Politics

STEPHEN JOHNSON: Anthony Albanese won’t be seen as a leader of courage until he takes this challenging political step.

Anthony Albanese has tripled down on his continued refusal to call a Royal Commission into the Bondi terror attack, saying it would not deliver answers fast enough.

Politicians’ family members will lose taxpayer-funded business-class flights under new rules the Albanese Government has proposed following a bruising expenses scandal.

A Department of Home Affairs database containing over a million names of people of interest to national security authorities is expected to be a key focus of a sweeping review into the Bondi massacre. 

Families of politicians could be downgraded to economy class and banned from claiming taxpayer-funded trips to major events, under new rules proposed by Anthony Albanese to rein in MPs’ travel perks after weeks of public anger.

Anthony Albanese has renewed his vow to get ‘more guns off our streets’, and pushed back against calls for a royal commission, saying there were none for previous terror attacks.

The political response to the Bondi massacre has soured, with recriminations turning personal as the fallout from the attack continues.

Ley called a federal royal commission the ‘one thing’ that will begin the healing for Jewish Australians.

Six men have been charged with the sexual assault of one of their wives, who was allegedly drugged and raped over 13 years.

President Donald Trump has recalled 30 US ambassadors, with his administration refusing to shed light on the unusual move.

A sweeping crackdown on protests bundled with gun reforms is set to be challenged in court after passing the first hurdle to becoming law.

Officials in Denmark and Greenland are furious with US President Donald Trump’s efforts to take over the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

‘Globalise the intifada’ has been chanted at a pro-Palestine protest in Sydney after NSW Premier Chris Minns pushed for the slogan to be banned as part of changes to hate speech laws.

AARON PATRICK: NSW Premier Chris Minns won over his state with empathy and honesty. The Prime Minister’s bureaucrat speak turned Australian Jews against him.

The Prime Minister says sorry as he continues to resist calls for a national Royal Commission into Bondi terror attack as frustrations grow in Labor ranks.