Politics

Australia has deployed an advanced E-7A Wedgetail surveillance aircraft and air-to-air missiles to the Gulf as Iran’s retaliatory attacks intensify, with Anthony Albanese insisting the move is purely defensive.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed an advances defence aircraft is being sent to the Gulf as Iran’s attacks destabilise the Middle East. This is what it will do.

Heavy rains across an already soaked state have prompted multiple flood warnings ahead of easing conditions as a low moves offshore.

Whether a religious motivation should be included in the terrorist act definition has become a hotly contested issue as national security laws are reviewed.

The US President phoned Anthony Albanese overnight, urging Australia to grant asylum to Iran’s women’s soccer team — before praising the Prime Minister for stepping in.

Iranians in Australia are urging western nations not to turn their backs on guaranteeing freedom for their relatives living under a brutal regime.

NATO member Turkey says a ballistic missile launched from Iran was neutralised by the military alliance's defence systems while entering Turkish airspace.

The famous quote from a Bush official about how ‘when we act, we create our own reality’ directly anticipated the Trump-era belief that ‘you can just do things.’

New technologies make new political forms possible — for good and for ill.

At least five of the women from the Iranian national soccer team are being protected by Australian government officials, according to the Iranian-Australian community. 

The footballers’ union holds grave concerns for the Iranian women’s soccer team as speculation swirls about whether and how they might return home after their elimination from the Women’s Asian Cup.

A confidential source has told The Nightly that the Army has begun preparing for deployment, despite Foreign Minister Penny Wong ruling out combat operations.

A world-leading Australian surveillance plane could soon be deployed to the Middle East.

Middle Eastern airways are slowly resuming flights as gulf airspaces reopen since the war in Iran broke out, including on Australian routes.