to change them to land the best outcomes for industry and nature.

Just minutes before he was scheduled to meet President Xi Jinping of China, the President threatened on social media to resume nuclear testing ‘on an equal basis’ with other countries.

MARK RILEY: The Treasurer and Cabinet have good reason to think deeply about whether to proceed with their plan to withdraw the Federal household rebate in December.

Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to ‘immediately’ restart US nuclear weapons testing, declaring the move essential to match China and Russia.