Politics

Environment Minister Murray Watt.

‘Faster, clearer’: New EPBC laws operating ahead of watchdog

Environment departments across governments will be allowed to share more information from Friday when the next phase of the new environmental laws come into effect.

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Australian Federal election 2022 – Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese

Albanese milestone as he goes one-up on Scott Morrison

Anthony Albanese has overtaken Scott Morrison’s time as prime minister, making him now Australia’s 12th longest-serving leader.

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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

Muslim leaders’ invitation to Pauline Hanson after slur

Reeling from a politician's incendiary claims and a mosque receiving violent threats, residents of a multicultural suburb say their community welcomes everyone.

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Iran has been conducting naval exercises with Russia in the Sea of Oman.

‘Bad things’: Trump sets 10-day deadline for Iran deal

As US-Iran tensions rise President Donald Trump appears to have suggested Iran must strike a ‘meaningful’ deal within ten days or ‘bad things’ will happen.

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Iraqi security with suspected IS militants in a Baghdad prison.

Government to monitor Australian fighters linked to ISIS

Intelligence officers could soon interrogate Australian fighters with suspected links to ISIS, after they were transferred from Syria to Iraq during a recent US-led military operation. 

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11 Australian ISIS-linked families leaving Roj Camp in northeastern Syria unknown

‘Nothing but contempt’ for ISIS brides, says Prime Minister

Anthony Albanese reiterated the Federal Government will not be providing any repatriation support after 11 Australian families with links to ISIS were issued passports to return from Syria.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct after an unprecedented investigation in Britain’s modern era.

Ex-prince’s bombshell arrest over Epstein trade secret fears

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct after an unprecedented investigation in Britain’s modern era. 

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Iraqi security forces lead suspected Islamic State militants for questioning, after they were transferred from Syria to Iraq, at Al-Karkh Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) Hadi Mizban

Albo’s ISIS contempt won’t protect Aus from ‘heinous’ ideas

Angus Taylor said the so-called ISIS brides were sympathetic to a ‘heinous ideology’ and called on Labor to tighten temporary exclusion legislation.

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Jim Chalmers slapped down the central bank’s mild-mannered ex-governor, Philip Lowe, earlier this week.

This is what happens when you cross Jim Chalmers

AARON PATRICK: The Treasurer’s attack on former Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe over inflation and interest rates was unfair and could hurt the central bank’s independence, economists said.

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Anthony Albanese is going further than John Howard did in 2001.

Why Albo is trying to out-Howard the Liberals on ISIS brides

By saying he has ‘nothing but contempt’ for women stranded in Syria, Anthony Albanese is pushing his national security rhetoric further even than John Howard did.

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Oil prices have jumped amid the escalating Iran conflict.

How Iran conflict could send Aussie petrol prices soaring

An attack on Iran that ballooned into a broader regional conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz could send Australian petrol prices soaring.

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A political spat has erupted over calls for a royal commission after a damning report exposed alleged corruption in the construction union.

‘Disinterested’: Jacinta Allan blasts reporter over CFMEU scandal

A political spat has erupted over calls for a royal commission after a damning report exposed alleged corruption in the construction union.

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Fears that the US and Iran are headed to all-out-war have erupted.

‘Prepare for war’: US-Iran tensions erupt, Trump briefed

Fears have erupted that the US and Iran are headed for all-out-war, as countries ready armed forces and Donald Trump is briefed on strikes that would dwarf previous conflicts.

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Uncle Robbie Thorpe is a prominent Indigenous sovereignty activist.

Huge ruling on Hamas terror listing

An activist’s efforts to overturn the Australian Government’s designation of Hamas as a terrorist organisation has been decided by a court.

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