Politics

The Coalition appears likely to again split after all eight remaining National Party frontbenchers quit the Shadow Ministry over the Opposition’s handling of new laws in response to the Bondi massacre.

The Defence Department Secretary has declared the US alliance ‘more important than ever’ on a visit to Washington.

Sussan Ley’s authority is being tested as three National frontbenchers sensationally quit shadow cabinet for not backing the Liberal leader’s support for hate reforms.

JENI O’DOWD: When the stakes are high enough, Australia’s major parties can unite. They’ve done it before. They could have done it again.

The US President was travelling to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland when his plane experienced an electrical problem.

STEPHEN JOHNSON: The Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir should have been banned years ago, but banning it could see a repeat of the early 1950s when Australia tried to ban the Communist Party.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump’s brazen land grab flies in the face of more than 100 years of American foreign policy of protecting the sovereignty of smaller nations.

The French President has revealed why he has been appearing in public in recent days with his eyes hidden behind stylish sunglasses.

Sussan Ley’s authority has again been tested with her most senior opposition senator, Michaelia Cash, last night abstaining from voting on hate crime laws.

In social media posts before the meetings, Trump bashed the UK and shared what appeared to be private messages from European officials.

AARON PATRICK: Jewish leaders had hoped the now-abandoned law would have been used to jail the extremist Islamic preacher, who remains defiant.

Australia’s Parliament passed landmark changes in the wake of the Bondi terror attack which killed 15 people. Here’s what you need to know.

A controversial pan-Islamist group in the crosshairs of new hate speech laws have undergone a huge change only hours after new hate speech laws were passed.

US President Donald Trump has celebrated one year back in office by delivering a wild, near 95-minute press briefing in the White House — as well as an ominous three-word warning on Greenland. 

Three National Party frontbenchers who split with the Liberals to vote against Labor’s hate crime laws have sensationally resigned from the shadow ministry, putting further pressure on Sussan Ley’s leadership.