Politics

Marco Rubio is backing Viktor Orbán ahead of Hungary's April election, during a visit to Budapest.

Former immigration minister Philip Ruddock has called on the Liberal Party to maintain a non-discriminatory policy after Angus Taylor hinted at bans on people from certain parts of the world.

Ten years after the investigation began into war crimes allegations, veterans and their supporters say the time has come to resolve one of the most controversial legal steps in Australian history.

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles expects the Coalition will get its act together and be contestable again as modern politics changes fast. 

The future of Australia’s high-speed rail link, which has been spoken about for years, could be about to get a lot more certain. Here’s why.

Pauline Hanson's latest comments about Muslims have landed the One Nation Leader in hot water, as calls grow for her to apologise and a TV network says her views aren’t shared.

The Opposition is exploring a voucher-based childcare model that would enable parents to direct subsidies towards nannies and other flexible care arrangements.

Security officials believe a prominent and well-respected figure in Australia’s Muslim community is co-ordinating the latest repatriation of so-called ISIS brides from Syria to Australia. 

Mortgage-holders will be given an insight into the likelihood of further rate hikes when minutes from the Reserve Bank's latest meeting are revealed.

Photos have emerged of several Australian ISIS brides and their children preparing to leave a detention camp in northeast Syria as they begin the process of heading home. 

A hardline policy banning arrivals from ‘declared terrorist’ hotspots in more than a dozen Muslim countries and a beefed up border taskforce is being considered by new Liberal leader Angus Taylor.

Former NSW premier Morris Iemma, who has long been pro-Israel despite representing Lakemba in Parliament, says Labor is in danger of losing seats to Muslim issues independent candidates.

Former US Vice Presidential candidate Senator Tim Kaine is heading to WA where he’s due to tour the Henderson shipyard and HMAS Stirling naval base to observe preparations for AUKUS.

It appears that a more determined Europe is starting to contemplate a permanently unreliable ally and preparing accordingly.