Politics

EU President Ursula von der Leyen is coming to Australia.

EU boss to visit Australia to strike jumbo trade deal

Europe and Australia are poised to ink a supersized deal spanning security cooperation, critical minerals and trade, breaking nearly a decade of deadlock over trade talks, The Nightly can reveal.

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Jill Biden's first husband has been charged with murdering his wife, authorities have confirmed.

Jill Biden’s ex-husband charged with murdering wife

The first husband of former first lady Jill Biden has been charged with killing his wife at their Delaware home.

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The RBA board’s decision to lift interest rates had the opposition quickly blaming the Government.

Labor’s ‘spending addiction’ blamed after horror rate hike

The RBA board’s decision to lift interest rates had the Opposition quickly pointing the finger at the Government.

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The Nationals may be in danger of losing their seats in regional NSW and Queensland to One Nation.

Nationals facing heat as disillusioned voters lash out

Alarm bells are ringing for the Nationals as conservative voters flock to One Nation, leaving the rural party at risk of being wiped out in former strongholds.

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US President Donald Trump says India has agreed on a trade deal after a call with PM Narendra Modi.

Peace terms remain murky after Trump-India trade war ends

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The announcements were greeted, initially at least, with a collective sigh of relief.

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Tony Burke MP in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra.

Burke throws cutting insult towards the ‘no-alition’

ANDREW GREENE: Labor was taking no prisoners as it went on the attack with the Liberals and Nationals split in parliament.

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Jim Chalmers won't do it, so RBA Governor Michele Bullock is wrestling the economy to the ground.

The Reserve Bank is determined to kill an economic upturn

AARON PATRICK: Michele Bullock described Tuesday’s interest rate hike in bloodless central-banker speak - but it will cost the economy roughly $3 billion to $6 billion.

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Homeowners are set to be thousands of dollars out of pocket after the Reserve Bank raised interest rate on Tuesday.

Mortgage pain deepens as RBA signals rates may get higher

Homeowners are set to be thousands of dollars out of pocket after the Reserve Bank raised the interest rate today.

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Louise Adler is a member of the Jewish Council of Australia’s advisory committee and a former director of the Adelaide Writers’ Festival.

Why the ‘Jewish Council of Australia’ is anything but

OPINON: Statements and opinion pieces from the Jewish Council of Australia have been circulating for months in authoritative fashion as though this body speaks for Australian Jews. It does not.

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Abdulghani Albaf, left, has stepped down as Principal of New Madinah College in Young and NSW Premier Chris Minns, right, has revealed a new code of conduct for NSW schools.

NSW teachers who troll Jews online or in class to be fired

Principals and teachers face losing their job without the chance to be employed elsewhere in the school under a new code of conduct banning them from spreading hate on social media or in the classroom.

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Labor is tightening control of Question Time, cutting the opposition’s share as the fractured Coalition struggles to find its footing.

Labor limits Liberal questions after Coalition collapse

Labor is tightening control of Question Time, cutting the opposition’s share as the fractured Coalition struggles to find its footing.

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Health Minister Mark Butler has released the plan for Labor’s “Thriving Kids” initiative, a proposed alternative to the NDIS for children with mild to moderate developmental delays or autism.

New plan released for Labor’s ‘Thriving Kids’ initiative

Health Minister Mark Butler has released the plan for Labor’s ‘Thriving Kids’ initiative, a proposed alternative to the NDIS for children with mild to moderate developmental delays or autism.

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Bill and Hillary Clinton are refusing to testify at the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. (AP PHOTO)

Clintons agree to testify in Epstein investigation

Bill and Hillary Clinton have agreed to comply with a US Congressional subpoena to testify about their relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

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Nationals leader David Littleproud and Liberals counterpart Sussan Ley in Parliament on Tuesday.

Sussan Ley threatens to bench renegade National MPs

Opposition leader Sussan Ley has told her Nationals counterpart she will only accept the three rebel senators back onto the frontbench under one condition.

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US President Donald Trump, right, has threatened to sue Grammys host Trevor Noah over a joke the comedian made about Jeffrey Epstein.

‘Get ready!’: The Grammys joke that could cost millions

Donald Trump says he will sue Grammys host Trevor Noah after he made a disparaging joke on-air about the US President.

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