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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
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Andrew Greene

PM blanks Hanson’s request for more staff as her team grows

The Prime Minister has refused to respond to written requests from Pauline Hanson to be granted more advisors.

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Australia

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Cara Severino made contact with her parents, Debbie and Frank Severino, on Friday morning.

Aussie family’s elation amid the agony of Nepal disaster

Australia
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Vuvale means family and that's the bond between Australia and Fiji. Today we agreed to negotiate a new security treaty as part of our shared vision of a secure and prosperous Pacific. Thank you, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, for the productive discussions. I look forward to finding new ways to elevate our Vuvale Partnership. Pictured: Anthony Albanese with Sitiveni Rabuka. Anthony Albanese/X

Australia’s Pacific alliance plan blocks China’s advance

The Economist
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Anthony Albanese publicly rebuked Tony Burke’s push to reduce Australia’s refugee intake

War cabinet: PM’s spat deepens Labor’s migration divide

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A 27-year-old man bound for Brisbane has been arrested over an alleged outdoor sex act in Bali.

Aussie tourist arrested in Bali over alleged lewd sex act

Australia
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Donald Trump has announced an unprecedented US push to take control of one-fifth of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, betting American companies can revive the OPEC nation’s battered energy industry while delivering a new source of crude to help bring down American fuel prices. 

Trump makes deal to control 65b barrels of Venezuela’s oil

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Donald Trump has ordered Lake Ontario renamed ‘Lake America’, escalating his bitter feud with Canada as Prime Minister Mark Carney hits back.

‘Lake America’: Trump’s latest name change stuns Canada

US Politics
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Donald Trump said he would revive America’s industrial base.
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Does Trump deserve credit for a manufacturing revival?

Business
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Musician Kid Rock appears alongside President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
investigation

General fired by Hegseth was advised to drop Kid Rock probe

World
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Missing Australians include Michael Keats, Sumi Adhikari and Karan Bhardwaj.

‘Hoping for miracle’: Desperate search for Aussies in Nepal

World
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Six months after US-Israeli strikes disrupted fossil fuel production and turned the Strait of Hormuz into a battleground, the world is getting a fuller picture of how the war has shaped the economics of energy

How the war in Iran is redrawing the global energy map

The Washington Post
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China’s government is increasingly turning to legal avenues to advance its agenda.

China embraces modern lawfare

The Economist
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Prince Harry and Prince William
analysis

Prince William is still silent about Harry. Can that last?

World
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