Politics

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and several guided-missile destroyers will arrive in the Middle East in the coming days.

The new peace board was initially envisioned as a small group of world leaders overseeing the Gaza ceasefire, but it has morphed into something far more ambitious.

Despite a tactical retreat, great risks remain.

The US says it plans to work directly with other countries - rather than the World Health Organisation - on disease surveillance and other health priorities.

US President Donald Trump says he has had ‘good’ talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

After keeping silent on Thursday, Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says she won't give into demands from the Nationals that she step down to save the Coalition.

Melissa McIntosh has called for ABC executives to apologise over a ‘disgraceful’ comedy show she claims is ‘further fuelling division’ and featured children in spit hoods with references to the Ku Klux Klan.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Donald Trump pounces on weakness, but retreats from strength. That’s why world leaders desperately need to stand up to Trump and push back on his tariffs.

The Prime Minister has apologised to the Australian Jewish community as thousands gathered across the country to mark the National Day of Mourning for victims of the Bondi terror attack.

Australia has left open the possibility of signing on to Donald Trump’s international ‘Board of Peace’ proposed for the second phase of the US President’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers resists calls from the Paris-based OECD for Australia to engage in unpopular tax reforms.

With Sussan Ley’s days as Opposition Leader numbered, the Nationals are also debating who should head their party following the Coalition’s second split.

Election analyst Antony Green said the Coalition was at risk of an ‘electoral earthquake’ if the far-right party sustained its support.

A carefully crafted omnibus Bondi bill and an early return to Canberra for disgruntled Coalition MPs helped lay the groundwork for Albanese’s shrewd political victory.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has hailed a speech by Canada’s Prime Minister denouncing Donald Trump’s attacks on the global rules-based order as a ‘stunning’ and ‘thoughtful’ contribution.